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Article #53Re: Is your resume good enough?
From: Canehdianman
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:07
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:07
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In addition to the great advice IT Consultant gives below, there are literally hundreds of great resume websites out there. "IT Consultant" <anITConsultant@noreply.com> wrote in message news:3C69AF3B.B1D863D5@noreply.com... > Quite the make-work project for your recruiters. Have you found that your > recruiters are sitting around with nothing to do, or has you company simply run > out of prospective clients that will use a pay-per-view recruiting agency, with > all of the alternative professional services available. > > Anyone considering this "offer" should check their own network of friends, > family, and collegues to critique their resume, you may find you have the > resources you need in your own backyard. Failing that, there are dozens of real > recruiting agencies in this city, with recruiters that WILL make recommendations > on improving your resume, without expecting remuneration. The one's with their > hand out, just to make you more marketable, should realize that the marketing is > supposed to be THEIR job, we're the hired guns who get their projects put to bed > to make them look good. > > Anthony Willett should be ashamed for authoring this predatory solicitation. > > Regards > > > National Edge Technologies wrote: > > > National Edge Technologies is a consulting firm and solution provider > > specializing in business information systems. > > > > Is your resume good enough? Well if it's REALLY BAD recruiters won't even > > call you about opportunities. If it's just OKAY you'll be chosen for some > > positions but not others. Remember, the first step in getting a job is > > competing against other GOOD resumes. > > > > You've worked hard to make your skills marketable combining education and > > experience therefore it's extremely important to look as good on paper as > > you do in person. For a short time we at National Edge are establishing a > > "resumehelper" division that will utilize the abilities of some of our > > recruiters to improve sentence structure, grammar, font, spacing or the > > overall general presentation of your resume. The resume will become easier > > to read and make your qualifications as obvious as possible. Who better to > > improve your resume than the people who get paid to find you a position? > > When your resume is completed it will be added to our database and you will > > be sent a copy that you are free to use with any company you wish. > > > > All we ask is that you send us $99 to pay for the time of our recruiters and > > we can get started on your resume. > > The $99 is not refundable because as I mentioned we have to pay for our > > recruiter's time. I will say however that companies that specialize in > > resumes charge between $250 and $400 dollars for this service and are very > > good at what they do. However, our goal is to get your resume up to a > > standard that will give you a chance at all future opportunities that match > > your skillset. > > > > This "resumehelper" division may only be available for a short time and if > > we have closed it by the time you send payment we will return your 99$. > > Please send payment to www.paypal.com and an email to me Anthony Willett > > awillett@nationaledge.com titled resumehelper. > > > > HOW TO SEND MONEY (user must create PayPal account first) > > > > Sending Money - To send a payment, login to your PayPal account and > > click the "Send Money" tab. Just enter the awillett@nationaledge.com email > > address > > and the amount. You can pay with a CREDIT CARD, or funds already in > > your PAYPAL ACCOUNT. > > > > THIS IS NOT A GUARANTEE OF WORK. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Anthony Willett > > awillett@nationaledge.com > > www.nationaledge.com >
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