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Re: Is your resume good enough?

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From: Canehdianman
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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