Manager Tools Resume Review Service
We have created our resume service to help you create an effective resume. We see HUNDREDS of resumes a month, and we are regularly disappointed that the document does a poor job of capturing the successes and capabilities of qualified managers and professionals. We don't want that to happen to you.
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Price: $100 US - That's a LOT less than other places, but we want everyone to be able to afford our work. We know there are services that will re-write your resume for $700, but that is silly to us. We've provided in our podcasts the way we know the vast majority of recruiters and managers want resumes: one page, reverse chronological, responsibilities and accomplishments. You don't need us to re-write yours for you. Just follow our guidance, and we'll help you ensure it's excellent with our review. You can find our original podcast with all the instructions on the Your Resume Stinks! podcast.
Timing: You'll get your review back within 6 business days (the day you submit it is day zero). Based on our analysis, that's fast.
What You Get: A detailed analysis of your resume against our recommended format. Here are the factors we look at. These are the guidelines we use for every resume, taken right from the PDF document you'll get after our review.
What Do We Look For?
Format: What we look for - Resume prints from MS Word onto one page easily. The format includes contact details at the top followed by an employment history title (consisting of dates held, job title, company) , a prose paragraph describing your responsibilities and a bulleted list of accomplishments. We do not recommend a summary paragraph. Reverse chronological format. Education last. There is no need for lines, borders or other formatting apart from the job titles and simple dots for the bullets. Good use of page space: we look for extraneous words and ensure each line of text is fully used. We may recommend margin changes, depending on the length of your resume. Our recommendation is for a serif typeface such as New York Times or Bookman, although in some cases a Century font can be appropriate.
Contact Details: What we look for - Name, home address, non-work contact numbers, and professional email address. Name should be on its own line, in bold and centered. Address, contact numbers and email address on the next line. If you include your website address, we check it for relevance to the role you're carrying out, and the impression it leaves. For the majority of managers, we do not recommend including a website address.
Employment History: What we look for - Month and year included, in bold and underlined flush with the left margin. Job titles which are meaningful to your industry.
Responsibilities: What we look for - A summary of the impact of your role to the organization. An accurate description of your job title. We recommend every sentence starts with an action verb such as created, managed or completed. This paragraph should closely resemble your job description and would be true of anyone who carried out this role. Include comments to allow the recruiter to understand your role relative to others such as the scope of responsibilities, management of others, size of the organization supported, input or responsibility for budgets, training, income and/or cost reduction. Review your responsibilities carefully to make sure they are not achievements. Attempting to find previous performance reviews and job descriptions can make this easier.
Accomplishments: What we look for - Each role should have 3-6 bullets, with more for increasing responsibility or relevance to the role sought. They should be personal accomplishments, on one line with metrics, in the format: Action verb, result achieved, method used. Most relevant to the role sought first. A range of accomplishments.
Education: What we look for - Your degree in the format: Degree title, university, graduating year. For non-university education - relevance to role sought. We recommend any formal completed or close to completed college education is included.
Spelling, grammar, punctuation: What we look for - perfection. No mistakes. Clarity of meaning.
Career History: What we look for - your career history tells a story, for example of increasing responsibility, or similar roles in different industries. We can understand from your resume why you applied for this role and why you moved between companies previously. You cannot change your history to hide disconnects, but creating your resume can highlight them and allow you to prepare to answer questions about them in interviews.
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Help I tried buying this for the UK
Help
I tried buying this for the UK - seems like
1. UK postcodes are not accepted and I must enter an American state...
2. you are not using Paypal for the CV resume service - unusual given that the annual membership can be purchased via paypal
Thanks
Anandha
Sorry, false alarm, i was able to get
Sorry, false alarm, i was able to get it to work.. (user error), thanks, Anandha
A podcast from a few weeks ago on
A podcast from a few weeks ago on resumes explicitly stated that it was foolish to pay for a resume review service. How is offering this service on your website consistent with that prior statement?
JJobrien- We actually said you
JJobrien-
We actually said you shouldn't pay someone to create your resume for you. We don't do that. Our podcast on how to create a resume is free, and we provide a detailed sample that thousands have followed.
Resume creation services cost hundreds of dollars, and don't know your background well enough to create a resume - they're just "writing" it.
Ours is fifty bucks.
Please feel free to not use our service.
Mark
Do any of the users of the service have
Do any of the users of the service have some feedback for the rest of us?
Happy with the results?
Andrew
Check this thread:
Check this thread:
http://www.manager-tools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3107
John
I have submitted my request for resume
I have submitted my request for resume review. Sorry, it took while to use this service.
The US state name appears even when We chose India as country as well as accepting for only 5 digit zip code.(We have 6 digits)
Karthik
Bangalore.
Thanks, Karthik. I'll look into
Thanks, Karthik. I'll look into that.
Best Regards,
Mike
BLUF: Great value add.
BLUF: Great value add. Satisfied.
I have received the reviewed resume from Wendii this morning. Her observations and value adds are very significant. She had gone through my resume in detail and has comments on spacing, content as well as fully explaining why aspects of what needs to be done to improve the resume. Not only that, she had also suggested how to rephrase some of the achievements, responsibility to have less of distractions. I had included some personal details which are a must in this part of the world which wont be required if and when applying for international positions. (Wendii herself as commented that the review is done with more of US/UK scope, but the format can become common across the world)
Of course I had already tailored most of my content as indicated my Mike and Mark in their podcast (One page, less white space)so the changes wont be sweeping. It is more of trimming down and rephrasing. But if you have not done that, and had sent a 2 or 3 page resume,it will be a mind blowing experience when you receive comments.
Overall, worth spending the 50$.
Karthik
Bangalore.
For anyone considering this service, I
For anyone considering this service, I can highly recommend it! It's worth well over the $50 that you pay for it.
Don't expect them to do all the work for you, it is a review of your current resume. They teach you to how to fish, not give them too you - which is much more effective for your own ongoing development of your resume and "living document".
I recommend people listen carefully and follow these pod-casts before submitting their resumes:
- Your Resume Stinks!
- Resume review 2008
- Accomplishments - Connecting Resumes and Interviews
(you will get more out of the service if you've followed their teachings from these casts)
I also submitted my resume for a free re-review, having made the suggested alterations. The received a reply was within just a few days and was also quite detailed.
5 stars guys.
Got the
Got the job!
smarcuse: Well
smarcuse: Well done!
John
smarcuse, Awesome ... wonderful to
smarcuse,
Awesome ... wonderful to hear. Congrats!
Mike
I would like to see some more reviews
I would like to see some more reviews of the service. Did I miss something? As users posted they paid $50, but it shows $100?
Rudy
Simon
Guys,
long time listener, quite a fan of the series!
I'm contemplating the resume review service, but am unclear about something: Do you provide comments based on content, or only format VS. your proposed format?
Because I can say with confidence that my resume follows your guidelines down to the T. and I don't need to pay 100$ to be told that formatting is in accordance with your guidelines, but I would like comments on content and perhaps formulation.
Is this what the resume review service entails?
Thanks,
Simon
I'm Sorry
Simon,
I'm sorry for the delay, I missed your question till a fellow member pointed it out.
To answer you, we absolutely give you guidance on the content and formulation - down to punctuation and word choice if it seems appropriate. If you want to give us more information about the roles you are applying for the guidance can be tailored to that.
If there's nothing wrong with your resume at all, we'll happily have your money refunded so there is no risk for you. :-)
Wendii
3 similar resumes?
Hello,
I have 3 version of resume that are somewhat similar but different:
1) my own version
2) career coach written
3) combination of own and career coach written
It's interesting that it seems like I have more response in the past when I was using my own version. It may be because that the economy is bad and that it has nothing to do with resume but rather increased employer expecations.
Would it be possible to send all 3 versions to you and you may pick one to review which you think is best our of the 3? Or would I need to purchase 3x the service?
Thanks!
Yes, and No
Hi Pinkcupcakez
If you send me your resumes and tell me which one you like best, I'll use that one for the review, and take a very quick look at the others to see if there's anything I think you should move over.
You don't have to pay 3 times :-)
Wendii
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
I would do that tonight!
Isn't Wendii great?
And she works for us.
LUCKY!
A nice way to start a Friday afternoon...and to know that it's Friday night where Wendii is, and she's still helping.
Life is good.
Question
My resume is currently at 3 pages, and I know I need to reduce it.
I have listened to your podcast. However, I would like some help, and advice on what to condense, and how to reword so that the message is really strong.
From your resume service description, I may not be a good candidate. Can you let me know if you could help with this or if not, can you recommend an executive resume service that is worthwhile using, as a Google search reveals too many unknowns.
Hi Pslade
We can absolutely help you with condensing and rewording. And we offer a satisfaction guarantee, so you have nothing to loose :-)
If you want to pm me to ask more specific questions, feel free.
Wendii
Resumesguaranteed.com
Resumesguaranteed.com sucks......Don't waste your money! (www.resumesguaranteed.com)
price
Interesting prodcast. I would like to use this service, not sure on the price as some users are talking about $50 and also on prodcast, but here I see $100. What is the price?
Hi London!
Hi London,
it's now $100 - the $50 was the introductory price.
HTH
Wendii
Will This Help me in the following situation?
Hello. I have chosen to do a combination resume, which mixes the skills / functional and chronological resume in order to highlight those skills and experience of mine relevant to the job I am applying for and also because 1) I don't have much experience, and 2) the kind job I am applying for is not related to the one, the only one, I held, with the exception of the customer service role.
When I submit the resume, will there be a section where I can give a brief explanation of the kind of job I am applying for and any other additional / relevant information?
And finally, will any coupons or discounts be coming along any time soon?
Thank you.
Help in Addressing Resume Gaps
Hello,
As a part of the resume review service, can you help me set up my resume properly so there are no gaps in my history?
I did a semester of graduate school and then worked at a non-profit for three months before starting my "first professional" job. I'm not sure how to show this on my resume and would love Manager Tool's guidance.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Leah
Hi Leah
We can't make gaps disappear :-) Resumes have to be truthful and accurate and that means that if there are gaps, they will be obvious. That said, a couple of false starts before you start your professional life will be forgiven by all by the most harsh of hiring managers.
Of course, we can certainly help you present your experience in the best way possible.
Feel free to send me a personal message or email me if you have more questions.
Wendii
It's brilliant
All
I used the service recently and more than happy with the process and the results I've got. I thought I'd done a good job from listening to the podcasts and the premium content, however the difference following the review is a step change.
Highly recommended. Worth $100 of anyone's money.
Glenn
Cover letter service also?
Have you thought of offering the same for a cover letter or letter of intent?
I need help!