Thursday, December 13, 2007

Free Resume Writing?

What the hell is free resume writing?

Well, namely it’s of course writing a resume for free, but of course this question means rather “Where can I find someone to do free resume writing for me?” Well, it’s not so easy to avoid resume writing by getting some free resume help, but there are a few possibilities to get a good resume without paying quite a few bucks.

Friends as free resume writing machines.

The first option is to find some friend to write a resume for you. This might be an excellent solution – you can control the whole process and, of course it is usually free – if this didn’t cause some additional problems which drastically limit its usefulness. The first one can be presented in a form of a question: “How do you know that your friend is any better than you?” The second is connected to the quantity of free resume writing you need – how many resume cover letters can you get from your friends before you lose them? Two? Five? Ten? Maybe even twenty – but you have to be prepared to send at least fifty of them if you intend to get a good job.

The only other way I can think of is to seek the government help or some welfare foundations. Most of them offer free resume writing for unemployed as a part of their mission. In most of such places you can find a resume writer who will probably help you to create your own resume. If only you are so desperate, you can look for some help there. But if you’re out-of-luck manager who wants to get some better job all you can get is throwing you out.

How to make a resume for free?” The best answer to this question is: “Write it yourself!” There is simply no other way. It’s too important to your future. Not to spare a few dollars on writing a good resume will end only on losing a few thousand of them – money you could otherwise earn.

Copyright 20007 Jay Tokarz