25 Resume Writers
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It’s not hard to find a resume writer to work with — but if you’re interested in working with a writer who doesn’t work with a big resume service that requires a certain sameness in every resume they turn out, your search can be much longer. The resume writers below offer high-quality work and will devote the time necessary to make your resume stand out.
Not only will they help you land your next career gig (and perhaps a fatter paycheck), they’ll also save you considerable time and money. Let’s face it: resume writing can be tedious, futile, and time-consuming work, as you toil away trying to format the document or looking for the right interview-inducing words. Often times you can’t find those words simply because you aren’t able to see the forest through the trees at that moment — and that moment can turn into months.
Professional resume writers make all these problems associated with autobiographic resume writing go away. Some may argue that resumes should be pure self-expression on the grounds that no one can position you better than yourself, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The key to outsourcing your resume writing effectively is supplying robust career information — past, present, and future.
If you’ve started on using the Career Vault, you’ve got a head start on the information that a typical resume writer will ask you for. Most resume writers have a standard profile or interview that they’ll ask you to complete in order to have enough information to base your resume on. However, the Career Vault includes all the information a resume writer might ask for. (The beauty of Career Vault is that you enter your career information once, and reuse it again and again for multiple career management-related tasks and projects. So instead of filling out a new profile for each and every resume writer you hire over the course of your career, you simply hand him or her your Career Vault. Hours saved.)
While there’s no guaranteeing the ultimate quality or outcome of your farmed-out resume writing, the worst you usually can expect is some additional — albeit minor — editing on your part.
- Don Goodman
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, thank-you letters, resume distribution
Pricing: $219 to $875
Specialties: IT and technical industries, management, executive - Rose Vargas
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, resume distribution, social media resume distribution, critique
Pricing: $99 to $895
Specialties: Nursing, teaching, technical fields - Louise Fletcher
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, online portfolios
Pricing: $299 and up - Jennifer Anthony
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, resume distribution, social media resume distribution, critique
Specialties: Executive - Peter Newfield
Types of resume services: Resume writing, social media, cover letters, resume distribution, critique
Specialties: Executive - Kim Isaacs
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, design, resume distribution, thank-you letters, reference lists
Specialties: Management - Tamar Love
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters
Pricing: By quote
Specialties: Media, sales, administrative, technical - Michelle Dumas
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, design, resume distribution
Pricing: $127 and up
Specialties: Executive - Allan Brown
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters
Specialties: Management, consulting, technical - Mark Henderson
Types of resume services: Resume writing, assessments
Pricing: $135 to $245
Specialties: Military transition, technical, executive - Arlen Crawford
Types of resume services: Resume writing
Pricing: $149 and up
Specialties: Lifetime resumes - Kit Samuels
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, thank you letters
Pricing: $99.95 to $149.95
Specialties: Sales, management - Martin Buckland
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, design, resume submissions, assessments
Specialties: Executive, management, technical - Gayle Howard
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, thank-you letters, social media, critique, portfolios
Pricing: $375 and up
Specialties: Executive - Paul Freiberger
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters
Specialties: Executive, legal - Barbara Safani
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, assessments, portfolios
Pricing: $800 to $1,500
Specialties: Executive - Laura Smith-Proulx
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, social media, reference lists
Pricing: $647 to $1,597
Specialties: Executive - Teena Rose
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, online networking
Pricing: $647 to $1,597
Specialties: Teachers, individuals returning to work, individuals without a four-year degree - Beth Colley
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, online networking
Pricing: $385 to $800
Specialties: Educators, human resources, clergy - Ian Christie
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, social media
Pricing: By quote
Specialties: Executive, management - Steven Burt
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, critique
Pricing: $150 to $1,000
Specialties: New grads, executive - Jewel Bracy DeMaio
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters
Pricing: $549 to $1,049
Specialties: Management - Deborah James
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, resume distribution, thank-you letters
Pricing: By quote
Specialties: Management - Linda Matias
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters, critique
Pricing: By quote
Specialties: Executive, teaching, sales, IT - Michele Haffner
Types of resume services: Resume writing, cover letters
Pricing: $595 and up
Specialties: Executive, sales, management
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April 1st, 2009 at 7:45 am Vote:
Thank you for including me in this esteemed list of Professional Resume Writers
I’m honored.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:36 pm Vote:
Hey — thanks for the mention in this article.
May 4th, 2011 at 6:04 am Vote:
Thank you so much for the post and list of resume services that don’t use a team of writers. I believe in personal service and love the interaction I have with my clients.
December 17th, 2011 at 3:40 pm Vote:
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!
I’m a very busy employee of a BIG 4 looking to explore my options. I wasted my money and hired the service of a highly regarded resume writer listed here and till date, I have not received the docs as promised.
First, the highly regarded writer do not write the resume but source the work out! The highly regarded writer took 5 days to find an available writer to assign my work to. Once the transfer had occurred, it took almost a week to receive the first draft that contained #)4$%&(*@!~#*.
Once your hard earned money has been received, the process automatically becomes SLOW.
Do not contract anyone without seeing their handwork. Don’t be fooled by the “before and after” on their websites. Send them yours for a quick feedback. Ask them, if they would be the writer or solicit another writer? What is the turn around time? If they say 3 to 5 days, just run! and do not pay rush fees (just my opinion, its not worth it.) I could have donated my $300 to charity to feed hungry children.
Pls excuse the grammatical errors….
January 4th, 2012 at 8:50 pm Vote:
Thanks for the comment. I truly apologize if one of the writers whom you reached out to on the list was a disaster for you. We researched everyone on the list for quality, but it sounds as if we let you down. I’ve personally used writers on this list with success. So please email the writer whom you tried to use. If you’re still looking for professional resume polish, then I’d be grateful if you gave me the opportunity to help.