Have You Seen How Much People Charge For Professional Résumé Packages?!!

I have. I thought there was something wrong with me when I saw how much time and effort I had to put into creating a Professional Résumé Package for a colleague of mine. So I researched the “going rate” on the Internet and found people are charging $1,200 – $1,800 for résumés!

Given the number of hours and amount of work I was doing for this client, I realized that the above figures are completely fair and realistic when people are trying to find positions in this “Age of Technology.”

I didn’t charge him the full amount, but I should have since we got immediate and stupendous results!

Things Have Changed!

The job-hunting game is completely different from even five years ago. I wound up creating a class about it! However, I digress … back to the subject of resumes ….

This man is one of my VIP Clients, so I gave him a discount. Happily, he was hired IMMEDIATELY upon the company’s opening his uploaded materials, even though they already had chosen a different applicant. In fact, they eventually offered me a job, as well!

See his testimonial below. It was a blessing and worth the money for both of us. There were smiles everywhere – from his new employers in California to his friends in Virginia who have heard the story, and, of course, on my face. Let me tell you what the Professional Résumé Package includes and then I’ll share the story from his perspective.

What Are Professional Résumé Packages?

I can do the short and sweet kinds of résumés needed by people who are new to the workforce. See fee considerations at the bottom of this page.

Professional Packages, however, are for high-end positions with well-qualified applicants. They may have long and/or highly technical backgrounds.

The overall concept is that I will create résumé packages, which applicants can use as a template that they later customize for each position. This means they don’t have to keep hiring me (unless they want to) to do the customization for them.

The package includes one or two kinds of résumés (chronological and/or functional) plus a cover letter and a thank you letter to whoever interviewed the candidate.

What Is Involved In Creating Professional Résumé Packages?

We start by scheduling a free initial consultation, which can last as long as an hour so that I can learn more about you and your goals, and we can decide whether you want a chronological or a functional résumé. Industries, such as the performing arts, use different formats for résumés, and you need to meet those standards.
You then can decide to take my 1-hour class as a “stand-alone” option and do the rest of the work of creating your résumé without me.
You also could decide to take the class and simply have me review (critique) the materials you already have, rather than my editing and revising them. The price for reviewing and making suggestions is less expensive than the price for writing/editing.
If you decide to engage me for writing and editing, the “job-hunting class” is free, as part of the Professional Resume Package.

Resume, Cover Letter, Thank You Note Templates

I can create a résumé “from scratch,” if necessary. However the Client usually provides whatever he or she has used, and I edit it. The cost for that depends on the degree of complexity and research involved to customize it for specific positions and/or specific industries.
I provide a cover letter – also designed for a specific position or industry.
I’ll provide a template for thank you letters that you can send to people who interviewed you.

Revisions

You may make revisions* to as many as two drafts as part of the initial package before I submit the final documents to you.
1. *Revisions must be “within reason.’ Revisions do not include vast changes or starting over.
2. We shall negotiate a new agreement If you want to do that.

Payment and Services Agreements

After the free initial consultation, we sign a contract for my services. Half the agreed-upon price is due as a down payment upon signing the contract and before I start work. The last payment is due when we have completed any revisions. I give you the completed package, upon receipt of payment.
An alternative is to hire me, on a Retainer basis, for X number of hours per month, so that I can meet these and other reviewing, editing, or writing needs. Such contracts are for a six-month minimum period. A retainer agreement provides you with a reduced hourly cost for my services.

Now, let’s see what my VIP Client, Scott, had to say about his job-search experience with me. He is a construction engineer, specializing in cost estimating, who engaged me for résumé editing and cover letter writing in October 2015.

Testimonial – Professional Résumé Package

Nancy is the epitome of professional when it comes to resume editing and writing or any other editing projects. She is always on time for meetings to discuss my résumé and always prepared beyond belief. Ms. Wyatt does her homework to understand something she may not know or figures out a better angle to present the information to the potential employer for maximum impact.

Nancy took the time to understand, in-depth, my industry and my gifts and capabilities to tailor the wording of the résumé to highlight those gifts and talents specifically to the position I was pursuing. The success of this approach showed up in the time it took for my new employer to call me after I uploaded my résumé to his site.

The President of my present employer said that the résumé Ms. Wyatt prepared for me was the most impressive resume he had ever seen in his life. (The gentleman is in his 60’s.) In fact, the company had been ready to hire a different applicant before my résumé was received. Just to prove my point, I sent the résumé in at 9:00 am on Monday and was called 1.5 hours later. That happened on a Monday. On Wednesday, I interviewed with the Vice President of the company; and, on Friday, I interviewed at 1:00 pm with the hiring group. I was hired later that Friday afternoon.

The added changes and the amazing editing craft and hard work Nancy put into my first attempt at creating a résumé turned my résumé into poetry that Mona Lisa would be more than impressed to read, if she wasn’t just a painting.

Nancy understands the proper format, font, style of resume writing per industry: for example, government versus commercial styles or another industry. That was impressive in and of itself. Nancy was the only editor/writer who prepared both a chronological and functional resume to be sent out.

In my opinion Nancy is the Top Gun of resume/CV editing and writing. When you are going after that one position you know you are the best fit and have all the background for, how could you not go with a professional like Nancy?

Fees by the Hour or by the Project

My fees vary, depending on whether you choose editing, writing, or reviewing services. Factors that influence fees include the:

amount of lead time you provide
degree of complexity of the work
amount of research involved
extent of keywords that you supply or I must research
travel requirements
ability to do the work and transmit it online for the most part.

When you put me on retainer for six months, you become a VIP Client. That means I’ll give you a reduced rate plus you rank very high on my list of priorities of work to get done fast. You also may qualify in other ways to be one of my VIP Clients. In addition, I occasionally give discounts to specific networking group members and worthy causes. Contact me or Click Here for details about fees and ways to pay.

Contact me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com and put “Inquiry – Resume” in the subject line. We can set up a free initial consultation on Zoom if we want to talk online. It’s called a Sip & Share Session.

Shall We Chat First in a Sip & Share Session on Zoom?

I hope this has been helpful to you. Feel free to take advantage of my free initial consultation to see how best I can meet your needs. Email me at MyPersuasivePresentations@gmail.com and put “Request Sip & Share Session” in the subject line. In the body of your email, let me know what kind of topic you want to discuss. We’ll coordinate schedules, and I’ll create a link for you to click on to join me in the Zoom session. The first one is FREE and lasts about 30 minutes. I look forward to talking with you!

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