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I see it everyday – bad resumes written by good people who deserve better.  Bad resumes that, unbeknownst to them, will do their job search more harm than good.  Bad resumes that will actually lengthen their job search & repel their perfect job rather than attract it. Is this what you want for your search?

Let’s review these issues one by one.  First, what makes a resume “bad”? Well, there are a lot of things, but here are just a few of the more important ones:

• A bland layout or one that looks like millions of other resumes
• The wrong resume format for your career situation (hint: a functional format is rarely the answer & can derail your search results overnight)
• Punctuation, grammar, or word choice errors
• Lack of career summary
• Poor to no key word loading
• Lack of career branding
• Lack of job search positioning
• Few to no achievements
• Too much focus on responsibilities

Now, how can a bad resume lengthen your job search?  Simple – by failing to get you interviews.  If your resume lacks one or more of the above elements, chances are it will perform poorly.  What does that mean? Well, it won’t earn “good grades” from the digital scanning systems that employers, recruiters, & job boards use to screen out poor candidates & source good ones.  These systems are designed to count up the number of times certain key words show up in your resume; hence a resume that lacks these words will almost certainly fail to make it into the “to be interviewed” pile of resumes that soar to the top of the key word rankings.

And, even worse, this also means that a human being won’t likely even see your resume – you’ll disappear into a black hole of applicants while great jobs go to other candidates. You will apply to job after online job yet your search will go nowhere fast.  Does this sound familiar?

If so, you can change that.  Learn resume writing best practices & immediately put them to use.  If you need help, I’m happy to offer you 4 possible solutions to choose from:

1. For a quick, complimentary critique of your resume, send it to me by email at info [@] coachingsolutionsforwomen [.] com.
2. For a more comprehensive assessment of your resume’s strengths & weaknesses with 10 or more pages of structured feedback, stop by my sister site, ExecutiveResumeRescue.com, & invest a mere $39.  If you purchase any product or service from ExecutiveResumeRescue.com after receiving your review, I will credit your $39 purchase which essentially gives you the review for free.
3. Save yourself  8+ hours of time & invest in my professional resume writing services.  I’ll guide you through to define your achievements, clarify your career brand, & strategize a firm foundation for your job search, all as part of my resume writing services. And I’ll include a 15% discount for you as a new client.  Take a peak at my samples & resume packages - which, by the way, include 4 resume formats (Word, text, scannable, & PDF), my proprietary Resume Tailoring Guide, & a 30-minute coaching session with yours truly.
4. If your budget is limited, don’t go without a new resume – try my DIY Resume or DIY CL services.  These do-it-yourself packages include a gorgeous template, how to instructions, & my proprietary Brand You Building Blocks[TM] to help you quickly & easily develop the next-best-thing to a professionally written resume.  Coming soon!

Whatever you do, though, do something. The cost of doing nothing is too darn expensive.