February 11, 2012

Business Idea: Starting a Resume Writing Service

Resume writing and job career counseling are thriving businesses because of the increasing competition in the labor force out there. You don’t just need a CV, but you need a killer CV that will get you a job interview and land you the job.

If you are interested in starting a resume writing business, here are some articles that can give you information

Start & Run a Profitable Resume Service http://www.savvychicks.com/resumesp.html
How to Start a Resume Writing Business http://www.homebiztools.com/ideas/resume_writing.htm
Start a Resume Writing Service for Profit http://ezinearticles.com/?Start-a-Resume-Writing-Service-for-Profit&id=48964
Start a Resume Writing Business http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art11639.asp
Make Money With Your Own Resume Service http://www.ezau.com/latest/articles/0257.shtml

To find clients, here are some of the best ways:

  • College job placement offices – a great market as graduating students need to do their resumes so you need to either put a flyer or your business card or even post your ad in their college newspaper
  • Local employment services offices
  • Ask your friends to refer your services to others
  • Consider getting a website. It can serve as an online brochure for your services and can also help you market your services
  • Do press releases in your local newspapers or on the Web.

You may consider getting professional certification from the Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches http://www.parw.com/home.html . This organization provides the Certified Professional Resume Writer Credential (CPRW). Another organization is the National Resume Writers Association and they offer the Nationally Certified Resume Writer credential (NCRW) http://www.nrwa.com/ , the industry’s first master-level, renewable certification. Clients know that they will be dealing with a professional and expert in the field if they see you belong to an association and professionally certified

Experiment with finding a niche. Rita Fisher, for example of Mom Resumes http://www.momresumes.com/ is focusing on moms returning to the workforce — which seems to be a very good niche given the number of moms doing this. The other is an example how you can market the business

Company to Help Moms Re-Enter Workforce http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/052006/moms.htm
Outrageous Guarantee Offered By Resume Writer http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/012006/resume.htm

I suggest you read the following books to give you more information about th business

Job Coach-Life Coach-Executive Coach-Letter & Resume-Writing Service: Step-by-Step Business Startup Manual by Anne Hart
How to Start a Home-Based Resume Business, 2nd (Home-Based Business Series) by Jan Melnik
The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the Worlds Leading Career Services Company by Orville Pierson
Shortcut Your Job Search: The Best Ways to Get Meetings (Five O’Clock Club)
Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer by Susan Britton Whitcomb by Kate Wendleton (Paperback – Aug 18, 2005)

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About Isabel Isidro

Isabel Isidro is the co-founder of PowerHomeBiz.com. A mom of three boys, avid vintage postcard collector, frustrated scrapbooker, she also manages WomenHomeBusiness.com and LearningfromBigBoys.com. Follow her on Twitter and connect with her on Google +


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Comments

  1. hemen parekh says:

    Re-writing of a resume involves

    - Paraphrasing the content without distorting the substance
    - Re-arranging of the presentation for great visual appeal

    This makes resume re-writing a highly-skilled job , best left to expert / professional resume-writers.

    But converting one’s plain text resume into

    - 8 visual / analytical graphs
    - Re-arranging these graphs into thousands of unique combinations
    - and doing this Online / Automatically / Instantly , is something which is impossible without the help of an intelligent software.

    It took me quite some time to develop precisely such a software – then make it freely available to all at CustomizeResume.com

    hemen parekh

    Mumbai – India

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  2. tom says:

    Thanks for all of the great information. A resume holds all of your personal accomplishments in and out of the work force. In order to land your dream career, you need to build a resume that is going to gain interest of the employer right away! When I was searching for a resume builder, they all seemed to be the same and I wanted to stand out of the crowd; I headed over to careersuccessions.com and they have an excellent resume builder and tips on how to make a great resume. Head on over and try it out, good luck!

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  3. hemen parekh says:

    As compared to a jobseeker writing her own resume, a resume written by a professional expert resume-writer would any day prove better.

    But

    Before sending that well-written resume to a recruiter, can a jobseeker figure-out in advance whether that resume will

     get ” read / rated / ranked and scored ” by recruiter ?

     get compared automatically with resumes of other applicants ?

     get an interview-call ?

    She can – if she will only type ” Resume Rater ” in Google and download this software tool ( free ) from any of the 35+ websites.

    Resume Rater mimics the ” resume – evaluation ” process of recruiters and does it in an unbiased / objective way.

    Regards

    hemen parekh

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  4. hemen parekh says:

    Are jobseekers right in asking ,

    Where is the level playing field ?

    63 years after Independence, Indian Recruiters are still asking the candidates ,

     What community do you belong to ?

     What does your father do for living ?

     Which is your home state ?

     Why did you divorce ?

     What is your mother tongue ?

     Who is prime minister of Hungary ?

    Jobseekers are wondering :

    ” Does my work-performance in this Organization depend

    upon what my answers are ? ”

    Am I just exaggerating ? Has anyone experienced similar

    irrelevant questions ?

    Do questions get ” tailored ” according to the candidate

    sitting in front of the Recruiters ?

    And what questions are Recruiters elsewhere asking ?

    With regards

    hemen parekh

    http://www.CustomizeResume.com

    Jobs for All = Peace on Earth

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  5. Writing Professional says:

    Only you can prevent a silent phone for months on end. Only you can prevent a generic work history that will not get you the interviews you need.

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  6. job seeker says:

    well, that’s a nice way to put it, good insights, works well in lcientele explanation and information resource option.

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  7. kritika says:

    How to make resume??? Answer of this question is here. this site and article is provide the tips for making resume with correct way in simple steps. this is very supportive for me and all of them who will need this specially job seeker and beginners. thankful for this suburb article.

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  8. Marketing Resume says:

    I think resume writing is not a easy task it is quite difficult, your blog site presents nice and useful information. Thanks for sharing.

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