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
Marketing Your Resume Writing Service Business
1. Focus on a niche for your resume writing business
One way to distinguish your resume writing services is to focus on a niche – and strive to be well-known as the leading resume writer for that field. You can choose to become a specialist, offering your resume writing services to a specific target audience. Some possible niches include:
- Government job applicants
- Moms returning to work
- Applicants for tech-related positions
- Editing/Reworking resumes/curriculum vitae
- Online marketing of resumes, including creating LinkedIn profiles for resume clients
- Job changers
- New graduates
2. Offer quality service
Everything starts with a quality product. For a resume writer, that means knowing the employers’ hot buttons and knowing how to create a resume that will speak to these hot buttons. It all comes down to selling the job candidate’s qualifications and accomplishments in a way that will get results – and as a resume writer, that is what you need to do best.
3. Offer guarantees
In order to stand out from your competitors, one marketing strategy is to offer money-back guarantee in your resume writing service. Your business can offer the guarantee that your professionally developed resumes will generate results for your firm’s clients or you will give 100% of their money back.
The reason behind the guarantee is simple: you want to put the clients at ease. Searching for a job is stressful and you can make it your mission to make the job hunting process as pain free and as risk-free for your clients as possible.
4. Offer free bonuses
To set your business apart from your competitors and entice your target market, one way is to offer free bonuses to your service. Think of bonuses that you can bundle together with your services. Some possible bonuses that you can provide include:
- Job Hunting manual that you wrote and turned into a booklet
- Free professionally written custom Cover Letter
- Free professional written custom Thank You letter
- Free web formatting of the resume
- Interview secrets guide
- Federal application process guide for those who want to apply for work with the government
In your website and in your handouts to customers, be sure to give the estimated value of each of these bonuses. Then you can package them together and lure customers with offer such as “Weekend Special: Get 3 Additional Bonuses Worth $200.”
In the event that the clients ask for their money back, you can specify that you will let the clients keep the resume and ALL the special bonuses
5. Offer money back guarantee
You may give your clients 6 months to decide if they want their money back. Within 6 months of the purchase date, clients can ask for a full refund at any time. It may sound crazy, but this only works if you believe in your own product. You need to be convinced that you know how to write powerful and result-generating resumes.
6. Join associations and be certified
There are a number of resume writing associations that offer certifications. Getting certified is important to demonstrate that you adhere to high standards and that you offer quality service. Passing certification means that you are a highly experienced resume professional. The certification allows you to distinguish your experience from your competitors.
7. Check out local unemployment offices
If you are looking for your market, there’s no better place than local unemployment offices. Try to befriend the workers there and check if you can put up fliers. When you visit, be sure to hand out cards to those looking for work.
Additional Resources for Starting a Resume Writing Service:
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)
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
Does resume writing services cater to the exact need of the client or is it just a money-minting business?
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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.
Are jobseekers right in asking ,
Where is the level playing field ?
63 years after Independence, Indian Recruiters are still asking the candidates ,
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
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth
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
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!
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