{"id":1756,"date":"2010-08-26T07:17:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T11:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2024-08-15T04:53:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:53:37","slug":"choosing-the-best-resume-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/choosing-the-best-resume-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the Best Resume Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alina Dizik recently wrote quite a\u00a0provocative article for the Wall Street Journal, Hiring a R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Writer? Ask These Questions First<\/a>, that triggered over 25 comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some came from people I know \u2013 my colleagues in the careers industry \u2013 and some came from people attacking professional resume writers in general, questioning the validity of professional credentialing, and demeaning them for defending our profession in their comments.<\/p>\n

Some of the disparaging comments align with what I said in a post last year over at my Executive Resume Branding blogsite, The Truth About Professional Executive Resume Writers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We get a lot of bad press.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lately, I\u2019m seeing a growing number of blog posts and articles warning that professional resume writers are swindlers and resume writing credentials mean nothing. They lambaste us in general and place an arbitrary cap on what you should pay for a resume.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

They are distrustful of resume writers and perhaps with good reason. So much misinformation about what we do (or don\u2019t do) is floating around out there by people who make sweeping generalizations about us as a group but don\u2019t really know what we do.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the most part,\u00a0Ms. Dizik’s\u00a0suggestions are reasonable, I take exception\u00a0to some:<\/p>\n