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Originally Posted by maleficent
The downside with "professional" type set resumes, is you can't gear the resume towards the position which you are applying for. Depending on the job you are going for, you might want to stress one set of skills over another.
Nice paper, and a laser printer is what's expected, I'm not sure that spending an extra 1000 bucks is going to get your foot in the door anywhere.
But that's coming from a technical background.
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EXACTLY!!!!
I recently went thru this whole job thing and had many different versions of my resume created. You can download many templates for free from websites to create an outstanding resume. Remember: Head Hunters and HR people are using software to scan resumes these days. They are searching for "keywords". If you pay to have a professional do your resume, the "keywords" may not be listed and then you're out a couple hundred bucks.
EXAMPLE: I sent one resume to a employer and received a denial letter within days. I re-sent a modified resume to the same company a few days later with words and phrases of the particluar industry, and received an interview request. Weird huh.