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Guerilla Resumes – A Top Executive Recruiter Reveals How To Build A Resume Guaranteed To Work!

The author of Guerilla Resume’s, David Perry, has been an executive recruiter for over 15 years and has read over 400,000 resumes in that time! He understands how employers think and how to create a resume layout that will get you interviewed.

Here’s just SOME of what Guerilla Resume’s gives you:

• Which should you emphasize more in your resume - accomplishments or skills? Or neither?
• No college degree? No formal education? No problem! How to describe your education and training with simple writing secrets that work every time
• Discover how to get other people to help write your resume - FREE. Plus, you’ll get FREE networking help at the same time, which could open up the “hidden” job market to you, overnight
• Learn the “7 Deadly Things” to leave out of your resume.

This is just a sample of about 20+ things you’ll learn with the Guerilla Resume’s package.

Guerilla Resume’s is confident that you’ll get a job using his techniques. So sure in fact that he’ll give you two guarantees!

Guarantee #1: You MUST get a job within 90 days of ordering or you will get a full refund. No questions, no hassles.

Guarantee #2: If you follow his method and don’t get hired during the next 90 days, he’ll send you an EXTRA $50.00 as penalty out of his own pocket, on top of your refund!
Now if that isn’t worth the $29.97 investment then I don’t know what is!

Getting proper resume help is the one step in your job search over which you have total control. It is your personal career marketing document. You will either be selected for an interview from among potentially hundreds of other candidates – or passed over; depending entirely on the strength of your resume.

The Resumes Function

The purpose of a Resume is not to get a job! Its purpose is to get an interview. The competition is fierce so the better this document is, the quicker you get hired.

Job recruiters spend approximately 15 seconds looking at each Resume. In that short time, they make a decision to place you in the “yes” pile or in the “no” pile. This decision can be based on the overall appearance of your Resume template, the format, and the three or four key selling points you have listed in your Qualifications Summary at the top of the resume.

If you make it to the “yes” pile, your resume will receive a detailed reading. From that initial pile of Resumes that come in the mail, the recruiter’s goal might be to narrow the list to only five, ten or twenty candidates who will be called for an interview. So even if you survived the first screening and made it to the stack of 20, you still have a 50/50 chance of being cut from the final selection.

Remember, this entire process happens solely on the strength of your resume. That’s why your resume format is so important. And if you survive this process, your resume then becomes the basis for your interview. The recruiter will use your resume as an outline to discuss your career history, accomplishments, and qualifications for the position she/he needs to fill at the company.

After the interview, your resume continues to represent you, as your qualifications are weighed against those of other candidates who have also made it through this interview stage. Assume that only the five or ten best and most qualified candidates were interviewed. The department heads involved will meet and discuss which candidates they want to consider. Even here, your resume plays an important role in reminding the company of your qualifications, the impression you made during the interview, etc.

Should You Write Your Own Resume?

Probably not – unless you are a skilled professional writer who can also honestly look at your own strengths and weaknesses objectively. While there are dozens of “do-it-yourself” resume books on the market, the truth is that if you do your own resume, it is being prepared by an amateur.

Does it make sense to spend four years and $40,000 to earn a college degree and then market that investment to employers with a do-it-yourself Resume? Or to have solid credentials and a salary level of $30,000, $60,000 or $100,000… and use a less than professional resume to represent you?

Think of a company like Coca-Cola. The executives who work for Coca-Cola know that product better than anyone else. Yet Coca-Cola uses a professional advertising agency to create the messages that are designed to sell us on buying Coca-Cola.

The Professional Resume Writer

Hiring a professional Resume writer serves the same purpose in selling you to a potential employer as Coca-Cola’s advertising agency. You’re getting the benefit of an expert who writes resumes every day and who knows how to present a client’s background and credentials to best advantage.

There are three options open at this point;

1. do it yourself,
2. hire a professional resume writer or
3. use resume software.

I would never recommend to even my worst enemy that they write their own resume so that leaves #2 and #3. Number 2 is the best option but costs some money, sometimes $200 – $400, however it is an investment in YOUR future.

Resume software is a less expensive and was written by professional resume writers. Resume templates and Interview help is also available. Is it equal to option #2?  Very close but not quite as good but still far ahead of writing your own resume.

I would recommend that if your budget will allow, go to the professional writer route. However if you have been out of work awhile then the #3 option makes sense. That’s why our site Resume On A Budget was created, to help people on a budget. By the way the resume software has a money back guarantee so you can’t go wrong.

If you have never prepared a resume it can be a daunting task, or maybe you have and wondered why you are not getting any responses. A template just might be the answer you are looking for. Many people are not creative and freeze up when preparing their resume and it shows. After all our parents taught us not to brag about ourselves and that habit is hard to break.

A template can help you to quickly complete the task with much fewer mistakes than just starting with a blank page. Life is hard enough so why make your life harder. The template package will give you several styles to choose from. They are all prepared by professionals so just pick one you like and get started. So why use a resume template? Well beyond what I just described, here are some additional examples of what they can do for you.

1. Resume templates are among the most useful of any writing template. You choose the template you like and fill it in. It’s just that simple!
2. You will be able to send out a more impressive and professional looking resume in a fraction of the time and it will look like you hired a professional and paid them a lot of money.

Having a resume that catches the attention of prospective employers is what it’s all about. If your resume does not impress the person who sees it, you will never get a job interview, so your chances of getting a job depend a great deal on the appearance.

A resume suitable for someone applying to the banking industry will require a different template than someone in the construction trade. And with the different templates available you will easily find one that fits your needs. Having the right resume appearance can make the difference of whether you get the job or not. And of course our resume packages come with a money back guarantee! You can’t beat that!