It's a 1-2 page resume that we design to your specifications, based upon your immediate and long-term career goals, as well as your particular experience and job history. This is the standard resume that you will print up on a piece of paper and take to your job interview. We use unique, professional page designs to ensure that your strengths and qualifications stand out. This particular product is emailed to you as a file attachment within the deadline you select. The resume will be in MSWord .doc format so you make changes to the document as you need over the years, and you can print up as many copies as you want. For a small additional fee, we will print up copies on professional, high-weave resume paper and mail you the copies via US Mail.

An e-resume is a specially formatted text-only version of your resume. The format in question is called ASCII format. This formatting allows the text to be sent over all electronic medias, while retaining its margins and tabs. Have you ever cut and pasted something into an email only to have the text get jumbled and scrambled when you send the document? ASCII formatting prevents this from happening.

When do you use an e-resume? When you submit your resume to online job search site like HotJobs.com (and many others) they request that you cut and paste your current resume into their forms so they can post it to their network. If your resume is not in proper e-resume format, you run the risk of having your formatting show up jumbled. 

Also, some corporations and recruiters don't accept file attachments. They request that you send your resume in the body of an email only. A properly formatted ASCII e-resume allows you to cut and paste your resume into the body of an email, send it over any email system in the world, and be sure that your resume will look the same no matter where it is sent.

Many corporations and job banks store resumes in large databases. To do this, they use scanners to scan resumes into their computers. Later on, when they need to fill job openings, they simply go through their electronic database and find candidates to fill these posts. Scannable resumes require specific page designs because computer scanners cannot read certain items. Here is a short list of no-no's that might keep your resume from being scanned properly:

• Colored paper
• Font sizes or typeface that is too small (anything below 10 pt.)
• Italics
• Underlining
• Hollow bullets (as opposed to the solid, black bullets that are used in this list)
• Using # for bullets.
• Boxes
• Column designs
• Vertical lines
• Vertical dates (always use horizontal dates: 1957-1959)
  

In almost all cases, the answer is yes. This goes for scannable resumes and electronic resumes as well. A cover letter is a professional courtesy that is as important and as traditional as a handshake or a "thank-you." It accompanies any resume you send, and is a way of introducing yourself, and explaining why this resume has shown up on the reader's desk. Follow-up letters are a similar courtesy that you send after an interview or phone conversation. They are just a polite way of reminding your contact that you're there, and you're still interested in the job.

All the cover letters and follow-up letters we design can be used multiple times. We simply write a personalized, professional body to the letter, based upon your unique personal information. We then leave blanks for you to change the address and recipient's name. This way, you can use our cover letters and follow-up letters every time you send out a resume.

As you go through your career, you establish new experiences and acquire new skills. This reflects a changing picture of you as a potential employee. Ideally, you should have a new resume every time you acquire experience or skills that materially change or improve your worth as a potential hire. Have you taken a Spreadsheet Class lately? Did you close the biggest account in your company's history last month? You need to change your resume to reflect these new, powerful selling points.
In short: every time you're seeking a new job, you need a new resume. This is especially true if you've been out of the job market for several years.

All of our finished documents are emailed to you by the deadline as a file attachment to an email. The file attachment is in the form of a MSWord .doc file that should be readable by any MSWord program. If you do not use MSWord or cannot view such a file, arrangements can be made to send the file in a different format. Additionally, we have hard copy mailing options, utilizing the United States Postal Service for delivery:

• For only $7.00, we will Priority Mail you five copies of the resume or cover letter our editors write for you. We'll print it all up on professional resume stock-paper and mail it to you hot off the presses. The Priority Mail process offers 2-3 day delivery. This is of course in addition to the 24-72 hours it requires for us to write your resume.
• For only $15.00, we will Express Mail you five copies of the resume or cover letter our editors write for you. We'll print it all up on professional resume stock-paper and mail it to you hot off the presses. The Express Mail process offers next day delivery.