How Much Do Resumes Cost? / Professionally Written Resumes/Atlanta - Jimmy Hall

How much do resumes cost? This is a common question for job-seekers. Like anything else, professionally-written resumes range widely in price. Resumes in Atlanta, and the nation in general, cost between $30 and $500. Obviously, that answer doesn't help you much - so please read-on.

Generally-speaking, typical resumes cost $50 - $100, while executive-type white collar resumes are usually priced at between $65 and $150. Why such a price variance? 

There are many variables involved in the resume business that require varying degrees of work-effort, planning, organizing, time, and formatting. In addition, different objectives and info require more or less skill and contemplation. Upon completion, delivery methods (e-mail, hard copy, mailing, etc) also affect price.

(At my own resume service and writing service near Atlanta (Jimmy Hall Writing Services, 404-580-1501) 80% of the resumes I write are priced at between $55 and $75, simply due to the stream-lining delivery methods and personal writing process I employ.)

A good resume writing service should inform the client beforehand exactly what information is desired before writing begins. It simply makes good sense. The writer needs to have a feel for the client, and be sold upon him or her before trying to "sell" the client to a potential employer. Usually, the more data and info the better.

I like to have all contact information, job dates and titles and locations, exact education dates and specialties and locations, 8 or 10 adjectives describing the client, the client's purpose/goal for the resume (type of position/job wanted), all special skills and talents, awards and specific accomplishments (especially functional), a personal quote by the client about work ethics, and also a paragraph or two about them as a person. Resumes need to be crisp and precise, period.

A good resume writer in Atlanta or anywhere else understands that the purpose of a resume is to obtain job interviews for the client, to eventually get a better job; resumes themselves rarely secure jobs - they are simply concise snapshots and representations of their human, ideally designed to spark interest and set the applicant apart from the crowd.

I write resumes, and would like to assist you. Feel free to give me a call, 404-580-1501 ~ Jimmy Hall.