Updating Resumes: Hiring Resume Updaters 404-580-1501

Who needs to update a resume? Every employable person needs to update their resume from time to time, whether they are looking for a different job or not. In this day and age anyone might suddenly be changing careers or employers at any time.

Up until just twenty five or thirty years ago it was common for employees to work hard and stay with the same company in a similar job for decades. The advent of modern technology quickly made employee loyalty and work effort a near non-factor for keeping one’s job. Why?

Computers, robotics, technology, outsourcing, and consolidation have taught human beings and industry “efficiency,” and “economies of scale.” Get it?

As technology advances, fewer and fewer employees are required to do the same amount of work. This is, in effect, the very nature of Capitalism – and adjustments do come about as one type of position disappears and eventually another evolves or begins.

Even a God-fearing and hard- working loyal company employee can now lose his or her job after decades of faithful work effort – many times losing benefits and retirement along with the position. This is true for manual labor and white collar work. Everything is changing rapidly. Loyalty has almost become a one-way street, employee to employer only.

How, then, does someone update their resume? In most cases a resume service or resume writer is hired to reorganize and update the information from a past resume of the client. Hiring resume updaters is generally a smart decision. Hiring or not hiring a professional resume preparer can make the difference between obtaining an entire career or not.

The new or updated resume is composed by modernizing an older one, using the latest important keywords, adjectives, and buzz words – while also adding the newer jobs/positions and making extrapolations based upon the longer length of work experience.

What has been achieved by an employee in the past is still the best indicator of what will be done in the future; but, the potential employee may well convince an employer that he or she can do more, if the resume writer/resume updater correctly links past employment and skills to future potential (required for the position in question) in a logical manner. A bridge must be demonstrated between the past and the future. Specialization, stability, and personal growth are highly regarded.

The point to all of this is that at any point in time an accurate and updated resume may well be needed by any of the vast majority of employed and unemployed people. Almost everyone is vulnerable to the often unstable movements of the business cycle and the macro economy.

Given the competitive nature of the labor market and the quick time frames now used in filling vacant positions, it is simply common sense that it is a great idea to have an updated resume in-hand in case there is a need for a new position, particularly at a moment’s notice.

At Jimmy Hall Writing Services/Atlanta-Douglasville, Georgia and online (404-580-1501), I update resumes for clients – including executive resumes, basic resumes, student resumes, and federal resumes.