Description of Executive Resume
and
Career Services
Executive Level Presentation
Resume
Your competitive edge. Powerfully written and distinctively formatted. Suitable for
mail, fax, or personal presentation to employers, contacts, or recruiters; for job search;
networking; or interviews. Delivered to you via electronic
file in MS Word and PDF formats.
ASCII resume
This type of resume is pasted into an e-mail and is essential if you need to e-mail your
resume to employers, recruiters, or to on-line job search sites. An attachment with your
presentation resume may be sent as well, but the majority of employers and recruiters do
not want to open attachments; it’s too time consuming, the resume formatting is often
corrupted, and there is always the possibility of a virus.
Executive Biographies
Executives, board members, and company principals need to have an executive biography for
use in company literature, in public relations and media pieces, and in finance
negotiations. This is typically a one-to-two page semi-formal document listing the
highlights of your career, education, publications, media appearances and personal
information of interest.
Cover Letters / Cover Letter Suite
Strategic marketing of your resume is not complete without a dynamic and compelling cover
letter.
A cover letter can sell the employer on reading your resume. A boring or trite
cover letter can kill the chances of even the best candidate with the best resume. A great
cover letter is crafted with as much care as the resume and is as important.
A cover letter suite includes
composition of an original targeted cover letter plus conversion to letters for
any or all of these letters: direct mail,
recruiters, venture capital firms, personal networking, business networking,
and
print or Internet want-ads.
Thank You or Follow-Up Letters
The single most important thing to do after your interview is to take a few minutes to
write a recap of the interview. The second most important thing is to use that recap to
write a letter thanking the interviewer for her time, reiterating your interest in the
position, and recapping the important ways that you can help the company / department meet
its objectives. Do this and you will be ahead of most job seekers because they fail to use
this excellent and courteous technique.
Internet Posting
Use the Internet’s power to post your resume to individual job offerings and to
resume blasting services that will land your resume on thousands of targeted employer,
recruiter, and executive recruiter databases, giving you heretofore unheard of exposure
and opportunities. While you are doing networking, sending letters, and working with
recruiters, your Internet resume is working 24x7 with no effort on your part. It’s a
win/win situation for job seekers in many industries.
Targeted Direct Mail
We are not big advocates of mass mailings. They are expensive and have a low
response rate. We do believe in focused, targeted mailings to companies and recruiters.
The right type of mailings to the right decision-makers work. This strategy must be
thought carefully and implemented properly. We can help you with it.
Company Research
You must do industry research to some extent to determine how to target your resume
content. You must do company research to develop direct mail cover letters and to shine in
interviews. We specialize in business information retrieval. We can train you to search
the Net for information, or we can save you the time and do it for you. If
you need company information for a job interview we can tell you how to find it or we can
find it for you and provide you with an interview preparation packet. Let us know what you
need. It’s your call.
Portfolio Development
A well-designed and content-rich portfolio containing selected samples of your work is a
powerful tool for controlling the interview and winning the job. We partner
with Brandego, the leader in web portfolio development.
Executive Power Coaching
At Advantage Resumes we do not believe in the high-dollar, but often low-return coaching
packages offered by some firms. Our coaching is totally individualized,
totally strategic, and totally
"un-packaged."
We understand that there are as many types of job seekers as
there are jobs. Some people are savvy careerists who need little guidance in steering
their course. Others find that the rapid changes in job search and interview techniques
have them dazed and confused. Others need some strategic coaching in salary negotiation or
performance appraisal prep.
Wherever you fit, we will work with you to determine your
exact needs and tailor a program of coaching segments that is right for you...no more, no
less. Your success is our only goal.
For complete career and business coaching services for executives,
entrepreneurs, consultants, and top sales professionals, visit our affiliates Executive
Power Marketing and Executive
Power Coach
The
Fine Print
We told you we'd try to answer all your questions!
- Typical resume or letter draft turnaround time is
approximately 14 to 21 business days from time of our receipt of your
completed Career Profile and Interview
Preparation Questionnaire.
- For each resume project, the Career Profile and Interview
Preparation Questionnaire should be completed by computer and returned by e-mail
no more than two weeks after our strategic consultation.
- All projects are considered to be creative
services and as such are non-refundable.
- You will
receive a service agreement to sign and fax back. This must be received before
any materials are forwarded to you and before and writing or
consultation begins.
- All projects are payable by Visa, MasterCard, or Discover
Card. A 50%, non-refundable retainer (payable toward the total
investment) will be placed on
your credit card before the Career Profile and Interview
Preparation Questionnaire is e-mailed to you.
- The project balance will be placed on your
credit card after our
receipt of your completed worksheets. It is non-refundable after writing
begins.
- All calls and faxes will be covered by Advantage unless you are an
oversees client.
- Overseas clients will be billed a $100
surcharge (refundable if not used) to cover phone calls and faxes.
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