Successful Resumes Introduction

As Australia's largest and longest established resume writing organisation we take pride in being the setters of industry standards and quality, not the followers. So in the rapidly changing world where On-Line presence is essential to business success, we are launching a news and resource focused BLOG and also, soon, our corporate FACEBOOK.

Internally at Successful Resumes Australia we use a range of On-Line tools to ensure that all our group writers, who are spread far and wide across Australia, have equal access to up-to-the-minute resources and information. These are vital technology components in the resume and employment services business, and enable us to better support our thousands of clients in their quest to get started or to make a successful career change.

The resume sector is full of plagiarists.

Not just in Australia, but worldwide. Some are people who think they can just fill in a few weeks or months between jobs and make a quick and easy dollar. Others are people who have looked at our business model from afar and tried to emulate us. Some even manage to get hold of samples of our work and use them as guides for the own efforts. We have even seen absolute copies, language style and design as well, on a website in the USA! Maybe we should just be flattered. One local organisation not only plagiarised our name and but also our code of ethics and claimed them as original ideas.

Resume writing and helping people put together the best possible application package and market their skills and personal attributes to employers, is neither quick nor easy. It requires writing talent, people skills, communication and employment sector knowledge, oh and not to forget the ability to run a modern small business.

Some organisations have criticised us because some of our group (not all) work out of home based offices. This is used as some sort of putdown, as if it is less than professional. In fact home based businesses and working from home, in Australia and around the globe, are dramatically increasing in number. Even many large companies, such as IBM, have key staff who work mainly from home and only go in to their office once a week, or even less.

One of our competitors even claims that they keep their prices down because of their volume of work! What does that mean? Are they doing more of them and also faster? If so that equals a typing service as far as I am concerned. I am certain that it is not what thinking resume clients would want to believe is the service style of their chosen resume writing organisation.

The truth is, a great resume takes many hours to think about, design, write, edit and re-edit. When combined with interviewing the client, writing cover letters and several follow up discussions regarding desired change. Most good writers would finish one in a working day, and maybe get started on a second, but more than this could be challenging. Speed and volume is what defines a typing service, that is not what professional resume writing services are about.

Proudly I can say that working out of home is the way of the future and highly desirable for the workers too, certainly in our case it helps us put more time and energy into working with our clients, not travelling great distances to get to the office to meet them. It certainly helps to keep overheads down.

Government released statistics:
The latest stats available show that in June 2004, there were 282,400 home-based businesses in NSW, representing 63.8% of NSW small businesses.

Since we commenced our organisation in October of 1992, we have seen many of these 'knockers' and 'copycats' come, and just as quickly disappear. Fortunately the working public isn't silly and they do their research before coming to a decision on who will handle their vitally important resume writing project. Mostly they go with professionals who have been around for a long time and don’t make outrageous claims or promise the earth and the stars as the result.

Nobody can guarantee a job!

What we guarantee is to work with our clients until they are satisfied.
We will listen to professional feedback from recruiters and interviewers and will make changes accordingly. We are also happy to spend short periods on the phone or answering emails from our clients well after their resume is completed.

We are here for the very long haul and our clients come back to us over a period of many years, even some who have moved overseas. We are a client focused organisation and will do what it takes to help them be successful. It’s all there in our name.

Please visit our sites to find out more about our services and to make an appointment with the resume writer of your choice:
www.successfulresumes.com.au
www.successfulcv.co.uk

John Little, Group Founder and Sydney CBD Branch Principal