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Austin, TX | There's A Resume Service In There, Somewhere

Austin, Texas
Congress Avenue Bridge and Town Lake

If You're Looking For An Austin Resume Service...

© David Alan Carter
 All Rights Reserved

Have you thought about online alternatives? We'll get to that in a moment. But first...

Sometimes you just want to deal with a local business. We understand, and we've tried to identify some of the more prominent Austin, TX resume writing services. Although we can't make any recommendations, here's what we found...
(Or, check out those online alternatives now.)

  • Letter Perfect Resumes1513 West Koenig Lane, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 454-5364      
  • Professional Resumes11615 Angus Road, Austin, TX‎ - (888) 804-0664      
  • Our Austin Group2801 Rogge Lane, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 926-8061      
  • AMW Resume Service9400 West Parmer Lane, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 220-5037      
  • Sharon Spector, Resume Coach2000 North Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 757-2262‎ ‎ 

We've also put together some Austin employment resources (see box below). But first, should you consider an online resume services? Well, consider this. A good resume writer, like any other professional today, is connected. Specifically, connected to the Web. In fact, you may be surprised at how many are conducting their business over the Internet. With that being the case, there's no need to tether yourself only to writers with a physical presence in Austin.

Austin Resume Service - Or An Online Alternative?

Visit an Austin Resume Service... or work by phone and email with an Online Resume Writer

Given the explosion in the growth of resume services, there's ever increasing odds that your ideal resume writer, a certified writer with a work history in your very industry, might just be living in Houston, Omaha or New York -- and not Austin. Not to worry. You can access that writer with a few clicks of a mouse. And the entire transaction can be handled by phone, email and fax.

Austin, You're Going To Love What We've Done

We've taken 10 of the more popular Resume Writing Services on the Web and put them through their paces. These are companies that collectively employ hundreds of professional writers covering a broad spectrum of industries and occupations. We wrote in-depth reviews for each resume service, and gave them star ratings based on the following:

  • Writer Certification
  • Price and Value
  • Quality of Workmanship
  • Personal Attention
  • Satisfaction Guarantee
  • Timeliness

Austin, TX Job Resources

Links to employment sites, top Austin employers and popular job boards.

City of Austin, TX Government Jobs

Top Employers in Austin, Texas (more ↓)
  --  Dell 
  --  IBM Corp. (Austin Research Lab)
  --  Seton Healthcare Network
  --  St. David's Healthcare Partnership
  --  State of Texas
  --  University of Texas at Austin
  --  Advanced Micro Devices
  --  Apple Computer
  --  Austin Community College
  --  Flextronics

Popular Job Boards
  --  Austin Jobs on monster
  --  Austin Jobs on careerbuilder
  --  Austin Jobs on craigslist
  --  Austin Jobs on snagajob.com

The resume services that we identified have prices ranging from $89 to $249 for a mid-level professional. Those prices at the higher end of the scale reflect an actual interview with you over the phone to discuss your work history, and 2-3 hours of work by your writer to craft a resume that will get results.

I'll be honest; although each was popular, not every service rated the same. In fact, the ratings range from 5 stars to a single star. You'll find that our 5-star "Top Picks" offer the most value and service.

[Note: If you're pressed for time, you might like to know that ResumeWriters.com received our highest rating. With certified writers specializing in 5 dozen career fields, this company has been delivering a 99.98% customer satisfaction rating since 1998. Plus, they've got one of the strongest guarantees in the industry... if you haven't gotten interviews within 60 days, they'll re-write your resume at no charge. You can even choose to work with a new writer for a totally fresh take on your resume. That cinched the deal with us.]

All of this, and no I-35 Road Rage at the MLK!

Visit our home page, Review of Resume Writers, and judge for yourself. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. If not, well, you can always fire up the car and strike out on the Mo-Pac in search of a local firm. Either way, I wish you the best of luck in your job search! 

– David

David Alan Carter is a former technical recruiter (i.e. headhunter) and founder of Resume One of Cincinnati. For more than ten years, he personally crafted thousands of resumes for satisfied clients from all occupational walks of life, from entry-level to senior executive.



↓   Austin's largest employers include the Austin Independent School District, the City of Austin, Dell, the United States Federal Government, Freescale Semiconductor (spun off from Motorola in 2004), IBM, St. David's Healthcare Partnership, Seton Healthcare Network, the State of Texas, Texas State University-San Marcos, and the University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas.

Other high-tech companies with operations in Austin include 3M, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Google, AMD, Applied Materials, Cirrus Logic, Cisco Systems, eBay/PayPal, Hoover's, Intel Corporation, National Instruments, Samsung Group, Silicon Laboratories, Sun Microsystems and United Devices.

Austin is also emerging as a hub for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. About 85 companies from this industry are based in Austin. The city was ranked by the Milken Institute as the #12 biotech and life science center in the United States.

--Austin, Texas. (2010, January 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:15, January 5, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Austin,_Texas&oldid=336004829


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