If you're considering tapping a professional resume writer to handle your resume, you're likely comparing costs, investigating the credentials of the writers, and looking over samples posted on their websites. Don't forget to factor in the resume guarantee.

What? Resumes come with a guarantee? Well, not every resume comes with a guarantee. It's the prerogative of the resume writing service as to whether or not to offer one, and if so, how strong to make that resume guarantee. If one is offered, it will likely take one of the following three forms...

1 - The "Satisfaction Guarantee"

Not a bad deal, certainly better than no guarantee. And while it would seem at first glance that you couldn't go wrong with a satisfaction guarantee (after all, you'll be "satisfied," won't you?), there's a flaw in this guarantee big enough to drive a truck through. Here's the problem: most job seekers, who have little to no experience with resumes (or they wouldn't be employing a writing service) are forced to judge the product they're presented with, and to sign off on this product before putting it to the test. Most resume services will crank out a product that is measurably better than the job seeker could produce. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a resume that will land interviews -- which is the sole purpose of a resume. There's some pretty stiff competition out there in the jobs marketplace.

Your resume may end up looking quite nice and you might be genuinely happy with it. But a pretty-looking resume isn't necessarily an effective resume. If you want to be guaranteed that your new resume will be effective, you need to insist on the following resume guarantee...

2 - The "Results Guarantee" or the "Guaranteed Interview"

In the world of resume writing, "results" mean interviews. That's the measure of success for any resume -- that it generates phone calls that lead to interviews. A resume writing service that guarantees results (or guarantees interviews) is basically offering to re-write the resume if it doesn't generate one or more interviews after a set amount of time, say 30 or 60 days. It's a pretty big gesture, one that demonstrates to the prospective client that the company is confident in the workmanship of their product, and willing to stand behind that workmanship.

The third and final form of resume guarantee is the...

3 - "Money-Back Guarantee" 

This is a derivative of the "guaranteed interview" mentioned above, with the added bonus of getting money back if the resume doesn't produce at least one interview in the allotted time. Note: This is rare animal. In fact, we've only reviewed one major online company that offers a full 100% money-back guarantee.

If you're interested, we take a hard look at the most popular online services in our Resume Writing Services Reviews.

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