Review | Resume Zapper.com

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by David Alan Carter

Thousands of top U.S. recruitment and search firms, commonly known as Headhunters, are targeted by Resume Zapper. Your resume is sent straight to their email inboxes. The company, in business since 1998, currently claims to have over 10,000 contingency and retained search firms as members--including over 1,100 who do international placements. This is not a resume posting site; rather, Resume Zapper concentrates solely on resume distribution to recruiters.

Concerns? We have some. Jump to "What We Didn't Like."

Here's How It Works

Sign up for the Zapper with a major credit card. The cost is $49.99 for the basic service. Fill out a secure, online form and follow the wizard to download your resume and cover letter. You'll then receive two emails from the company. The first lets you know they received your resume. The second lets you know your resume was "zapped," and lets you know how many recruiters received your resume.

An additional service ($15.00) will provide you with a list of those recruiters--by the firm's name and the state in which that particular office resides.

With the basic service, your resume and cover letter will be sent to 600 general recruiters who have elected to receive all resumes, as well as your choice of 3 industry/discipline selections and up to 3 geographic filter selections. Industry selections range from Accounting & Financial (1,458 recruiters) to Wireless International (429 recruiters) and everything in between. By the way, you can choose additional industries/disciplines to increase exposure to your resume. It's $19.00 for each 3 additional industries you choose.

If there is interest or a placement fit, the recruiter gets in touch directly with you.

Here's What We Liked

• Industry targeting: a good number of industry/discipline selections represented by member recruiters. And they show you those disciplines up front.
• Every state in the U.S. is represented in the geographic filter selections.
• Keep your job search private with a Confidential Email Box. It's $10 extra.
• Optional list of all recruiters who received your resume (additional $15).  

Here's What We Didn't Like

• The number of complaints on the internet is worrying. Examples at RipoffReport.com and ComplaintsBoard.com.  

Resume Zapper Review - The Wrap Up

In summary, Resume Zapper is focused on only one thing and they appear to do it reasonably well--getting your resume in the hands of recruiters. That said, we remain cautious due to the number of customer complaints posted on the internet. We advise visiting our Resume Distributors page to see mini-reviews and rankings of competitors. As with all of our reviews, this is our opinion--we always advise readers to do their own due diligence.

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