How to Start a Small Business Writing Resumes

Business Start Up Costs & Ways to Write an Executive Resume

Oct 10, 2009

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The job market is shrinking. Writing resumes can become a lucrative work from home business with low start up costs and plenty of job satisfaction.

Many people have been retrenched in recent times and are on the lookout for a new job. Now more than ever there is a need for effective, punchy resumes that will make a job candidate stand out.

Why Would Anyone Employ a Resume Writer?

Writing professional resumes is a skill that requires an ability to highlight training and accomplishments with minimum wording.

Many people prefer to hire the services of an expert to write a professional or an executive resume. The fact is that candidates are aware that a human resources manager may have literally hundreds of applications to sift through. The resume has to be eye-catching in the first few seconds in order to grab attention.

Well-written resumes do more than provide a work history, they separate outstanding applicants from average ones.

What a Well Crafted Resume will Accomplish

The resume must create an outstanding first impression.
A good resume will have elements such as specific technical skills that stand out.
It must start out strong- helping the reader to know exactly what is being offered and that the candidate qualifies almost at the outset.
The spelling, grammar must be correct and the resume needs to be well crafted and easy to read.
Writing professional resumes means having an ability to distill pages of information on education, work history etc. into a page or two of quality content that represent the best the candidate has to offer.

Business Start Up Costs

Start up costs for launching a resume writing business are relatively low.

Consider investing in a training workshop course or class to enhance writing skills.
Costs for advertising, marketing, setting up a website and printing business cards need to be factored in.
Start up equipment would be purchasing a computer and/or good quality printer. Good, thick paper in neutral colors will be necessary, although some resume writing services are digital and virtual.
A business plan will give the resume writing service a more professional feel. It will also incorporate an action plan on starting, maintaining and growing the service.

While a resume on its own is unlikely to secure the job for a candidate, the strategy of having dynamic, action orientated language coupled with precise description should capture the reader's attention and persuade him or her to call the candidate for an interview.

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Source:

wowcv.net, Article "How to Write a CV", Gerard le Roux, information retrieved on 11 October,2009

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