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This article is focused on helping you decide which type of resume writing service is best for you.  I’m writing this because there are a few ‘charlatans’ who are now advertising they are a ‘professional resume writing service’.

  • The site looks swish – and they’re advertising with Google Adwords
  • They are offering ‘50% off-‘ their resume writing fee – which at first sounds fantastic
  • The process looks easy – as you deal directly with the resume writer
  • The ‘team’ look friendly and competent – there are images of all the ‘resume writing managers’

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But here’s the catch when I dug a little deeper:

When I Googlged the names of the people who were on the team, only one person had any digital footprint, the others, who apparently have had 20 years of experience, don’t even have a LinkedIn profile.  So it made me wonder, what type of ex-recruiter doesn’t even have a LinkedIn profile?

When I had a closer look at the ‘professional headshots of the team, they looked very much like stock photos that had just been downloaded from the web.

Okay, so I thought, ‘this guy is a single man show, but he wants to look like he has an office in every state’, he’s using fake names and stock photos to build up his company’s image.

Think about the Consequences 

Then I read the process, which sounds great at first, but when you think about the fact that you deal directly with the resume writer and there is no ‘middle man’, what happens when the resume writer does a bad job?  What happens when you’re not happy with the level of service, or the quality of the resume, cover letter and LinkedIn profile produced?

Having someone who you can chat with who is not going to get emotional when you start to pick apart various parts of the resume is a great benefit.

Finally, the “50% OFF” deal looks great, and would definitely attract people whose soul criteria for deciding which resume writing company to choose is based on price…..but you need to know that when the resume writer ends up working for less than what they pay a McDonalds worker…you’re not going to get a quality resume, cover letter and selection criteria.

You Need a High Quality Resume, Cover Letter and LinkedIn Profile

There are times when you buy based on price.

There are times when you need to pay for quality.

When quality really matters, I recommend you look to paying for a quality service.  When the outcome of the product or service is critical to your future, I recommend you only work with providers that you feel comfortable will do a great job.

Your career is too important to risk.

If you’ve accomplished great things, you need a resume that is going to reflect your greatness.

Having a good resume is a reflection of what you can offer the world, so I hope you see the value in investing in yourself with this transaction.

Please feel free to reach out to us at hello@melbourneresumes.com.au or contact us at 1300 979 890 if you’d like to chat. 

 

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6 Essential Elements You Must Include on Your Resume’s First Page

 

Resume Tip #1

Use Keywords and Phrases that the job

 

Resume Tip # 2

Demonstrate how you have used the requested skills to generate a positive result for your employer and other stakeholders.

 

Resume Tip # 3

Put a LinkedIn Button into your resume. Make it link to your LinkedIn Profile.

 

Resume Tip # 4

Create a short ‘Bio’ that articulates your key strengths, talents and achievements within one paragraph.

 

Resume Tip # 5

Use a ‘Career Highlights’ section if you have achieved more than 3 significant results for your past and current employers.

 

Resume Tip # 6

Include a ‘Career Snapshot’ if you’ve had a logical career path that shows you have a great foundation of knowledge and expertise for the next role you’re applying for.

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Consultants are in demand in virtually every industry.

ListTheir expertise is especially critical in the following fields:

  • Corporate and Organisational Strategy
  • Business systems and business performance improvement
  • Finance, Tax and accounting
  • Governance, risk and compliance 
  • Operations management

1. Strategy Consultant

Strategy Consultants operate at the highest level of the consultancy market, and work on subjects including:

  • Corporate and organisational strategy,
  • Economic and government policy, and
  • Functional strategy.

Strategy consultants are hired by CEOs, Directors and Senior Management teams to focus on holistic initiatives that generate short and long term benefits to the organisation.  Strategy Consultants have proven expertise in generating outstanding results and have strong relationship building and business advisory skills.

2. Management Consultants

Management consultants are also known as business consultants or organisational advisors, and focus on a range of organisational issues from strategy to operations and management. According to leading sources at research firm Kennedy, Management Consulting covers all services that fall under Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting and HR Consulting. For that reason more than half of all consultants and advisors can be defined as a management consultant.

3. Operations Consultants

Operations consultants help their client organisations improve operational performance.  The consultancy function varies from advisory services to hands-on implementation support, for a wide scope of fields such as:

  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Production
  • Finance
  • HR
  • Supply Chain
  • ICT
  • Legal

Since operations is associated with the strategy and technology side of a company, operations consultants regularly work side by side with Strategy and Management Consultants.

4. Financial Consultants

Financial Consultants work on a wide range of issues and initiates that address financial and analytical capabilities within an organisation. The profile of a financial consultant can be focused on expertise generated from one or more of the following areas:

  • Corporate finance advisors
  • Risk management
  • Tax
  • Restructuring
  • Forensic research
  • Auditing
  • Financial Planning
  • Business Analysis
  • Senior Financial Analysis

There are many opportunities for financial consultants, and the large accounting and consulting firms, are always looking for new dynamic members to join their teams.

In a recent poll done by Robert Half Management Resources, 83% of financial executives agreed that consulting was becoming an attractive career option.  Types of business consulting roles range from tax advisory roles  to corporate accounting specialists and business systems analysts . However consultants are also often called for roles such as Accounting manager, Auditor. Controller, Finance and Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Internal Auditor, Senior accountant  and Senior Financial Analyst.

5. Human Resource Consultants

HR consultants help their client organisations with human capital issues and initiatives to improve the performance of the HR department.  Although there is not as much demand for HR Consultants as Finance and Organisational Consultants, medium to large organisations do hire for help on strategy and implementation of the following topics:

  • Organisational design
  • HR processes and systems
  • Change management
  • Terms of employment
  • Learning & development
  • Talent management
  • Cultural Transformations

6. IT Consultants

IT consultants, also known as Technology Consultants or  ICT Consultants, help their client organisation with the development and implementation of Information Technology initiatives.   IT consultants focus on delivering a smooth transition of new ICT resources so the organisation leverages new technology and mitigates risk associated with cyber security issues.

Most IT Consultants work on implementing strategy in project related work  such as updating or replacing ERP systems applications.

IT Consultants get the flexibility and variety in the projects they work on, their role may vary from project management to process management or system integration.

There is an increasing demand for consultants within the e-commerce sector, as well as traditional brick and mortar businesses that want to attract more clients through digital marketing initiatives.

The hot topics that IT Consultants are drawn to at the moment are:

  • automated workflow management,
  • data analytics,
  • cyber security
  • IT forensics.

 

The Consultants Resume will use a special resume layout that draws the reader’s attention to projects that you’ve worked on.  Our focus will be to promote the projects that where you have generate positive outcomes and results.

If you’re interested in speaking with us about how we can help prepare you for consulting opportunites, please contact us by phone on 1300 979 890 or filling in the blue form at the bottom of this page.

“What an amazing resume! I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and it has certainly reminded me of the value I can offer.  Thank you again for making this such an enjoyable experience!”

–   Jill.S    Digital Content and Media Consultant

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3 Reasons You May Want to Consider Consulting

The demand for consultants is growing, and as organisations are becoming increasing reluctant to hire full time employees, you’d be smart to start looking at the world of consulting as a new way of earning a salary.

Consulting opportunities can vary in length of time from a few days to several years.  As a consultant, you can work for a consulting firm who takes responsibility for finding new work projects, or you can become an independent consultant and live life on your terms.

Here are 3 great benefits to working as a Consultant:

  1. Consulting gives you freedom – flexibility is a given when you work as a consultant and can be the perfect remedy if you no longer want the demands of a full-time position or simply want to manage the pace of your work.
  2. Consulting gives you constant challenges – Consulting will stretch you because no two projects will ever be the same.  You’ll  be exposed to new business models and business leaders who will inevitably help develop your business acumen and industry knowledge.  Similarly, your experience and depth of knowledge will be highly appreciated by your clients, as you cross pollinate ideas and strategies across industries.
  3. Consulting gives you choice – As an independent consultant, you promote yourself to the exact type of companies that you want to serve, so you can choose to strategically become a specialist in a specific industry, or you can ensure you are working across a scope of sectors so you’re skills and expertise will be valued by a larger market.

With technology constantly evolving, there are new and greater risks that organisations need to mitigate.  Companies rely on outside help, from specialist consultants. to effectively manage this risk and deliver solutions to protect the organisation.  If you have IT experience, and skills in Cloud-computing platforms, ERP systems, IT security and data-mining tools, then consulting may be a rewarding option for you to try over the next few years.