Resume Distribution
Reviews
Forget pretty envelopes & postage stamps. It's not 1980
anymore.
In today's job market, you need serious
resume distribution.
updated:
Resume Distribution Reviews...
"OK - what's my time worth?"
That's the question that lurks in the heart of every job seeker who's tempted to compile a database
and send out resumes en masse. And while it's true that anybody with a computer can do it,
it's also true that time is money. Yes, you could type addresses and email your resume to 1000
recruiters in maybe a week's time... if you forgo eating and sleeping.
But you can also accomplish the same with a few mouse clicks -- and about 50 bucks -- if you put
the project in the hands of a reputable resume distribution service. We tapped former recruiter
David Alan Carter to give us his take on the Web's most popular resume distribution
services. His reviews...
$49.95 to blast your resume to both employers and
recruiters.
ResumeViper.Com
Formerly, a top-rated service. Now we advise... Avoid
In business since 1996, the company now appears to be out of business. Either
that, or their two phone lines have gone dead and all incoming emails have been ignored -- by
accident. Seems unlikely. In either event, this company should now be avoided.
Once upon a time,
$49.99 bought distribution of your resume to 3,100+ recruiters.
Now, sadly, it's apparently money down a rat
hole.
That "Time Is Money" Thing...
Resume distribution serviceResumeRabbit.comoffers to post your resume on up to 85 job sites for just under
$60 bucks. Now, you could do that yourself. But it requires setting up 85 accounts, learning each site's
method of operation, and uploading your resume and related information to each. By our calculation, we're
looking at anestimated 60+ hours to get your resume 'out there' in
these kind of numbers. If you were paying yourself for this job, you'd be working for $1.00
per hour.
Along
similar lines, resume distribution companyResumeZapper.com will send your resume out to 1,000 recruiters
for less than $50 bucks. Punch that out on the calculator--assuming you could even find the email addresses of
that many recruiters (they're sometimes hard to find). If you were employed to do that job, you'd be working for
pennies on the hour. If your time is more valuable than that, then
resume distribution services are certainly worth a look.
We looked. And looked. Here are some of the things we
considered when assigning star ratings to resume distribution services...
Distribution lists that are invitation only. We look for resume distribution
services that require recruiters and employers to "opt in" to their database. This keeps your resume
from going out to unsolicited firms, in effect, as spam. We all know what happens to spam.
Longevity. We value companies that have been in business for years.
Accessible. We like to see a customer service phone number on the website. And we
like to see it answered by a human.
Transparency. Extra points went out to those resume distribution services that were
open about their method of operation -- and distribution lists.
Ease of
use.
Guarantee. Who doesn't like a good guarantee?
Look over our resume distribution reviews. Consider our ratings and how we got to
those ratings. And finally, choose a resume distribution service that feels comfortable, and get on with the
task at hand--getting your resume out there for the world to see.
We wish you the best.
-- David Alan Carter
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Resume Distribution
Reviews... by former recruiter David Alan Carter.
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