Headline: A couple good ideas but not worth the money I paid Resume Professional Writers to help with my resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile. Below is a quick summary of each. Resume: A few good ideas but not as good as the information found in Knock'em Dead Resumes and the book is 1/20th the price. Cover Letter: I would give this a grade of D. Some of the wording recommended made me feel like English was not the writer's first language and the overall quality did not make me stand out from the crowd. Very disappointed. LinkedIn: Another big disappointment. Much better information can be found in How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile and for much less money. Overall, I would not use this service again. read more

Amanda Stevens was great and very easy to work with. Submitted my information and we came to a final draft in 3 days. I was very satisfied with everything. read more

There were a lot of grammar and consistency issues that I had to catch. In addition, the resume they produced was very busy with 3 different indentions and bullet styles, bold text, blue text, black text, text underlined, text double underlined, italicized text, some text separated by "/" and some separated by "|". read more

Dear Nelson M. (If that's really your name), When I hired Resume Professional Writers to write my resume, your team requested details on my employment history. I gave them my existing resume for them to gather the information they needed to write the new resume. Therefore, your reference to my LinkedIn profile has no stance and is irrelevant. The initial resume I gave resembled my LinkedIn profile BEFORE I hired PRW. So, of course my LinkedIn has "similar information", because your team pulled from my initial resume. My LinkedIn account has been active for over 8 years prior to paying for your horrible services. Take as many screenshots as you wish. Secondly, I hired your company to professionally write my resume. Therefore in December, I was under the assumption that your writers knew what they were doing and knew what recruiters were looking for like your website claims. But that was not the case. The resume PRW provided in December was not professionally written. After applying to several positions for months and receiving emails stating my resume was not selected for an interview, I started reaching out to those recruiters. Their feedback on the resume your company wrote: Unbalanced Appearance, No Career Summary, No Action Words that state that the candidate can accomplish and impact the organization, file size is larger than 90% of most resumes, etc. For the last 8 months my resume has been filtered out of many employment opportunities due to the unprofessionally written resume Professional Resume Writers gave me which is why I requested a refund. Your policy states: "You will receive more interviews with our professionally written resume services or YOUR MONEY BACK". Your company has not rendered such service. I gave PRW several chances to provide me with a PROFESSIONALLY written resume, and I never received one. I will be reporting your company to the BBB, and I will provide them all of the documentation needed on your unprofessional work, ethics, and terrible customer service. No need to waste your time on petty comments. The BBB will handle this case going forward. read more

Resume Professional Writers - Editorial Services Near Me - Torrance, California

They didn't do a lot of what they advertised. Ex. My LinkedIn profile that I paid for, they did not do. I paid for this service in my package. I would not use them again. read more

Scam artists. First copy was sent to me with the deluxe package clearly had minimal effort. Then when they sent me the final copy it had bullet points out of place, grammatical errors, and line placing was all off. After bringing it to a career coach at Florida Atlantic University his exact words were "you were taken for and you would have been better writing it yourself.", so embarrassing. Perhaps I should have had it checked elsewhere, but I Trusted (and paid) these "professionals" to write and do a diligent job. To young people looking for help to start their professional life DO NOT let these people take advantage of you! read more

If I could give a negative 5 stars I would. They said they could write a military to civilian resume and after months and 3 different writers nobody could write anything that looked like I had any work experience. First they just copied bullets and put them on a resume then they tried to add some verbiage but basically made it look like I just started in the workforce after 20 years in the military with plenty of supervisor and manager experience. I think they outsource writers to another country which could explain why nobody understood anything. I would think they had someone with military experience to work that department. I sent them so much stuff to work with and even a website to help translate info but nothing change. They are awful and shouldn't even be in business anymore read more

Resume Professional Writers (RPW) was a scam and I want my money back! I paid $175 for a "Deluxe Package" which had a 2-3 day return time. I got my initial draft back and man it was rough. We have been going back and forth since my last review (2 weeks) and pretty much accomplished nothing. I feel like I'm the one writing this resume. I had to edit the resume and found typo's and unprofessional styling all over. Incredible, for $175? I agree with the other reviews that it sounds like the "writers" are not from the U.S. Don't waste your money. Do NOT believe Google search that they are the #1 resume writer. read more

Do not use this company! The people writing your resume do not live in our Country. They have no idea what they are doing. You are basically re-writing the resume yourself. Their quick to take your money and not complete the work. Don't let them intimidate you by requesting your money back. They'll try and negotiate the refund with you. Know you have options. The main option is contact your banking institute and let them fight them. In the meantime your institution will credit your account for you. When this company sends you e-mails or PM's screenshot and save e-mails for your institution. We did and won. Even after our bank worked with this company, the company continually sent e-mails requesting to negotiate our refund? They'll start around 70-80% refund and eventually top out at 90%. They'll say the difference is do to administration costs. Buyer beware! We received 100% of our money back! They get a 1 one rating on Google because they right fake reviews. read more

I normally didn't write reviews...but the their service is terrible...my first version was simply copy paste from my LinkedIn info, second version...hmm slightly better, rephrase what I've written and nothing new or constructive. Also , bad communication with the writers, always come up with the same question I asked...very disappointed experience read more

Don't waste your time or money. Couldn't be a worse experience. Its pretty clear they do not have a command of the English language aka it's probably being worked on in between massages and doing someone's nails. Awful! read more

I started by chatting online with a customer service rep. who said he had been with the company for 15+ years; but, he could not even use a proper grammatical contraction. When asking anything other than a general question of a customer service rep. on the phone, they hung up on me instead of transferring me to a knowledgeable person (if they have one). After calling back and getting hung up on 4-5 times, they knew I wasn't going to stop told me that they've had phone problems. I kept the conversation at an 8th grade level and then when finished, they didn't give a closing question (e.g. "Was I able to address all your questions?") or provide a statement (e.g. "Thank you for your call. We hope to serve you in the future.")... just the click of the phone being disconnected. Thank goodness I didn't spend a dime with these guys and I hope you don't either. When searching online, don't get fooled by that "Top 10" website with Resume Professional Writers at the top - that is another scam. Real resume writing $$$$ while editing is much more reasonable. I would suggest asking family and friends for help with feedback and editing. There are also other websites that give you feedback (not editing) on your resume for a decent price. read more

This is the second time I used their service and they did not fail me. I got 3 interviews after I send my resume in just one week!

I had Googled the best resume writers, and Resume Professional Writers came up at the top of the list. Normally I research through reviews before making any purchase, but this day for some reason I took Google as the word on this. I purchased the Deluxe Package, and submitted my information to have my resume written up. Only after making the purchase I started looking at reviews. My heart sank. Wow, the reviews were really, really bad. I instantly had buyers remorse and started stressing out about what kind of mistake I had made by shelling out hundreds of dollars for a resume that might end up worse than I could produce on my own. I ended up getting paired up with Toni Young to write my resume. Toni was fast, professional, and did a great job. She was quick to get the job done, very responsive, and needed little direction. Honestly, I had submitted an absolute mess to her, and she made clear sense of it. When I learned the name of my resume writer, I did look her up on LinkedIn to make sure I had a professional in my area of interest, and not someone who would have no idea what hiring managers would be looking for. I was very pleased with my writer's work history and trust that she was the best fit for writing my resume. My only complaint with Resume Professional Writers is that there were some issues with their website working properly when I would attempt to login. There was also a spelling error in the error message. If you're going to tell me I can't log in, at least tell me with correct spelling. :) I would recommend Resume Professional Writers. I am usually a person who reads and relies on reviews, but felt there needed to be more positive comments about Resume Professional Writers out there. read more

I wish I had read these reviews before I purchased their premium package. The resume provided to me was not bad, but just okay - it was not very impactful. I got a much better resume from another company for half the price. read more

I found this company online and purchased a resume package. I've been revising my own resume for years and needed a fresh perspective so I decided to go with RPW for a brand-new resume. They ask you to fill out a bio, send an "old" resume, and a job your looking at, which I did. I specifically wanted a resume built for a Netflix position. I was VERY disappointed at the first draft I received! They used my "old" resume that I sent them (format, font, exact style) and replaced a few words here and there. None of which remotely followed the Netflix job description - AT ALL. I sent the job description again and still, she did not add key words or anything that would stand out (among other things like a beauty pageant I won years ago that was in my bio under achievements, but never once did I think was relevant and she used it!). I gave up because I had already paid my money. I took out the pageant nonsense and fixed all the typos myself. Then I applied for several jobs just to see if it would work - and guess what? After several months - no calls!! They claim to know what the employers are looking for, but reflective of their work, I know that is not true. Don't waste your time or money on this scam. Just for a laugh, I'll put one of my terribly worded bullet points that this "writer" created to show the obscene level of terrible writing: - Planned annual event calendar which comprised various revolving events to generate new leads. read more

Resume Professional Writers are professional, prompt and fairly priced for the service they provide. They are exceptionally responsive and I was able to communicate via the portal and phone when needed. My final resume looks amazing! I get tons of compliments. read more

After seeing some positive changes Resume Pro Writers made to an associate's resume, I decided to give them a try with my own resume -- to see how well they'd summarize and re-format my 12 years of professional experience. At worst, I figured (as a writer and marketer myself), I could use their work as a starting point or template, helping me get over the writer's block I was having with this particular project. I ended up mostly wasting my money (thankfully, I chose their lowest priced option so financial loss wasn't too extensive). The resume draft they delivered was a terribly botched version of my resume, riddled with typos and unnecessary falsehoods (clearly written by someone for whom English is a second or third language, and seemingly by someone for whom the U.S. job market is a foreign entity). Beyond the obvious ridiculousness of the typos and blatant falsehoods (I'm not one to trick my way into jobs or grossly exaggerate my skills -- I have enough talents and experience that it's totally unnecessary to do so), the resume draft Resume Pro Writers provided also had inconsistent formatting and bizarre content structure (eg., responsibilities and results treated differently for each position, in some cases without logical differentiation). Like a previous Yelp reviewer of Resume Pro Writers, I had to completely re-do their work, salvaging only about two phrases and some of the design template. I decided not to take them up on the offer of "unlimited revisions" because it would have been a waste of my time (faster to fix the issues myself -- and I now have zero confidence in their ability). Nonetheless, I made them aware of my displeasure with the quality of their work, and they couldn't be bothered with a response. The upside to this experience: the fury of being cheated by Resume Pro Writers helped me get over the writer's block and produce a new higher-quality resume. That single positive aside, I highly recommend that others not make the same mistake of engaging this company for a resume. You'll save money and frustration, and you'll likely do a better job too! read more

This is a scam business. I hired them online (BEWARE: They have a very professional looking website with fake ratings from a fake organization: http://www.best10resumewriters.com/?gclid=CP2_lKiyk7QCFao7Mgod6hsANg "Stanford Writing Institute" - does not exist. After scamming me and sending me a junk resume, they then refused to refund my money, saying they would only refund 90%. This is how they operate - it's all the same person posing as various people (Hailey Martin, Jeri, etc, etc...) but if you look at their LINKEDIN profiles, there are no real person pictures..they're all cartoons. Do yourself a HUGE favor and DO NOT WORK WITH THIS FAKE COMPANY! read more

I initially found RPW on Google and purchased their package at $125. After filling out their questionnaire and submitting all information, I looked up their YELP reviews a day or two later. My stomach sank and I was extremely worried after reading all the negative reviews. When my initial draft came in I was pleasantly surprised- it was GREAT! Basically, it covered all the following goals I had: Formatting better than anything I could do myself; focus skill-based, more of a "bullet-point"/easy to read style. I have spent endless hours on my resume, but having another set of eyes can take it to the next level. I HIGHLY recommend requesting Ross Cowell to be your designated writer. The only thing I can gather is maybe the writer is key to getting a good result. read more

I have tried using resume writing services before and I can say it's really worth it since you're doing more than just hiring someone to type up your resume but you're also investing in your career. Since there's a lot of competition out there your resume needs to stand out. Resume Professional Writers really helped me big time with my resume. read more

I was very disappointed by the service, or lack of it, that I received. Initially I thought I would receive some type of communication with the "writer" but I got a generic form to fill out. They did message me a time or two with the rough draft of the resume. I signed off on what they did, simply because I was pushed for time and needed to get it out. After I reworked it quite a bit I had a resume I could use. The Linkedin portion of the "service" was a total rip-off. They just took what I already had up and reworded a few pieces then used a pretty generic summary statement. Again, due to time crunch I signed off. $225 is what they got me for. I won't use them again, and do not recommend anyone else use them. Their lack of engagement in the process made this seem like a cookie cutter process and the results were subpar. read more

I received my draft today and i was disgusted. There were grammatical errors fonts were to small,they used the resume i sumitted and just reword the document. I paid $ 305 for nothing. To top it off i sent the draft to resume critique which they tore apart. I am so disappointed and still waiting for a so called project manager to return my call. I am definitely filing a BBB complaint in addition I want a full refund. Please do not use there service. I wished I would have done my research. Hard lesson to learn read more

I hired this company to do a resume and was guaranteed to get interviews. This didn't happen. What I did get was a resume that was full of spelling and grammar mistakes. I didn't get called for an interview because they made it look like I couldn't communicate using proper English. I would not use this company for anything since they have no idea how to do anything properly. As many have said before me, I wish I had read these reviews before settling on this company. I want my money back since they messed up my resume and I had to do more work to fix it after they got their hands on it than I had to do before. read more

If you are new to writing resumes and just out of college, this service might help. But for me, what was provided was a step back from my existing resume. They basically took the info I provided, misinterpreted it, and put it into a different resume format. This what you would get if you asked the average a college freshman to write your resume. So I do not recommend you use this service unless you have special circumstances: 1) Not native English speaker; 2) This is you first resume. read more

The customer service rep spoke just enough English to inform me that my resume was completed, and the disappointment continue to flow. The resume writing service this company provide is substandard. The person who did the editing (not resume writer) arrange my resume in bullet format and send it back to me - a person with a high school diploma probably could have accomplish this in three hours for minimum wage. However, I blame myself for not conducting proper research before giving them my hard earn money. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY'S resume writing service - do your research and by all means use another company; there's a lot of fraud on the Internet. read more

UPDATE: Due to the response I just got from Nelson, I have even more concerns and I want people to read this as yet another reason to stay away. I'm sorry that I was clueless and trusted the writer and gave them a fair shot. I can say that I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to putting a perfect resume together and I have been a little anxious about getting a full-time position so I put trust into something different, but at the same time I do have a lot of experience in my field and I did have some suspicions when the "experienced" writer didn't even know that certain software programs like the Adobe Suite and Final Cut Pro were different brands and grouped them together. That should have been the first red flag because a simple google search would have shown that difference. A mistake like that if I didn't realize it would've been so unprofessional applying to any job in my field. I was naive though and everyone in my family also put trust in this company because we didn't know any better. Our suspicions kept growing though and that's when it was too late. I don't understand why you're claiming that I never sent my online portfolio to my writer, I did send it to them and had a lot of issues with them understanding that I don't have Microsoft word on my computer as well and I only send pdf with my applications. I've told them that certain times and there's proof in the messages which also concerns me that you seemed to miss that. The fact that I work in a Mac environment and can only send a pdf makes the portfolio link unclickable which makes it useless on the resume and I expressed that concern many times. The two writers that I had started to add information that I never told them was true such as that I was bilingual, it was at that point when I realized that it's too tiring to keep going back and forth trying to continue to "update" this resume when they're only providing false information that I need to continue to correct. FInally the first phone call we had they offered us 50% but then continued to escalate to the project manager, Mary Wilson who refused to give us any money for a long time. We were on the phone with her and she kept saying "okay but this is my final decision you are not getting any money back." When I told her how depressed and insulted I felt after using their service and that it was a birthday gift from my aunt whose 75 and was trying to help me she said, "my heart is breaking but my decision is final you're not getting your money back." She also claimed that all of these reviews on this site are false claims from their competitors and none of these reviews are true and that they've only gotten positive responses. I feel completely sick after dealing with your company and it's one of the worst decisions I made all year, it wasn't even my decision honestly, my poor aunt was all excited for it and I feel terrible to disappoint her with the terrible service I received. You can continue to ignore information but this is all the complete honest truth. read more

That was a total waste of money. The writing was not that great, it looks too busy, I was tired of going through the revision processes so I just said its's good enough so I could move on and fix it myself. The way it is written looks like I have a five year gap in my employment because he listed my most recent jobs at the bottom on page two. He cited that they are not relevant to the current job I am seeking but indeed the skills and tasks I performed are very relevant . I have had several of my friends that work in recruiting and HR look at and they all think it is subpar. read more

I never write negative reviews but I need to warn anyone who plans on spending their hard earned money on this, so called company. They kept sending me revised resumes of a completely diff person. No change was done to my original resume. The etiquette of putting you're most recent job on top was not done and when addressed I was told okay is this you're final draft. Horrible customer service when I tried to speak to someone to fix this, first time not even a apology and was told someone would contact me of course no one did. Second time I was put on hold and they Never answered. Dont go with this company you will regret it, it's been over 2 Months and I'm still where I started but even worse read more

Not a very good experience or use of money! You're resume doesnt seem to be written by industry driven people. The whole purpose of a resume is to get you noticed with at least a phone screening. I have applied for 58 jobs over the last 6 months and not one single callback. I have 2 college degrees and have at least 10 years in my field and they couldnt write a resume to get me one single inquiry! I went back and asked for a revision and gave some additional thoughts, but after the second draft all of the resumes were the same within exception of a few words changed. Not sure how other services work, but I would not recommend this one read more

A resume with poor formatting, grammatical errors and spelling errors was returned to me. If you are hoping to get an expert for specific industries look elsewhere. read more

I was provided a Mayzelle for my resume service. Extremely short forms of communication. Had my resume and cover letter reviewed by 3 professionals who said my resume was done extremely poorly. No streamlining of skills, no specific attributes featured. I paid extra for a cover letter, which I had asked to explain a transition in my career. None of the things I asked for were completed. They did take my $300 from credit card though. I'm back at square 1 doing my own resume and $300.00 lighter while being unemployed. I cannot communicate with these people and Mayzelle because they close the communication window. Basically I was told take this bad resume and hit the road. read more

Not worth the money - they are a west coast facility an only work during normal business hours - YIKES (NO!) The resume had grammatical errors and made me sound old. North worth the money!!!!! read more

I heartily DO NOT recommend Resume Professional Writers to other job seekers. I chose RPW for three reasons: 1) they have a package that includes not only the resume but posting on 25 job board sites (as well as cover and thank-you letters, which I was less interested in, but they were part of the package); 2) I did extensive research first, and found them at the top of several "best resume service" and reviews lists (I see here that others found the opposite - I guess I looked at the wrong lists!); and 3) both reviews and their website paint them as experts/professionals in the field, including indicating that they "have mastered the art of job board posting;" they specified that they convert the completed resume into plain text that can be read by the job sites. I was able to get less than half of my money refunded from RPW, which was not nearly enough but I had to haggle to get that much (and after we came to an agreement they called me back to try to lower it again). Ultimately they cost me many times more time and work to clean up and repair the extremely detrimental online picture of me they created with the job board sites, than it would have taken me to do the work myself. I had to go through about 5 revisions of my resume, correcting grammatical and repetition errors that no professional writer would have let go by, let alone an "expert resume writer" or even anyone with any command of English. I had to tell them more than once to remove the repetitions. They paid no attention to what I wrote in their own questionnaire to guide them in creating a targeted resume for me; they copied a good deal of the language in the resume from an earlier version of my own that I'd sent them to provide my work history and info for the cover letter. In large part they simply took what I'd written and dropped it into a different format (a generic/template format). I discussed particular concerns that I wasn't sure how to address - those, too, were ignored, except that they advised I address those concerns in cover letters...and then did NOT address any of those concerns in the cover letter they provided for me. I paid them for writing services - they used my words, I had to correct amateur writing errors (more than once), and their cover and thank-you letters were completely dry and generic, nothing I can use. All signs indicate they simply pull templates from the internet for both formatting and letter-writing, and that they do not have the writing expertise required to target or personalize resumes and letters. Against my dissatisfaction with the resume and letter process, I held positive, even initially praised their work, because the job board postings were the most important to me. I'd struggled enough with those in the past that I had given up trying to use them, and here, too, I expressed my concerns and difficulties to RPW even though all indications were that they are the experts who know how to avoid those difficulties. Then I started seeing the results of their postings - they had all the same problems I'd had and clearly had no idea how to deal with the sites, and like the writers, they ignored my answers to their own questionnaire. I decided to give them a chance to fix it all, and they put in some effort, but made everything worse. The sites showed up with my resume information garbled and mixed up; with target job titles that were neither what I asked for nor relevant to my work history; with ridiculous skill set lists which were clearly extrapolated (again erroneously) by the sites; with erroneous dates which RPW made up for my work history; with erroneous information pulled in for job descriptions. It was bad enough that they clearly didn't know how to handle the sites; even worse is that they did not check their own work for accuracy before posting it. In the end on those sites I looked like someone who made up false information, who had no idea what she was doing, and who couldn't be bothered to check her work before putting it out there for employers to see. It took me days to correct and remove the damaging image they created of me. I hope you other seekers will read this long post and avoid hiring RPW. They are courteous, they sell themselves convincingly, but they are neither professional writers nor experts with the job sites. Their advertising and self-representation are FALSE. read more

After changing careers and not knowing what the recruiters in my new profession were looking for, I stumbled across Resume Professional Writers. I am so glad that I did. I got assigned to Priscilla Smith who was a total professional and worked with me and even followed up with a few rounds of tweaks after I realized that I hadn't actually sent her the most recent version of my resume and was wrestling with how to word certain qualifications. I was totally blown away by the beautiful formatting of the resume and cover letter that I received and would highly recommend this service, especially since you can't argue with the results because I got the job and in for that in hindsight, I would have paid double what they charge. The job market is competitive and you never get a second chance to make a first impression. If you think you don't need this service, you are mistaken. A second set of eyes looking at and revising your resume from a different perspective is precisely what can make the difference. Remember that you likely need to get past electronic screening software and then HR professionals who are often unfamiliar with your profession who will filter your resume for reasons unrelated to your qualifications if exact phrases or experience doesn't precisely match the job posting before your resume even reaches the hiring manager. The subtle minutiae that you overlook like dates that are not properly aligned, or grammatical errors speak volumes about your attention to detail and can be the difference between hired and not. read more

Yes Yes... I have no one to blame but myself. I should have done more research. This resume pro Writers is a SCAM. I was looking for someone to spruce up my CV and I thought this would be a good site since they were rated to on some 10 Resume website(best10resumewriters.com). I've found that website is a scam as well. The writers can hardly speak English it show s in the their writing. I'm on my 8th draft and we are still trying get the English correct. Hopefully, I can get my money back. DON'T DO IT... read more

The bullet points used were the same from my old resume! Looks unprofessional! I got the deluxe package and I am very disappointed with the service!!! Filing a complaint at BBB. read more

I wish I had done my due diligence with this company. It's just as others have suggested don't believe that they are number one from a google search. I'm a retiring member of the military. They assured me that they could translate my military experience to a civilian resume. When I got the draft under other experience they listed Seaman Apprentice. I'm retiring as a Chief Petty Officer. I requested a new writer that understood the military. When I received a call from my new writer she couldn't even tell me what a Chief Petty Officer was other than to say it was a rank. Now here's the next kicker their fine print only allows for a 75% refund. Not bad for them 25% to cut and paste. As I said in the beginning I should have done my due diligence because the Better Business Bureau has tham at D+. A high ranking in my opinion read more

Terrible service, this company uses outsourced workers that don't know how to use proper English. My resume honestly was better before I hired these guys. I had to rewrite it myself after they "help" me. read more

this is a scam website. they are not really in berkeley.. or even the US.. I just had to put something in that field. They offer 'professional' resume writing services. They are listed as the top site on a website called top10resumewriters.com ... I did Who is? searches on both sites, with no listings on network solutions or internik.. they come up as gibberish on some other who is searches, probably hosted out of the country.. and I'm sure owned by the same shifty organization. My father recently made the mistake of paying for their services. He filled out some questions and they sent him back a (pretty well) formatted resume, with all his text copy any pasted into it. It was really horribly done. I'd give them 0 stars if I could. they included a lot of useless information, repeated things over and over.. and weren't even able to pick out obvious skills and strengths to put on the resume.. other then those my father told them about in the questions he answered. Don't use them.. they are a total scam. They don't offer a full refund.. though they do offer some of your money back, depending on how many times you ask them to rework your resume. they are total crap. If you need this kind of help, contact me, heh... I can do a way better job. I took their 'work' and redid everything.. the way you'd think they would have gone about it, looking though the questions for marketable skills and relevant experience.... made my father a good resume. anyway.. read more