Member Login
Email
Password

Forgot Password?

Guaranteed!

Professional Resumés Get More Job Offers!

Professional Resumés Get Better Job Offers!

You won't get a second chance to make a good first impression! Get it right the first time!

Self written / self crafted resumés are a dime a dozen and the job hunters biggest roadblock.

Don't let a poorly written resumé or CV keep you from the job of your dreams.

You could very well be the most qualified person for the job, with the best work record, highest education, the most talent and the sharpest problem solving skills.

No doubt you are determined in your resolve to earn your pay and do a good job. To get hired, you have to do one thing; convince a recruiter to call you in above all others.

What is your game plan to make this happen?

• Your years of experience?
• Your education?
• Your charm and personality?
• Your loyalty? Dedication?
• Some type of resumé or CV "blaster site " that will magically open doors for you?

• The worst resumés we've seen came from people with years of education.

• People with years of valuable work experience get bogged down in the technical aspects of their jobs. They ramble on and never answer the 2 questions all employers want to know from the start - "What can you do for me and why should I hire you?"

• Some of you will not even get your foot in the door because you come across as being timid, shy and not having confidence in yourself or you present yourself as the complete opposite - a know it all.

• Resumé and CV "blasting sites" are nothing more than SPAM generators and will get your application trashed faster than anything else you can do.

• The truth is you are qualified, experienced, highly competent, intelligent, quite capable and enthusiastic about getting the most demanding of jobs done. All you need is the right direction to go in and a chance to prove your self...

  ---

Most people do not possess good writing skills.

More likely than not this includes you. Regardless of your education, experience, personal background, dedication, how organized you are, how hard you work or what a great person you are, the odds are stacked against you when it comes to SELLING yourself using the written word and the internet.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL...

There are two tasks which much be successfully accomplished here. Slack in either will shut you down.

• What you write
• How you send it

We have already discussed the fact that most people do not possess good writing skills. That is one part of the problem. The other is delivery.

How do you know what you send is even being opened? How much of a shocker would it be for you to discover the dozens or even hundreds of resumés or CV's you spent numerous hours and / or $$ to send out never got opened?

TWO THINGS TO CHECK...

Once you are sure your resumé is a WINNER and not a LEMON in the writing department the next hurdle you will face is how you send it out. The online electronic delivery process is not as easy as most people think and causes much grief to the unwary job seeker.

1). The virus threat is a real and present danger to any business using the internet. Because of this, many companies have standing policies NOT to open attachments (which is what 85% of job seekers use) under any conditions. Some employers are now refusing to accept ANY type of e-resumés, they will only accept faxes and / or hard copies. Here are two examples of letters offshore and maritime job seekers have been receiving:

• "As a security measure our system cannot receive executable files and / or programs directed to the e-mail addresses of individuals. Since your mail contains an attachment of one of the above types, it has been intercepted and not delivered."
• "Your EMail with the subject [resumé Document], contains a file attachment of type [.doc]. Our organization does not accept files of this type by email. The message has NOT been delivered to the recipients."
  Message automatically generated by exiscan@Halifax

It very well could be the resumé or CV you have faithfully been sending out might not be getting the exposure you think it is getting. Not all computers are the same and not all software works the same.

• First, there are the attachment filters to contend with
• Next there is the opening problem

2). When you view your resumé or CV it looks fine. When you send it to a trusted friend so they can have a look, it looks fine. If you have the experience but are not getting any offers you might be sending something which ends up looking like this or this? You do realize recruiters are not going to write back and make you aware of this problem?

The first resumé came from an offshore crane operator and the second is from a maritime engineer with many years of offshore experience. Scroll down either resumé and you can pick it out. Both positions are in high demand offshore right now. Guess what? No recruiter is going to decipher this. More than likely they are going think "Gee, what a mess this is" and go on to the next resumé.

Here are letters from surprised offshore / maritime job seekers who found out the hard way why they were not getting any job offers:

Don't let this happen to you!

We have a way for you to physically see if you resumé was opened or not, regardless to who you send it to. This is not the standard message confirming in your email program, but a piece of invisible code. What would something like this be worth to your job search efforts?

Job availability for offshore / maritime jobs is at an all time high. If you have prior experience, there is no reason for you not to be working at the job of your choice and in the salary range you want. For you new starts with no previous experience - the jobs are out there. If you are not working it is not due to a lack of jobs.

We do hope we opened your eyes as to why you might not be receiving what you would consider an acceptable number of job offers based on your background. If you have prior experience and live in the US, you should be getting 2 to 5 responses from real humans for every 10 resumés you send out.

If you live outside the US or Canada and / or have no prior offshore or maritime experience, your response numbers would be significantly less. However, if you send out 35 or more resumés or CV's and get no response, something is wrong with what you have written or wrong with your delivery.

This is our point: If you are not happy with the results you are getting from your job search, STOP what you are doing and HAVE A LOOK at what you are doing before you muck it up any more. It is doing you no good to kick a dead horse.

If you have any doubt as to the effectiveness of your current resumé or CV, then by all means send it in for a Professional Critique. This is not something you want to put off doing even one day. There are two important points of instruction here. If you want to maximize your job search efforts, you will give heed to them both:

• You are sure the written part of your resumé is a winner and not a lemon.
• You are sure your resumé is opening when you send it out.

To compensate for these problems and to provide you with the superior competitive edge you need online these days, we recommend using our professional writing skills to create for you a Personal Web Page Resumé.

• Have the peace of mind in knowing you are presenting yourself at your very best
• Have the peace of mind in knowing your resumé will open every time - all the time.

• A small number of you have excellent resumés and are good to go. For current and reliable contacts of hundreds of offshore / maritime jobs, we recommend Direct Access.
• Some of you will copy resumés or parts of resumés from this site or other sites, paste in your particulars and consider this adequate.
• Some of you spent a great deal of time and effort in writing your own resumé and think this equals adequate.
• Some of you have already paid someone to write you a resumé.
• If you think the resumé you are using is good enough to get the job done, then by all means use it.
• We are not telling you this to beat you down in the hopes you will buy something from us.

We are telling you this because it is the correct information and will get you going in the right direction. The offshore / maritime industry is short handed. The jobs are there, and they are there in large numbers. If a recruiter thinks you are a good candidate for an open vacancy, he or she will hire you, no matter how bad your resumé is.

But...

• If you are sending your resumé to posted vacancies you are qualified to fill.
• And you are not getting any action.
• The only place the problem can be is in your resumé.
• It is either poorly written or it is not opening on the other end.

Employers give higher ratings to applicants who use professionally written resumés!

What makes your resumé stand out above all others is the ability of you to communicate to the recruiter you are the best candidate for the job.

• Can you sell yourself in this manner using the written word?
• Are you sure?
• Do you want to risk losing even one interview because your resumé needs work but you thought it would be OK?
• It looks much easier than it is.

Professional Web Resumés Get Results!

Hello Ron, I was so exited when I received my first draft, I thought I would send it out to a few companies and see what happened. Today I got a call from Transocean. They want me to come in for an interview. Thanks again for your help, Justin Harrison Houston, TX Greetings Capt'n., How are you doing good I hope? Diamond Offshore called. They want me in Houston as soon as I can get there. Got any pointers for the Interview? Thomas Dennis Charleston, SC

It makes good sense to hire us professionally to write your resumé!

• We have years of experience in writing winning resumés for offshore and maritime personnel from all over the world.
• We write excellent resumés for entry level and experienced alike.
• Selling yourself to employers using a computer and the internet is not easy - which is why you should hire us - we can do a better job than you.
• Our professional resumé will get you more and better job offers than the one you are now using - guaranteed or your money back!
• Give yourself a break and turn this stress generating task over to our professional recruitment team.

  Order the Web Resumé of your choice TODAY and we will have a rough draft ready for you within 48 hours!

Back to the Internet Standard Resumé Page

Back to the Internet Professional Resumé Page

Back to the Professional Services Page

Offshore Guides Home