I went to have a consultation with John at CareerPro when it looked like my company would probably be failing soon. I have 12 years of experience in the IT field, with several certifications. He said that if I decide to work with him he would have several interviews with me in order to get enough information to write an effective resume. John also said he would give me inside info into companies that I'm interested in working for, and that he has contacts at several of the companies I wanted to work for. He would also do some mock interviews to help me see what weaknesses I may have in the interviewing process. I was to pay $500 up front, and he would charge the remaining $295 to my card when I was satisfied. This fee was for two different resumes (two different positions I was targeting). I would have the drafts by the next Tuesday or Wednesday, and the final resumes on Friday of the same week. He knew I was waiting to apply for a position that was open. I went in once for an information-gathering session with John and after asking a few times, I finally had the ROUGH draft for ONE of the resumes on Friday (when I expected to have the FINAL documents for BOTH of the resumes I paid for). He explained that he wanted another week to ""bake in the quality"".
Pros: Sounded great from the beginning
Cons: Didn't get what I paid for, untimely, unfriendly
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