To me, it also sounds like Mr. Shelley wrote his own recommendation and gave it to his customer to copy & paste.powerbelly said:
That doesn't read as a ringing endorsement like you seem to think it does.
To me, it also sounds like Mr. Shelley wrote his own recommendation and gave it to his customer to copy & paste.powerbelly said:
That doesn't read as a ringing endorsement like you seem to think it does.
Username fits.I Am A Critic said:To me, it also sounds like Mr. Shelley wrote his own recommendation and gave it to his customer to copy & paste.powerbelly said:
That doesn't read as a ringing endorsement like you seem to think it does.
So I've read through this post and only caught $500 as one of the costs. The below link shows the top package (full service) as $125 and up. I'm currently employed stably but like to keep my resume on line just in case something better comes by. What drives the cost up from $125.Quote:
Contact him. It's not cheap.
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FULL SERVICE
Full Service includes a start-to-finish professional drafting of your document. The process includes:
- Review of institutional document guidelines (if applicable).
- Presentation of from five to 10 inquiries for which your responses serve as the document foundation.
- Presentation to client of authored document.
- Editing and revision process (highly collaborative).
- Proofreading.
- Presentation of completed, and mutually agreeable, document.
- Two to three business days.
$125 and up
PlanoAg98 said:So I've read through this post and only caught $500 as one of the costs. The below link shows the top package (full service) as $125 and up. I'm currently employed stably but like to keep my resume on line just in case something better comes by. What drives the cost up from $125.Quote:
Contact him. It's not cheap.
http://www.jamespshelley.com/Justin.htmlQuote:
FULL SERVICE
Full Service includes a start-to-finish professional drafting of your document. The process includes:
- Review of institutional document guidelines (if applicable).
- Presentation of from five to 10 inquiries for which your responses serve as the document foundation.
- Presentation to client of authored document.
- Editing and revision process (highly collaborative).
- Proofreading.
- Presentation of completed, and mutually agreeable, document.
- Two to three business days.
$125 and up
The link leads to my page for Personal Statements, Statements of Purpose, and essays associated with candidates seeking admission into a medical program, doctors applying for U.S. based medical residency programs, and candidates seeking admission into any academic pursuit or program requiring such a document.PlanoAg98 said:So I've read through this post and only caught $500 as one of the costs. The below link shows the top package (full service) as $125 and up. I'm currently employed stably but like to keep my resume on line just in case something better comes by. What drives the cost up from $125.Quote:
Contact him. It's not cheap.
http://www.jamespshelley.com/Justin.htmlQuote:
FULL SERVICE
Full Service includes a start-to-finish professional drafting of your document. The process includes:
- Review of institutional document guidelines (if applicable).
- Presentation of from five to 10 inquiries for which your responses serve as the document foundation.
- Presentation to client of authored document.
- Editing and revision process (highly collaborative).
- Proofreading.
- Presentation of completed, and mutually agreeable, document.
- Two to three business days.
$125 and up
Yeah...when I hire a guy to write my resume, I prefer he not speak to me at all, make sweeping assumptions, and hack up a turnkey document that I can fire off. No customization or client understanding required!powerbelly said:
That doesn't read as a ringing endorsement like you seem to think it does.
BrazosDog02 said:Yeah...when I hire a guy to write my resume, I prefer he not speak to me at all, make sweeping assumptions, and hack up a turnkey document that I can fire off. No customization or client understanding required!powerbelly said:
That doesn't read as a ringing endorsement like you seem to think it does.
HARUMPH.
I have more email correspondence with my wife trying to figure out what we are doing on 2 day vacations. I think there is a LOT of butt hurt over this service and I cannot for the life of me figure out why.
What on earth has all these skirts blown up?
Woods Ag said:
Agreed. Headhunters are who perfected my resume a few years back and they did it for free. Since then I get a response one the majority of jobs I have applied for.
If headhunters know what their clients are looking for and are willing to help you for free, why pay this guy?
Dark Helmet said:
You've basically said "lol works for me". Your post is the equivalent of a guy going on a tech support forum and posting in response to a thread about a glitch or bug and saying "it works on my machine".
You aren't looking at the nation-wide epidemic of "resume gurus" who prey on desperate people. I would also like to know your field, you said it worked for you as a recent grad. I said nothing about helping recent grads. A recent grad looking for an entry level position would benefit from a professional writer inserting 50-cent words and key words that they are too lazy or inept to research.
Judging from this guy's website and other posts, he would be unable to help a petroleum engineer with 5 years of work experience get back into a job in their field after being laid off during a downturn.
"It worked for me" is not helpful. It's disingenuous because you haven't told us jack crap about who you are, what your field is, or your experience level besides "recent grad" which implies you are a poor writer. A professional "writer" of course would spruce up a new grad's resume who can't write to save their life.
If that is the case, then this guy should target recent grads. I wouldn't have had an issue with that.
Edit: I judge all resumes equally. A recent grad's resume should be of the same quality of someone with 20 years of experience. I think that was a point you made, your resume was "too good" for a recent grad? That's just silly.
MookieBlaylock said:
You have a nice boat glad I filled up a tank on your bs
JamesPShelley said:MookieBlaylock said:
You have a nice boat glad I filled up a tank on your bs
That would be the sailboat I sold ~7 years ago.
Have a great day, Mookie.
I'll assume you meant "stinker".MookieBlaylock said:JamesPShelley said:MookieBlaylock said:
You have a nice boat glad I filled up a tank on your bs
That would be the sailboat I sold ~7 years ago.
Have a great day, Mookie.
Check and mate you tinker
K05 said:
My evaluation of his work deemed his writing to be too superfluous. He inserted obscure adjectives to describe my work that overstated things and made it difficult to read. In my line of work, I spend a great deal of time writing and reviewing others writing. I found his writing to be poor, yet (and I pointed this fact out to him), this could be a product of my training to write to scientific audiences.
BrazosDog02 said:K05 said:
My evaluation of his work deemed his writing to be too superfluous. He inserted obscure adjectives to describe my work that overstated things and made it difficult to read. In my line of work, I spend a great deal of time writing and reviewing others writing. I found his writing to be poor, yet (and I pointed this fact out to him), this could be a product of my training to write to scientific audiences.
I have not made a career out of academia, but I have spent a fair amount of time in it and have made a career in a hard science dealing with the real world and professional scientists of varying disciplines. I have written technical papers and a dreaded thesis. I believe your point above is valid and also highlights the need for his services. I honestly believe the issue some are having is that the resume is not written for YOU. It is not geared towards you hiring yourself. It is geared towards Jane and John in HR who are rifling through a hundred resumes and need information quickly. They are not scientists. They usually have no clue what they are hiring for. They are regular HR people who, hopefully, have an average grasp of the English language and hopefully enough 'give a damn' to scan a document or two before their lunch break or 4:25pm comes around. The goal is to get those people to grab your resume and put it in front of the person that DOES know the position and the requirements for it. The resume is ONLY for getting you IN. If I was sending a resume to my colleagues, I wouldn't have Jim write it.
I have written my own resume, it sounds like a horrible technical paper.
I have used Jim for my resume, I have had him make many edits. I have had him modify it for various positions and industries I am not completely up to snuff in. He has always made every effort to help and done so in a timely fashion.
I have no idea what went wrong with some posters here, but I am starting to believe that they are like 'that one client' who is just never happy. I know them. I have them. I will have them again. I could deliver a perfect product and save 10 million dollars while highlighting a 500 million bbl oil field that they were unable to image, and they would still ***** about the coffee in the break room being cold.
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Thank you for the kind words. If ever you're in my neck of the woods... coffee is on me. I promise it'll be hot.
There is a difference between an advertisement and an announcement. Have a nice day.tomtomdrumdrum said:
Cool ad.