What is the real value of a professionally prepared resume?
Consider some of these success stories:
- A Senior Executive earning $100,000 a year quits his job and decides to redesign his resume with LightSpeed. After trying to catch the attention of companies at $90,000 a year he gets no offers until he begins targeting higher paying positions. Within 48 hours offers for $150,000 - $160,000 a year begin streaming in from companies across Canada and the United States.
- An Operations Supervisor who is working for a supply chain company in Calgary, approaches Lightspeed to have his resume completely revamped. With his new document in hand, he sends it out to three recruiting firms on a Friday afternoon and by Monday morning has three job offers. He accepts an offer as Inventory Control Manager, handling one of the largest, most recognized distribution accounts in North America. He also receives a significant pay increase and after two years working for the company, is downsized with an unheard of (8) month severance package. As a result of the success of his first resume he returns to get an update for his next job.
- A Dental Administrator secures the services of Lightspeed following numerous failed attempts to get into a new field with an existing resume she wrote. The consultant at Lightspeed identifies some critical achievements, employee recognition, skills and experience which she has completely overlooked. As a result of her new resume she receives an amazing opportunity with a company in Toronto to do seminars across the U.S. The company is so impressed with her new resume, they fly her to the states to attend a convention, pay her two weeks salary and put her up in a very prestigious hotel...all this before they have even hired her. Upon being hired she spends two years travelling across the U.S. doing seminars and promoting the company's line of environmentally friendly disinfectants to associations, universities, hospitals and dental companies. After two years, her position comes to a close and she immediately returns to get her resume updated. Within a short period after updating, she receives a new offer from an international German manufacturing firm to work in their Florida branch, doing many of the same things as she was doing with her previous employer in addition to marketing and driving interest in their massive product line. Before even hiring her, they fly her to Chicago for an interview, then to Florida so she can see the branch before accepting their contract. She flys to Florida, signs the contract, receives a U.S. work visa and spends the next year and a half travelling across the U.S. marketing, training others, and promoting the company's custom line of manufactured dental products. After leaving this position, she returns to Lightspeed for an update and shortly thereafter accepts a third position with a company where she is based out of New York, all expenses paid.
- A Restaurant Manager who makes just over $40,000 a year is hesitant at first about getting his resume done. Within a week after completing his resume with LightSpeed, he begins to get offers from a number of highly recognized food service companies across western Canada. He is so overjoyed that he calls from a payphone to say thank you and tell the consultant he is heading to an interview in Vancouver, with a company that he was actively pursuing. He attends the interview, ends up accepting their offer with a significant increase in pay and begins working for one of the most prestigious coffee retailers in the U.S. and Canada as their District Manager. When he returns it is to update his resume for a more senior position within the company.
- A young Electronics Engineer requests help preparing his resume for a position in the highly competitive Ottawa market. Within a week after completing his resume with LightSpeed, he receives a job offer from the exact company that he wants to work with. As a result he refers his wife.
- A downsized Senior Buyer with one of North America's largest telecom companies, approaches Lightspeed for help with his resume. Having spent many years with the same employer, he has no idea what to expect, but within days of completing his resume he receives a position as Regional Supply Manager at one of his former employer's largest suppliers. As a result of his success he not only refers numerous clients to Lightspeed but returns to update his resume following which he goes on to increasingly senior positions at progressively higher pay scales as Materials Manager, followed by Manager of Manufacturing with an international oil and gas company. He writes "Tomorrow will be my last day at RTI. Last month I accepted an exciting opportunity with GE Pipeline Solutions as their Manager of Manufacturing. I will be located in Calgary with travel to some very exotic branch offices on the agenda. A thanks to you (Lightspeed) for the superb resume writing that got me in the door for my interview process"
- A student from Toronto completes his resume with LightSpeed and within two weeks lands a contract position at a major Pharmaceutical firm in Toronto where is able to use his training and Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology. All this occurs during one of the worst recessionary periods in Ontario's history.
- A programmer working for a recognized tax software developer, comes to Lightspeed for help with his resume. After preparing a new resume, he receives a job as programmer with one of the fastest growing RV companies in Western Canada. He writes "after sending out the resume your made to see what was out there I received a response about 3.5 weeks ago (less than a week after sending in my resume). To make a long story short, Monday is my first day as the newest Programmer for XYZ company. Not only does this job open quite a few doors for me but it also gave me a 125% increase in salary! I just wanted to say thanks for all your help. If it wasn't for the resume you wrote for me, I wouldn't have had the chance to work for these people.
- A downsized Store Manager from one of the largest brand name chains in Canada gets his resume done with LightSpeed. As a result of his new resume he receives successive promotions to Director, Canadian Operations; Executive Director, Canadian Operations and Vice President, Canada & U.S. Pacific Northwest. He is so happy with the results that over the years he refers a number of acquaintances and associates.
- A Mechanical Engineer completes his resume with LightSpeed. He is called for an interview that leads to a job offer making more then his previous position and at a significantly higher level of seniority. As a result of his success he refers a friend.
- A Gas Plant Operator in Alberta approaches Lightspeed for help with his resume, which he plans to use in going after an international position. Within a couple of weeks after receiving his newly designed resume he accepts a position working overseas with a 300% increase in pay. He so happy he returns a couple of years later to get his resume updated for a new opportunity he is pursuing.
- A downsized Manager of National Insurance Relations with a major insurance firm in Toronto, approaches Lightspeed Resumes following her move to Calgary. Within a few days she is employed in a new position with one of the major hotel chains in Calgary. She writes "I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful job you did on my resume. Within a couple of days of e-mailing it out to all my 'target employers' I got several responses and job offers. I ultimately decided to accept an offer from XYZ Hotel and start today. I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks again and I wish you all the best!"
- An AME who is an existing client of Lightspeed comes back to get her resume updated as she is planning a major transition from Alberta's booming economy to BC's slower economy. Following the update she writes "I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for my resume update. I have been offered a job back home and will be leaving Alberta in three weeks. It was well worth the investment!
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