That’s why Jeff Lipshultz’s blog post on How Much Is Your Resume Worth is so timely, and important.  What’s better is that some real experts have commented on his post with relevant and insightful comments…a must-read for people who need to improve their own resume.

People like Bill Vick of Employment Digest who reminded us that networking is at least as important as the resume itself.  And JobAwfulTruth showed us their own series on the resume. Then Dorothy Beach hit an important point, that job seekers need to be able to validate proof of ability. Miriam of Keppie Careers adds that job seekers need a muli-facted approach these days. (A point we try to make daily with our own job search engine Linkup, which should be one site of many to check for jobs. LinkUp only shows jobs from company websites.  Cindy Kraft exposes one of the issues confronting job seekers who try to find someone to help them with their resume…almost anyone can SAY they can help, like being an AVON rep.  Susan Joyce made the concise point that a one sized resume has not worked for years.  Good point as well from Robert Dagnall, the resume guru, who says that a cheaply done resume can, in fact, be costly in terms of lost opportunities.  Dave Opton, the CEO of Execunet, compares the resume to a good piece of sales collateral, an important piece but used in conjunction with other techniques. Organizations hire people, not paper, Dave says.  Going further, Dawn Bugni of The Write Solution justifies the actual cost of having a professional help with your resume.

Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter says a real pro offers ‘career introspection’ as well as simple resume crafting skills. There are dozens of great comments that add wisdom to this poll and discussion.

I hope you can jump over to Jeff’s blog and read all the comments. Excellent.