How We Rate Engineering Resume Services

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In this page, we’re covering how we rate engineering resume services. It’s important to understand why so that when you can determine which engineering resume service you want to use. There’s a ton of ground to cover, but we’ve narrowed it down so that you can make the best choices for yourselves.

We take into account parameters such as cost, delivery time, and ultimately, what specific frameworks do the engineering service providers use.

The goal is to land you a high paying job, so these next few steps in determining who’s writing your resume will be critical.

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Review Criteria of Engineering Resume Services

The following is the criteria we review for awarding providers as one of the best engineering resume writing services.

We break the engineering resume writing services by the following:

  • Pros: Pros of the specific engineering writing service
  • Cons: Cons of the specific engineering service
  • Service Details: The service cost and delivery time
  • Contact Info: Phone number & email address

This list was created with engineering positions in mind. This includes mechanical engineers, civil engineers, electrical engineers, aerospace engineers, software engineers, and more.

We specifically look for the individual resume writing service’s frameworks.

Resume Writing Frameworks

Those resume writing frameworks include writing a resume that:

  • Is clear and concise
  • Displays quantitative results and accomplishments
  • Incorporates keywords
  • ATS compliant
  • Uses a simple design
  • Grammatically correct
  • Understand engineering skillsets

Why do we care so much about frameworks?

Because it shows that the resume writers know what they’re doing.

Clear and Concise

Your resume has to be clear and concise and it’s important that whichever service you use knows that. Some engineering resume services out there use redundant items such as a professional summary and core competencies in their resumes.

We disagree with that approach.

Your resume should be one page, clear and concise, and should consist of an Experience, Education, and an Additional section that outlines technical skills, certifications, awards, etc.

Your experience should speak for itself and which is why you don’t need to add a “summary” or “objective” section in your resume.

Displaying Quantitative Results and Accomplishments

The resume writers that you work with need to understand the importance of quantifying your results and accomplishments.

Examples of how you can incorporate quantitative results include:

  • Sales
  • Revenue generated
  • Performance improvement
  • Cost savings
  • Efficiency increases
  • Lead time decreases

If you’ve had any projects where you’ve achieved the above, the resume writing service needs to be able to quantify them, in a clear and concise manner.

Incorporating Keywords

As an engineer, there are certain skillsets you must have on your resume that act as keywords to get you past the recruiter. Recruiters take approximately 6 seconds – you’ll see this claim made by many engineering resume writing providers.

It’s important that the provider understands how very little time recruiters spend – which is an indicator that the respective resume writing service will focus on keywords.

ATS Compliant

This goes hand in hand with incorporating key words. Nowadays, job applications are Application Tracking System (ATS) based. It’s important your resume is formatted in a certain matter (we recommend simple formats) so that the ATS software can parse your resume.

Uses a simple design

It’s important that the resume writing service uses a simple design. The design should be clean and to the point. No over the top graphics or images. We recommend using Helvetica or Arial as the resume font. They both give a “clean”, but simple look to them.

Grammatically Correct

It’s a no-brainer that the engineering resume writing service needs to be capable of delivering a grammatically correct resume. Although it may seem obvious, there are difficulties associated with being grammatically correct. One being that there are many acronyms in engineering – CAD, FEA, CFD, etc.

If the service doesn’t know how to display engineering specific skillsets in a grammatically correct manner, you’re not going to get the job of your dreams.

Understand Engineering Skillsets

We determine the ability to understand engineering skillsets to be important when it comes to resume writing services. Often times, when you place an order with a resume writing service, they won’t even come from engineering backgrounds themselves. As a result, the way they frame engineering experiences may be off.

A lot of resume writers focus on adding “corporate fluff” – items such as core competencies and executive summaries.

Make sure the service you’re choosing actually understand what engineers do and what skillsets they have.

See how we choose resume formats here.