Resume Development

RESUME WRITING & FORWARDING SERVICE-AN ANALYSIS

Market is full of companies offering "specialized" resume writers who charge fancy prices for a resume. The front-forerunners in this business are the job sites. They employ telecallers to promote their "product". But do you know the real scene "behind the screens"?



A "professional resume" as they call it, does not actually cost a bomb. A leading job portal charges around Rs.1900/- for candidates with 10+ years experience. The charges are much higher for "international formats". The international format is no different But is the writer actually paid Rs.1900/- for his hard work? Far from truth.



A writer is paid only around Rs.400 to Rs.500 per resume. Most of the writers work on freelance basis for these companies. Part of the money collected goes in paying the front-line sales team and of-course infrastructure expenses. The rest is profit. It makes more sense to contact the free-lancers directly. Moreover, the turn around time in case of freelancers could be much better.



The only consolation is that the customer has got the resume from a "well-known" company. Many people are aware of this fact but still fall in the trap. Why? The company's sales strategy is excellent. The company prepares an excellent folder of "sample resumes" which are supposedly tailor-made to suit the customer's needs. Better still, they also offer a resume-forwarding service which sends resumes across to "top consultants" in India & Gulf. The customer is made to believe that his resume will receive "priority" on opting for this service. A simple reasoning will make us realize that if all people pay up, will they receive interview calls? A placement consultant is eager to place a candidate irrespective of the source from where he has obtained the resume. One can simply upload the resume on site for free. Moral of the story: The resume writing/forwarding service is a gimmick to play with the job-seekers' psychology.

Provident Fund

Provident Fund or more commonly known as PF is a familiar term for most of the salaried class of population. But most people are ill-informed about the withdrawal methods post-resignation or retirement.

In case the PF account is with the government PF office, it is not mandatory to get the withdrawal form attested by the employer. A notarized form will also serve the purpose. Where the PF account is with a trust (floated by the employer), getting money could be difficult but is definitely not impossible.

Organizations running a PF trust try to armtwist its employees into coughing up money before releasing the PF amount or simply hold back the amount citing improper exit etc. Whatever be the reason, release of PF amount and such silly excuses have no relation. Escalating the matter to the relevant PF commissioner is generally helpful. Registering on http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/ can also be helpful. Employees who are not aware of such channels generally get stuck and end up giving into the unreasonable demands of employers.

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