Have any of you done resumes as a business and made money at it.?

Question

I get compliments on my resume alot and have done them for friends who have then gotten jobs with them. I was thinking of trying to make some side money at this. Anyone ever done it? Any advice?

Answer 1

I never started a business, but I used to charge my friends' friends. There was a time period in my life were we changed positions a lot, so we met a lot of people - I'd charge 50$ per design, 25$ up front and 25$ if they got the job. I ate the price for the print outs.

I did it for a few years, I don't know how much money I made - if I knew then what I knew now I would've advertised it, told people to tell other people - I would've kept copies of them and started a portfolio and gotten the paper work together to start a business. I was doing about 2 a week on average, most of the people I didn't even know at one point - I just asked a few questions, showed them a few different methods, explained to them the way HR leads up to picking Resumes' since they get hundreds and hundreds, then emailed them or showed them different copies every few days until they picked a design they liked.

I wasted all the money instead of saving it to get something better, of course =/ That's something I wish I would've done, saved it all since it was just extra income.

So, yeah, I don't do it anymore since I kind of settled down and I'm not meeting any new people anymore. When I was moving around a lot and kept changing day jobs and had a roomate that was a little concert-goer and had tons of friends, I could've banked, if I saved. =(

good luck

Answer 2

I do it all the time and it is difficult to make money at it because of all the competition and I have 40 + years in management as well as two degrees. However, all my clients have been happy and I do it for folks for $99. where the competition charges $300 - $500 for the equivalent. Most folks just don't realize how necessary and valuable a well written resume is to marketing themselves and are reluctant to spend the money on an "intangible".

Answer 3

yes