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TopResume

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TopResume is the largest resume-writing service in the world, and writes and analyzes more resumes and LinkedIn profiles than any other service.

TopResume pairs a deep knowledge of hiring techniques with a compassionate network of professional writers to craft hundreds of thousands of resumes every year. Rooted in the science of resume-writing, TopResume aims to empower individuals to advance in their careers using proven methods of job-targeting and storytelling.


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TopResume Reviews Summary

TopResume has a rating of 4.6 stars from 5,703 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with TopResume most frequently mention cover letter, great job and linkedin profile. TopResume ranks 6th among Resume sites.

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2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Copy and Paste
June 2, 2019

I moved from a Big city to a smaller town and never in my life have I had a issue with even getting a interview. I was lost for words I got the feedback my resume was horrible so I signed up for the complete package to redo everything LinkedIn, Cover letter, and Resume. Well its been 2 weeks and the 1st proof was the exact same format and fancy words that looked like someone was telling my story instead of me telling what I did. I sent it back and looked up the format that was completely different, However I am still waiting on my resume. I suggest you pay yourself $300 and you make a better format and send it to a friend to read.

Date of experience: June 2, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I took help of TopResume critique, and I got their response within 2 days of sending my resume.
They broke the whole review in parts, explaining problems with each section, helping me understand what a hiring team would infer from my choice of words, what alternatives are there for those keywords, contrasting old techniques with new ones.
At the end they also gave me an ATS(Applicant Tracking System) review. This was meant to understand how the ATS system would characterize my CV, and what would they think of me, based on all the information I have provided.
They also gave some insight into the design and relative placement of content on it, and which items are more relevant to the job description, which ones add little to it's impact.
All in all, a thorough read, and totally worth taking this review. It will help you get a fresh perspective on your own profile.
Totally recommended!

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Took 2 weeks for them to find a writer for my resume. Then the Resume they send out was just a reformat of what I already had. Maybe if your a high school student just starting out.
But for real professional I would stay away from this company.

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Mediocre, at best
May 29, 2019

Delays in getting started on the process were long. Communications were sparse and automated--no real contact with the assigned resume writer. Slower response on revisions. Rewrite was more like just moving things around and elimination of first-person references in the verbiage. This wasn't a total waste of money, but I'm not sure it was worth the nearly $200 charged.

Date of experience: May 29, 2019
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Helpful
May 29, 2019

I found the free review of my CV very eye opening and constructive. Even tho I don't have the money to get my CV updated due to no income I definately think it would be a huge help. As the free information was so forthgiving imagine what the complete outcome will be having the know how of all the changes we never hear about. Thanks for taking the time and the feedback. Jenny

Date of experience: May 29, 2019
India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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As an internship seeking student, I was applying for a lot of industrial internships. I needed my resume to be checked and reviewed honestly and they are pretty good at their job. Emily went to great depths and it will definitely help me re-write and improve it.

Date of experience: May 28, 2019
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1 review
2 helpful votes
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Extremely poor CV review service... incompetent CV writer! You can't do anything once you paid the fees. BE CAREFUL... Fraud Company.

Date of experience: May 27, 2019
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Slow, they take there sweet time (9 days) attempting to write you a resume, barely made any changes, rather they deleted a rather large amount of important information in my opinion. When I inquired about this, and offered some suggestions on changes on the following day, expecting a response with an explanation I got nothing, so days later (4 days) I asked if they intended on responding! They responded the next day (day 15 now in this process) and advised me that I only had 16 days to make changes and review with them. So more or less I was out of time, as they still did not answer my questions about deletions and certain ways things were written. They simply made one of the changes I suggested and sent it back to me with a note telling me I can edit it myself! So why I am paying $350.00 for NO SERVICE!

I left a review with the company, do you think I got a response to that? NO!

Don't let this company drag your valuable dollars out of your pocket for nothing, this company prays on those that are in need!

Date of experience: May 25, 2019
Bangladesh
1 review
0 helpful votes
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CV wrting
May 26, 2019

If you want to clarification our CV, I should reduce money expense purpose because I have no money a lot. If you give some discounts services, it will be better for me.
Thank you.

Date of experience: May 25, 2019
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I uploaded my resume because one was required for the part-time cashier position I was applying for. Consequently, I received an unsolicited critique of my sad, hastily thrown together resume. They basically told me it was horrible. For free! They told me I was underselling myself, which was true. It was the first honest feedback I'd ever received, so I took their suggestions and redid it. Now I'm waiting to see what happens... I have to have better results than I've had already!

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My resume looked like it was created by a 10 year old. They essentially just took my old resume moved things around and said here you go please pay me $180 dollars. They missed the original deadline, didn't provided me a cover letter after repeated requests past the deadline and offered me a thank you letter for $50 bucks more. The thank you letter you can get free off any website! The one they gave me was ridiculously simplistic.
If anyone is reading this please beware. This is the worst resume service out there.

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Puerto Rico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I sent my resume to be reviewed for free and Katie was very honest in her review. I was surprised with the depth of the feedback and to me that shows that they really want to help. I'm really exited to implement her tips and get that job!

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I did not have a good experience with this company. I asked them to write my resume for project management but they wrote it for sales. I have never worked in sales. I asked them to run it thru their ATS system and it came out as sales with a 55 score. Which means it wasn't even a good sales resume since everybody knows you need 80 or above to have a chance. I e\sent an email after also checking it on jobscan. The score was even lower. So I added info that I did not include in my first draft. Stuff I didn't know was important and put on Jobscan and my scores were better. So I ask for rewrite. They said I would get 2. They ignored me, then I get man email asking me what is wrong with me. I respond, asking for rewrite, nobody answers me. I ask for resolution, they act like they don't know what I am talking about. Then I get an email that says this is your final documents. They basically ignored me, no rewrite just a substandard resume for almost $300. I only took this approach because I haven't been in the job market for 15 years.

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Rip off!
May 24, 2019

I wouldn't even recommend anyone doing any type of business with your company. I practically adjusted everything myself on the resume. Doesn't make any sense to pay $300 and I have to fix your errors. What's the purpose of your service? Oh wait, it's to make a resume! Well, did I really have someone make me one or was my resume generated by a software? Either way, it should've been revised which it wasn't. Feel like I got scammed out of my pocket. Good luck ripping others off!

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Honest Opinion
May 25, 2019

I sent in my resume for a critique and got something I wasn't expecting, an honest perspective. I haven't used the assistance to write my resume yet but depending on how my next interview goes. I am going to take them up on their offer. Thank you for an honest review.

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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If you are looking to have a resume written, re-written, or a LInkedIn profile updated - please look elsewhere. I contracted TopResume to do a resume update and an LinkedIn profile update. The first pass they did at the resume was amateurish. Horrible formatting, fonts and font sizes intermixed, and showed no concept of how to present the material for my background. After complaining and waiting over a week, they finally assigned another writer. Based on the delays and poor quality work, I requested that they cancel my order. Their response was that they couldn't cancel because they already delivered some work. They did nothing on the LinkedIn profile, and the draft they gave me on the resume was completely unusable.

Find a writer that you can make a personal connection with and talk via phone. TopResume doesn't, they only communicate via email.

Date of experience: May 23, 2019
DO
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I paid a premium service which promised a top writer that understood my industry. Wrong. She didn't. Wrote phrases that didn't make sense. Somethings got even worse after feedback. She had grammar and spelling mistakes I could spot. English is my second language and one of the reasons I paid was to get a resume ob perfect English... customer service decided to stop responding.

Date of experience: May 23, 2019
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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1) they didn't understand my industry 2)I can't submit this resume for most sr mgmt level jobs without a lot of editing.

Save your money! Do it yourself! You know your industry language best.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Very disappointed. Terrible formatting, unclear language, mistakes all over. What a waste of money. Asked for revisions, but that did not help.

Date of experience: May 18, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have great experience as well as my MBA, but for some reason I was not getting any calls or responses from my job applications. After having TopResume re-write my resume and cover letter, I immediately started getting multiple calls for interviews. It was definitely worth the money!

Date of experience: May 17, 2019