If your engineering resume... is going to be fighting for attention in a highly competitive market, or if you're finding it difficult to express your job qualifications in an unbiased - yet promotional - manner, a professional resume writer might be able to help.

Do you absolutely need a pro? No – if you've got time and talent, you can write a resume that can compete in the marketplace. But the best professional resume writers bring something to the table that's hard to come by: marketing acumen. There's a real skill in selling a candidate to an often cynical audience (i.e. recruiters and hiring officials) with nothing more than words on a page.

As a former resume writer... you should know that 99% of the time I was able to improve the resumes that were sent to me. Sometimes dramatically. So, I'm acutely aware of the benefit to having a pro on your side in your job search.

Although I don't write resumes myself anymore, I've taken a hard look at some of the more popular resume writing services on the Web. Like everything else in life, there are some good services out there, and some you should probably avoid.

If you're interested, here's how I rate the Web's most popular Resume Writing Services.

-- David Alan Carter

P.S. If pressed for time, see my quick recommendations of the Top 3, below...