Beware - The Job Guarantee

I was speaking with a prospective client recently who asked about our "guarantee".  Our policy, per our website, is that we will work with any client for a period of two weeks post consultation in order to ensure that they are satisfied with their documents.  The fact that I've never actually had to do that is testament to the quality of product we produce.

Apparently, there is a company out there offering a cast iron guarantee that they will get you the job you're after!  I find such a statement absolutely incredible!  It wouldn't take too long a thought process to appreciate the fact that it is not credibly possible to guarantee your resume will get you the job you want, unless the resume writer was also the hiring manager!!

A hiring manager will select a candidate based on specific criteria.  If you're not even close, you won't get the job, no matter how good your resume looks!

I'd recommend being careful when dealing with any company making seemingly outlandish guarantees - at the very least - ask them specifically, how they plan to "guarantee" that another human being, in a different industry, working to set criteria, reviewing multiple resumes is guaranteed to give YOU the job!