Help With A Reporter Resume

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If You Need To Put together a Reporter Resume or a Correspondent Resume... you've likely already seen the writing on the wall: new jobs for reporters and correspondents are expected to decline 6% over the next decade. The culprits? Consolidation in the publishing and broadcasting industries, and the slow, suffering demise of traditional newspapers.

On the somewhat positive side, the overall growing demand for news should open up new employment opportunities, especially in online newspapers and magazines, and mobile news divisions of broadcast networks. That, plus the need to continually replace reporters and correspondents who elect to leave the occupation due to the hectic and stressful lifestyle.

Bottom line: competition will be keen for salaried reporter and correspondent jobs. Especially jobs at large metro and national newspapers and magazines, and local and national broadcast networks. Increasingly, many resumes competing for those jobs are being written by professional resume services. Should yours be written by a pro? Well...

The Certified Resume Writer Has 4 Advantages When Crafting A Reporter Resume

The professional resume writer brings some advantages to the game right off the bat. You'll need to match these advantages, or compensate in other ways, if you plan to write your own resume.

1. The professional resume writer keeps abreast of current resume techniques; format selection, design and layout, what information a managing editor wants - and doesn't want - to see on a reporter resume.  
2. The pro has industry experience that is both perceptive and objective. As a side note, the better resume services are often able to pair you with a writer whose background matches your specific professional discipline. 
3. The pro knows how to work with "keywords." When used strategically, these ensure your resume will pop up in database searches.
4. They're marketing pros. There's a real skill in selling a job candidate to an often cynical audience (i.e. hiring officials in the publishing and broadcasting industries) with nothing more than words on a page.

Ready To Write That Reporter Resume?

As a former resume writer, I can say without a doubt that each and every one of my clients, from every professional walk of life, could have crafted a resume themselves that could have been competitive in the marketplace. And that includes clients in salaried reporter positions. But they came to me because they didn't have the time or the inclination to get up to speed on resume techniques. Or they found that their job qualifications were difficult for them to express in a promotional -- and unbiased -- manner.

If you're a reporter or correspondent who falls into either category, you've got plenty of company. And you've probably noticed there are a lot of resume services popping up to take advantage of these economic times. I've tried to separate the good from the not-so-good when it comes to professional resume writers. I personally hope you'll take a look at our Resume Service Reviews, a lineup of mini-reviews of the more popular resume writing services on the web. I show their pricing points, and give each one a star ranking. Pick one or two and go in-depth...

Or, if you're pressed for time, you can click straight to the website of top-rated ResumeWriters.com. As the largest network of certified resume writers on the internet, they've got unparalleled resources to best match you with a writer most qualified in your profession. Plus, they guarantee you'll get interviews with their resume. That cinched the deal with us.

Look over the reviews. Let us know if we can be of further help. And best of luck in your job search.

-- David

Keywords of note: reporter resume, correspondent resume, reporter's resume, resume for a reporter,
reporting jobs, good jobs in reporting.

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