Brianna Englehart
I contacted Resumes, etc. to inquire about resume writing services, specifically in the Jacksonville, NC area with the hopes that someone in the area would provide insight into the job market. I spoke with Fred via phone, we chatted for a few minutes during which he told me that his daughter was married to a U.S. Marine, and he asked since I was in the area, if I was as well, to which I reluctantly replied yes (I failed to see the relevance since this was about me and my job search). After our phone conversation I provided Alfred with three of my past resumes, both functional and chronological.
Upon review of the resume he provided I noticed several egregious errors. The pronoun United States was not pluralized; one of the companies I worked for, which was in the previous three resumes I provided, was misspelled; and my name was not even correct on the second page of the resume; among other mistakes.
He corrected the mistakes and sent back an updated version of the original document. I told him that I was appreciative of his willingness to correct the mistakes, however I found the work to be vastly insufficient for a professional resume writer; I did not feel his resume enhanced any of my previous resumes that I provided. I requested a refund, however due to already paying and agreeing to no refunds via a previous email he refused to provide any compensation. I informed him that I was not pleased, and would not be recommending his services.
Alfred then responded to me with an email that I deemed to be incredibly unprofessional and threatening. He stated “and if you put anything online, I will return the favor with the USMC site where your husbands commanders will love it and I will also send an email blast to all recruiters and employers in the area that we have a relationship with. So we can both go to war.” My prior emails did not elicit such a response; I merely stated that I would not be recommending them to anyone.
I would caution against using Resumes, etc., and I share this exchange in hopes of preventing others from having to deal with what I did. I recommend reading the Yelp reviews should you want further evidence of the unprofessionalism.