Comments on: TheLadders: Going down?

By: Ladder resume | Keikohiraoka

Ladder resume | Keikohiraoka — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:19:08 +0000

[...] Ask The Headhunter® | Nick Corcodilos – TheLadders: Going down?Feb 21, 2008 … Also revealing is the company’s recent use-burn-and-dump campaign to start an executive-resume-writing business. Ladders partnered with … [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:53:28 +0000

I came across this while trying to help my husband find a job. He has a history of being loyal to his employers and has longevity is his roles with them. GM closed their doors. He “retrained” himself and currently has degrees in History, Economics and he is an internship away from his Masters in Economics. He graduated Suma, he is brilliant. However; for over a year now, he has been unable to find work in his field. Where can he go? What can he do? We are desperate for help. He is more than willing to start at the bottom and work his way up. Someome please help us before everything falls apart. Please! How can he get a job in his field?

By: Yoga Manly

Yoga Manly — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:40:01 +0000

This is a nice post especially those who are starting to put up their own business. Thanks a bunch.

By: Why employers post on job boards | Executive Job and Career Coaching

Why employers post on job boards | Executive Job and Career Coaching — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:32:28 +0000

[...] job through job boards. Some job boards are so aggressive they advertise they only source jobs and candidates over $100,000. Research proves these executive level job boards vet neither candidates nor job submissions for [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:14:23 +0000

Does anyone have any comments or experiences they could share about Execunet?

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:38:03 +0000

You can write a perfect resume without the help of a resume writing service. Just some fine skill, honesty, ambition and motivation.

Thanks for the great post.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:45:06 +0000

Folks at The Ladders must have been reading these comments. I had them redo my resume and every one I have asked (from spouses to peers to higher ups) say it is stronger than the previous one that I spent 3X the cash on. Perhaps they can learn?

However, I do agree that the jobs posted are nowhere near “exclusive” and I am still awaiting feed back from their support group on a problem I had with one of their “exclusive” ads.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:22:18 +0000

I disagree about the resume writing service. I used it a couple of years ago and they completely transformed my resume to the point that I was shocked at how well they communicated my accomplishments.

If you’ve had an issue with the service it’s probably because you didn’t provide enough information in the worksheet. I sent them an extremely detailed worksheet listing out everything I did and told them to work their magic and they did.

To me, it was worth every penny. I never expected the result to be anywhere near what they returned.

I’m currently a consultant making over 125K a year and I do attribute some of the success to the resume. I’ve had many employers tell me how well written my resume is along with my accomplishments.

You get out of it what you put into it. If you give them 1 page of garbage, what do you expect them to do with it.

As for the same style and such, what do you expect? Most people have the same type of resume. It’s not the style of the template, it’s the way you communicate what you have done. I honestly think you expected too much and didn’t put in the effort needed to get the results I did.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:23:00 +0000

I’ve subscribed to the ladders twice and I’ve discussed this comment with other job seekers that have a subscribed to the service. For the most part it’s search engine trolling company websites for jobs—that’s all. Second, we’ve noticed that everytime there’s a position with a salary of $200-$400 thousand, the company is confidential and it is almost always a ‘ladders exclusive’—what a come on.

By: Nick Corcodilos

Nick Corcodilos — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:36 +0000

@Tom: You’re not the first one to try that test. Others have sent Ladder a Ladders-written resume for “critique” – and they say they’ve received similar boilerplate to the critique on their original submission.

Can you spell “boiler room?”

Thanks for posting.