About Our Data

Resume Writers are some of the only professionals in the world who deal with the job market, day in and day out.

Resume Writers tend to know what is working and what isn't working in the never-ending battle to find people new jobs. They have to, if they're going to successfully help their clients. The ground-level, real-world nature of the profession means that professional resume writers also know which industries their clients are being successful in, and which industries are proving difficult. In other words, they know which industries are hot, and which are cold, when it comes to the job market.

At ResumeWriters.com, we noticed this from our first weeks in business. We saw the tech meltdown coming months before the NASDAQ collapsed. We often know if a given industry is about to suffer a wave of lay-offs, even before anything is announced. We can see this because 1) we suddenly get flooded with clients from a given industry and 2) our clients report that available positions have dried up.

We've always wanted to find a way to make this knowledge available to the general job-seeking public. After all, knowing which industries are hiring and which are not... knowing which sectors give you the best shot at success... this sort of information can help people find work faster, and help others know ahead of time when they might need to start looking for a new job.

Our State of the Job Market data is designed to get our unique insights out to the public.

Please note: This data is not entirely scientific or statistical. Our process is simple: every month, we contact a cross section of our writer network and ask them for their impressions. We then combine that with our sales data, reflecting the number of clients we have worked with in each industry. By synthesizing the professional opinions of the writers and the hard numbers of our sales figures, we come up with a rating that we feel reflects the current strength or weakness of a given job market.

Here are some examples of how this might work:

One month, our sales data show a flood of new clients in the banking and finance industries. When we poll our banking and finance writer specialists, they report that clients are telling them layoffs are on the way. According to the writers, the flood of resumes is coming from clients currently employed, but preparing themselves for the possibility of a job chance. Sure enough, the weeks pass and we hear of layoffs at brokerage firms.

Or...

The writers across our network report that their clients are having great success finding jobs in law enforcement, security and homeland defense positions. The writers say that no sooner does a client send out their resume, then they have half a dozen interviews lined up. They also report that clients from other industries and making career changes, entering this industry for the first time. Thus, we can deduce that those industries are hot and expanding.

All we are trying to do with this service is help keep the job seeker informed. Our overriding philosophy is that looking for a new job is one of the most excruciating processes in the world, and there is a woeful lack of support and resources for people in this difficult stage of life. By providing this information, we hope to help job seekers gain a strategic advantage.

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