The Job SauceReviews of thejobsauce.com

I purchased the service for the $279 package, it promised I could speak with my writer in is as little as one day and the schedule showed nothing available for one month. The phone calls are very unpersonable and timed. The service says no refunds so I contacted one of the people I had spoken to before I purchased. Jillian said she couldn't give me a refund, but offered to speak to my writer that was supposed to be assigned in one day, to speed things up, they hadn't read my submission which wasn't finished, because there was no scheduling for a month, so I could not believe a writer was assigned to me. She offered to escalate it and see if I could get a refund which is the option I chose. I saw that other people resorted to posting on here or social media to finally get a response, so that is why I posted on here. I was interviewing other resume services and had picked one, but declined that one because a company contacted me and I needed a resume fast. I was contacted my the owner of the company shortly after I posted here, and he told me he contacted me after seeing my post. I said I would take down the review or change it when I was refunded, which took about a workweek. I am not taking the review down because Jillian sent me a nasty text in the meantime. I upgraded it from one to two stars, no one should be sold something with a certain promise, met with a completely different situation, then treated poorly by someone in the company. There are some really good resume writer/coaching companies out there, do your homework and interview them all. You will be happy with the attention and time others give you.

I was so excited about this at start, everyone sounded professional.. Discussed with my resume writer, answered all the questions they had for me. But after that, I haven’t hear back from anyone that I have reached out to at Job Sauce. Been trying to get in touch with multiple people for two weeks now about next steps. No response whatsoever! Very disappointed and this isn’t at all in alignment with the expectations they set for me about the whole process during my very first call. Btw, my resume writer also asked me to take my time to answer all the questions! A few weeks is completely ok.. and I trusted that. I would like a refund. Who should I get in touch with? Hoping someone will respond to this message on a public platform since I get no response to my emails!

Getting my resume reviewed and re-written by Lindsay was a really great experience! Lindsay is well-versed in her field, asks the right questions and gives some very helpful tips. That being said, I don't think it was worth spending the $250 since I have been applying to jobs with that same resume for the last 3-4 months and have not been able to lock in a single interview. In fact I had to get mty resume re-reviewed by another editor. Great experience, not so great results.

I used the Job Sauce to update my resume and did not enjoy the process. The process feels kinda rushed (one brief phone call, two round of comment sin Google Docs). I was baffled at the "completed product" as bullet points on my resume has multiple sentences and punctuation was all over the place. Overall I just didn't feel like what I wanted was done due to the rushed nature of the process.

I had numerous problems with this service - all of which are probably directed at the company and not necessarily my assigned writer. Background: I paid for the basic resume writing service and the "recommended linkedin edits." Below are my main frustrations with this service. 1. The recommended linkedin edits are complete bogus - I could literally google every piece of information that they gave me. Also, they felt extremely generic, like they send the same edits to every single person and all your writer does is add a suggested headline (Job Description) to make it feel personalized. They definitely don't feel like someone took a look at your profile and made recommendations based off your personal profile. (If you are going to buy this service for linkedin edits - save your money and just do some research online) 2. Quality of writing: This service might be worth it if you literally cannot write clearly. In my case, they took my writing, which isn't terrible, and crammed it will as many buzzwords as they could find. Now, I think this will beat the automated system they are claiming to beat, but what happens when a hiring manager picks up your resume and attempts to read something that is virtually unreadable. It's unreadable because 1. you used every bit of detail and buzz word you could muster and 2. packing every single sentence with as many buzzwords as possible makes every sentence a huge, , unreadable, complicated run-on sentence... At the end of the day, this was my biggest complaint - the quality of writing you pay for is quite concerning. 3. Turn around time: I didn't see my FIRST draft for 13 days - granted their was a holiday in there, but still.. 13 days for the first draft. I actually went through an entire interview process and was extended a job offer from a company in the time it took me to get my first draft. Additionally, after 13 days I was expecting a near-perfect resume to continue my job search. But, what I got was a document with a bunch of buzzwords, lists of accomplishments that I explicitly said I never did, and numerous grammatical errors - this clearly suggests that my resume was thrown together at the last second (probably to beat a deadline of 2 weeks) and never proof read by anyone, but me. Now, I could have gone back and forth with my writer to make edits and get the document where I felt comfortable with it, but why would I do that when it already took 13 days to see a FIRST draft.... I could go on, but whats the point... Just beware of what you pay for.

First things first, I am a writer myself. I know I can write a good resume on my own, so when I went to The Joe sauce, I was hoping they could really do something exceptional. I was assigned a resume writer who was supposed to give me multiple edits and provide me with a polished piece. The first step of Jobsauce's resume writing service is a critique and job history questionnaire. I sent in my own resume, and they gave me notes. We set a deadline of one week, and the resume writer assured me they could meet this. However, they didn't even get the questionnaire back to me for five days. At this point, I had concerns, simply because I knew my writer would be rushing to complete it. I completed the questionnaire the hour I received it. My resume writer turned it in on the final day (actually, a little past the midnight, after our deadline). This only cemented my belief that the resume was rushed. Of course, there were also grammatical mistakes, something unseemly on a normal resume but completely unacceptable when applying for writing positions. I pointed out the mistakes, and they fixed them. Still, I felt my resume was something thrown together last minute, rather than being carefully crafted. I figured I'd give it a month and see if it worked. After all, they were professionals. Maybe they knew something I didn't. A month has passed, and I've applied to more than forty jobs with their application without a single response or interview offer. So far, the two-hundred dollar resume hasn't fared any better than the one I had before. Perhaps their service will work better for some people, but it didn't work for me. There are plenty of other resume writing services that are more affordable and will give you just as much, if not more success.

Horrible Communication. - My resume writer vanished on me for a week - when she finally resurfaced she had the excuse of being in Jurry Duty and “it was a surprise that she didn’t know about” - sorry but these things are known weeks in advance. Then I get the LinkedIn recommendations which are pitifully generic. My final step of a coaching call has no appointments available. I’ve sent emails for three days now to two different people with no response. Don’t waste your time or money on these people. They were one of the lowest cost options so it shouldn’t surprise me that they are bad.

My take away is, I think customers with less than 5 years experience with a very rough resume would achieve the best customer value from this company. Interactions started strong but I wasn't happy with the ending experience. I thought their organization of their resume development package and upfront communication was clear. It was great how quickly they worked at the beginning but I felt once they delivered a resume, the collaboration part of working together to fine tune any edits and / or feedback wasn't done well. For example my summary section was not modified from the original format, even when I asked for special attention on this section.