Boost your Career - Really?

While scrolling through my Inbox, I saw a mail from one of the job portals that said : Boost your career.

The content read as follows:

Dear Sudhanshu,

Searching for the right job?

Here is what you will need:
- A resume that meets international standards, grabs employer’s attention and stands out in the crowd
- Direct reach to several top recruiters
End your search for the right job, get our Career Booster service – blah blah blah...

I am just thinking aloud here: Is it really a good/well written resume that gets one a dream job?! Here is what I think: Any man (or woman... sorry for the order) worth his salt and desirous of working for an organization of repute needs to be able to jot down what skills he brings to the table and then indeed, be able to demonstrate the same during interview and at job. To that effect, the resume only serves the purpose of enlisting the skill-set that a potential employee offers an employer. Unless you have trouble writing down what you have done and what you are capable of, do you really think you deserve that dream job of yours?! Now I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I really don't feel the need to hire one of these "Resume Writing Experts" (heck! why would someone want to specialize as a resume writing expert for god's sake!!)

In fact a friend of mine did cough up around 3000 rupees to get one of these professional resumes and (!@#$) the thing looked and read like a peace of ... you know what! The real value proposition these guys might be offering (my 2 cents really) would be to show up your resume in search results. That's all there is to it. God save anyone who falls for this!