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Resume Maker Deluxe 9.0

Resume Maker Deluxe 9.0

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: No Video Functions for the Download Version! Crashes!
Review: I bought the download version last week from individual software's official site. After using it, have the following feelings:

1. whenever i click the salary finder fuction, this program crashes. Also, there are only few salary reports in this program. Much of the salary trend charts are empty.

2. Users or buyers are not properly informed that the download version is without the video function which is available in the Cd version ( I was not informed about this term until i bought the download and saw the Help file in the prgram. The retail and download version both charges the same price. Why doesn't I have the video function too!?

3. I wrote an email to the company asking them to explain this issue to me and have never heard from them. Bad support.

4. it does not have even popular occupation resume sample like flight attendant, ticket service agent.

In conclusion, mediocre + not as advertised + bad customer support. -> wasted 40 bucks

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't buy this to search the internet for jobs!
Review: I bought this program to take advantage of the "Job Finder" feature. I thought it would be nice to have a one-click meta search engine. Guess what, after 3 phone calls and a week of ownership, Job Finder still does not work properly -- only a few sites can be searched. Most site searches error out. I am told by technical support that the search program "indexing" falters from time to time, but they stay on top of it. A week has passed and the indexing is still off for a number of sites. A working "Job Finder" function is clearly not a priority. On top of this, the application is "buggy" and freezes frequently. Buyer beware!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Not just 5 stars .....5 GOLD Stars!
Review: I had a bad experience with another brand (instant resume) and was fortunate to stumble upon your software. Talk about night and day in comparison. I had originally planned to purchase the Winway software next but was drawn toward buying your product by the retail packaging. Your software also seemed to be the hot selling product and I noticed Winway's software had some "item returned for refund" stickers on them. After installing your software I was immediately impressed by the nice looking GUI design and how easy and intuitive it was to get started using this program. Also, your software did something the other brands failed to do. It got me noticed and called in for interviews! I am pleased to say that i found a new job which I will be starting in the next 2 weeks, not to mention a bump up in salary!ResumeMaker is #1 hands down and I would recommend this software to anyone.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The interactive video was very stimulating....
Review: I purchased ResumeMaker Deluxe 9.0 because I was not satisfied with the Winway software. I felt it was not user friendly nor flexible enough.

ResumeMaker's interactive video was very stimulating, thought provoking and preparatory for an inteview situation. The only improvement I would have appreciated was more examples in different fields of experience.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Buggy Application
Review: I'm on my second day with this program, and although the interface is easy to understand, the application itself is problematic. I get program errors that cause it close down. Regardless if you have saved or not. Also I have saved items only to suffer one of these errors, only to lose that "saved" document. I feel I'm very proficient with computers and a lot of software, but this is the worst behaving application yet. For the price of this application it should behave better.
I'll probably have to learn to live-with-it, and suffer through it's weaknesses.
Note to the authors at Individual Software: Instead of having a big "exit" button at the top, instead the button should read "ctrl alt del"

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Horrible, don't order it and Espeacially! don't download it!
Review: If I could get this software to do what it says on the box, I'd undoubtedly be giving a much higher rating. Unfortunately, the bugs in the program are preventing me from making any progress. Sometimes the program shuts off with no warning, but usually it freezes up, closes on a "division-by-zero" error, or I simply get frustrated when the hyperlinks in the job-search window simply stop working.

Yes, I'm working in a (supposedly) compatible environment (Windows ME, latest version of IE)... I've never had a situation like this, where such a potentially great piece of software is rendered so useless.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Yikes. Bug-o-rama.
Review: If I could get this software to do what it says on the box, I'd undoubtedly be giving a much higher rating. Unfortunately, the bugs in the program are preventing me from making any progress. Sometimes the program shuts off with no warning, but usually it freezes up, closes on a "division-by-zero" error, or I simply get frustrated when the hyperlinks in the job-search window simply stop working.

Yes, I'm working in a (supposedly) compatible environment (Windows ME, latest version of IE)... I've never had a situation like this, where such a potentially great piece of software is rendered so useless.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Useful as a coaster
Review: Running this program has caused me nothing but problems. Running under ME, I could write my resume, but couldn't use the post resume online feature. When I upgraded to Windows 2000, I did a fresh install hoping to cure the problem I had running it on ME. It refuses to even run beyond the menu screen, all choices causes it to crash back to desktop. Even after installing a patch for this program, I can't get it to work under 2K.

I can't recommend this software to anyone as it is too buggy to work properly.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Buy a book instead
Review: This is probably the buggiest piece of software I've ever used. It has taken me about 2 to 3 times longer to get a resume I can actually use than it would have taken if I bought a decent book and typed it by hand in a word processor. There are plenty of suggested phrases and some of them are pretty good, but it looks like they just gleaned them all from existing resumes (they have an online posting service) rather than actually wrote them specifically (some have spelling and punctuation mistakes, and some are just awful).
The bugs in this program are unforgivable though:
- Some fields in the "wizard" don't transfer through to the actual resume. You end up with placholder text like, "[Enter your description of responsibilities.]"
- If you change the section style (for example try a different layout for the jobs in your experience section), you will lose everything you type into the old layout!!!! The pre-fab phrases will transfer to a "scratch pad" so you can cut and paste, but any custom edits to those phrases get tossed (changing back will wipe out your scratch pad entries, so you lose everything)

I used to work in the software industry (hence the need for such a program), and the number of tech resumes and phrases is appalling sparse, especially given the current job market. At any place I've worked, if we released a product to the public with bugs like these, we'd be fired on the spot.

Once again, I'm learning there are no shortcuts in life worth taking. Since I downloaded it, I doubt I can get my $40 back. You, on the other hand have a chance not to waste yours. If you do decide to buy it, you should eliminate applying for any accounting or finance positions ;-).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great resume maker. Outstanding helping tool.
Review: This is very easy to use software that helps you use strong, descriptive words that will give you an edge when submitting resumes.
Plus, there are great video interviewing hints and tips.
Also included in a job search engine that hooks into many Internet job banks. You can search through the program and find jobs from 20 or more places by just doing one search.
Very nice and pleasant to use this resume maker. Everything worked great without any problem.


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