Since your resume may be your only contact with a hiring authority, it needs to be the best it can be. Executives competing for top jobs need every competitive edge they can get. A well written and presented resume is the marketing piece that tells the employer who you are. How it presents itself is what they will assume about you, and is well worth the investment to have it done right. Resume writing is truly an art form, and is often most effective left in the hands of professionals. Third party writers also offer an important objectivity to the editing process.