my suggestion is go to monster.com and have a resume create you a first rate package for about 500 bones. Here is a highly effective way to get a job also, find a job that you will enjoy, excel at, and know you can do better than the average joe and then if you are not hired and feel like you want a decision faster than your prospective employer is willing to give you. Ask him if you can work for a couple of days for no charge, and if he likes the way you work and your enthusiasm he can hire you and then pay you. This is very effective and use it more than once if it takes it. Save your 10k or any amount of money for you to allow you to invest in yourself and in your new test drive job opps. Just think outside the box a little. Offering money to a job offer "desperate" and will kill your chances. However, Offer them a "confident" attitude by saying let me show you how good i am and i am willing to do it for no charge as proof of my ability and proof that i am the right man for the job. Do not let a prospective employee since fear, weakness, or desperation in you.