My approach to executive resume writing entails capturing the right content, determining a cohesive narrative, and delivering clarity.

Through my personalized, consultative process, we’ll uncover your defining strengths, identify your career achievements, and pinpoint the key business metrics that demonstrate the impact of your efforts to clearly convey your ROI and what hiring leaders can expect when they select you. Ultimately, we’ll curate your leadership experience, ensuring that your new resume resonates in a competitive talent marketplace — and helps you advance your career.

CONTENT

During an in-depth discussion, a full exploration of your background and skill set will be conducted to reveal and capture your unique value. My line of questioning and interview will focus on three key areas: your difference, your scope of responsibilities, and your achievements.

Your difference is an essential aspect of your resume’s content and is your “leadership DNA.” Your key points of distinction may include:

• The talented teams you’ve assembled and the new business capabilities you’ve developed
• The size of the businesses you’ve led and the financial results you’ve delivered 
• The growth strategies you’ve implemented 
• The business models or brands you’ve reinvented
• The products you’ve launched
• The complex business problems you’ve solved 
• The business transactions or restructuring you’ve led  
• The innovation or transformation you’ve steered
• The infrastructure you’ve built and technology you’ve implemented

Together, we’ll determine and articulate your difference.

Your scope of responsibilities isn’t a job description, but rather a snapshot of your major accountabilities, which helps to put your past roles in perspective for employers so they can easily see how your experience aligns with their hiring needs.

Your achievements are what will resonate with potential employers above all else. We’ll examine why you were hired into each of your roles, what you were charged with specifically, and how and where you delivered results. We’ll discuss the ways in which you’ve influenced the business, operations, organization, culture, process, systems, people, and relationships.

COHESION
After your critical resume content is determined, I will craft it into a cohesive narrative that clearly articulates your career story and provides hiring leaders with a robust portrait of your distinct executive positioning.

CLARITY
Distilling your leadership background into a clear, concise, and elevated narrative is the final step before delivering you your new resume.

“Thanks so much for all your terrific work, Amy! You presented and organized all of my past experiences and accomplishments in such a powerful way. You asked great questions that made me really think differently about my career story. I would highly recommend you to anyone I know.”
– Retail Executive

“Amy, you have truly been instrumental in my new job search. The resume, networking letter and LinkedIn profile you created for me were top-notch. I was extremely impressed with your knowledge and insight – the final products far exceeded my expectations.”
– COO 

“I have nothing but great things to say about Amy. I was blown away by her depth of knowledge, work ethic, and willingness to share her vast depth of up-to-date information. I would highly recommend her skills as a resume writer, LinkedIn profile writer, and in general, an excellent resource.”
– Apparel Design Executive 

There are two major steps involved in my process:

• An in-depth phone interview where I gather critical insights from you
• Writing and editing your executive resume

Here’s a detailed breakdown:

• We schedule a 20 minute introductory call to discuss your current career situation and potential target roles.
• If we are the right fit and decide to move forward, two items are sent to you to get started:
  • A standard client agreement that outlines service, fee, payment, and confidentiality terms
  • An invoice via for 50% of the service fee to book the engagement
• A 90-minute discovery call is scheduled to talk through the details of your career history. I ask questions and you share relevant information. There are no worksheets or questionnaires — we talk through everything and I take notes. Through our dialogue, I help you to think differently about your unique value, gain critical insights into your strengths and achievements, and elicit all of the information needed to develop a powerful resume. My clients tell me that my questions and our discussion are invaluable to them and serve as powerful form of interview preparation.
• I develop your resume and turn it around to you within approximately 15 business days from our 90-minute call.
• You review your resume and make any applicable notes and edits for us to discuss.
• We schedule a follow-up call to review and work through edits together and I send you your final resume.

From start to finish, depending on the exact deliverables, it will take approximately one month for you to have your new resume.

Contact me at amy@careercertain.com and let’s schedule a time to talk.

Career Certain’s partnership with Resume Preferred ensures that leaders and professionals at all organizational levels have access to Amy’s effective approach and process. Contact Robin Kelley at 415.596.4160 or robin@resumepreferred.com
for more information.