Our Services

Beyond Resumes. Real Career Results.

Whether you are a new graduate or an experienced professional making a serious career move or tackling the challenges of a lay-off, you need more than resume edits. You need a clear path to job search success with a coach who gets you.

The Targeted Resume delivers structured, high-level career coaching and job search advising designed to help you identify your best next steps and land the job that’s ideal for you.

Your First Step Toward the Job You Want

A free 30-minute Discovery Call is the best first step, whether you know exactly what you need or you're not sure yet. Sue will review where you are, what's not working, and which service (if any) fits your situation. No pressure, no obligation.

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Explore Our Services

Targeted Resume Strategy

You know what role you want. Let's build the resume that actually gets you in the room.

Resume copy and formatting that gets you past AI screening and into interviews.

Best for professionals who know the job they want and need a stronger resume.

  • If you've been applying and hearing nothing back, it's likely not your experience; it's your resume. Most resumes are written to summarize a career. A targeted resume is built for one specific role, designed to pass AI filters and land in front of a human decision-maker. That's a different document. That's what we build.

    Timeline: Completed in 1 week (often sooner)

    What You Get:

    - Review of your current resume and work and education history

    - Feedback on your qualifications for the position you want and ways to upskill if necessary

    - Creation of a targeted, role-focused, ATS optimized resume - together

    - A resume template for use in writing future targeted resumes

    Ideal For:

    Professionals who have a clear role in mind and need a resume that competes, not a general-purpose document that tries to be everything.

Strategic Job Search Advising 

You know what you want. But applications are going nowhere. Let's fix the whole strategy.

Strategic job search guidance around resumes, networking, interviewing, and negotiation.

Best for job seekers ready to compete more strategically in today’s hiring market.

  • A resume only the start.  If you are applying but not getting interviews, networking feels forced, and you're not sure how companies are even finding candidates, that's when you need more than a document. Over three months, Sue works with you on the full picture: how to target the right roles, get noticed by the right people, and show up to interviews and offers with real confidence.

    Timeline: Three months of guided one-on-one support

    What You Get:

    - Market education: overview of the job market, how companies hire today, and where AI fits

    - Understanding of the marketability of your current skills and experience

    - Areas and opportunities to upskill to position yourself as the best candidate for the job you want

    - Target company strategy development

    - Creation of targeted, role-focused, ATS optimized resumes - together

    - A resume template for use in writing future targeted resumes

    - LinkedIn profile update recommendations

    - Networking training and support

    - Interview preparation using the STAR method

    - Ongoing offer negotiation guidance

    Ideal For:

    Business professionals seeking structured guidance to move strategically through the hiring process and secure stronger offers.

Becoming You Career Coaching

Feeling burnt-out and unfulfilled? Not sure what's next or what you really want. Start here.

A comprehensive coaching experience for purpose-driven career moves.

Best for business professionals seeking alignment before making their next move.

  • Some people don't need a better resume. They need to know what kind of work they actually want to be doing and whether they've been chasing the wrong thing. Using the science-backed Becoming You methodology, Sue helps you identify the values, strengths, and interests that make work feel purposeful and financially sustainable. Then you build the strategy and job search skills to actually get there.

    Timeline: Four months of career coaching engagement

    What You Get:

    Includes everything in the 3-Month Job Search Advising offer, plus:

    Career Clarity & Self-Discovery:

    - Values and strengths exercises and assessments designed to uncover why you are feeling burnt-out, unmotivated, unfulfilled, or unhappy

    - Guided research on roles and industries that spark your passion and take advantage of your strengths

    - Deeper research into chosen paths

    - Research-backed career path evaluation

    Ideal For:

    Professionals navigating career transitions, feeling misaligned, or at a career crossroads and want to make the next move from a place of purpose and clarity, not desperation.

Ready to to Compete Strategically?

Investments range from $175 to multi-month coaching engagements. The discovery call will help clarify which level of support fits your goals and budget.

Start with a Free Discovery Call

Our Process

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    Evaluate your Current State

    Together, we review your background, experience, and interests to define a plan to achieve your goals.

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    Build Core Positioning

    You’re part of the process. We develop targeted resumes and messaging aligned to hiring realities, and teach you job application best practices.

  • A person holding a resume with the name Lauren Chen, a digital marketing specialist, sitting at a table across from another person.

    03

    Strengthen Search Skills

    You’ll modernize your job search skills around writing targeted resumes, networking confidently, interview preparation, and offer optimization.

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    04

    Secure the Right Offer

    You get the job you want!

Real Client Outcomes

  • I was able to confidently show my interest in the position and display a little bit of my personality. Annnnnd I have been accepted! Thank you so much for your help! Your words of wisdom and encouragement were everything I needed to successfully ace the interview.

    — Teresa G.

  • I want to thank you for your time and assistance with my resume again. Like I promised, I am writing today because I have received an offer letter from the job we targeted my resume for. I am very excited about this new opportunity.

    — Mary B.

  • I really do believe your career coaching course helped me re-evaluate how I should organize my resume, use my LinkedIn, and go about the interview process. I was able to showcase a wide range of skills to get noticed quicker, and not just rely on a list of technical skills or checked boxes.

    — Megan K.

  • Thank you Sue. I did! I guess I’ve developed a little complex with all of the rejections for so long, that I needed a little encouragement! So thank you so much for your mentoring! I’m very glad I had the pleasure of working with you. I’m feeling more confident with every collaboration!

    — Paul P

  • Thanks for all your help with this process. It's been stressful given the cross country move and the financial pressure, but you've helped me nail down some great opportunities.

    — Savi E

  • I actually have great news to deliver. I got a full-time job! It's with a consulting company and I'm based out of their DC office. Considering the situation with hiring during Covid, it's as great of a situation as I could've hoped to land, and they've already started me!

    — Trey R.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • If you already know the role you’re targeting and need a strategically aligned resume, the Targeted Resume Strategy is likely the right fit.

    If you need guidance improving traction, networking more effectively, or preparing for interviews and negotiation, Strategic Job Search Advising provides structured support across the full process.

    If you’re uncertain about your direction or navigating a transition, Becoming You Career Coaching begins with clarity before moving into execution.

  • No, while your resume is an important part of your job search, our approach focuses on updating all the skills you need across the full hiring process. This includes critical review and assessment of job descriptions, AI-informed resume optimization, networking strategy, interview preparation, and, where applicable, negotiation guidance.

  • Stop sending resumes into the void!  In most cases, lack of traction comes from using outdated resume formats that don’t effectively communicate your fit for the position.  It’s not you, it’s your resume.

  • Yes. Professionals considering a career pivot are often best suited for the Becoming You Career Coaching engagement, where we define strengths, values, and viable pathways before building resumes and leveraging new job search skills and techniques.  Transition without clarity can lead to repeated frustration; clarity first improves execution later.

  • Most resume services focus on editing and formatting. Our work focuses on strategic positioning within today’s hiring landscape, including how AI screening works, how recruiters scan resumes, how networking influences selection, and how interviews determine final outcomes.

    More than a polished document. The goal is competitive advantage.

  • No reputable advisor can ethically guarantee interviews or offers, as hiring decisions depend on many external variables. What we provide is structured guidance, positioning clarity, and skill development that significantly improves your competitiveness and confidence throughout the process.

  • The discovery call is a focused conversation to understand your experience, goals, and current challenges. We clarify which service aligns best and answer any questions before you make a decision. There is no obligation to proceed.

  • Yes. We work with recent graduates who are ready to approach the job market strategically rather than reactively. The focus is on understanding the current job market and in demand careers and learning and executing the techniques and tactics of a modern job search to build early career momentum.

    If you are uncertain about your target path, we may recommend beginning with career clarity work before moving into resume and job search strategy.