Find My Profession

After a lot of research on resume/LinkedIn writing services, I made the decision (and recommendation to my sister) to move forward with Find My Profession. Her resume and LinkedIn look awesome. Mine is so-so and I've since had to delete a lot from the LinkedIn that I didn't believe was professional, accurate or written in a way that sounds natural for the industry I work in.

First, my resume formatting is fine, but I don't feel it tells a cohesive story. I think this is a result of a lack of understanding of early stage tech companies on my resume writer's behalf. I also think that it was prioritized for search at the expense of readability.

The LinkedIn is what I am most disappointed in. I felt the some of the design and writing style was distasteful. To use an example, my LinkedIn title had illustrated gold 'stars' in it, and the summary is rife with capitalized text.

After my edits, it's altogether fine, but nowhere near the $1,000+ I paid for it. Again, my sisters was good, so your mileage may vary.

Find My Profession was instrumental in my husband's recent nation-wide job search. My husband works in a highly demanding field, which means the majority of his time is spent working. This made searching for new opportunities difficult, and spending time with our family while trying to do so nearly impossible. Enter Find My Profession. My husband's time constraints required my participation in this process and FMP did a great job working with both of us. Mike and his team started with the basics by overhauling his resume and LinkedIn profile. We worked together to find the right type of opportunities and they took over the tedious and time consuming task of filling out applications. More importantly, Mike and his team had the ability to search out the right people for my husband to connect with about potential positions. As the process progressed, Mike's counsel was incredibly helpful in screening out the best possible fit from various offers around the country. We are so excited for the new position my husband accepted and are grateful for the help and guidance of FMP in the advancement of his career. We would absolutely work with FMP again in the future and would recommend them to anyone searching for a new career opportunity.

My experience with Find My Profession was very good. I'll start with saying that Find My Profession is pricier than some other services available on the market. However, what you are paying for is one on one time with your writer and I believe that end product reflects this more personal touch. From start to finish the process took about 2-3 weeks.

I worked with Nicole to create a new resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn overhaul. The process started with her setting up a call to talk about my past work experience and significant projects. Then about a week later I got a first draft of the resume and cover letter. Nicole was quick to respond to my comments and questions about the document. After a few rounds of questions and answers we moved onto the LinkedIn overhaul. Which she was quick to complete and I am very happy with the results.

I would easily recommend Find My Profession to anyone I know that is entering the job market and looking to find a new career. Especially in today's world of ATS systems the resume writing service that Find My Profession provides feels necessary.

Worked with various recruiters and career advsiors before. FMP is the only company I would sincerely recommend. They dont force you to create a mythical brand, attend industry events or do various other time consuming things with dubious ROI. They keep you real - they help you align your strengths and experiences with job descriptions which are the best match, focus on high probability job openings, they help you make your strengths shine and say the right things in the interviews. You can expect honest and down to earth people invested in your success, knowing the market really well and making you marketable. They also do unique stuff - e.g. really effective networking on LinkedIn around specific opportunities. Other companies I worked with were a waste of time and money - you pay a fortune to get lunacy like go to industry events or other mass gatherings of people with a leather binder and custom business cards and wonder around looking for movers and shakers... not Mike and Steven - these guys will help you find those perfect opportunities which are the closest match to your skills, liaise with the decision makers with pointed messages and secure that interview. They will take your job search to the next level if you are willing to put your effort too.

I've really paused about writing this review as I am sure * will know who I am. However, my experience with this company is far and away not what everyone else has experienced. I put in the work, filled out the questionnaire, gave them examples of what kind of job I'm interested in etc. Talked to the "resume writer" about my resume and he spent 5 minutes talking to me and that was that. A week later I get a phone call from * saying he wasn't happy with he draft and wants to work on it directly with me. Apparently his resume writer he was using was over burdened and didn't do a good job. So * said he would fix it himself.

So I work with him in two sessions and it was obvious he had no idea about my industry or how to word anything to showcase my skills/abilities. He's asking me to give him the language when I am assuming that is what he is providing the expertise in. I'm giving him the examples and he turns it into resume magic. Needless to say this resume has gone no where. I'm back to having to find another writer who won't rip me off and spend more than twenty minutes wanting to make things right.

The kicker was he didn't even offer to give me any of my money back even though he ADMITTED that this issue was his own doing. So my advice is. Be careful for what you ask for and ask * how many people he uses because I get the feeling there is more smoke than substance behind his company.

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