Client Success Stories

We have assisted thousands of clients in landing the jobs of their dreams. Here are some inspiring stories about just a few of our many successful clients. Job search simplified!

In all of the following case studies, client names and some details have been changed to protect client anonymity.

Case Study #1 Hired Before "Fired"

Tom Weaver hired Simplify Your Life Career Services to develop his resume. He was a project manager for one of the nation's largest computer manufacturers but was being downsized as part of a huge corporate reorganization. Tom's old resume didn't have a strong professional summary or achievements, both important for selling him to potential employers. In addition, Tom was so humble that he had trouble talking or writing about his good qualities.

We gathered some initial information about Tom and his career goals before emailing him our personalized resume worksheet. We provided ongoing support as Tom listed his many work-related achievements. When Tom sent the resume worksheet back to Simplify Your Life Career Services, he told us that filling out the worksheet helped his self-confidence immensely. Once he started getting in touch with his many workplace contributions, he realized that he had a great deal to offer potential employers.

After Tom got the resume worksheet back to us, we wrote Tom an outstanding resume. When Tom saw it, he couldn't believe the difference between the before and after versions. After submitting his resume to some job boards, Tom got courted by some major recruiters. In the end, Tom got his next project management position approximately six weeks before his old one even ended.

Case Study #2 Called Within Two Hours of Faxing Resume

Craig Smith was an experienced computer instructor who hired Simplify Your Life Career Services to write his resume.

Craig called us to report the incredible news: he had just faxed his resume to a potential employer, and the employer called him back within two hours to schedule an interview. When Craig went to the interview, the employer said, "Nice resume."

And it WAS a nice resume. A fictionalized version of Craig's resume was published in the 2003 edition of Martin Yate's best-selling book Resumes That Knock 'em Dead.

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Case Study #3 House Cleaner Becomes Pharmaceutical Rep

Phil Walton came to Simplify Your Life Career Services with a problem. He had an impending interview with a pharmaceutical company (a friend had gotten him the interview), but his resume really needed some help. He needed an outstanding resume to show that he could really do the job!

Phil had several things going for him: he was a college football star who had gone on to play professionally for two years, and he had run his own house cleaning business throughout college to the present day. House cleaner to pharmaceutical rep? You bet!

We interviewed Phil to gather the additional information from him that we would need to write his resume. We wrote an outstanding, targeted pharmaceutical rep resume with a strong professional summary emphasizing Phil's strong sales and team building skills, and we emphasized his business/sales, customer service, and athletic achievements.

Tom had strong interviews with several pharmaceutical companies and landed a pharmaceutical rep job a few weeks later.

Case Study #4 Lands Job, Avoiding Deportation

Ramesh Kumaraswami had a big problem. He had just married the girl of his dreams, who had a good job here in the U.S., but Ramesh's latest project had come to an end, and if he didn't find a programming job soon, he would have to leave the country and return to India.

Ramesh hired Simplify Your Life Career Services to rewrite his resume. We looked over his resume and sample job leads to evaluate how his resume was marketing him. Unfortunately, his resume wasn't appropriate for the American marketplace. Not only was there no contact information (address, phone, email) at the top of the resume, the resume only listed duties, not accomplishments. In addition, the resume lacked both a clear focus and a professional summary.

There was a happy ending for Ramesh. A few weeks after we wrote his resume from scratch, Ramesh got another good programming job. As a result, he got to stay in the U.S. with his wife.

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Case Study #5 Nurse Lands Dream Job

Sarah Smith hired Simplify Your Life Career Services to write her resume/CV. Sarah had a dream job in mind with the University of Arizona system of hospitals. Not only would the job provide excellent pay, but one of the benefits included free tuition after working there for one year. This would allow Sarah to go back to school for her master's degree—free!

After completing her personalized resume worksheet, we interviewed Sarah for the final information we needed to write her nursing resume/CV. A few days later, Sarah had her new resume/CV. She applied for her dream nursing job and waited for a reply.

Sarah got called in for an interview not long after she applied for the job. The interviewer was impressed with Sarah's healthcare resume and hired her on the spot. A fictionalized version of Sarah's resume is featured in Expert Resumes for Healthcare Careers.

Case Study #6 Diversity Director Increases Salary by Over 13%

Tony Reynolds hired Simplify Your Life Career Services to rewrite his resume for a couple of diversity director positions he was interested in. We wrote his resume to target these specific positions, using keywords from the job leads to build the document.

Tony interviewed and was hired by a major university in the Pacific Northwest. He was offered $80K, $6,000 more than what he was earning in his previous position. Tony went on to refer several other clients to us and is very happy in his new job.

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Case Study #7 Admitted to Prestigious Graduate School

Ching-Hwei Wang came to Simplify Your Life Career Services with a dream: to attend a prestigious east coast graduate program so that she could pursue her dream of managing her own international chain of fine restaurants. Competition was stiff for this particular restaurant management school. In fact, this was the finest school of its kind in the U.S.

First, we developed a targeted professional resume for Ching-Hwei that focused on the achievements in her past which made her an ideal candidate for this program. Next, we developed a powerful cover letter that sold her as one of the finest candidates the admissions team would see. Finally, we worked with Ching-Hwei on a strategy for dealing with the three essay questions that were required of admissions candidates. Ching-Hwei used the strategy we discussed to develop the essays, and we edited the first, second, and final drafts, until her admissions essays were perfect.

Several months later, Ching-Hwei had incredible news: she had been accepted for admission and would begin the program of her dreams in the fall.

Case Study #8 First Application, First Interview— Hired!

Joann Jones had run her own business as a massage therapist for nearly 20 years when she came to Simplify Your Life Career Services with a big problem.

She had just moved to a new community thousands of miles away from all of her former business contacts and needed a survival job to pay the rent—quick! She decided that she would try to get an administrative assistant job. Throughout all those years of running her own business she had used various administrative skills, but she had never had the job title "administrative assistant." How would she show employers that she was a "fast match" for their admin openings?

Simplify Your Life Career Services developed a focused, targeted professional resume for Joann, emphasizing all of the admin skills she had used in running her business. The first job Joann applied for, she got an interview. Joann sought our assistance with some interview coaching, as she hadn't had a job interview in nearly 25 years!

Joann attended the interview—and was hired on the spot! Not only did she get the job, she was offered $12.50 per hour, more than twice her state's minimum wage of $5.15 per hour!

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