Career Services
Job Search Consultations
Looking to enhance your career materials, but not interested in paying someone else to do it? This package includes a 30-minute or one-hour video consultation with a Certified Professional Resume Writer from the Red Pen Wench team. You’ll have the opportunity to discuss your career goals, develop a job search strategy, and receive thorough feedback on your resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile.
Your job search consultation will include the following:
- Ideas for enhancing your resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn content to ensure you’re leaving a lasting impression on recruiters and employers.
- Guidance on how to improve your resume formatting to effectively pass through application tracking systems (ATS).
- Recommendations for optimizing your LinkedIn profile and using the platform to your advantage.
- Our customizable ATS-friendly resume and cover letter templates built for Google Docs or Microsoft Word.
- Our comprehensive LinkedIn Profile Optimization Checklist, which includes detailed descriptions about LinkedIn’s various features and job search tools.
- Our detailed Resume and Cover Letter Writing Guides and Interview Preparation Guide.
Interview Coaching
Interviewing is an essential aspect of every professional’s job search across all levels, industries, and organizations. A strong resume is necessary to earn an interview, but confidence, professionalism, and personality are essential to landing the job.
Our Certified Interview Coaches at Red Pen Wench will help you overcome your fears, eliminate nervous habits, refine your pitch, professionally address any concerns (i.e. resume gaps, job terminations, etc.), and navigate the most difficult job interview questions. You’ll have the opportunity to work with us one-on-one via video call. We’ll provide extensive feedback and coaching to ensure that you’re more than prepared for your next interview.
*This career service is also available as an add-on for all resume writing packages.
Resume Writing & Design
Our resume writers will leverage your expertise, experience, and achievements in order to showcase you as the best possible applicant. In a phone consultation, we’ll discuss your vision for your career, as well as any particular details we should know about your job search, your goals, and who you are as a professional. After reviewing the positions you’re interested in, we’ll rewrite your content, enhancing the language and structure so that it features your unique skill set. We’ll also ensure that your resume includes crucial keywords and phrases for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) within your industry. In addition to revising your content, we’ll reformat your resume using one of our custom designs to guarantee that it stands out amidst piles of others.
Our resume writing process is highly collaborative, and we provide up to three drafts to ensure that you’re satisfied with the final product. You’ll also have the option to include additional career services such as LinkedIn optimization or 60 minutes of interview coaching in your package during checkout.
Cover Letter Writing
A well-crafted cover letter is the best way to tell employers who you are, what you’ve accomplished, and how you can add value to their company. It’s also a platform to express why your personality, passion, and work ethic make you exceptionally skilled at your job. We’ll write you a highly specific letter for one position or more of a universal letter that you can personalize as needed for a variety of different roles.
Struggling to explain a gap on your resume or a career transition? Don’t worry! We’ll find a professional way to address these concerns in your letter as well.
LinkedIn Optimization
Forbes says, “It has never been more important to build and maintain a stellar LinkedIn profile. The virtual professional network has morphed from an online resume and networking site to a comprehensive personal branding resource.”
Our LinkedIn optimization service will ensure that your LinkedIn profile is giving employers a remarkable first impression. We’ll help you reach LinkedIn’s coveted “All-Star” status, which will triple your profile traffic and increase your chances of being found in recruiter searches.
The LinkedIn optimization service involves enhancing your custom headline, summary section, photos, bullets, logos, recommendations, skills, custom URL, and more. We’ll ensure that you’re taking full advantage of everything the platform has to offer.
*This service is also available as an add-on for all resume writing packages.
