YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE NOT DISPARATE
Having professional experience in more than one industry is both increasingly common and increasingly seen as an asset by managers. Varied experiences broaden our skill set and perspective. So why does it feel like hiring professionals are only looking for candidates with linear backgrounds?
You might think that you have “disparate experiences” and that is probably the story that your resume is telling. But in reality, you have brought the same strengths to every role. Now if only you could figure out how to convey that...
I have been there. When I first tried pivoting from a career as a teacher into technology, LinkedIn’s algorithms told me that I wasn’t qualified. But I was able to land a role at Microsoft, and it turned out that my years in education were actually a huge asset in the software industry.
YOU CAN LAND YOUR GROWTH ROLE TOO.
The next time you send out your resume, give yourself a fighting chance. For many jobs, you are competing against hundreds of applicants, and the first filter that hiring managers use is your resume.
A strong resume will help you land your growth role whether you are pivoting or coming back from time away from the workforce.
Does this sound like you?
- Are applying and getting rejections or worse yet, hearing nothing at all
- Haven’t been able to get referrals
- Contacts in your network don’t understand your background by looking at your resume.
At Bespoke, we are experts in understanding what hiring managers look for on a resume, and what they skim over.
People (and computers!) who read your resume don’t understand your strengths or your most marketable skills because they aren’t clear if:
- You don’t have the right keywords,
- You have generalized to a point where no one understands the value you provided,
- Your resume isn’t optimized for the computers or the recruiters who read your resume in 7-9 seconds.
"I went from a level of not a lot of confidence - and not asking a lot of my employer - to wanting a job where, if they weren’t going to meet me where I was at, I was not interested in working for them. And that’s a really big switch. And that, I feel, had mostly to do with the fact that I worked with Lynn and she was building me up and helping me tell my story.
From an ROI perspective, you can also look at what else you spend on self-care and wellbeing - because this is definitely in that category."
Sarah Floyd
"Do you yourself have the skills to...go into the position or career you want? If you don’t, you really need to consider taking Lynn’s classes. They are absolutely amazing - they provide a ton of information, a lot of experience-based stuff that you’re going to be able to work through...that are absolutely congruent to the process of interviewing, and resume building, and putting yourself out there...And Lynn does all that from start to finish.
Now that I’ve had a chance to work with Lynn, my confidence is through the roof...Prior to working with Lynn, I was terrified...As I’ve been going through the journey and putting a lot of her training to use [I] have been having great success with it.”
Tiffany Gilsbach
“...Until I started working with Lynn, [I didn’t realize] how things I think are. Everyday tasks on my side are huge for someone else. I wasn’t highlighting those skills.I didn’t see them as achievements.
Working with [Lynn] really helped me understand, first of all, how to sell myself. I was able to tell my story in a more firm, value-added way.”
Patricia Montoya
"I would say ‘Do it!’ Why would you be on the fence? If you’re not getting interviews, then you need to have somebody help you with your resume.
What I love about Lynn is she has really nice, current experience in the recruiting field. It’s become quite a science when it comes to recruiters looking at potential candidates for positions. [Lynn] knows what they’re looking for.”
Sylvia Henderson
I instantly felt more confident about my skills and where I’m at. So breaking through that barrier was definitely worth it.”
Lauren Taylor
WE CAN HELP!
We will take your existing resume or LinkedIn profile and
- Rewrite bullets for your most recent role to make them more impactful
- Suggest keywords that align with your target industry
- Improve your professional summary to make it more impactful
- Make font and layout suggestions to modernize your resume and increase its readability.
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We will deliver your upgraded resume to you no more than one day before your 30-minute delivery call so that you have time to review it. On the call, we will answer any questions you may have, and explain the strategy behind the changes.
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We will deliver your upgraded resume to you no more than one day before your 30-minute delivery call so that you have time to review it. On the call, we will answer any questions you may have, and explain the strategy behind the changes.
Lynn Juve has helped her clients land roles at Microsoft, Amazon, The American Heart Association, Qualtrics, Zulilly, Payscale and many small but mighty mission-based organizations.
She has helped her clients land higher salaries, pivot from profit to nonprofit with a payjump, get back to work after 2 years to 20 years of not being in a corporate role, and get out of a toxic work environment (and often a combination)
There were two pit stops on Lynn’s career journey that called her to start Bespoke Professional: she pivoted from education to tech and realized that the process was not built for pivoters and the tools available to job searching were making it harder for pivoters. And after pivoting and achieving her goals of building and managing a team at a respected tech company and earning six-figures she felt the most unhappy and anxious that she had in her life. She found herself looking for a new role when she felt her worst. She loves this work, especially seeing her clients succeed.
