Testimonials

“Sandy’s guidance, support, and advice were truly invaluable. She gave me the advantage I needed to secure an executive position in a very competitive job market. Sandy is a difference maker; she is worth every penny.”

^{Google Review of J Smoth– New Client}

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Services Provided: 

LinkedIn profile, resume and cover letter writing, interview coaching, and thank-you letter.

Back Story and Strategy: 

The client was interested in applying for higher-level executive positions. He provided an existing resume with many issues. It was unflattering, outdated, had grammatical and formatting errors, and required restyling. I revitalized his resume and updated his LinkedIn profile to attract recruiters while maintaining his privacy as a passive job seeker. He discovered an ideal VP job posting, and I produced a tailored cover letter. I later worked with him for two hours to hone his interviewing skills. Even though he often interviewed candidates as a Director, he wasn’t accustomed to being on the other side of the table very often and wanted to ensure he optimized his chances. Finally, I wrote a thank-you letter as a follow-up to the interview.

Results: 

The client called to thank me for my work and informed me that he was the successful candidate for the executive position with a much higher compensation package in a rewarding role with a larger organization. He mentioned that the human resource manager told him that his resume was exceptional and that he was amazing in the interview. He especially loved his response to the question, “tell me about yourself?” The recruiter stated that it was the best answer he had ever heard. Of course, I developed that script using my knowledge of my client’s background and supported him in responding to challenging behavioural and situational questions. My client was delighted and grateful and provided a glowing Google review.

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“I’m grateful to Sandy at A Paperwork Pro, for all her invaluable, professional, expert help in preparing my CV/resume and cover letter.
Thanks to Sandy, I was able to secure an Executive Director position, with a team I’m thrilled to join. Sandy’s expertise transformed my CV from one I was happy with into one that engaged and motivated potential employers.
Sandy doesn’t overcharge, but she does over-deliver! I wholeheartedly recommend Sandy and A Paperwork Pro.”

_{Google Review of Steven Schipper – Repeat Client}

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Services Provided: 

Resume, cover letter, and resume update.

Back Story and Strategy: 

I worked with Steven in revamping his resume and producing a tailored cover letter from scratch for an executive position. I aligned his achievements, competencies and private sector experience while creating a polished style for his documents. 

Results: 

With his high-impact resume and cover letter produced within a tight timeline, Steven secured an interview, despite competing against a large pool of applicants. On his first application, he was offered a high-level senior leadership role in a different city within the public sector. Years later, I updated his resume to ensure it was current. During this session, I recommended that he use his vast knowledge to pursue a lucrative career as a management consultant, both part-time and when he retires, and strategies to achieve this goal. As a result, he now has a cutting-edge professional resume to market his abilities as an entrepreneur/consultant and win financially-rewarding contracts. Steven was thrilled with the resume update and my advice and stated in an email: “It was a pleasure working with you again. You are an expert and fast! And your fee is reasonable, so you disprove the adage about only getting two of three qualities, between quality, speed and affordability-with you, the client receives all three! Thanks, too, for the suggestion about management consulting.“

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“Best investment I’ve ever made! After months of applying for jobs I was completely qualified for, I reached out for Sandy’s help. My resume finally displayed all my talents and looked amazing! I left the process with a major confidence boost and landed the first job I applied for! Sandy absolutely changed my life!!!”

^{Google Review of Reese (Nickname) – New Client}

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Services Provided: 

Career coaching, resume and cover letter writing, interview coaching, and thank-you letter.

Back Story and Strategy: 

I started the resume rewriting process and realized during the initial interview that the client should apply for a leadership role instead of a lateral move to increase her compensation and job satisfaction. Therefore, I redirected her to search for leadership job postings and met with her in a second session to allow her to broaden her job search. To ensure the resume was versatile, I tailored and redesigned it to be appropriate for management or lateral positions by creating an attractive and accomplishment-focused document while emphasizing her leadership qualities and background. In addition, I wrote a customized, strategic cover letter. The client landed an interview within days. I provided one hour of interview coaching and taught her effective interview and confidence-building strategies to ace the interview. Lastly, I wrote one follow-up letter after her interview to provide an advantage over other candidates. 

Results: 

Before my intervention, the client was frustrated about being screened out of many external positions in her field. She hoped to find an employer with a better work-life balance and never thought to apply for a management role. However, with my encouragement and support, she landed the first management position she applied for in another company, significantly increasing her salary.

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“Sandy is an expert at resume writing. Through my discussion with her, she was able to assimilate key points quickly, highlight my key strengths and abilities and transform my resume into something I’m very proud of. I feel confident I now stand out above the rest!”

^{Google Review of Lisa L. – Repeat Client}

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Services Provided: 

Resume and cover letter writing, interview coaching, and thank-you letters.

Back Story and Strategy: 

I first worked with this client to secure a sales position in the extremely competitive pharmaceutical industry. I have aided her to progress in her career over the past 20 years in professional sales with multiple resume updates and cover letters. My client was applying for an internal management job posting and enlisted my services to revise her resume to align with the role and write a customized cover letter. She provided her Google review after I created her strategic management-level resume. She competed against many internal and external candidates and quickly landed an initial interview. I role-played with her in a one-hour interview coaching session to sharpen her skills and taught her interview closing tactics. Due to her success in the first interview with the human resource manager, she received a second interview with an executive. I also collaborated with her twice in writing follow-up thank you letters to the human resource manager and VP interviewers to distinguish her from her competitors.

Results: 

Within less than a month, the client was offered a high-paying and sought-after management role within a large organization. I literally supported her in winning her dream job.

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