It’s all about creating the best “Story of You!” in your resume and LinkedIn profile!

Storytelling is the new buzz in management strategy and that’s exactly what we’ll do in your resume and LinkedIn profile! 

I specialize in creating strategic, targeted and effective Resumes and LinkedIn profiles for people in the technology and engineering verticals that tell the Story of You without all the ‘resume speak”.

I work with people across a company’s functions- from executive leadership to tech support – including HR, Finance and Operations, software/hardware technologists, IT systems and infrastructure, PMs, engineers,  Sales and Marketing, and Consultants.

Why and how: creating a great picture!

You’re busy running programs and projects, writing software, designing architecture and systems, managing IT, selling your products or running your company. You have meetings to attend, people to manage and mountains of work to do. Pouring hours of your valuable time into writing a meticulously well-crafted resume may not be time you have to spare.

A strong resume is one of the keys to your career growth. A well-presented LinkedIn profile is another and is equally as important. You may need an Exec Bio or a Consultant Profile as well. Technical, IT Management, Sales and Marketing resumes are highly specialized and you need somebody who knows what they’re talking about. In this market, you need to refine “The Story of You!” – your brand – and a strong resume and LinkedIn profile that highlight your accomplishments will get you noticed!  It should have a human voice too, and not sound like a robot wrote it.

That’s what I do – write technical, sales, marketing and management resumes and LinkedIn profiles that get noticed!

I’ve been working in IT for 20+ years and written and rewritten technology based resumes for my candidates throughout my career as a technical recruiter. I talk to HR professionals and hiring managers all the time about what they like and don’t like to see on a resume. I see fair, good and great resumes every day. I look at hundreds of LinkedIn profiles too!

HR and hiring managers are looking for more than a list of skills and expertise. They’re looking for more of your story, your personality, the “How and Why” you do what you do in a resume or a LinkedIn profile!

When I work with you on your resume – whether it’s a light tweak or a major “I haven’t written a resume in 10 years, we’re starting from scratch” overhaul project — you and I will start with a review of what you have and what we think you need, based on where you want to go in your career. I have experience working with senior management, consultants and staff employees, and understand what those resumes should look like.

We’ll create a great picture of your business and technical capabilities to show your potential employer what you have done, what you can do and the value you bring. It’s all about the story of you!

Thank you for visiting my site.  I hope I can be of service to you. ~Jan

 Update – Do you do only technical resumes? 

I’ve been asked this question a lot. The answer is yes and no.  I started out thinking I would be working mostly with engineers and PMs in the technology space where I’d spent most of my recruiting career. Hence, the name “Technicalresumewriter.com”.  It has been my incredible good fortune to have been referred to many of my clients’ friends, family and coworkers. Thank you!

That has rapidly expanded my scope to include Sales, Marketing, HR, PMs, and senior & executive management. I’m still mostly in the technology sector, doing resumes, LinkedIn profiles and executive bios. I usually don’t work with clinical medical professionals, legal folks, accountants, educators and areas where I’m not comfortable understanding the details of what they do. I also do some pro bono work with military vets who are transitioning out into the civilian world. 

Writing a resume means creating a powerful story that gets a hiring manager’s attention. It’s your story. I can’t, in good faith, charge you to write your story if I don’t understand what you do. It wouldn’t be right.  ~jan

Special Congrats …

One of the most rewarding aspects of what I do is receiving success emails from my clients. Here are some of my favorites.

Sept 2021 Update: I wanted to share some wonderful news with you. I landed a job doing program management in Agriculture Technology. I just wanted to check in, share the great news, and wanted to thank you for all you did with helping me showcase myself. I can’t thank you enough. – Brian, Program Manager

June 2021 Update: Interviewing a lot!  Many people are raving about your resume.  Thanks again! Erica, Program Director

March 2021 Update: Thank you. I will be joining a public company board tomorrow.  Your work is already paying off!  John, CEO

October 2020 Update: You’ve been a great help and got me excited for the job hunt when I was not looking forward to it. I’ll let you know where I land and will send others in need your way whenever I can. David, Software Engineering Manager

July 2020 Update: Thanks for all your help Jan!   I’m feeling good about all we have done.  I couldn’t have done it without you!! Gabe, VP Product Development

Mar 2020 Update: Thanks Jan! Your help was indispensable.  In the end, I had two competing offers with really good comp – I went with the network equipment company because I would get better work life balance. Elijah, Solution Architect

Dec 2019 Update: Jan, just a quick note. In my most recent interview, the CEO of (company confidential) said it was the best resume he’d ever seen. We’re still talking and working it out. Thanks again! Jason, CIO

Oct 2019 Update: Again I wanted to say… thanks… but thanks doesn’t begin to cover it Jan.  Through this process I’ve re-connected with my values, and my value. Also, you’ve helped me deflect some potentially defeatist thought patterns and bolster my self esteem.  That doesn’t just impact me, it impacts my wife, my kids, and my community.  So, all THAT is what’s inside of thanks when it’s unpacked. I am very grateful for you.  Luke, Creative Director

Oct 2019 Update: I am reaching out to thank you again from the bottom of my heart for your help significantly improving the quality of my resume.  I noticed a difference almost immediately.  Long story short, using your version of my resume landed me several interviews.  I am happy to say that I just accepted a position with a company in Kirkland, WA.  As a matter of fact, I received 2 job offers within two days and had to cancel 2 other interviews.  I can’t thank you enough…Bryan, Sr. Program Manager

Sept 2019 Update: I actually applied for two jobs with the new resume yesterday and got two call backs form recruiters!! I had a phone interview yesterday afternoon and a follow up with the actual company on Monday. I have another phone interview tomorrow. Holy Cow!!!…Kendra, Director of Safety

June 2019 Update: Your resume paid off big time. I just landed the role of Director of WW Partner Engagement for a Microsoft Partner. They said it was the best resume they’d ever seen….Michelle, Sr. Program Manager

April 2019 Update: Just wanted to thank you again for the most recent resume re-write, been getting amazing quality job leads, even months later. I’m starting to get PMO Manager job leads and high-level consulting FTE job leads. Your help has made all the difference….Annette, Sr. Program Manager

January 2019 Update: FYI the quality of messages I’m receiving & views I’m getting on LinkedIn have skyrocketed! We did it right!…Annette, Sr. Program Manager

August 2018 Update:  Last we spoke I just made CIO with the help of my new resume. I have accomplished so much since then and working with you was a a big contributing factor  So thank you…Jason, CIO, Colorado University

February 2018 Update: Hi Jan, it’s Shannan. I just wanted you to know that I was just hired yesterday and I hadn’t had the new resume you created for me up quite a week yet. I just wanted to say thank you again for all your help.  I couldn’t have done it with out you. They found me by my resume posted on Indeed.

February 2018 Update: Hired! 1 week after sending out my new resume to a number of recruiters, and having my new LinkedIn profile, I received a job offer from one company, and also a job offer from Microsoft (I took this one). So this resume landed me two jobs in 1 week. WOW!  A friend of mine asked if I could refer him to you for a rewrite.  Are you taking new clients?  And … THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!   Michelle, Program Manager

December 2017: You are one of my 2017 heroes. I’m so happy in my new job, and have a new spark for my career. Thank you!! ~ Stacy!!

June 2017:  Hi Jan, I start on Monday. You really helped jump start my search and focus myself on what I want.  Thank you. Technical Product Manager reporting to CIO. OMG! I’ll let you know how it goes. Keep in touch. ~Brian