Activate Your Career Dreams!

I had contacted a resume writer who my friend raved about after she did her resume. The lady no longer did resumes and referred me to Madelyn. When I first contacted Madelyn she was very nice and sent me everything I needed to fill out the same day. I went ahead and paid her $ 375.00 right away and filled out the paperwork and sent her an old resume. I have been in the same job for 10 years and hired her to help me get a resume that would help me get a job outside my field. I feel as though I was naïve because once I got the resume back I thought there were a few mistakes which I addressed and they were fixed and I thought I had a decent resume afterwards. After sending the resume out to various companies, two VPs who I had been brought into connection with reviewed my resume and they both said I needed a lot of work done on the resume. They said that I needed to to adjust the resume in a variety of places. After being worried my resume was not up to expectations, I then had asked a client of mine who is a CEO of start up to review it. They stated that certain things looked silly on my resume and were detrimental to being hired– such as:
1. Resumes should be no more than 1 page and significantly briefer than the one I had sent.
2. ‘I receive ALOT of resumes and the best ones are done by a professional. It makes a WORLD of difference. For $ 100-​$ 150 find someone to format and reword your resume for you and I promise you will have a much better outcome’. (The irony being he assumed I hadn’t gotten professional help with it).
I feel overall unsatisfied and frankly upset with this. Given my experience in my current banking job for roughly 10 years, I haven’t had a need to create a resume and had hoped for a great deal of outside expertise in creating it. I would not hire Madelyn for a quality resume job if you are trying to get a job in a top 500 company. I am now going to have to pay another person to rewrite what Madelyn wrote and cannot believe I trusted the person who referred me.

I found Activate Your Career Dreams through the National Assoc. of Resume Writers. I was not disappointed, Madelyn and team did a great job updating my resume, linkedIn, and cover letter, and all three worked together to showcase my strengths and career achievements to prospective employers. I would recommend this service to anyone looking for an edge in a very competitive job market. Thank you Madelyn and team!

I GOT THE JOB!!! Activate your Career Dreams created my resume, linkedin profile, cover letter and I also received the interview prep. These things combined helped my get out of my dead end job with no potential into more money, career advancement and most of all a feeling of hopefulness again. So I called Madelyn at the end of last year to redo my resume. I just felt so sad and hopeless and what I was doing was not working. I had been looking for work for a few years with nothing. So I called and spoke with Madelyn. She was so nice and encouraging and she just made me feel like I could do it. Fast forward to having a beautiful well written resume. It worked I had one on the line. However most times I interviewed I forgot what the question was and what I am saying half way thru my answer. Madelyn helped me figure out a technique that was perfect and I killed it in the interview.
Did I want to pay the money NO. Was it the best money I ever spent in my life YES. Thank you Madelyn Mackie you literally have changed the course of my life and I will be forever grateful. I know it sounds like a bit much but it’s true.

I was looking a new job, but kept hitting roadblocks. I found Activate Your Career Dreams through the National Assoc. of Resume Writers. I knew I needed something different to make me stand out. It was also important to get help from someone that could translate my experience into a resume.
After the first consultation, I knew Madelyn would be great to work with. Her experience, enthusiasm and knowledge of the recruiting industry made me feel really comfortable. So far, my new resume has received a much better response and opened the door for a couple of job opportunities.
Overall, I would recommend her to anyone looking for help with career advice, resume etc. You get what you pay for, plus she is local (if that matters to you).

I am a teacher and my school just announced they are closing its doors for the next school year. I needed a resume and cover letter fast. Madelyn was awesome! She was pleasant, thorough and just what I needed. She turned the information I gave her into a well organized, well written and professional resume. She was even able to speed up the process for me when I needed to have a resume sooner than later.
I will recommend her to my colleagues for sure.

Madelyn rewrote my resume and now I get compliments on it all the time. I love love love love it! I actually like sending out my resume because not only am I confident that it represents me, but it almost always gets a response. My favorite part about working with Madelyn is that she is easy to talk to and makes the process fun plus she is always available whenever I have a question and specific situation that I need to discuss. She is the BEST!!!

My monkey needed a resume at the last minute and after I gave him «the look» — He called Madelyn for help. Thank God!!! She set up an interview with him that same day and produced a fabulous grown-​up, real world job, professional resume within 24 hours. She took his military background and was able to translate all the jargon into real world experience, plus his resume looks polished. Madelyn was fun and really easy to work with and I plan to have her work on my resume too!

I am in the Mills College MBA program. The Career Services Office contracted with Madelyn to work with us on our resume and it was an amazing experience. Three weeks later and I’m still gushing about her.
I thought the resume I had was already great, but Madelyn worked with me to make it SHINE. I’m so thrilled with her work… Wish I had funds to buy everyone I know gift certificates.

All I can say is, SO HELPFUL! Madelyn worked with me to revise my resume and re-​vision my professional experience as rich and relevant for my career aspirations. Madelyn’s advice is spot-​on and her work style is thorough, efficient and empowering. I would give six stars if I could.