Everyone hates writing their resume.
That’s why we came up with Resume Therapy.
In grad school, while I was getting my MS in Counseling, I paired up with like-minded SFSU professor and career counselor, Rebecca Toporek, who shared the belief that building a resume could (and should!) be a much more cathartic process than it actually is.
We invented a new type of coaching-infused resume-development model, which we eventually published in the Career Planning & Adult Development Journal (Vol 21, #4). It was Rebecca who, commenting on the therapeutic effects of using our method, came up with the monniker “Resume Therapy.”
Ah. Resume Therapy:
A collaborative process that leaves job-seekers feeling more confident, self-aware, focused, happy, and driven, in addition to churning out an actionable deliverable — that being a keyword-rich, uber-impressive, and authentically representational resume.
Based in proven therapeutic techniques, Resume Therapy draws from several psyschological modalities:
In plain terms, Resume Therapy leverages the therapeutic aspects of storytelling grounded in counseling psychology, human-centered coaching, and career development principles. Coaches guide the client in rediscovering their strengths, embracing unique talents, confronting shortcomings, and establishing congruence between what is and what could be.
It is a guided journey through your work history, bolstered by an intentional counseling approach designed to extract things you’ve forgotten, overlooked, or undervalued.
Resume Therapy is meant to be transparent; that is, you may not even realize it’s happening, until you reach the end of the session and you notice how energized you feel, how much more open your eyes are, and how many more (realistic and achievable) possibilities are in front of you.
It’s transformative, both for you and your resume.
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Each of our all-inclusive resume packages include Resume Therapy.
