Your resume is often your first opportunity to make an impression with potential employers.
Today’s resumes need to be keyword and content rich to make it through both electronic and personal scanning methods. To ensure your resume is selected for an interview you want to make an instant and lasting impression. Our goal at Career Impressions is to help you catch the eye of recruiters.
We offer a personalized telephone or one-on-one consult to thoroughly review your career history and skill sets, and then we set to work developing a creative, comprehensive and compelling document just for you. You are provided revisions within a two week timeframe to ensure the end result meets your complete satisfaction.
Our resume services are unique and specialized - we do not offer 'quick fixes'; instead we offer a comprehensive and collaborative service for those serious about creating a solid resume. During peak periods wait times may run several weeks long.
All job seekers, of all career levels are welcome! We service clients across North America.
What Is Your Career Level?
Services are dependent on your years of work experience /expertise level. We consider ALL work experience (related or non) when adding up your career level, even if you are seeking a job of a higher or lower calibre or changing industries or occupations. Choose from the list below to get started:
Student / Early Career Professional
You are a post secondary student, new graduate OR you possess less than two years of work experience.
Mid Career Professional
You have less than 10 years of total work experience.
Established Professional
You have over 10 years of total work experience.
Senior Career Professional
You are a Business owner, Doctor, Lawyer or senior level Manager / Director
Executive
You are a VP or C-level
What Service Package Suits Your Needs? GST will be added to all prices.
Custom Resume Creation:
Complete our targeted questionnaire to capture your information, career history and skill sets.
Conduct a 45 minute telephone or face-to-face consultation* with one of our Certified Professional Resume Writers to review your information and discuss what sets you apart.
Receive the first copy of your resume for review and approval within one week of service commencement (if you require your resume sooner please contact us to discuss; a priority fee will apply).
Submit your feedback to the writer within two weeks of service commencement.
Finish with a customized resume that highlights your personal successes, achievements and qualifications.
The average completion of a Custom Creation, from start to finish, is two weeks.
Request additional facetime with your writer, if required. Each additional consult is $75/hour.
Student / Early Professional = $145 -* telephone consult only Mid Career Professional = $245 Established Professional = $345 Senior Career Professional = $395 Executive = $495
Custom Resume and Cover Letter Combo:
Complete our targeted questionnaire to capture your information, career history and skill sets.
Conduct a 45 minute telephone or face-to-face consultation* with one of our Certified Professional Resume Writers to review your information and discuss what sets you apart.
Receive the first copy of your documents for review and approval within one week of service commencement (if you require your documents sooner please contact us to discuss; a priority fee will apply).
Submit your feedback to the writer within two weeks of service commencement.
Finish with customized career documents that highlight your personal successes, achievements and qualifications.
The average completion of a Custom Combo, from start to finish, is two weeks.
Request additional facetime with your writer, if required. Each additional consult is $75/hour.
Student / Early Professional = $260 -*telephone consult only Mid Career Professional = $360 Established Professional = $460 Senior Career Professional = $510 Executive = $620
Cover Letter Creation:
Provide a copy of the job posting you are targeting along with your career details and related skill sets.
Receive the first copy of your custom cover letter for review and approval within one week.
Submit your feedback within a one week timeframe.
Finish with a cover letter that has been created to meet specific job requirements.
The average completion of Cover Letter Creation, from start to finish, is one week.
Cost = $125 each
Tailored Resume:
This service allows previous clients to tailor their existing Career Impressions resume to a new position. Use this service if you had a resume designed by Career Impressions within the past two years.
Supply your previously created Career Impressions resume along with your targeted job posting.
Speak with one of our Certified Professional Resume Writers via telephone for up to 45 minutes to review additional work history, successes or achievements that you wish to have highlighted.
Receive your updated resume within one week after service commencement.
Submit your feedback and revisions to the writer within a two week timeframe.
Finish with a revised resume that has been specifically tailored for a unique role or occupation.
The average completion of Tailored Resume, from start to finish, is two weeks.
Cost = Please contact us for a quote
Priority Service:
Do you require your career document(s) as soon as possible? Based on availability, we can prioritize your work and ensure your document(s) is started immediately or delivered sooner. Turn around time may vary; please contact us to discuss.
Cost = Additional $150
Additional Career Documents / Services:
Thank You Letters (Need a formal letter to provide to an employer after an interview?) = $50
Biographies = starting at $255; please contact us for personalized quote.
LinkedIn Profile Writing (Let us assist with your online marketing tool!) = starting at $245; please contact us for personalized quote.
Document Proofreading/Editing (Based on availability we can review, proofread and/or edit a variety of documents) = $75/hour. Please contact us for quote.
If you have a special resume, cover letter or career writing request please contact us to discuss your requirements. Special prices will be offered on multiple resume or cover letter creations, or to repeat clients.
* GST will be added to all prices.
We service clients locally, nationally and internationally. We have created resumes and aided clients with their jobsearch in the following cities across Canada: Calgary, Cochrane, Canmore, Banff, High River, Okotoks, Aidrie, Carstairs, Strathmore, Grande Cache, High Level, Fort McMurray, DeWinton, Langdon, Medicine Hat, Chestermere, Edmonton, Regina, Prince George, Vancouver, Victoria and Norman Wells. We have international clients in the United States, Mexico and New Zealand.
Career Impressions - Calgary resume writing at its finest.
Do You Want to Nail the Employment Interview and Get the Job?
A great resume can secure you an employment interview, but you must master the art of interviewing to land a job offer!
If you find yourself attending interviews and not receiving job offers, or lacking the confidence to effectively communicate the ‘fit’ between your skills and the job opening, our interview coaching can help! A Certified Employment Interview Professional on our team will customize each coaching session for your unique needs. Practice answering current and popular interview questions, or receive more in-depth coaching to improve your overall communications skills and decipher what sets you apart from other job seekers.
Our employment interview coaching will provide you with comprehensive resources, feedback and tips, along with the confidence you need to effectively sell yourself in-person!
All job seekers, of all career levels are welcome! We service clients across North America and offer coaching via Skype to clients residing outside the city limits.
What Interview Package Suits Your Needs?
Interview Practice:
After reviewing your current resume and your targeted job posting we will create a mock employment interview session just for you! You will practice answering traditional, behavioural and challenging interview questions and we will provide feedback on your strengths along with areas for improvement. Armed with additional resources and tips you will leave this session better prepared to tackle a wide range of employment interview questions with ease and confidence.
This one hour in-person (or via Skype) session includes:
Review of Current Interview Types, Trends and Tips
Personalized Mock Interview
Written Analysis and Action Plan - provided after the session
Copies of our Exclusive Resources
Cost = $125
Interview Perfection:
This two part session is focused on aiding you in the development of your unique value proposition and determining the core messages you need to communicate with employers. During the first session we will help you develop your core messages, show you how to match your abilities to different roles, and coach you on delivering your messages to a wide range of individuals. In the second session you will practice answering tough, traditional and behavioural based interview questions during a tailored mock interview. Finally, we will present a summary on your areas of achievement and improvement along with an action plan and detailed handouts for future reference.
This package is comprised of two separate in-person (or Skype) sessions and includes:
Session One (1 hour):
Value Message Compilation
Interview Strategies
Session Two (1 hour):
Interview Types, Trends and Tips
Personalized Mock Interview
Written Analysis and Action Plan – provided after the session
Copies of our Exclusive Resources
Cost = $345
areer Impressions - Calgary resume writing at its finest.
