Candidate Brand Audit + 30 Minute Call
This package includes a 30 minute call to discuss your career documents.
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Applied for many jobs, but haven’t heard back?
It’s not the job market (although yes, it IS a tough job market).
It’s not random, and it’s not your experience.
The reason you are not getting interviews is because of how you are showing up on paper.
The Candidate Brand Audit analyzes and offers strategic, specific recommendations for how hiring teams are reading your resume, LinkedIn, and materials.
Direct feedback you can actually use… all from a career coach with a recruiting background who has seen thousands of resumes and hired hundreds of people.
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Applied for many jobs, but haven’t heard back?
It’s not the job market (although yes, it IS a tough job market).
It’s not random, and it’s not your experience.
The reason you are not getting interviews is because of how you are showing up on paper.
The Candidate Brand Audit analyzes and offers strategic, specific recommendations for how hiring teams are reading your resume, LinkedIn, and materials.
Direct feedback you can actually use… all from a career coach with a recruiting background who has seen thousands of resumes and hired hundreds of people.
Let’s frame your amazing work experience the right way.
Job searching is broken. As a seasoned recruiting leader, this is my least favorite truth.
You can be:
- Very talented
- Experienced, respected, and a good team player
- Hard-working, dedicated, and confident
…and still not get interviews for jobs for which you are qualified.
To land interviews, you need strategic positioning, to showcase accomplishments, and to know how to confidently tell your story.
If your resume, LinkedIn, or materials:
To land interviews, you need strategic positioning, to showcase accomplishments, and to know how to confidently tell your story.
If your resume, LinkedIn, or materials:
- Undersell your accomplishments and strengths
- Confuse people
- Miss industry keywords
- Or read like everyone else’s
Then you’re getting filtered out before you even have a shot.
The Candidate Brand Audit is:
This is a full audit of how you are being evaluated as a candidate.
Not just resume tips.
Not a rewrite.
Not generic advice.
Results-driven advice from a hiring leader. This is a strategic breakdown of:
- What is working well in your materials (resume, LinkedIn, cover letter, and portfolio)
- What is NOT working well, and how to change it
- Repeatable advice designed to set you up for all resumes and job searches in the future
All from a seasoned recruiting leader who knows the ropes.
I’ve hired hundreds of people and reviewed thousands of resumes. I know what works, what gets candidates filtered into consideration (and filtered out), and how to stand out in a hiring process. I bring 14+ years of hiring expertise into your Candidate Brand Audit.
Your candidate brand materials are your single best tool for landing an interview. Let’s make sure they work.
I’ve hired hundreds of people and reviewed thousands of resumes. I know what works, what gets candidates filtered into consideration (and filtered out), and how to stand out in a hiring process. I bring 14+ years of hiring expertise into your Candidate Brand Audit.
Your candidate brand materials are your single best tool for landing an interview. Let’s make sure they work.
What’s reviewed:
Resume Audit
- Detailed feedback on each section of your resume - from your summary to your education section
- What your resume is currently signaling (even if unintentionally)
- Where to elaborate on your bulletpoints to add more context
- Guidance on where, how, and why to add numbers and achievements to your specific resume
- Feedback on structure, flow, and readability
- Design and formatting improvements (based on how resumes are actually read by recruiters)
- Where your story is unclear, inconsistent, or undersold
- How to better align your experience with the roles you want
- Suggestions for reorganizing or reframing your experience
LinkedIn Audit
- Headline + summary rewrite direction
- Alignment with your resume and target roles
- Visibility + keyword optimization
- Specific changes to improve recruiter reach and profile strength
Optional Audits (if submitted)
Portfolio audit (structure, clarity, relevance)
Cover letter audit (messaging, storytelling, effectiveness)
This is not surface-level feedback.
This is a document you will actively work through to rebuild your materials to position your experience as optimally as possible.
How materials are reviewed:
This audit is not a quick scanning of your resume.
I’m evaluating:
- content
- structure
- language
- positioning
- clarity
- alignment across materials
- the industry you’re targeting
- your transferable skills
- and the overall story you’re telling
From bullet points to big-picture strategy, it’s all covered.
What you actually get:
This isn’t vague feedback or a few comments in the margins.
You’ll receive a fully structured, in-depth audit document.
Your Candidate Brand Audit includes:
- 15+ pages of a personalized PDF document built around your exact materials
- A clear breakdown of what’s working, what’s not, and why
- A high-level overview of how you’re currently coming across to hiring teams
- A prioritized list of the biggest changes that will make the most impact
- A Clear “Next Steps” Section so you’re not guessing where to start
Bonus support:
✔ One Post-Update Review:
After you make your changes, you can resubmit your materials for one final review.
No second guessing - you will be able to enter the job market confidently with your refreshed materials.
✔ Resume Tailoring Guide:
Clients often ask me if they should tailor their resume for every single job.
My answer: no! Your time is valuable, and you are busy. Overthinking every single resume is a sure way to burn out in the job application process.
Instead, I recommend that clients have several versions of their resume on-hand.
The Resume Tailoring Guide is a step-by-step resource on how to tailor your resume correctly, depending on the type of job for which you’re applying.
You’ll learn how to:
After you make your changes, you can resubmit your materials for one final review.
No second guessing - you will be able to enter the job market confidently with your refreshed materials.
✔ Resume Tailoring Guide:
Clients often ask me if they should tailor their resume for every single job.
My answer: no! Your time is valuable, and you are busy. Overthinking every single resume is a sure way to burn out in the job application process.
Instead, I recommend that clients have several versions of their resume on-hand.
The Resume Tailoring Guide is a step-by-step resource on how to tailor your resume correctly, depending on the type of job for which you’re applying.
You’ll learn how to:
- create strong base versions
- tailor efficiently for different roles
- move faster without sacrificing quality
✔ Job Search Strategy Guide:
Straightforward, results-focused general guidance on:
- how to approach your search (job boards, ATS, keywords, AI, networking, and more)
- where people waste time (see above - tailoring a resume for every job, for one!)
- what actually moves the needle and helps your materials get seen
✔ Industry Keywords Guide:
A short, practical guide to help you identify and use the right keywords for your target roles.
Includes:
- how to quickly spot common keywords across job descriptions
- how to pull the right language from your industry (not just buzzwords)
- where and how to naturally incorporate keywords into your resume and LinkedIn
- how to balance keyword optimization with clear, human-readable content
This is designed to help your materials get picked up by ATS systems and recruiters (without turning your resume into keyword spam).
✔ Optional Add-On: Audit Review Call:
Would you like to talk through any changes, questions, or next steps live?
Add a 30-minute call where we:
- break down your audit
- answer your questions
- map your next steps
Highly recommended if you want extra support or tend to overthink your materials.
Your next steps:
Here’s how we’ll work together, step-by-step:
- Purchase the Candidate Brand Audit
- Submit your materials. Immediately after checking out, you’ll receive an intake summary. Once this is complete, I will begin working on your audit.
- I review everything and build your audit.
- You will receive your audit back 7 days from submission of your materials.
- You make updates within 30 days.
- I review your materials once more
- You reenter the job market with confidence!
This process is for lasting change.
If you’re looking for quick edits or a hands-off rewrite, this isn’t that.
This is for people who want to:
If you’re looking for quick edits or a hands-off rewrite, this isn’t that.
This is for people who want to:
- understand what they’re doing
- fix it at the root
- and walk away knowing how to position themselves for future job searches moving forward
Who This Is For:
- You’re applying and not getting interviews
- You know something is off but can’t pinpoint it
- You’re pivoting and don’t know how to tell your story
- You haven’t updated your materials in years
- You’re eager to learn what works - not only for this job search, but best practices that you can c
- arry into all future job searches
- You’re done overthinking and want a clear plan
- Any industry, any seniority level - I’ve worked with everyone from high school students to executives
- U.S. or Canada-based professionals
Who This Is NOT For:
- You need help with a single situation only, such as a job offer negotiation or mock interview (but good news: I offer that support in a Career Strategy Call)
- You want to make a BIG career pivot (but good news: I offer that support in a Career Transformation Program)
- You want someone to write your resume for you. This is not a done-for-you service. This is designed to teach you how to position yourself properly so you’re not dependent on someone else every time you need to update your materials.
- You’re not open to feedback. By nature, this service is very feedback-oriented.
- You’re expecting a magic bullet. While I’m very confident in the impact your refreshed materials will have on your job search, there are so many variables. Career coaching helps you create the best strategy and materials to tackle the job search, but because I do not have any relation to the roles you would apply for, job offer results are not guaranteed (although I’m proud of the results my clients land!).
- You don’t like long documents. You’ll receive 15+ pages in customized documents. Surface-level feedback doesn’t change outcomes. This is for people who want to understand what they’re doing and fix it properly.
Candidate Brand Audit - Case Studies:
Client E: $90k Manager » VP Interview at $250k Dream Role
When we met:
They came to me with a very specific opportunity: their dream job had just opened.
The challenge? It was a VP-level role at a national organization (paying $250k) while she was currently in a non-executive, $90k manager role.
On paper, it looked like a stretch, but the subject matter aligned deeply with their expertise and long-term interests.
They didn’t want to “see what happens.”
They wanted to put their best foot forward and actually be considered.
What we did:
- Completed a targeted candidate brand audit focused on this specific role
- Refined their resume messaging to clearly connect their experience to executive-level impact
- Pushed deeper on their why + domain expertise so that their documents showcased this
- Strengthened their cover letter to position them as a serious, aligned candidate
- Advised on how to build a quick-turn portfolio, which they assembled quickly to showcase their thinking, research, and perspective
- Focused on positioning over credentials and telling the right story for this level of role
Results:
They were invited to interview for the role.
👉 Interviewed for a VP-level position ($250k compensation)
👉 Jumped from a $90k manager-level role into executive consideration
👉 Successfully positioned themself for a role several levels above their current title
They ultimately didn’t move forward past the first round, but the win was still huge. It showed what was possible, changed the room they were allowed to walk into, and created new relationships with their dream organization.
Client F: No Traction » 12 Interviews + Accepted Top Choice
When we met:
The client was preparing for an upcoming layoff and trying to get ahead of it.
They had already been job searching for a similar role in her industry for months with almost no traction. They had submitted 60+ applications, but only had 2 interviews, which were both through referrals.
They felt like their materials were good, but not doing the job that resume and materials should do, which is to land interviews on their own. They didn’t have time to waste.
What we did:
- Reviewed and refined their resume to better highlight strengths, accomplishments, numbers and scale, and clarity
- Updated LinkedIn to improve visibility and recruiter reach
- Helped them articulate what they brought to the table and what they wanted next
- Focused on positioning, not rewriting her entire career story
- Updated their cover letter for clarity
We didn’t overhaul everything. We made strategic shifts that made change.
Results:
Everything changed.
👉 12 interviews across 5 companies
👉 Recruiters started reaching out directly
👉 Progressed to multiple later stage interviews (withdrew from 3 processes by choice)
👉 Received and accepted an offer from their top choice company
👉 Negotiated a $5k sign-on bonus
👉 Landing a job offer in their field before the layoff occurred
Most importantly: They went from “no traction” » “multiple options and control”
Client perspective:
Results:
Everything changed.
👉 12 interviews across 5 companies
👉 Recruiters started reaching out directly
👉 Progressed to multiple later stage interviews (withdrew from 3 processes by choice)
👉 Received and accepted an offer from their top choice company
👉 Negotiated a $5k sign-on bonus
👉 Landing a job offer in their field before the layoff occurred
Most importantly: They went from “no traction” » “multiple options and control”
Client perspective:
“After several months of job searching with no bites, I was feeling discouraged. With Nicole’s coaching and fine-tuning of my resume, I was able to better articulate my strengths and refine what I was looking for.
“After several months of job searching with no bites, I was feeling discouraged. With Nicole’s coaching and fine-tuning of my resume, I was able to better articulate my strengths and refine what I was looking for.
After her resume review, I had recruiters reaching out and ended up with 12 interviews across 5 roles, ultimately accepting an offer from my top choice.”
It's time to get momentum in your career
Candidate Brand Audit Pricing
As a believer of salary transparency, I’m also a believer in coaching pricing transparency.
- Candidate Brand Audit: $750
- Candidate Brand Audit + 30 Minute Call: $895
- This is a great option if you would like to talk through any questions, next steps, or materials live.
Clients use this audit to:
- start getting interviews again
- position themselves for higher paying roles
- clean up messaging that was holding them back
- finally understand how hiring teams evaluate them
Are you ready to feel confident about the next steps in your career?
You know what you deserve. Let’s get there.
You know what you deserve. Let’s get there.
This package includes
Your Candidate Brand Audit includes:
- 15+ pages of a personalized PDF document built around your exact materials
- A clear breakdown of what’s working, what’s not, and why
- A high-level overview of how you’re currently coming across to hiring teams
- A prioritized list of the biggest changes that will make the most impact
- A Clear “Next Steps” Section so you’re not guessing where to start
Bonus support:
✔ One Post-Update Review:
After you make your changes, you can resubmit your materials for one final review.
No second guessing - you will be able to enter the job market confidently with your refreshed materials.
✔ Resume Tailoring Guide:
Clients often ask me if they should tailor their resume for every single job.
My answer: no! Your time is valuable, and you are busy. Overthinking every single resume is a sure way to burn out in the job application process.
Instead, I recommend that clients have several versions of their resume on-hand.
The Resume Tailoring Guide is a step-by-step resource on how to tailor your resume correctly, depending on the type of job for which you’re applying.
You’ll learn how to:
After you make your changes, you can resubmit your materials for one final review.
No second guessing - you will be able to enter the job market confidently with your refreshed materials.
✔ Resume Tailoring Guide:
Clients often ask me if they should tailor their resume for every single job.
My answer: no! Your time is valuable, and you are busy. Overthinking every single resume is a sure way to burn out in the job application process.
Instead, I recommend that clients have several versions of their resume on-hand.
The Resume Tailoring Guide is a step-by-step resource on how to tailor your resume correctly, depending on the type of job for which you’re applying.
You’ll learn how to:
- create strong base versions
- tailor efficiently for different roles
- move faster without sacrificing quality
✔ Job Search Strategy Guide:
Straightforward, results-focused general guidance on:
- how to approach your search (job boards, ATS, keywords, AI, networking, and more)
- where people waste time (see above - tailoring a resume for every job, for one!)
- what actually moves the needle and helps your materials get seen
✔ Industry Keywords Guide:
A short, practical guide to help you identify and use the right keywords for your target roles.
Includes:
- how to quickly spot common keywords across job descriptions
- how to pull the right language from your industry (not just buzzwords)
- where and how to naturally incorporate keywords into your resume and LinkedIn
- how to balance keyword optimization with clear, human-readable content
This is designed to help your materials get picked up by ATS systems and recruiters (without turning your resume into keyword spam).
✔ This Package Does Include: Audit Review Call:
Would you like to talk through any changes, questions, or next steps live?
Add a 30-minute call where we:
- break down your audit
- answer your questions
- map your next steps
Highly recommended if you want extra support or tend to overthink your materials.
Price
$895
Questions?
Client Feedback
“
Nicole gave me the confidence and tools I needed to get my dream job.
I always thought I was pretty good at cover letter writing and formatting my resume, but she recommended things I'd never even thought of! ”
I always thought I was pretty good at cover letter writing and formatting my resume, but she recommended things I'd never even thought of! ”
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Skyla, Music Professional
“
Whenever seeking out new career pathways, I always reach out to Nicole. I continue to reference her resume writing tips when reviewing my resume and find it extremely helpful. She gives me the confidence that I need in order to get what I want out of my career and is fully invested in making sure that you succeed.
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Karissa, Insurance Professional
“
Working with Nicole helped me find confidence in pursuing my real career desires, instead of sticking with what was practical or convenient. She helped me navigate the grad school process and provided excellent feedback on my resume! Nicole is a FABULOUS proponent of knowing your worth (especially for women).
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Caroline, Public Health Professional