First of all, let’s get your resume 'on target' to your professional goals/next position with eye-catching, market branding highlighting portable hard skills, soft skills, and professional achievements pertinent to your next career objective. A simple listing of employers, duties, and dates won't get it done! Usage of powerful, but brief, wording, appropriate keywords, powerful adjectives, adverbs that draw attention, and ensure your new resume will survive the ATS parsing software scan, if applying online, to get to the DM (hiring decision-maker).  

A great resume should be a MARKETING MASTERPIECE ...NOT a chronological obituary from 1950!  We've written thousands - our clients…maybe a handful?

A flexible, but targeted cover letter defining certain critical elements. By showing you how to best use diverse media to find industries, companies, and decision-makers, and uncover the “hidden job market" - ~85% OF POSSIBLE POSITIONS ARE NOT ADVERTISED, OR POSTED!

We help you separate from the rest of the pack!!

“Bruce, I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for the great job on my resume.  Tesla offered me a position and I accepted.  I started on Monday.  I gave your information to my girlfriend as well as her sister for resume services!  Thanks again!
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– Mike”

Complete Details of Award-Winning Services

Professional Resume Writing Services

A great, (email-formatted) cover letter and resume are the keys to the interview. No longer do job postings draw 10 - 30 resumes from an ad in the Sunday newspaper, but THOUSANDS from online postings!  A resume should NOT be a chronological obituary, but vibrant marketing collateral...a marketing masterpiece...a hiring proposal! More than 90% of the resumes floating on the Internet are terrible, but in all fairness, how many have they written in a lifetime? Additionally, it is SO difficult to write about yourself!  At ACS, we’ve written thousands of resumes for virtually all positions in all industries!  WE DO NOT SUBCONTRACT OUR WORK TO OTHERS AS MANY DO! WE PARTNER WITH EACH CLIENT!!

Over 99% of “resume writers” on an Internet search are NOT certified professionals – WE ARE and within this website are some recent, unsolicited comments from many of our clients. They say it best!:  
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• "I love it more than life itself-- I am not embarrassed to send out my calling card! Now, I can't thank you enough...might need some help later with other stuff. I'm sure this masterpiece will get me a foot in the door or at least a sit-down somewhere!!"       - Mona M.
• “I am blown away... It is better than I had imagined! Thanks Bruce.”​ – Jim L. 
• "Bruce, Thank you from the heart! Such a vast improvement! I am very happy with the results and I appreciate your help. I will get in touch on Monday regarding the coaching and LinkedIn package. Thank you!!!" - Loredana P.

Professional JOB Interview Coaching

Code of Ethics

Now that your new cover letter and resume have passed through the ATS parsing software you will get a call (hopefully many). Should you take the call at that moment? (NO! click) If you do not survive the telephone screening there will not be a face-to-face interview. Now, will you submit to being interrogated like virtually all interviews have been conducted since the beginning of time? There is a much easier and much more productive way to interview – let us show you how! Someone always looks better in print, but our coaching clients typically earn The Offer! Don't be uncomfortable in trying to "sell yourself." Learn how to "Sell the Fit!!"

• "Thank you so, so very much for your help and advice. Your interview prep, both the materials and insights that you shared during the live session are invaluable. I don't think I would have been so successful in my interviews without your help. If I ever need more, I know now where to go - or where to send folks who may need the same kind of help.Thanks again, Anna C.”
• “I thought that I interviewed well! After a few interview questions from Bruce I realized I might not interview so well after all. Bruce challenged my thinking and brought me to the next level in the interviewing process. He taught me how to drive the interview by taking control of the process in order to get the desired results! Thank you for all your help ​Bruce... best investment I've made in myself.”​ – John O.

                Professional Career Coaching & Counseling

Almost  half of our clients change industries (the most difficult thing to attempt); departments, not so much. We view ourselves as your coach, but more importantly as your partner. We’ll be open and honest with our assessments, your activity, and performance and hope you will do the same. The goal is for you to obtain a “career position,” something that you would REALLY love to do and where you would prefer to do it versus landing some J.O.B. (Just Over Broke, Just Over Boredom…). We’ll prepare all written material (as needed) and work with you until you reach your goal.                       
You have my personal promise! - Bruce

• "I prepared for a long and frustrating job search and hoped and prayed for the best.  I am ecstatic about the results and frankly, shocked at how fast I got another job and how positive the whole experience was.  I cannot thank you enough for your expert service and your advice." - R. Miller
• ​​"Bruce...Thank you very much for helping my son, James....I am most impressed with your review and the direction you provided my son...all the best" - Mike F., V.P.

basic fee structure:

New Resume and Winning, Flexible (EMAIL FORMATTED) Cover Letter 

Fees range from $500 and up (although there are exceptions that reduce the fee). A firm quote will be provided that could decrease, or increase the fee once we have reviewed your most recent resume (if available) and our brief questionnaire is completed and returned. We utilize PayPal so that you can remit any way you wish (may still be tax deductible on federal tax returns if you itemize?) and we will have the finished documents to you for your approval / questions / edits within 24 to 48 hours (weekends and federal holidays excluded) of payment. Virtually all are client-approved immediately, but we will work with you until YOU are completely ​satisfied ... guaranteed! 

Professional job Interview Training; LinkedIn Profile Building & Usage; Career counseling, and more... 

$200 per 60- to 120-minute session (by appointment only). These are best accomplished via Skype.  We remain available via email, text, or telephone for any of those questions that pop-up during the course of a career search campaign.  You are NOT alone!

The 'LinkedIn Package' was reduced to a flat $200 for our resume clients. This includes (re)building your LinkedIn Profile AND up to two hours of user training via Skype (so you can uncover ~85% of all job opportunities that are NOT POSTED!)

We have created a new, proven way to interview that is SO much easier and productive than the interrogation style that has been used virtually forever.  This new methodology quickly turns an interrogation, which neither party enjoys, into a meaningful dialog so that all parties gain real, pertinent information.  THIS is what clearly separates the candidates! Do not “sell yourself” -  learn how to “Sell the Fit!​” (Several articles written specifically about this subject are within the ADVICE tab.)

Now you've received the 'Offer of Employment.'  NEVER accept, or deny The Offer in person; only after a thorough review and comparison and in writing to your future boss - NOT HR (that sent The Offer to you).  More than 90% of today’s Offers are too low on compensation and often lack other elements that may be very important, e.g. vacation time, performance bonuses, a sign-on bonus, and other negotiable items. 97% of Americans accept the first Offer and what signal are they sending when they may be expected to negotiate for the new Company and don’t negotiate well for themselves?  We will help you do this and our counter-Offers are very rarely declined!  The Offer NEVER rescinded!
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• ​“Advanced Career Solutions has changed my professional life. This is the second time I have gone to Bruce Clagg for resume updates. He is more than a true professional...Bruce makes an art form out of a resume. His passion for his customers' success is most evident in the immediate response of employers interested in an interview. I couldn't feel more confident knowing that the first impression employers have of me is a resume authored by Bruce Clagg. If you are in need of a stellar resume or interview coaching, call Advanced Career Solutions. Thanks Bruce! – James Garrison”

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"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

- Michelangelo