Our Career Coaches and Professional Resume Writers
To help you achieve your goal, the team of career coaches and resume writers that works with you on your resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, interview skills, and strategy utilizes a personalized, multifaceted approach. Our resume writers ask questions to make sure we understand your goals and the value that you bring to employers. Your career coaches assist you in preparing for an interview. We apply marketing, search-engine optimization, personal development, negotiation, psychology, sales, and specific domain expertise, in addition to hypnotic writing and communication skills. Combining your ideas and ours enables us to create communications that attract enticing offers and build your personal brand on the job.
We are the only company that offers Interview Aikido™, our signature interviewing and networking system for making friends and influencing people to hire or refer you. Our video and in-person training significantly enhance your efforts in preparing for an interview. Gone will be the days that you sat there and got grilled, nervously hoping you said what they wanted to hear.
We are also the top-rated professional resume writing service nationwide for USAJobs-style federal resumes and Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) essays. Our resume writers can help you get a secure job in the federal government, including in the Senior Executive Service.
As a client, you will have exclusive access to our YES Inner Circle™ on LinkedIn. The members are former and current YES clients who share our founder’s belief that givers gain. Many may have worked or have contacts at organizations you are interested in. They can make introductions and share insight. You will also be able to network with the YES HR Advisory Team. This group of senior active human resources executives at both public and private sector organizations advises us and you on hiring trends.
With these unique advantages over your competition—and the support of your YES advisory team—the question is not if or when but which offer you will accept. That is why, in addition to our satisfaction guarantee, our clients who get complete packages also get a job offer guarantee.
Our team of career coaches and resume writers holds a 5-star rating on Yelp (counting the hidden reviews), Facebook, and Google, as well as an A rating on Angie’s List and an A+ rating at the Better Business Bureau. We are the top-rated resume writing company nationwide for USAJobs-style federal resumes. We’d like to share how we’ll help you get your dream job!
Our Founder and Interview Coach’s Story
In my 30s, after two jobs in a row ended suddenly and I got divorced, I began and discarded three different lines of work in three years, as I struggled to regain my self-esteem and figure out what to do for a career. I felt like a failure. I thought, “All I want is to be a success. And if I feel like that, there must be a lot of other people who feel like that too. If I can use my writing and teaching gifts to help enough of them get what they want, I will achieve my success too.”
And one day in the shower in 2009, it came to me: the tagline Your Edge for Success, with the perfect acronym YES to reflect
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Our Career Strategy and Business Coach’s Story
Right out of graduate school, I found myself virtually a refugee in a country whose language I could barely speak. To survive, I had to master the art of guerrilla job hunting. I persuaded General Electric to hire me in Singapore and bring me back to the States.
Then in 2013, after I had returned to full-time employment in business development after 15 years as a successful software product business owner and then small business coach, I met Katherine on Match.com. She immediately captivated my attention with her businesslike approach to her personal life, intelligence, and warmth, and I volunteered to help her make her
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Our Executive Team

Katherine Akbar
President
President and award-winning writer Katherine Akbar holds a BA in political science with high honors from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.
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Michael Akbar
VP; Career & Business Success Coach
Michael Akbar is a Certified Professional Career Coach, Certified Federal Career Coach, Certified Diagnostic Coach, and Certified Business Advisor. He is also a senior executive with extensive experience working in
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Our Operations Team

Maggie Ramsey
Client Success Manager
Maggie received her bachelor’s degree at University of North Carolina—Greensboro and master’s degree at University of Tennessee—Knoxville, both in vocal performance. She mastered customer service and operations as
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Jessie McGath
Client Success Manager
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Top Resume Writers and Editors

Teresa Griffith
Senior Resume Editor & Resume Writer
Teresa graduated magna cum laude from Washburn University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and English. Her first job out of college was at Sprint, where she advanced from
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Nathan Moseley
Senior Resume Editor & Resume Writer
Nathan Moseley received his MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College and his BA in English from Kennesaw State University. He has worked as a translation editor
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Alisa Jackson
Senior Resume Writer & Resume Editor
Alisa is a writer, editor, and musician with experience in both private and nonprofit organizations. She has been certified as a professional resume writer by
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Krasi Shapkarova
Resume Writer & Editor
Krasi is a Certified Strengths Coach and a Certified Career Management Coach with 11+ years of experience as a career coach, writer, English tutor, and educator. She holds Masters of
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Becca Pieters
Resume Writer & Editor
Becca received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Florida and spent several years as a singer/songwriter before taking a position as a research and administrative coordinator in the
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Melanie Ashkar
Senior Resume Editor & Resume Writer
Melanie Ashkar is an editor and opera singer who is passionate about helping clients land their dream jobs, as well as helping writers find the best words to convey their ideas. A lifelong lover
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More Top Resume Writers

Hayden Gann
Senior Resume Writer & Editor
In the last decade, Hayden has had a mix of technical, didactic, and creative experiences that have given him strong writing, editing, and communication skills. He has done marketing
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Jerad Karasek
Resume Writer
Jerad has worked as a marketing copywriter, as well as a journalist for a Chicago magazine and an e-sports website, writing persuasive, informative, and
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Melissa Fuimara
Resume Writer & Military Transition Specialist
Melissa’s experience includes researching the job market, counseling candidates on job fit, editing resumes and cover letters, helping military personnel transition to the private sector, and
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Catherine Goode
Resume Writer & Editor
As one of YES’s three professional opera singer staff members, Catherine has learned and leveraged a variety of branding and marketing skills for both her own work and to benefit her
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HR Advisory Team

Jamal S. Baadani
Jamal S. Baadani is an award-winning recruiting executive and a retired U.S. Marine senior non-commissioned officer.
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Kristen Bell, SHRM-CP
Kristen Bell is an HR director and Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) with over 20 years of HR leadership in the technology
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Patrice Dascenzo
Pattie is a trusted advisor with over 20 years’ experience delivering strategic HR programs that address business and operational needs in the healthcare, insurance, and
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Tamika Mitchell, PHR, SHRM-CP
Tamika Mitchell is the acting chief HR officer for Universal Service Administrative Company. She holds a master’s degree in HR and counseling from the
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Renata Sandham, PHR
Renata Sandham is a senior HR leader with over 10 years of experience in HR policy and management. Ms. Sandham has special expertise in international
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Anita Simmons
Anita Simmons is an HR executive with more than 25 years of experience. For the past 15 years, she has been vice president and senior vice president of HR.
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Andrew Sylvia, PHR, SHRM-CP, CEAS
Andrew Sylvia is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) with over 20 years of experience managing staffing needs, optimizing HR policies,