Services for Executives & Entrepreneurs
Executive Resume Writing | LinkedIn Profiles & Strategy | Job Search Solutions
I work with you to create compelling career documents and LinkedIn profile content aligned with your goals. These marketing pieces are an investment in your future. You can also choose from coaching or other tools to help you gain traction faster.
A typical ROI-producing career package might include…
- Zoom sessions – Engaging, strategic collaboration by Zoom to explore your qualifications, accomplishments, and unique value. As part of this, we will work to identify your personal brand that makes you unique, as well as the insight that will help make your LinkedIn profile compelling.
- Executive Resume Writing – A compelling executive resume. This will not be outsourced to freelancers because the quality of writing is my priority.
- LinkedIn Profile Content – A compelling, search-optimized LinkedIn profile content with visual appeal that makes it attention-getting, memorable, and on-brand.
- Collaborative Revisions – We’ll work together on fine-tuning your content to make sure you love it; with my Collaborative Projects this takes place during your project instead of waiting for a draft!
- Digital Files – You’ll receive final copies of your resume in Microsoft Word and PDF. Both versions will be suitable for employers’ applicant tracking software, but also visually appealing–so you won’t need a “plain text” version (as was the case in the past).
- LinkedIn Nuances – We’ll look at your LinkedIn account together on Zoom, discussing nuances of LinkedIn that most executives don’t know about, and discuss best practices related to your resume use.
- Job Search Launch Sessions (optional) – If you’d like, we can meet to work on figuring out a proactive plan for a successful job search that makes sense for your situation – and then follow up with another session to discuss your progress, current challenges, and next steps.
Two avenues for working together
Collaborative Executive Resume & LinkedIn Projects (recommended)
As fast as ~2.5 weeks total lead time and project time; average timeline of ~4 weeks for clients who are working executives
These days, I work on many projects through a series of collaborative Zoom sessions with each client. When we collaborate on your content together via Zoom screen sharing, we’re able to see the work taking shape right before us.
Timing:
A Collaborative Project allows us to move at your pace and enables greater efficiency for creating your executive resume and LinkedIn profile.
- If you’d like to move quickly and are flexible with your availability, we could be squared away within 2 weeks.
- If you’re not in a big hurry or have a busy schedule, a 3- to 6-week timeline is a reasonable expectation.
- We’re usually able to start this type of project within a week of our free consultation.
Benefits include:
- Uncovering more insights that elevate the narrative (that otherwise could be missed).
- Collaborating to shape content that is true to your authentic voice.
- Reducing the need for revisions at the end.
- Enabling faster progress — and visibility into the progress.
- Letting you feel a sense of ownership in the final deliverables.
- Getting real-time input from you as we go along, greatly reducing the need for revisions at the end.
- Having more time for introspection on your career.
Best for: Clients who value a closer collaboration for the benefits noted above.
Conventional Executive Resume & LinkedIn Projects
Approx. 7-8 weeks total lead time and project time
With a conventional project, it can take a little bit longer factoring in the project timeline as well as lead time.
- After we start your project, expect a total of about 5 weeks from start to finish (the typical turnaround time from our first Zoom session to a first draft averages about 12-14 business days, followed by ~2 weeks for review, editing, and creation of additional documents included in the package).
- In terms of lead time, it might take about 2-3 weeks to get into my queue for this type of project.
Best for: Big-picture types who would rather hand this off and not think about it.
Additional services you can cherry-pick from include:
- LinkedIn Boot Camp
- A la Carte LinkedIn Profiles (if you don’t need a resume)
- Executive Bios
- Board Resumes & Bios
- Resume Distribution to Recruiters and/or VC & PE Firms
- Job Search Coaching
- Interview Preparation
- Networking One-Sheets
- Training & Coaching on Social Media for Job Search
- Recruiter intro notes
- Cover Letters & Networking Notes
- Value Proposition Letters
I’m happy to counsel you on which solutions might make sense for your situation.
If you’ve been terminated and your former employer is paying:
We provide personalized services for executives and professionals whose employers are paying for their career transition assistance. The pricing below will not be applicable in this case. Learn more about selecting this type of help (and what we offer).
Pricing, payment options, and quotes
Typical client investments range from about $2000 to $3500+.
- Where do you fit into that range? It will depend on the scope of your project
- Quotes as unique as you: Every package is custom-quoted during (or right after) our free consultation.
- If you’re considering going with a low-cost provider, you might want to read these words of caution.
Returning clients
Are you looking for updates to the resume and LinkedIn profile we created in the past? Learn more about options for past clients.
Payment options
- All major credit cards are accepted—Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover; and you can pay with Apple Pay.
- Most clients pay in full—and take advantage of a small discount I offer.

Kelly Donovan
Kelly Donovan works with job seekers nationwide, primarily executives, and has been operating Kelly Donovan & Associates since 2007. The firm has been featured on the CBS TV show Face the Truth, and Kelly’s career advice has been featured in/on Forbes, Fast Company, Reader’s Digest, Money Magazine, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and many more.
She has been a contributor to three books (including “Resumes for Dummies”), and she has earned certifications in LinkedIn, resume writing, job search coaching, and interview prep. Full bio