Industry Endorsements

"Tracy Parish is one of the shining stars in the resume writing industry! She is an excellent writer, both creative and strategic in her approach. What's more, she is an active participant in numerous training programs to ensure that her clients get the 'best' resume advice and support she can provide."

- Wendy S. Enelow, Founder / Executive Director, Career Masters Institute (CMI)

"Tracy Parish is a leading resume writer whose dedication to the craft is clearly reflected in her work. I am delighted to have her resumes and cover letters featured in two of the 'Knock 'em Dead' books; and look forward to the contributions she will make to our profession in the training arena."

- Martin Yate, Nationally Published Author

"Tracy Parish is a visionary and creative leader in the resume writing industry whose work I have personally selected for publication in several of my nationally distributed, best-selling resume and cover letter books. In addition to her top-notch resume writing skills, she is a strong advocate of continuing education and training for resume writers within the industry."

- Jay A. Block, Co-Founder / Career Coaching Advisory Board,
Professional Association of Resume Writers (PARW)

Client Endorsements

"Tracy, I have sent the resume out with a vendor I know to pass it on to other companies. He read the resume and commented about the style, layout, and paper it is printed on. He said it is the best resume he has seen in quite sometime.

THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST OUT-OF-WORK INVESTMENT I COULD HAVE MADE FOR MY FUTURE EMPLOYMENT!

Thanks again!"

- John Tumulty (Project Manager / Sr. Electrical Design Professional)

"Tracy, I wanted to thank you for your excellent work on my resume, cover letter, and Executive Profile. They are all very consistent with what I expected based on our conversations - very well written and unique from anything I have seen so they stand apart from others. I am very pleased with your work, and fully expect to attain the exceptional results and responses as you advertised.

Also, I appreciate the time you spent to get to know me and what makes me unique and exceptional. You did not hesitate to explore my background to any degree necessary to uncover the key facts, then highlight these traits and characteristics in your work. Your efforts show clearly in the result. I have already told many of my friends about you and the high quality resume you have produced for me!

Thank you again."

- Howard Moore (Project Manager / Sr. Electrical Design Professional)

"I have landed a great job! Thanks so very much for all your assistance in creating the resume that helped me get the attention of the Grand Rapids Bar Association. My goal was to be an integral part of the day-to-day operations of a not-for-profit organization, be a supervisor, have the opportunity to manage a budget, create marketing plans, and be a manager.

I do all that and more as the Associate Executive Director of the Bar. I am the administrator of the Lawyer Referral Service, a community service program aimed at linking individuals with attorneys. I am also the director of the Continuing Legal Educational program, which requires marketing, planning, organizational, and sales skills to accomplish. I am also the editor of the Bar's monthly newsletter "GR Law."I couldn't have written a better job description if I had tried! Thanks so much for your time and talents in helping me with my career search."

- Dawn Lyons-Johnson (Executive Director / Grand Rapids Bar Association)

"Many thanks for your help with my resume and your interviewing tips. Here are the results: One resume + two stamps = one interview. Your interview tips helped me 'ace' that dreadful 'tell me about yourself' moment.

One thank you letter + one stamp = one great job offer! I am now full-charge accounts payable representative for Livingston County Service Company.

My initial salary exceeds what I was receiving at my last position, and I will receive a review in 90 days. The benefit package is comparable to what I had, and best of all, I no longer have a long commute. My office is just four miles from my home.

The office has a relaxed atmosphere and a very casual dress code. Just what I was looking for. In fact, if I choose to wear denim or polo shirts with the company logo, they will pay 60% of my clothing costs.

Again, thanks for all your help. I would recommend your services to anyone in the job market. My new boss commented several times during the interview about the professional appearance and organization of my resume.

I enjoyed working with you and wish you the best."

- Linda Westefer (Accountant)

"I am now Manager of Client Services at David Vaughan Investments, Inc.! The stress of job searching is over. This is everything that I've been looking for and a great offer! Thanks for all of your help in the process!"

- Deanna Baele (MBA New Graduate)

"I think you are a God send!! Thank you.

When it came to WRITING a resume, I wanted it to really stand out and show off my creativity as well as stay within the do's and don'ts of a professional business environment. I guess the bottom line is that I wanted a professional resume that was creative, kind of like me. haha :-) The only resumes I had seen so far had been so boring/standard.

You surpassed my ideals and then some. Thank you."

- Susan Martian (Entertainment Industry)

"This is wonderful! I'm having a great time talking to all of these people and having people interested in me again, and this is helping to boost my confidence, which I needed as well. Thank you so much for all of your help!

Also, I wanted to let you know that my previous boss at the City job asked for your number and name, so he will be calling you soon to get his resume done as well.

And ANOTHER Thing, I received another call on Friday, from my previous boss, asking if I had seen a job posting. He knew the woman who would be the Training Manager. She contacted him to see if HE was interested in the job, but he wanted to give her my name!!! Well, of course I said yes. About 10 minutes after I hung up the phone with him, I received a call from the recruiter at this company. When I asked if she had spoken with him already, she said he hadn't called her yet. She and the Training Manager had picked out my (NEW) resume just the day before and they were contacting me to set up an interview appointment!!!! I have an interview with them next Tuesday!!!

Thank you again sooooooooooooooooo much! I am having a great time with all of these calls!"

- Julie Holmes (Organization Development / Corporate Trainer)

"I want to say thank you very much. You did a really good job - I'm very impressed. I've already started using my new resume AND I've got a couple of responses so far, things are going very well!"

- Shawn Johnson (Public / Governmental / Media Relations)

"I was really impressed when I saw my CareerPlan resume! Just the resume alone was a tremendous confidence builder for going into interviews, and the extra advice you also provided on proven job search and interview techniques to go along with the resume was worth the entire investment itself! Thank you so much!"

- Patrick Hill (Sales Representative)

"Tracy, I want to thank you for some really insightful, sound, and just plain wonderful advice and encouragement. I am PRINTING your letter to keep in my little "self-training" notebook because I think that its just wonderful and will do me good to read often. You're very professional and helpful and I'm just thrilled to be associated with someone like you! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!! I am so glad that you weren't condescending but rather made me feel good to have asked the questions I needed answers to! Thank you Thank you!!

I know that your business is shooting straight towards that success star with a person like you running it!"

- Danielle Bailey (Work-at-Home-Mother)

Professional Endorsements

"I have used professional resume writing companies in the past, however, CareerPlan, Inc. sets itself apart from all the others. The unique ‘effective’ style of marketing the client’s accomplishments is indeed extraordinary. I will personally recommend your company to everyone I know who needs a resume or Curriculum Vitae!"

- Linda K. Dothard, Vice President, College of Business / MBA Program, St. Ambrose University

"In today’s competitive business market, advertising is a definite must and through your creative and professional services you have definitely made our business stand out above the rest! Everything that you have designed for us, from everyday business forms to promotional brochures, has brought in fabulous results! Thank you so very much for your time and expertise!"

- Brent & Dawn Bryner, Bryner's Auto Body, Kewanee, IL (Business Owners / Clients)

"Thank you so much for speaking at the meeting for the Business and Professional Women's Association. I really enjoyed your presentation on resume writing and the members did too.

I mentioned your name to a member of the Geneseo chapter as a possible speaker for them in the future. I'll be in contact with you soon."

- Debbie Johnson, President / District Director
Business & Professional Women's Association