How does career development
support help me succeed?
(We’re so glad you asked)
How we can help you.
Our careers are as individual as we are. They are defined by our interests, our passions, our strengths, our needs and our preferences as much as they are shaped by our dislikes and our weaknesses.
For some of us, our work is a purposeful career - a calling - driven by our passions. For others, it's about what we are good at, or what we have 'fallen into,' or it might be about what has come easily to us. The labour market also plays an integral role in our career opportunities as the needs of business are always going to impact the career opportunities for the individual.
The approach to helping you with your career needs to be tailored to suit the unique nature of your career, your goals and your preferences.
Our Career Services
RÉSUMÉ WRITING
COVER LETTER WRITING
Custom résumés to suit your experience from graduates to C-Suite executives.
Tailored cover letters aligning your skills & experience to the job advertisement.
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
CAREER COACHING
Professional & personalised responses including Statements in Brief & using STAR(i).
Support for every career stage & transition plus tailored programs & assessments.
LINKEDIN PROFILES
HUMAN RESOURCES
Profile feedback & writing as well as platform coaching to get the most out of your profile.
Support for your team & business through the full life-cycle (and stress) of employment.
Advocacy & support through disciplinary processes including writing formal replies.
ADVOCACY & SUPPORT
NDIS FUNDED SUPPORT
Supporting participants in maintaining & establishing a career plus neurodiversity coaching.
Why should you choose Impressability?
Impressability is not just a résumé writing company – we are a boutique full service career development business that focuses on supporting our clients throughout their careers.
Résumé and cover letter writing is a part of this service, as is career coaching, career counselling, training, workshops and outplacement/transition support. With us, you will benefit from the counselling and coaching skills of our chief writer throughout the process. We work closely with our clients to ensure that their document is personalised and reflects their professional brand. We don’t use proforma text inserts, templates or AI.
We offer a one-on-one session face-to-face, online via Zoom or over the phone, to unpack your skills, tools and achievements, and we coach you through the process to ensure we have all the information that we need to be able to proceed with your document. There are no online forms to fill out - this isn't a secretarial service.
We also offer unlimited editing rounds until the document is finalised – most résumé companies cap this at one or two. The drafting process is a collaborative one, to ensure that your voice is reflected within the words and the language use is an appropriate representation of you.
We are always here to edit your Impressability files down the track and support you (for a tailored, quoted fee) if you wish us to maintain your document for you. We can even apply for jobs on your behalf.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A simple Google search will show you that the cost of a résumé varies greatly – from as little as $70 up to well over $1000. The cheaper end of the scale options tends to tout the promise of speedy turn around times and often asks you to fill out an online questionnaire which is then copied in to a template with a little tidying up. It often uses AI or other forms of writing software to fill out the document with pre-written phrases that are not necessarily relevant to you.
Résumé mills are known for this approach and rarely deliver the level of detail and personal collaboration that a professional career practitioner will offer. This is not to say that a price tag of $75 is a sure fire way to identify a writer who won’t deliver a promising document, but I would caution you to be aware of the risks involved.At the top end of the scale, many metro résumé writing companies will charge in excess of $1000 for an executive level document. They are usually written by specialist writers with a strong history of success, but the excessive price tag does not ensure the delivery of an interview. If you are looking to spend this much on a document, then make sure you know exactly what qualifications your writer has, what the inclusions are and ask them how many editing rounds are available for your money.
Being regionally based, Impressability sits in the middle with regards to pricing. We believe that affordability is very important and with a regional drawing area, we work hard to keep our prices down so that more people can afford to seek the support they need.
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Professionally written résumés are becoming an essential tool in everyone’s career kit. The labour market is increasingly competitive and we all need a way to stand out from the crowd – for the right reasons. Some of the advantages of a professionally written document include:
♦ Quality writing, ensuring that your professionalism is well-represented.
♦ Knowledge of current résumé writing practices to give you an edge.
♦ Tailored approach to customise your application for the job that you are applying for.
♦ Knowledge of key industry standards across a broad spectrum of sectors to ensure your document is tailored appropriately to meet the needs of the hirer.
A professional career practitioner worth their salt will also work with you to unpack your skills and achievements which will not only give your document an edge, but will also help to build your interviewing skills.
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Well obviously, we think so! Career coaching and counselling has its own benefits related to unpacking skills, working through work stress, resolving conflict and setting goals. Working with a professional career counsellor and coach can be incredibly valuable to help individuals navigate their careers.
Engaging professional career support for the development of career related documents such as résumés, cover letters, and selection criteria responses should be an empowering experience.
It's not just about listing the duties that someone undertakes when they are in a similar role to you - it's about being able to embody your unique approach to your work in the words on the page.
Are you confused about whether professional career support could help you? Why not take advantage of the free 15 minute phone call to find out?
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Honestly, this depends. We will have a look at what you are currently working with and give you tips on how to improve it (if it would benefit from improving). If you still want us to just add to your current file and you have an editable version, then yes we can do that.
But if you only have a printed version or a PDF version, then we are very limited as we need to recreate the document from scratch.
Reach out to us and ask for a quote and we can go from there. If we can do what you want us to, we will! -
Absolutely! We can teach you how to set up your Seek account, help you with tech questions (like how do I get my résumé uploaded via my phone), and walk you through the application questions. We can also submit your application on your behalf.
The cost will depend on the extent of the work involved ie whether there are criteria questions to respond to etc. We will quote before we do the work so you know what’s what before approving it!
Need some feedback?
Here at Impressability, we like to help people. So, we offer the community the opportunity to submit their resume for a free resume health check.
What can you expect?
Zoë will take a look at your document and send you an email with some feedback on your content and format. This will include some tips on how you can improve it yourself as well as where she would improve the document if you chose to book in to have it redone.
Yep, it’s really free.
Doesn’t cost a penny.
It’s even obligation free.
No strings attached.
We’re nice like that!
**Please Note: turn around time will vary based on workload at the time. If you haven’t had a reply within two business days, please reach out to ensure we have received your file.