The human is the product.

Why I do this

Hi, I'm Katie.

Most people who try to help with resumes have one of three things: a product manager's instinct for solving the actual problem, a human-centered designer's eye for how people read, or real experience as a hiring manager at a tech company. I have all three, and that combination changes how I see your whole search.

Here's how I think about it: the human is the product. Your resume is the interface I'm designing. The hiring manager is the end user. My job is to make it effortless for them to understand what you can do, fast, without you in the room to explain.

I learned this from the other side of the desk. As a hiring manager, I'd get stacks of resumes and portfolios that all led with what people did: task lists, responsibilities, lines that read like a job description. But I had nothing on the page to judge what they could do for me. That's what I actually needed. So I built an approach that leads with the thinking and the impact, because if you've solved a problem like mine before, you probably have a repeatable way of doing it again. That's what's transferable. That's what I want a hiring manager to see in you.

Here's the thing no one says out loud: nobody teaches us how to write a resume. We're all just guessing, copying templates, and hoping. So when your applications get met with silence, it isn't because you lack the skills. It's almost always that your real, employable skills just aren't making it onto the page. That's a fixable problem. It's the problem I fix.

I know the quiet version of being stuck from the inside, too. I once spent so long in a job that was wrong for me that I got depressed and couldn't see it until I was out. I thought I hated tech. I thought I hated being a PM. Turns out the job was just a bad fit, and the way I'd framed myself was quietly keeping me in roles like it. I changed how I told my own story, and things finally started moving. It was hard to do that to myself, because the closer you are to your own story, the harder it is to see clearly. That's really why I do this. I can be the mirror that gives you the distance you can't get on your own.

And I want you to leave knowing how to do this yourself. Not dependent on me, not stuck again the next time the search comes around, because it will, and the rules keep getting noisier. Everyone brings something only they can. You're just too close to see yours. Let me help you find it, and then teach you to see it on your own.