After six years as Global Records and Information Manager at Iron Mountain, Arlette Walls was laid off in April. She took two months to refresh—visiting family in Europe—then returned ready to work. But her résumé felt stale, her LinkedIn hadn’t been touched in years, and the job market had changed.
She’d been offered corporate outplacement services, but something felt off. “You become kind of a number,” Arlette explains. “You don’t get the personalized attention.” So she chose to invest more in her career and reached out to Get Her Hired.
From the first 30-minute call, Kate was warm, approachable, and genuinely curious—not just about short-term goals, but about Arlette’s dreams beyond the next few years. When Kate sent a recap the next day, it wasn’t an AI-generated summary. “She had highlighted strengths I didn’t even know I had shared.” Throughout the process, Kate was patient as Arlette changed direction two or three times, and refreshingly upfront about tough realities like ageism and today’s competitive market. Beyond the résumé and LinkedIn overhaul (including a banner she loves), Arlette received a library of templates—for emails, cold outreach, and networking. “I decided it was worth it.”
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