Steph Cartwright is a Certified Resume Writer and the Founder of Off The Clock Resumes LLC. Since 2014, Steph has helped career-focused job seekers present themselves as the best fit for the job they want. She specializes in getting her clients through Applicant Tracking software, maximizing their networks and referral potential using LinkedIn, and eliminating the overwhelm from job searching with actionable job search plans. Steph completed her undergraduate degree in Human Resource Management online at Western Governors University while growing her online business. She's certified by the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches and an active member of the National Resume Writers' Association. When she's not working, you'll either catch her lounging lakeside or cuddling her three dogs while watching Disney movies or something a bit nerdy like Harry Potter or Game of Thrones for the hundredth time.

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Steph Cartwright loves her work. That’s a good thing for many of us, who feel intimidated, stressed out, or just plain frazzled as we sit down and try to make ourselves sound like the best candidate for the job.

As Steph explains it, she never saw resumes as a career path. She just wanted to pick a career that would support her lifelong love of writing - yet she knew that the options of journalism or teaching weren’t in the cards. Over the years, she experimented with all kinds of writing: marketing copy, social media planning, helping professors, and the list goes on. But it was an ad that she found by chance on a job board that would change her career path forever. After completing a very brief training session, she realized that she wanted to learn more about the art of writing great resumes: and the more she learned, the more interested she became in the work that calls for a focus on strategy, creativity, and personal branding.

Joining us to share her story, Steph opens up about the scam job that drove her to become an entrepreneur, growing her business as the job search and application process continually changes, and why it was so important to take a step back from it all and focus on her health.