Career and resume consulting for people whose experience doesn't fit the box on the form.

Every career has a throughline — the thread that makes a scattered history read as a deliberate one. Most people can't see their own. That's the work.

Get a resume review — $75 How it works

Written feedback in 3 business days. Any industry, any level.

The path the posting describes
A degree in the fieldListed as required
An internship while studyingListed as preferred
On-campus recruitingWhere most of these roles quietly get filled
An entry role on the official trackTwo to three years
Job offerThe route the posting assumes you took
The path I actually took
No degreeNot a disqualifier. Just an obstacle.
A job adjacent to the one I wantedClose enough to learn how it really worked
Credentials I could earn without permissionSelf-funded, on nights and weekends
Direct outreach, hundreds of messagesMost ignored. It only took one.
Job offer on Wall StreetThe same chair the first path leads to
Both paths end in the same chair.

The second one is longer and nobody hands you a map for it — but it exists in every industry, and the moves that work on it are learnable.

3 daysWritten review back, guaranteed turnaround
$75To start, credited toward whatever comes next
Any fieldTrades to executive, no industry restriction
0Outcome guarantees, from me or anyone honest

Straight answers

What this is, and what it isn't.

This industry is full of people promising interviews and offers. Nobody can promise you those. Here's the honest boundary of what I do.

What you get

  • A frank read on where you actually stand for the roles you're targeting
  • Materials that state your capability in terms a hiring reader recognises immediately
  • A throughline — the connecting logic that turns an unusual history into a coherent case
  • A strategy for the parts you're apologising for: what to address head-on, what to route around
  • My honest opinion, including when it's that you're aiming at the wrong role

What I won't tell you

  • That you'll get interviews. I don't control the role, the market, or the internal candidate who was always getting it
  • That a resume alone changes an outcome. It's one input among several
  • That there's a trick, a template, or a keyword that beats the system
  • That the unconventional path is fair or fast. It isn't. It's navigable
  • What you want to hear, if I think something else is true

Who this fits

Any industry, any level. One recurring problem.

Trades, healthcare, tech, operations, creative, sales, administration — anyone whose record needs an argument made for it.

No degree

You can do the work. The screen never gets far enough to find that out.

Wrong degree

You studied one thing and want to work in another, and every posting reads like a wall.

Career changer

Real, relevant experience the reader doesn't yet recognise as relevant.

Self-taught

Skills built outside a classroom, with no institution to vouch for them.

Returning after a gap

Caregiving, illness, a layoff, a business that didn't work. The gap needs a sentence, not a silence.

Stalled

You're applying steadily and hearing nothing back, and you can't tell which part is broken.

How it works

Start small. Go further only if it's worth it.

Most people begin with a review. A good number stop there, because it was enough.

Step one

Send your resume

Pay for a review and send your current resume in whatever state it's in — I'd rather see the real one than a cleaned-up version. Be prepared to send over examples of job postings you are targeting.

Within 3 business days

Get it back marked up

Written notes, line by line: what a reviewer cuts, what's buried, what's missing. Plus the three things I'd fix first, in order.

Only if you want it

Take it further

Book a session to talk it through, or a package to have it rebuilt. Your review fee comes off the price. If I don't think I can help, I'll say so.

What you actually get

Here's a review, on a resume that isn't yours.

Seven notes on a composite resume. This is the level of detail a review comes back with — no scores, no generic checklist. Every review is read against the specific roles you're targeting, so the notes cover what those postings are actually asking for and what your resume needs to show before it clears a screen.

Marisol Reyes

Operations Analyst · Miami, FL · marisol.r@email.com

Professional Summary

1Results-driven professional with a proven track record seeking a challenging position at a dynamic organisation where I can leverage my skills and grow.

Experience

Senior Operations Analyst — Brightline · 2021–Present

2Responsible for various reporting duties and assisting with coordination of cross-functional stakeholder initiatives as needed.

Attended weekly planning meetings and supported process improvement efforts.

3Cut fulfilment cost per order 23% across 4 warehouses.

Operations Coordinator — Vantage Logistics · 2018–2021

4Helped with scheduling, vendor communication and general administrative support.

Utilised various systems to track shipments and maintain accurate records.

Skills

5Microsoft Office, Excel, Teamwork, Communication, Leadership, Problem Solving, Time Management, Detail Oriented, Multitasking.

Education

6Coursework in Business Administration, Miami Dade College

7References available upon request.

  • 1Cut this entirely. Summaries like this say nothing a reader can act on, and this one occupies the most valuable real estate on the page — the part they actually read. Replace it with one line naming what you do and the single best number you have.
  • 2This is a job description, not an achievement. Nobody was ever hired for doing things "as needed." What changed because you were there?
  • 3This is the strongest line on the page, and it's third. A number, a scope, a result. It should be the first thing under the role — probably the first thing on the document.
  • 4Nothing in this role speaks to what you're targeting. The postings you sent all ask for vendor management and SLA tracking. You did both here and the resume never says so. This is where a review earns its money: mapping what you've actually done onto what those specific jobs are asking for.
  • 5Skills soup. Every resume in the stack claims these and none are checkable. Replace with the named tools and systems from your target postings that you can genuinely use — that's also what the keyword screen is reading for.
  • 6Keep it, and stop hedging. "Coursework in" reads as an apology. List the institution and the field, move it to the bottom, and let your experience do the arguing.
  • 7Delete. It's assumed, it's been assumed for thirty years, and it costs you a line you could use.

Pricing

Four ways in.

Resume Review

3 business days

$75

Written feedback. No call needed.

  • Line-by-line notes on your current resume
  • What a reviewer cuts, and why
  • The three fixes I'd make first, in order
  • Delivered in writing within 3 business days
  • Credited toward a Working Session within 30 days
Send my resume
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Working Session

60 minutes

$150

A conversation, not a sales call.

  • Your background, your target roles, and where the gap actually is
  • Direct feedback on your resume and profile
  • A written summary afterward with what I'd prioritise
  • Credited toward a package within 30 days
Book a session

Positioning Package

About 2 weeks

$450

Your case, made properly.

  • Intake session plus a full resume rewrite
  • LinkedIn headline and About section
  • A written positioning brief for interviews and outreach
  • Clean, parseable files in PDF and .docx
  • One revision round
Start the package

Six-Week Advisory

6 weeks

$950

For an active, serious search.

  • Everything in the Positioning Package
  • Four scheduled sessions over six weeks
  • Outreach strategy and message review before you send
  • Interview preparation, including the questions you dread
  • Email access throughout
Start the advisory

Nothing you spend at one level is wasted at the next. A $75 review comes off a Working Session booked within 30 days. A $150 session comes off a package booked within 30 days. Credits apply one step at a time and don't stack.

Free

The Six Questions You're Dreading

A short guide to answering the hardest questions about your background — no degree, an employment gap, a career change, being overqualified — without apologising for it. Six questions, six scripts, no course and no upsell sequence.

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Who you'd be talking to

I did this without the paper first.

Kevin, founder of Throughline Consulting KevinFounder · New York & Miami

I'm Kevin. I don't have a college degree, and I built a career on Wall Street anyway — in an industry that screens for pedigree harder than almost any other.

It took longer than it should have, and I made most of the available mistakes on the way. I got told no a great many times before the yes, and I learned in detail which parts of a hiring process are actually rigid and which parts only look that way.

That's what I do for people now. Not motivation — the specific, unglamorous mechanics: what to lead with, what to leave out, how to describe experience so it lands with someone who has never done your job, and how to answer the question about your background without flinching.

Wall Street is where my story happened, but the wall isn't unique to it. I work with people in every field, at every level, and the underlying problem is nearly always the same: a real record that the document isn't making the case for.

I split my time between New York and Miami, and work with people anywhere.

Before you book

Fair questions.

Can you get me a job?

No. Nobody selling this service can, and I'd be sceptical of anyone who implies otherwise. What I can do is make sure the version of you that reaches a decision-maker is accurate and well argued. That materially changes your odds. It doesn't set them.

What exactly do I get for $75?

A written review of your current resume against a specific role you're targeting: line-by-line notes on what a reviewer cuts and why, what's buried that shouldn't be, what's missing entirely, and the three changes I'd make first in priority order. It arrives in writing within three business days. There's no call — that's what makes it fast and cheap. If you'd rather talk it through, the Working Session is the one you want.

How does the credit work?

Book a Working Session within 30 days of a review and the $75 comes off. Book a package within 30 days of a session and the $150 comes off. It applies one step at a time rather than accumulating across all of them. Mention it when you book and I'll refund the difference.

Do you only work with people in finance?

No. Finance is where my own story happened, and it's a useful proof point because it's one of the most credential-obsessed industries there is. But I work across every field and level. The problem I solve is a document problem, not an industry problem.

Should I lie about the gap, or the degree?

No. Beyond the ethics, it's an unforced error — background checks are routine, and a discovered lie ends the process permanently, sometimes years later. There are honest ways to handle these questions, and we'll work on yours.

What if you think I'm not ready?

I'll tell you, and I'll tell you what I think would need to be true first. Sometimes the honest advice is a certification, a lateral move, or another year of specific experience rather than a rewrite. You'll get that answer instead of a package.

What's your refund policy?

If you finish a working session and feel it wasn't worth your time, tell me within seven days and I'll refund it. Package work is refundable pro rata for anything not yet delivered. I don't refund based on job search outcomes, because I don't control them and never claim to.

Next step

Tell me where you're stuck.

Send me your background and the kind of role you're aiming at. I'll reply within a day with what I think the real obstacle is — and whether any of this is worth your money.

hello@throughlinecareers.com