Career Confidence

6Fake It ’Til You Make It

When I first started off my resume company back in 2000, I was doing it part-time while working a full-time corporate job. So, I would interview resume clients at night, put the kids to bed, and develop the clients' resumes during the late-night hours.

I also worked on the weekends as needed. I did this for a few years, had a website created, and started getting a steady stream of business. I did not have any staff or employees, and did all the work myself. From the marketing to the customer service, to the writing, it was a one-woman show.

As I began to get a bit busier, I hired a writer to join the company. As I previously mentioned, he was a hilarious guy by the name of Will. He was a script writer for comedy sitcoms on television and was looking for some freelance work.

I would talk to the customer, take notes, and send them to Will. He was a night owl as well, and his projects would come back to me in at 3 or 4 in the morning.

It was an arrangement that worked well for both of us. He was super smart, very, very funny, and kept me in stitches those first few lean years.

By the time 2006 rolled around, I jumped feet first into my business, gave up my corporate job, and took a job waiting tables to make enough grocery money to keep us going. By then, I had a husband and two kids, and while it may seem romantic to throw yourself into an entrepreneurial venture, where you've escaped the corporate rat race, kids don't care about that. They would like ...