Career Confidence

Introduction

Hi! I am Robynn Storey. The author of this book.

This book is about resumes. Yep, another book about resumes.

This book is also NOT about resumes. It is about a resume business. And the extraordinary people I've met along the way.

Didn’t know a resume business was a thing? It is.

A pretty big one.

A little about me. I grew up as a poor kid in a rural small town in Pennsylvania. My biggest ambition in life was to get OUT of said small town, but with no money, no resources, and parents who wanted me to go to college, get married, and make babies, my dreams of heading to New York City or Los Angeles were stalled before they started.

So, I did all the things I was supposed to do. I became a good student, a good person, a wife and a mother at a very young age. With two, count 'em, two marriages under my belt by the age of 24, I longed for adventure, a different kind of life, excitement, and something more than just enough money to pay the rent.

By the time I turned 30, I'd done pretty well for myself. A few corporate roles, a few big titles, and a six-figure paycheck. You'd think I'd be happy. I wasn't. I threw it all away after a crazy day of mommy guilt when I, yet again, had to pack up two kids before dawn so I could attend another meaningless morning meeting.

So, what does a responsible wife and mother do? She tosses it all in the trash, burns it down, and gives up a semi-comfortable life to become a waitress. And resume writer.

In the 23 years since I founded Storeyline ...