Baseline Résumé Package
Build new ATS and “Human Eyes” résumés, LinkedIn guidance, an Executive Career Summary, and an Updated Base Salary & Career Direction Report from verified experience.
Résumé writing, job-search strategy & interview preparation
A Smarter Way to Navigate Your Job Search
Career Locksmith helps professionals cut through auto-rejections, better understand their fit for target roles, and move through the job-search process with more clarity, confidence, and strategy.
Whether you’re targeting a new salary level or trying to turn applications into interviews, our process is designed to help you move forward with purpose.
Education-first guidanceClear reasoning behind every recommendation
Your experience, truthfully presentedNo invented credentials, claims, or accomplishments
Virtual service nationwideBased in North Texas
Focused support
Career services built around the opportunity you want
Each engagement starts with your actual experience, career direction, and the requirements of the roles you are pursuing.
Search & Targeted Assistance
Add a $20 guide with three active, scored positions or choose a package that includes your baseline plus three, six, or nine posting-specific résumés.
Interview Research & Preparation
Prepare with role-specific research, evidence-based talking points, practice questions, and a plan for presenting your experience clearly.
When it comes to job applications, one size doesn’t fit all.
How it works
A clear process from first review to focused execution
You remain in control of your applications and career decisions. Career Locksmith provides the research, education, and preparation to help you make those decisions with stronger information.
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Share your direction
Provide your current résumé, LinkedIn profile, target roles, salary direction, and work preferences.
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Start with the free evaluation
We use your existing materials to explain visible alignment, gaps, and an Initial Base Salary & Market-Position Report.
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Continue through direct email
If you continue, Career Locksmith emails your client-specific fillable PDF questionnaire. Your verified answers support the updated report, approved service scope, private Stripe invoice, and new career materials.
Understand pricing
Your salary level should never lock you out of career support
Career Locksmith works with professionals across salary ranges. Published pricing reflects the preparation required for the target-role level and the number of tailored opportunities—not a percentage of your current or future salary. The optional three-position Search Guide is a $20 add-on after your baseline is complete.
- No salary gatekeepingCareer support is not reserved only for executive-level earners.
- Competitive by designFocused support structured to provide meaningful value at a practical price.
- No double paymentIf you move from Baseline to Targeted support, your Baseline payment is credited toward the complete package total.
- Clear before you commitYou will know the scope and price before paid work begins.
Starting a new career shouldn’t mean going into debt before your first day.
About Career Locksmith
Built by an educator and training leader
Career Locksmith was founded by Terry Larkin, an educator and training leader with more than 25 years of experience interviewing candidates and reviewing thousands of résumés. His background also includes observing interviews firsthand and coaching hiring managers to recognize meaningful green flags, potential red flags, and evidence of genuine role fit.
That perspective shapes Career Locksmith’s education-first approach: explain the reasoning, strengthen the evidence, and help each client present their real experience with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.
- 25+ yearsInterviewing and evaluating candidates
- Thousandsof résumés reviewed throughout his career
- Hiring-manager coachingRecognizing green flags, red flags, and meaningful evidence
Career Locksmith is not a staffing or recruiting firm. We do not represent employers or submit applications on a client’s behalf.
Ready to begin?
Start with your current résumé and career direction
Choose the initial submission option that works for you. The online form requires Google sign-in because it accepts a résumé upload. The email option provides the initial intake questions and step-by-step instructions without requiring a Google account. Clients who continue receive a separate, personalized fillable PDF questionnaire by email.
Option 1Google account available
Use the Online FormOption 2No Google account needed
Use the Step-by-Step Email Option