From Maternity Break to Bank of America
Samara, a tech professional with 12 years of experience, struggled to get responses after a maternity break. By repositioning her résumé around impact, confidently framing her career pause, and shifting to targeted applications and networking, she regained momentum and secured recruiter outreach from Bank of America.
Client outcome
- Total compensation$195K+22% vs. previous role
- Competing offers1Above target band
- Interview loops3Opened after repositioning
- Days to signed offer82From strategy call to signed offer
Where it started
Samara, a tech professional with 12 years of experience, struggled to get responses after a maternity break. By repositioning her résumé around impact, confidently framing her career pause, and shifting to targeted applications and networking, she regained momentum and secured recruiter outreach from Bank of America.
What we changed
- Rewrote the resume around measurable impact so Meera's experience led, not the noise recruiters were stuck on.
- Rebuilt LinkedIn for the keywords hiring managers actually search for in software engineering roles.
- Replaced volume applications with targeted outreach to teams researched in advance.
- Ran mock interview loops until the narrative matched the level of the roles being pursued.
How the search ran
- Week 1Positioning reset
Resume and LinkedIn rebuilt around impact, not chronology.
- Week 3Targeted outreach
Warm messages to pre-researched teams instead of mass applying.
- Week 6Loops open
3 interview loops running in parallel.
- Week 12Offer signed
Landed at Bank of America at $195K.
