For more than two decades, Melissa has helped professionals navigate transitions, position themselves more effectively and make better career decisions. Her recruiting background gives her unique perspective on how candidates are evaluated, hired and promoted.
From the C-suite to entry level, here's what clients have to say about working with Melissa. Her advice has helped professionals land interviews, negotiate offers, and move forward with confidence.
Want to work directly with Melissa? Book your 1:1 session inside 1Yes.
Frequently Asked Questions
General
1Yes is a career coaching platform built around your personal career history. Simply upload your resume, and 1Yes will automatically create your Career Story. From there, you can shape your story and get personalized guidance on resumes, LinkedIn, interviews, networking, negotiations, and career decisions. Unlike traditional career tools, 1Yes remembers your story and builds on it over time.
You can. ChatGPT is great for many things.
The difference is that ChatGPT starts with a blank prompt. 1Yes starts with you.
Your resume, Career Story, goals, questions, coaching conversations, and career documents all live in one place. The more you use 1Yes, the more context it has to help you make better career decisions. 1Yes knows you, where you've been and where you want to go. That's not necessarily true of other chatbots.
Yes. Every account includes free access to all core 1Yes features — creating and editing your Career Story, generating career documents, and coaching conversations with 1Yes. No credit card required.
1Yes is free. No credit card required.
If you want to work directly with Melissa Grabiner, live coaching sessions are available to book inside 1Yes.
No.
You can create an account, upload your resume, build your Career Story, and explore 1Yes without entering a credit card.
Yes.
Your information is used to personalize your experience inside 1Yes. Your resume, Career Story, documents, and coaching conversations remain private and are not shared with anyone.
We take privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your data.
Career Story
Your Career Story is the thread that connects where you've been, what you've accomplished, and where you want to go next. It is your "source of truth" and once it's bullet proof, it's the ideal foundation to generate resumes, LinkedIn descriptions and other career artifacts.
Most professionals think of their careers as a collection of jobs, titles, and responsibilities. A strong Career Story helps others understand the bigger picture: who you are, the value you create, and why you're the right fit for the opportunities you want.
1Yes automatically creates your Career Story from your resume and helps you refine it over time.
Because hiring managers don't hire resumes. They hire people.
Your resume, LinkedIn profile, networking conversations, and interviews all become more effective when they're built around a clear and consistent story.
A strong Career Story helps you explain your experience, connect the dots in your career, and position yourself for what's next.
No.
Just upload what you have. It doesn't matter if it's messy. You can also get started by simply uploading screenshots of your existing LinkedIn profile.
Even if your resume is outdated, incomplete, or in need of work, 1Yes can help you organize your experience and create a story that accurately reflects your career.
Absolutely.
Your Career Story belongs to you.
1Yes gives you a starting point, but you can edit, refine, and update it at any time. As your career evolves, your story should evolve too.
Many users revisit and improve their Career Story regularly as they gain experience, change directions, or clarify their goals.
That's exactly when a Career Story becomes most valuable.
Career changes are rarely as random as they seem. In most cases, there are transferable skills, experiences, and strengths that connect your past to your future.
1Yes helps you identify those connections and build a story that makes your transition easier for employers to understand.
Employment gaps are more common than most people realize.
Whether you took time off for family, health, education, caregiving, entrepreneurship, or personal reasons, the goal isn't to ignore the gap — it's to explain it confidently and move the conversation forward.
1Yes can help you position employment gaps honestly while keeping the focus on the value you bring today.
Resumes & LinkedIn
Yes.
1Yes can help you create, improve, and tailor your resume based on your Career Story and goals. Rather than simply rewriting what you've already written, 1Yes helps ensure your resume reflects the value you bring and the opportunities you're pursuing.
The result is a resume that's more focused, more compelling, and more aligned with your career direction.
Yep.
1Yes can generate LinkedIn content based on your Career Story, helping ensure your profile tells the same story as your resume and interviews.
Your LinkedIn profile shouldn't read like a copy of your resume. It should reinforce your professional brand and help recruiters, hiring managers, and potential connections understand who you are and what you bring to the table.
Yes.
1Yes creates resumes using formats and structures designed to work well with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
That said, ATS compatibility is only part of the equation. The goal is not just to get through the system — it's to create a resume that resonates with both technology and the humans making hiring decisions.
1Yes users are able to create an unlimited number. As many as they need.
Many professionals create different versions of their resume and LinkedIn profile for different opportunities, industries, or career goals.
Because everything is built around your Career Story, creating targeted versions becomes much easier and more consistent.
In most cases, yes.
You don't necessarily need to rewrite your resume from scratch every time, but small adjustments can make a big difference.
1Yes can help you emphasize the experiences, skills, and accomplishments that are most relevant to a specific opportunity while staying true to your overall Career Story.
Coaching
Digital coaching via 1Yes gives you on-demand access to career guidance whenever you need it. It's kind of like having access to Melissa Grabiner's coaching on demand, because 1Yes has been infused with all her frameworks around resumes, LinkedIn, interviewing, networking and all else surrounding careers and the job search.
No matter what you're preparing for, 1Yes provides personalized guidance based on your Career Story and goals.
Unlike a traditional chatbot, 1Yes remembers your story and builds on it over time.
When you book a coaching session with Melissa, she comes into the conversation already knowing your story.
Your Career Story, goals, career history, and work inside 1Yes help Melissa spend less time gathering information and more time helping you move forward.
Every session is focused on your specific situation, whether you're navigating a job search, preparing for interviews, making a career decision, or planning your next move. And the cool part? After your real-time session with Melissa, 1Yes will be fully up to date with what you worked on with her and will help you continue moving forward!
Traditional coaching is often limited to scheduled sessions.
1Yes gives you access to guidance whenever questions arise.
You can use 1Yes between coaching sessions to refine your Career Story, prepare for interviews, update career documents, think through decisions, and continue making progress.
Many users think of 1Yes as having a coach in their pocket whenever they need one.
Yes...if you book a real-time session with her.
When you work directly with Melissa, she can review the information you've shared inside 1Yes so she can better understand your background, goals, and current situation.
This allows coaching sessions to be more focused, more personalized, and more productive from the start.
One of the unique aspects of 1Yes is that coaching doesn't end when the meeting ends.
Notes, recommendations, and next steps from your session are incorporated back into your 1Yes experience, allowing future coaching and guidance to build on what was discussed during your session with Melissa.
The result is a coaching experience that continues long after the session itself is over.
Interviews & Job Search
Yes.
1Yes can help you prepare for interviews by generating likely questions, refining your answers, identifying gaps in your story, and helping you communicate your experience with confidence.
Because interview preparation is built around your Career Story, your answers remain consistent, authentic, and tailored to your goals.
Absolutely. In fact, while perfecting your Career Story you're already starting to formulate your ideal answer.
This is actually one of the most common challenges professionals face.
Most people answer this question by walking through their resume. The strongest candidates tell a clear story about who they are, what they do best, and where they're headed.
1Yes helps you build and practice an answer that's memorable, relevant, and aligned with the opportunity you're pursuing.
Yes.
Networking is often one of the fastest ways to uncover opportunities, yet many professionals aren't sure how to start the conversation.
1Yes can help you think through networking strategy, based on the same methods Melissa uses with her real-time clients. The system can help you craft outreach messages, prepare for networking conversations, follow up effectively, and communicate your Career Story in a way that creates meaningful connections.
Yes.
Whether you're evaluating a new opportunity, responding to an offer, considering a counteroffer, or preparing for a compensation discussion, 1Yes can help you think through your options.
The goal isn't simply to negotiate for more money. It's to make informed decisions that align with your long-term career goals.
Only you can make the final decision, but 1Yes can help you think through your options clearly.
Career decisions are rarely as simple as they appear on the surface.
1Yes can help you evaluate opportunities, tradeoffs, risks, and clarify what's driving your decision.
Sometimes the right move is to leave. Sometimes it's not. The goal is to make the decision with confidence and a clear understanding of what comes next.
Account & Privacy
Your information is used only to personalize your experience inside 1Yes.
Your resume, Career Story, documents, coaching conversations, and account information help 1Yes provide more relevant guidance and recommendations over time.
We believe your career data belongs to you and we treat it accordingly.
Yes.
You can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time.
If you choose to leave 1Yes, we'll make the process straightforward and transparent.
No.
Your personal information, career history, documents, and coaching conversations are yours alone. They're used to support your experience inside 1Yes, not to train public AI models.
Protecting your privacy and maintaining trust are core principles of the platform.
Yes.
Your Career Story is yours.
You can export, copy and paste it into your own docs and use it however you'd like, whether that's updating your resume, refining your LinkedIn profile, preparing for interviews, working with a recruiter, or simply maintaining your own career records.
