You will have a hard time finding a seo specialist because you make way too many wrong assumptions about what a seo specialist is and you do not understand very well how seo works.
First of all, seo specialist = total different from webdesign.
Second, you should understand there are no ranking guarantees for seo, no legit seo company can guarantee you 1st or 2nd place in google. That is not how the industry works. Can a lawyer guarantee that you will win a case? No, he does his best with the case, advise you, but in the end the judges decide. Similar with seo, you do the best you can with the website, but google decides in the end how to do the ranking. You can only improve your chances, no guarantees.
Also, seo specialists do not usually have resumes with past results, because they are irrelevant - websites rankings change all the time, someone might do some other work on the website after he left and get it penalized, etc..
Some advice:
Do not buy any predefined seo package.
You need someone to take a look at your website, see in which state it is, how is your competition, which keywords you want to rank for, which keywords you should try to rank for, and then formulate a strategy on how to implement and reach your goals.
Predefined seo packages are for people who know a little bit about the seo and can make a decision on what type of backlinks and how many they need for ranking. If you have no idea, do not go with any pre defined seo packages, as it is a gamble (most are ineffective anyway without a good strategy to back them up).
Second, there is a difference between getting to number 1-2 in google, and staying there. If you employ a seo specialist and you pay him x,xxx$ to get you to number 1, he can do that using certain short term techniques, show you that you are number 1, get the money, and then after a couple days/ weeks, you will fall from your position, because he did not use long term sustainable seo techniques, because his objectives are not aligned with yours.
Third, there is blackhat seo, and (mostly) whitehat seo. If you employ a seo specialist that uses blackhat techniques and gets your site penalized, the damage is virtually irreparable, because that domain will be permanently flagged by google, and it is very hard to lift a serious penalty on a domain - you may be forced to completely change your website domain if you want to rank again in google. This is something you should also be aware of.
Best course of action would be to follow the recommendation for a seo specialist by someone you trust who has used similar services with good success.
First of all, seo specialist = total different from webdesign.
Second, you should understand there are no ranking guarantees for seo, no legit seo company can guarantee you 1st or 2nd place in google. That is not how the industry works. Can a lawyer guarantee that you will win a case? No, he does his best with the case, advise you, but in the end the judges decide. Similar with seo, you do the best you can with the website, but google decides in the end how to do the ranking. You can only improve your chances, no guarantees.
Also, seo specialists do not usually have resumes with past results, because they are irrelevant - websites rankings change all the time, someone might do some other work on the website after he left and get it penalized, etc..
Some advice:
Do not buy any predefined seo package.
You need someone to take a look at your website, see in which state it is, how is your competition, which keywords you want to rank for, which keywords you should try to rank for, and then formulate a strategy on how to implement and reach your goals.
Predefined seo packages are for people who know a little bit about the seo and can make a decision on what type of backlinks and how many they need for ranking. If you have no idea, do not go with any pre defined seo packages, as it is a gamble (most are ineffective anyway without a good strategy to back them up).
Second, there is a difference between getting to number 1-2 in google, and staying there. If you employ a seo specialist and you pay him x,xxx$ to get you to number 1, he can do that using certain short term techniques, show you that you are number 1, get the money, and then after a couple days/ weeks, you will fall from your position, because he did not use long term sustainable seo techniques, because his objectives are not aligned with yours.
Third, there is blackhat seo, and (mostly) whitehat seo. If you employ a seo specialist that uses blackhat techniques and gets your site penalized, the damage is virtually irreparable, because that domain will be permanently flagged by google, and it is very hard to lift a serious penalty on a domain - you may be forced to completely change your website domain if you want to rank again in google. This is something you should also be aware of.
Best course of action would be to follow the recommendation for a seo specialist by someone you trust who has used similar services with good success.