Announcing 2016 TORI Resume Writing Award Winners

It’s TORI winner announcement time!

For 17 consecutive years CDI has been hosting the resume writing industry’s most prestigious Toast of the Resume Industry™ (TORI) resume writing competition.

The TORIs are an international competition in which contestants submit their best resume writing work in a specific category.

Nominees and winners are selected by two separate panels or judges (former award winners and/or individuals with elite master-level credentials) who review entries blind (no writer identification).

There are five nominees and a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place award in each of the eight categories:

• Accounting / FInance
• Executive
• Healthcare / Medical
• Hospitality
• Information Technology
• International
• New Graduate
• Sales

The TORIs are recognized as a coveted industry accolade as they designate the best of the best to job seekers and produce such intense ROI for both nominees and winners.

Help us in recognizing and celebrating the following nominees winners. Their resumes will be posted on the TORI Winner page in December.

Best Accounting & Finance Resume

1st Place – Marie Plett
2nd Place – Donald Burns
3rd Place – Kimberly Robb Bake

Best Executive Resume

1st Place – Marie Plett
2nd Place – Laura Smith-Proulx
3rd Place – Eve Ruth

Best Healthcare/Medical Resume

1st Place – Donald Burns
2nd Place – Marlene Cole
3rd Place – Laura Smith-Proulx

Best Hospitality Resume

1st Place – Freddie Rohner
2nd Place – Rosa Vargas
3rd Place – Shelly Piper

Best Information Technology Resume

1st Place – Adrienne Tom
2nd Place – Sandra Ingemansen
3rd Place – Marlene Cole

Best International Resume

1st Place – Marie Plett
2nd Place – Jennifer Miller
3rd Place – Adrienne Tom

Best New Graduate Resume

1st Place – Eve Ruth
2nd Place – Victoria McLean
3rd Place – Ashleyanne Spencer-Smith

Best Sales Resume

1st Place – Ashleyanne Spencer-Smith
2nd Place – Adrienne Tom
3rd Place – Rosa Vargas

Winners will be announced in mid-October.

Visit our Award Page to view additional information such as nominees and former winning resumes. The winning resumes will be posted to this page in December. 

Interested in entering the TORIs? Learn more about the competition here. 

Special Thanks to 2016 Judges:

Director of Awards – Audrey Prenzel – Audrey Prenzel Career Transition Services

Annemarie Cross – Advanced Employment Concepts
Laurie Berenson – Sterling Career Concepts, LLC
Erin Kennedy – Professional Resume Services
Jeri Hird Dutcher – Workwrite LLC
Grant Cooper – CareerPro of New Orleans / Strategic Resumes
Susan Guarneri – AssessmentGoddess.com
Barb Poole – Hire Imaging, LLC
Laura Labovich – The Career Strategy Group
Darlene Dassy – Dynamic Résumé Solutions
Jill Kelly – Outplacement Australia / Career Edge
Melissa Cooley – The Job Quest, LLC
Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter – Career Trend
Amy Adler – Five Strengths Career Transition Experts