It's common for resume writers to wonder how long it takes to prepare a TORI entry and how the entry's style might differ from a regular resume. We went right to the source and asked former winners, and 12 shared their thoughts for this Q&A lesson on: TORI Entry Planning & Scheduling: Tips from Resume Writing Award Winners on time involvement and Read More >
How to Successfully Navigate the Hidden Job Market (Best Practice Tip Sheet)
When it comes to how to navigate the hidden job market, there is a lot of confusion to clear up along with effective strategy that career professionals (career coaches and resume writers) can impart to their job-seeking clients. Research shows that 80% of jobs are not publicly advertised. How then, are job seekers supposed to find jobs? To answer this Read More >
16 Resume Writing Video Tutorials from Winning Resume Writers
Did you know that CDI has 16 (and growing) resume writing how-to video tutorials from the industry's top TORI resume award winners? Even better, we've had at least two recent winners tell us it was those lessons, which are free to members, that gave them the ability to up their resume writing game for the win! The TORI award competition is slowly clicking Read More >
TORI Resume Entry Selection: Tips from Resume Writing Award Winners
One of the things that we're told stump many resume writers is how to perform TORI resume entry selection when preparing to enter the annual competition. You likely have found yourself wondering, "What resumes are best, and why?" We went right to the source and asked former winners, and 12 shared their thoughts for this Q&A lesson on: TORI Resume Entry Read More >
Creating Client Job Search Momentum & Accountability (Video Lesson)
Job search equals networking but far too often as career coaches we find that our clients become completely overwhelmed, and don't know where or how to start. In our socially-distanced world, having a way to vet and utilize a network for job search is more important than ever. So we reached out to Barbara Safani, creator of the CareerSolvers Job Search Read More >
Tools, News & Hacks for Career Pros & Resume Writers – April 2021
How can it be April 2021? Time seems to be flying by this year and there are so many things happening. There have been many changes and new offerings for small business owners, resume writers, and career coaches. So it's time to share some great industry resources, changes, information, tools, and tips courtesy of CDI leadership and the Education Read More >
TORI Resume Writing Award Judges Share Tips & Strategies – Part Two
The best business builder for resume writers is winning or being nominated for the annual Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) awards resume writing competition. So we're excited to bring you the final four Q&A responses to your competition and resume writing questions that were answered by nine of our past TORI judges. For this second and final part Read More >
TORI Resume Writing Award Judges Share Tips & Strategies – Part One
You'd like to enter the Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) awards resume writing competition but you've got questions. So we got answers to your resume writing questions direct from the TORI award judges! We posed 8 questions to all our former judges (many former TORI winners) and 8 replied with their advice, strategies, and insider scoop. For part one Read More >
Resume Writing Intake Process to Elevate Writing & Client Experience (Video Lesson)
When you are a professional resume writer, showing up for your clients successfully comes down to being able to get to the heart of their data in order to position them to successfully land interviews. But it can be challenging to extract the information you need from questionnaires, interviews, or even both. That's why I'm excited that TORI resume writing Read More >
17 Key Topics to Cover in Job Interview Strategy Sessions
Resume writers and career coaches, today I'm sharing with you what topics you need to hit with your clients to help them be prepared to nail the interview and salary negotiation process. It kind of reminds me of the Goldilocks story because in talking with career professionals I hear a lot of confusion about what should be discussed. Should I assume Read More >