"Do job seekers need cover letters?" is a perennial question that stumps both job seekers and some career professionals. Yet, a cover letter plays a powerful role in a successful and expedited job search. As such, we created this best practices tip sheet to help resume writers and other career pros to understand the value of the cover letter, how to write Read More >
Resume Writers: Final Day to Grow Your Biz with TORI Awards
Resume Writers, this is it! If you want the chance to dramatically grow your business, today is the last day to register for the TORI resume award competition. Don't forget that you still have a generous amount of time to prepare entries as they are not due until August 3, 2021! But you have to get at least one category purchased today! We can't Read More >
TORI Resume Awards & the Value of $40 to Grow Your Biz – 2 days left
Let's face it - $40 doesn't go that far today. It won't buy dinner, let alone dinner and a movie. It won't fill your gas tank. It won't buy a really good pair of shoes. Heck, it frequently doesn't cover your monthly gym membership. Today, forty bucks has become small change. Yet everyone's still working hard to earn it and figure out how to use it to Read More >
Resume Writers: [Infographic] WIFM TORI Award Competition – 3 days left
Every year we hear from resume writers desperate to grow their businesses as rapidly as possible. There's a lot on the line when you are self-employed or needing to attract subcontracting opportunities! For 21 years the answer has always been the same: Enter the Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) Award competition. Then out come the excuses. I Read More >
Tools, News & Hacks for Career Pros & Resume Writers – July 2021
I hope everyone is getting to take a little middle of summer time off for fun. But everywhere I look in The Great Resignation era, I see career professionals busier than they have ever been! So, don't forget to take some time for you and a little fun since balance is important to not burning out. Here are some more great tips, tricks, tools, news, hacks, and Read More >
How a TORI Resume Award Can Make a Business Grow Almost Overnight
As a professional resume writer, do you find yourself wondering just how CDI can state: "Winning or being nominated for a TORI resume writing award is the highest ROI way to grow your business almost overnight." In this post I'll show you exactly how that's repeatedly been proven to be true! If you do wonder this, turns out you're not alone. I received Read More >
How Resume Writers & Career Coaches Meet The Great Resignation (Infographic)
As a resume writer, career coach, or other career practitioner, are you ready for The Great Resignation? In this infographic and supporting resources, I've detailed trends, facts, strategies, and resources to help you show up to meet increased job seeker demands with grace, balance, and empowerment. In April of 2020 I forecasted a Post-COVID-19 Market Read More >
6-Figure Strategy for Resume Writers and Career Coaches (Video Lesson)
This was an amazing deep-dive coaching and strategy event on 6-figure+ strategy for CDI member resume writers and career coaches! So many pearls of wisdom came out of this to help stabilize and grow your business without stress. Modeled after our monthly Fly Higher Tribe group events, participants were able to ask their pressing questions and then we dove Read More >
Resume Writers: Win a TORI Award With New Classic Design Resume Categories (Video Tour)
CDI is so excited to introduce our new classic design resume categories to the annual TORI award resume writing competition. This is wonderful news for resume writers who don't go in for all the graphic design that has become so popular in the TORI competition these last few years. If this is you, you no longer have to miss out on this explosive Read More >
2nd Attempt, Same Resume = She Won a TORI Award (23 Days Left)
Resume Writers: Have you entered the TORIs and never been nominated, or been nominated and then not won? In 2021, it's time to rethink entering again -- even possibly the same resume as before -- as it's a whole new ballgame with the introduction of the Classic Design categories! But outside of that, sometimes all it takes is a second try! TORI winner, Read More >