I'm very excited and pleased to announce that Resumes for Dummies, 8th edition is now available for purchase! This new edition is packed with updated content plus new chapters on creating graphic resumes, more resume samples, and a whole chapter of TORI award-winning resumes. If you are a job seeker, Read More >
Video Tip: Easy Steps to Finding Time to Meet Your Big Goals
We've all got something we yearn to do but keep putting off.... It could be starting a diet or publishing a book, reading a book or creating an evergreen (sales-while-you-sleep) product. I bet you resume writers want to enter the TORIs! What if I told you that I made $300,000 Read More >
Video Tip: Is the resume really dead?
At Career Directors International we are constantly asked by professional resume writers: Is the resume dead? Is our profession going to end soon? Will we become obsolete? So, as part of our volunteer Board of Directors met in Orlando, FL last week, this is one of the questions we wanted Read More >
Video Tip: Fastest & Easiest Way Resume Writers Can Grow Their Businesses
If you excel as a professional resume writer, it's time to stop struggling to get clients and successfully charge what you are worth. At CDI, we have the secret to doing just that. If you've looked around at some of the top-charging resume writers in the marketplace, you might notice Read More >
Secrets to Writing New Graduate Resumes (Video Master Class)
This is a one-hour on-demand webinar! New graduate resumes can be so rewarding and profitable! But they are a completely different animal from any other type of resume we write! You can’t see them as quick and easy if you want them to work. Instead, you need to leverage a Read More >
Video Tip: Packaging Sweet Spot for Resume Writers & Career Coaches
By now you may have figured out that I am ALL ABOUT packaging your services, regardless of whether they are resume writing, coaching, and/or other career service solutions. Yes, solutions! It just makes sense for these reasons: Client success: They rarely know what they actually need to be successful without Read More >
New Graduate Resume Writing Decoded (New Member Lesson)
When a resume writer tells me they love writing new graduate resumes because they are fast and easy, I cringe inside. The only thing more complex than a new graduate resume (done right) is a resume for an IT project manager who constantly changes companies and projects! Unlike experienced working Read More >
Video Tip: What You Focus on IS What You Will Sell
Let's face it, as a resume writer, career coach, or full career service provider, you want the best for your clients; you want them to succeed. However, I see industry professionals making the same mistakes over and over, causing this: Lower per-client sales. Clients who don't walk away with the Read More >
Recruiter Voice on What Job Seekers Should Do When Working with a Recruiter
Do your clients work with recruiters in their job search? Do you wonder what could make clients’ experiences more successful? When our clients don’t hear back from recruiters, they can sometimes take the wrong turn by going against recruiters’ wishes. But what are those wishes? The CDI Education Committee posed Read More >
19 Year CDI Celebration – Share Your Story for Prizes
Easy steps to join the celebration and win prizes! Take 3 minutes to watch the video below and learn more. View the infographic below that highlights 19 years of CDI contributions and successes. Spread the word to be entered in our drawing: (1) Share your CDI stories, successes, memories, and Read More >
