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 Read More >
Intro to the Federal Resume Writing & Application Process (Video Lesson)
If you're a professional resume writer, then the topic of federal resume writing has likely come up. Like many, you may have found yourself stymied by the complex process, extra requirements, vast differences from civilian resumes, and even trying to determine if your client truly meets the appropriate criteria to Read More >
Recruiters on Keyword Sections, Hard Skills & ATS in Resume Writing
With high volumes of applications, many companies rely on applicant tracking software (ATS) to screen suitable candidates based on keywords―and when reviewed by the human eye, most recruiters spend less than 9 seconds scanning a resume. To ensure job seekers make it over these first hurtles, the CDI Education Committee Read More >
Done-For-You Consultation Script & Sales Strategy for Resume Writing & Career Services
If you are a self-employed resume writer, career coach, or both, the only thing standing between you and a profitable business is process. Today I am very excited to have created this one-stop, comprehensive 28-page done-for-you consultation script and sales strategy for resume writing and career services. With this process Read More >
Recruiters Speak on the Advantages of Holiday Job Search
Many job seekers believe that hiring doesn’t happen during the holidays, grinding their possible holiday job search to a halt. Contrary to this common misconception, many companies continue to hire over this period, making it a prime time to execute a well strategized job search when there is less competition. Read More >
Career Entrepreneur Holiday Survive and Thrive Guide (Audio)
As an entrepreneur, the winter holidays can be a sense of hope and inspiration or tension and stress. It's very much a push-pull of having to work, wanting to use downtime, and also wanting and/or needing to take part in activities that can refuel you in your work. Whatever your Read More >
Recruiter Tips on Preparing Job Seekers for Virtual Job Interviews
With work from home arrangements now the norm, virtual job interviews have become quite common. As career professionals, we need to know how to best prepare our clients for these types of interactions. To understand the changes that are taking place in virtual interviewing, the CDI Education Committee reached out Read More >
Graphic Resume Design and ATS with Marie Plett (Video)
Do you wish you could kick up your resumes with some graphic sass but don’t know quite how to start? Are you also worried that more visually distinctive elements will hurt your resumes with ATS? In this recording of a live Q&A session, Marie Plett offers you solutions, strategies, and ideas Read More >
Over 50 Best Practice Tip Sheets for Resume Writers, Coaches & Career Biz Owners
Whether it's resume writing, career coaching, job search, strategy, or growing and managing your practice, you want the best practices available to do it right the first time. There's no reason to hunt down articles and piece together processes when CDI offers over 50 handy, downloadable best practice tip sheets Read More >
Cracking the Outplacement Code for Resume Writers & Career Coaches (Video)
With our current market trends, the demand for outplacement and career transition assistance from qualified resume writers and career coaches has been on the rise. If you have been wondering if this is something that you, a solopreneur, can take on, the answer is yes! You may have heard me, Read More >
