As we trail out of the COVID pandemic, it’s been an eye-opening business experience for many resume writers, career coaches, and their clients. We’ve been by your side forecasting, supporting, and ensuring you have the tools both you and your clients need to make it through any challenging times of uncertainty.
Whether it’s shareable infographics to educate job seekers, guided coaching sessions to overcome barriers and challenges, or actionable resources and tools for creating sustainable and profitable business during difficult times, we’re always working hard to provide leading resources for our global career services leaders!
This page presents a repository of resources for thriving in challenging times, which we will continue to add to. Many of these helpful resources are available free to both non-members and members.
Resources include:
Disaster-Proof Your Small Business (Core Lesson)
If we’ve learned anything from COVID, it’s that emergencies can and do happen so it’s critical that you disaster-proof your business. Career entrepreneurs, you NEED to read this now! Disasters aren’t just about pandemics, hurricanes, floods, and natural catastrophes that put your business out of commission. It’s the unexpected little…
Cover Letters: Poll Shows They Still Count + Strategies to Succeed
Recently the Wall Street Journal published the article, Job Hunters Take A Stand: We’re Not Writing Cover Letters. While truly a sign of the Great Resignation in our post-COVID world, the opinion of some job seekers doesn’t necessarily mean that cover letters are dead or don’t have their place in…
Recruiters Speak About Listing COVID Vaccination Status on Your Resume
As we continue to navigate our post-pandemic world, many new questions and debates are popping up on COVID-19 vaccination status and at what point it’s appropriate to disclose that information to prospective employers. With many workplaces mandating full vaccination as a requirement, job seekers and career professionals are questioning whether…
Expert Strategies On How Job Seekers Can Find a New Career During COVID-19
During the last two years we’ve seen the world turned upside down, leaving many workers without employment or industries to return to. Many find themselves having to ask how to find a new career during COVID-19 and beyond. We’ve polled our expert membership of resume writers and career coaches by…
New COVID-Related Job Interview Questions Job Seekers Should Ask Employers
Should job seekers be asking potential employers new and different interview questions thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic? The answer is yes, and our experts have several questions for you to consider below. In CDI’s continuous pursuit of new industry trends, we reached out to our expert member resume writers and…
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…
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…
Post-COVID Job Hunt And Hiring Practices
The UK gоvеrnmеnt hаѕ implemented ѕоmе еxtrаоrdinаrу mеаѕurеѕ in an exceptionally ѕhоrt реriоd оf timе tо соuntеr thе spread оf thе соrоnаviruѕ. Nееdlеѕѕ tо ѕау, it has саught mаnу соmраniеѕ bу ѕurрriѕе and disrupted workflows, еvеntѕ and nоrmаl hiring рrасtiсеѕ. There is plenty of infоrmаtiоn out there about thе ѕtерѕ…
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…
Hiring and Recruitment Practices in Times of Crisis Such as COVID-19 (Recruiter Voice)
Recruiting and hiring practices can drastically change in times of a crisis. With the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world, job seekers have had to adjust to abrupt changes in the job market and recruitment process. To help our clients pivot in these uncertain times, the CDI Education Committee posed this…
How Resume Writers & Career Coaches Prepare for a Post-COVID-19 Market Boom (Infographic)
COVID-19 created global unemployment levels unprecedented in our lifetime. Over the past year, from quarantines to vaccinations, we’ve seen the work life of millions worldwide impacted as some businesses are still closed, some fail to reopen, priorities shift, and budgets are not available for rehiring. For resume writers, career coaches,…
Business Strategy, Coaching & COVID Support Career Pro Webinar (Video)
Need to super-charge your resume writing or career coaching practice during this challenging time? Want to amp up your resume writing skills in the downtime? Need some positivity and motivation? Then this webinar recording is for you! This was a powerful live event! In fact we went 90 minutes instead…
Coaching + Strategies in Resiliency, Mindset & Business Positioning During COVID-19
I’m excited to share with you the recording of yesterday’s session: Coaching and Strategies in Resiliency, Mindset, and Business Positioning During Market Distress! (The recording link is listed below). You’ve probably listened to some of my business strategy tip videos and lessons. But, unless you’ve participated in a F2F event…
14 Ways Resume Writers & Career Coaches Can Thrive in Uncertainty
You’re a resume writer or career coach looking around at the dominoes falling around your most recent major challenges — the impact on hiring and career services from coronavirus COVID-19. But let’s face it, there are two critical things to know here: It could be ANY time of uncertainty; COVID…
