Information is great — articles, newsletters, audio recordings, webinars… but what about when you just want some tips on the best way to handle something, and you want them quick??

That’s why CDI provides members with Best Practice Tip Sheets!

What they do:

Provide critical, detailed answers and best practices for handling your most challenging questions in client relations, resume writing, practice management, career coaching, and much more. Some tip sheets are even written directly to the job seeker so that you can share them as-is with your clients. 

Tip sheet topics:

CDI adds approximately 5-10 new tip sheets a year to the member’s section of resources. Here is the current list of best practice tip sheets that members have access to, with more always on the way.

Business

• Beyond LinkedIn: Winning marketing strategy and client services for resume writers and career coaches
• Your career business website: build, fix, and future-proof it (2026 Ed.) – 11 pages!
• Navigating career industry scams discussion recap report: protecting ourselves, our clients, and our industry
• Best practices in video marketing for your business
• Build authority and capture new business through blogging
• Blogging strategy: organize your blog to never miss a posting opportunity + editorial calendar
• Pricing strategies for resume writing, career coaching, and service packages
• Demonstrating cost of employment vs. cost of career services
• Crafting a powerful and protective client agreement
• Identifying difficult clients
• Setting boundaries and controlling clients
• Strategies and tips for income tax preparation
• Adding value to resume packages with bonus items
• Attracting new clients with FREE promotional teleclasses and webinars
• Using resume writing and career coaching guarantees
• Relaxing and de-stressing
• Taking a vacation without getting hassled or losing business
• Data backup strategies
• Selecting a credit card processor
• Calculating your prices/rates
• Client follow up strategies
• Documents and tools job seekers need you to sell them
• Email templates to enhance communications & save time
• Increase your business with professional referrals (10 pages!)
• Growing your business through client referrals
• Subcontracting from both sides of the contract (10 pages!)

Interviewing, Job Search & Career Coaching

• AI Interview Tools: 15 Prompts to Boost Job Seeker Success (6 page done-for-you job seeker tip sheet)
• How to Leverage LinkedIn as a Job Search Tool (10 page done-for-you job seeker tip sheet)
• How to successfully navigate the hidden job market
• How to work confidently with executive job seekers
• Virtual interviewing for job seekers
• Leveraging job boards for job search and resume writing + Client handout
• Creating interview portfolios
• Salary negotiation for job seekers
• Helping older job seekers
• Questioning strategies for coaching clients on job search
• Strategies for job seeker telephone interview preparation
• Educating clients on survival jobs
• Networking for job search success
• Job seekers: keep your balance while looking for a job
• Documents and tools job seekers need you to sell them

Resumes, Documents & Social Profiles

• Best resume writing and profile strategies for jobs with Meta
• Best resume writing and profile strategies for jobs with Microsoft
• Best resume writing and profile strategies for jobs with Amazon
• Best resume writing and profile strategies for jobs with Apple
• Resume writing & profile strategies for jobs with Netflix
• Resume writing & profile strategies for jobs with Google
• Resume writing: what to avoid
• Resumes and bios for board of directors (executive) clients
• How to work confidently with executive job seekers
• Do job seekers need cover letters? How to write and price them for win-win success
• How to create and sell one-page networking resumes + sample resumes
• Educate clients on resume tailoring + Client template
• Personal branding for job seekers
• Leveraging job boards for job search and resume writing
• Documents and tools job seekers need you to sell them
• Creating resumes that visually pop (14 pages!)
• Creating employment reference pages
• Writing the professional biography
• Resume Writing: strategies for interviewing your clients (5 pages!)
• Step-by-Step Winning LinkedIn Profiles (9 page done-for-you job seeker tip sheet)
• Helping older job seekers
• Resources for creating military transition documents
• Handling employment gaps in the resume
• Recommended fonts for resumes
• Writing resume for career changers
• Helping clients with multiple job targets
• Resumes and CVs for the UK
• Resumes and CVs for Canada
• Resumes and CVs for Australia

MORE TO COME EACH MONTH!