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8-time certified resume expert Laura Smith-Proulx has gained a 98% success rate winning interviews for top CTO, CIO, COO, CFO, SVP, Director, and IT jobs. Holding credentials that place her among the top resume writers worldwide, she is the Executive Director of An Expert Resume, the author of "How to Get Hired Faster: 60+ Proven Tips & Resources to Access the Hidden Job Market," and a global resume industry award-winning writer. Writing ... (Read More)

Executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx is an award-winning resume expert, former recruiter, and 7-time credentialed career authority. The Executive Director of An Expert Resume, she has been featured in ComputerWorld, CareerBuilder, The Wall Street Journal FINS, and Biospace.com, with work published in 8 career bestsellers. Trying to engage high-level decision-makers in your job search? Planning to contact recruiters or network during business meetings? ... (Read More)

Award-winning executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, TCCS, CPBA, CIC is a global resume authority and former recruiter who partners with CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, COO, SVP, VP, Director, IT, and other leadership candidates to win interviews at Fortune-ranked companies. The Executive Director of An Expert Resume, Laura's work has been honored with international resume writing awards, with publication in 8 career bestsellers. She is a frequent media ... (Read More)

Award-winning executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, TCCS, CPBA, CIC is a global resume branding authority and former recruiter who partners with CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, COO, SVP, VP, Director, and other leadership candidates to win interviews at Fortune-ranked companies. The Executive Director of An Expert Resume, Laura's work has been honored with international industry awards, plus publication in 8 career books. Published in ... (Read More)

  If you miss this opportunity, you'll have to wait until October for the next session. Registrations close at midnight on Monday, March 21. We have a limited number of seats available at the late fee pricing for those who missed the early registration. Even at that amount, it's priceless!   Don't you want to be one of the first to earn the distinction of "Certified Mentor"? Here's your last chance to register... click on the link below to ... (Read More)

Do you need to give your career a boost? Do you want to have skills and credentials that will distinguish you from your peers?  Become a Certified Mentor through WOVI. If you have questions about participating, contact our program administrator for all the details: CMProgram@wovi.com  And, consider this...The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has this to say about the benefits of being a mentee: "Mentees gain invaluable insight beyond ... (Read More)

WOVI, Inc. proudly announces the highly anticipated launch of the Mentor Certification program. Mentoring is one of the keystones of the WOVI, Inc. organization. We feel so strongly about the benefits of mentoring (and mentoring done well) that we are sponsoring the first-of-its-kind Mentor Certification program. It's common for people to mentor without knowing the skill and art of mentoring. This program provides you with knowledge and skills that you will use ... (Read More)

Award-winning executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, TCCS, CPBA, CIC is a global resume authority and former recruiter who partners with CEO, CIO, CTO, CFO, COO, SVP, VP, Director, and other leadership candidates to win interviews at Fortune-ranked companies. The Executive Director of An Expert Resume, Laura's work has been honored with numerous international industry awards, with publication in 8 career bestsellers. She is a ... (Read More)

  J.M. Auron is a published technical resume authority and former recruiter who crafts compelling resumes and cover letters that capture career essentials, seize and hold the attention of hiring manager, and open the door for the crucial first interview. Mr. Auron is the owner of QuantumTechResumes, a technical resume services firm. Writing an effective, compelling technical resume presents unique challenges. As a professional resume writer and former ... (Read More)

Executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, CIC, TCCS, works with executives and senior-level professionals to land choice jobs at major corporations, with a 98% interview-winning success rate. The Executive Director of An Expert Resume and a credentialed social media expert, executive resume writer, career coach, and interview coach, she has been been quoted and published in Localjobnetwork.com, The Denver Post, Wall Street Journal FINS, SHRM, and more, ... (Read More)

Award-winning executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, CIC of An Expert Resume has earned a 98% success rate landing top jobs at Fortune-ranked corporations for leadership professionals. The author of How to Get Hired Faster, she is a frequent media source, blogger, job search coach, and national resume columnist whose work has been published in 8 career bestsellers. So you’ve written and re-written your executive ... (Read More)

Ah, the beginning of summer. A time when baseball season is in full swing, swimming pools open and, of course, graduation time – when 20-somethings to working adults who have spent the past several years studying so diligently finally reap the fruits of their labor. And then, conversely, there are those individuals that have purchased their degrees from a “diploma mill.” As a human resource professional, if you are not familiar with that term, you ought ... (Read More)

It’s an enticing notion to be able to peek into an applicant’s personal life and secretly find out who they “really” are. But would-be snoopers be wary – using social media as an employee background check tool can be like taking a stroll through a minefield. There is no doubt that the use of the Internet and social networking sites to recruit candidates and screen applicants is on the rise. And more than any other in recent memory, this topic ... (Read More)

No matter how you look at it, the recent Ohio State shooting was a tragedy - there’s no debate about it. But much of the coverage thus far has focused on the background check of the shooter and debating has begun on what should and shouldn’t have come up in this person’s record and if this tragedy could have somehow been prevented. As many details are either still cloudy or have yet to be released, we should  refraining from this type of ... (Read More)

  The U.S. Senate is ready to approve the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, which is aimed at increasing jobs by giving employers a "payroll tax holiday." Under the HIRE Act, employers would not have to pay the employer's share of Social Security tax for new employees hired through the remainder of 2010 if they have been unemployed for at least 60 days, and the "holiday" would begin as soon as the day after the law is enacted. ... (Read More)