VisualCV

You’re looking at my new VisualCV.  VisualCV.com has reinvented the resume and will soon revolutionize career management.  Read more about the company, the benefits and great uses for your own VisualCVs, and once you’ve reviewed my VisualCV — get started creating your own.  You can also check out some of the VisualCV team's VisualCVs to give you some more ideas of how to build your own.  And, you can pre-register your business for a Company VisualCV.  Have fun, and let me know what you think…

• Careers-industry expert: award-winning executive resume writer, author, speaker, and trainer.
• Prolific writer, author of 19 published books and countless articles in traditional and online publications.
• Experienced presenter to large and small groups, earning consistently excellent audience evaluations.

BOOKS

• How to Choose the Right Person for the Right Job Every Time, 2005 (with Lori Davila)
  MCGRAW-HILL, New York, NY

• Insider’s Guide to the VisualCV, 2008
  VISUALCV, INC., Reston, VA

• Executive Job Search for $100,000 to $1 Million + Jobs, 2006 (with Wendy S. Enelow)
  IMPACT PUBLICATIONS, Manassas, VA

• Directory of Professional Resume Writers, 2008
• Executive’s Pocket Guide to ROI Resumes and Job Search, 2006 (with Jan Melnik)
• Cover Letter Magic, 2001; Second Edition, 2003; Third Edition, 2006 (with Wendy S. Enelow)
• “Expert Resume” Series (with Wendy S. Enelow)

            * Expert Resumes for Baby Boomers, 2007

            * Expert Resumes For Computer And Web Jobs, 2001; Second Edition, 2005

            * Expert Resumes for Military-to-Civilian Career Transitions, 2005

            * Expert Resumes for Career Changers, 2004

            * Expert Resumes For Teachers And Educators, 2002; Second Edition, 2004

            * Expert Resumes for Health Care Professions, 2003

            * Expert Resumes for People Returning to Work, 2003

            * Expert Resumes for Managers & Executives, 2002

            * Expert Resumes For Manufacturing Careers, 2002

• 15-Minute Cover Letter, 2005 (with Mike Farr)
• Best Resumes for College Students and New Grads, 2002; Second Edition, 2005
• Sales & Marketing Resumes For $100,000 Careers, 2000; Second Edition, 2004
• Sales Careers: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a High-Paying Sales Job, 2003 (with Ted Newill)
• America’s Top Resumes For America’s Top Jobs, 2002 (with Mike Farr)
  JIST PUBLISHING, Indianapolis, IN

ARTICLES

• Editorial Board Member, Recruiting Trends (a Kennedy Information publication), 2007–Present
• Contributing Writer:
  * Career Masters Connection, 2000–Present
  * Monster.com HR Forum, 2005–2007
  * Execu-Notes (an ExecuNet publication), 2002, 2003, 2005
  * Careerjournal.Com/National Business Employment Weekly (Wall Street Journal publications), 1998–2006
• Resource to career writers at Business Week Online, CareerJournal.com, other print and online publications, and radio programs. Frequently featured and quoted.

PRESENTATIONS

  Professional Conference Presentations

• Career Directors International, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  
• Career Masters Institute, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Professional Association of Resume Writers, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003
• National Resume Writers’ Association, 1998, 2001, 2008
  

    Advanced Writing Workshops

• Tele-classes and in-person presentations to career professionals nationwide, 2001–Present

    Job-Seeker and Recruiter Presentations

• ExecuNet, Bluesteps, and Kennedy Information teleseminars for executives in career transition
• Four-time presenter, Kennedy Recruiting Conference & Expo
• Repeat lecturer to transitioning military at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
• Monster.com Diversity Weekend, 2002

    Corporate and Association Presentations

• Recent presentations to Utah SHRM Conference, Utah HR Forum, Institute for Supply Management

I love my work! In addition to working directly with my clients, I spend lots of time mentoring fledgling resume writers. As a Board member of a professional association, I help plan conferences and other programs, and I'll travel just about anywhere to give a speech or participate in a conference. (Yes, you can tempt me to address your group... buy me a plane ticket and let's talk!)

To balance all of those 60-hour work weeks I take lots of time off. My passion is travel, and I derive almost as much enjoyment from planning it as doing it. I actually enjoy the experience of traveling - I am unaccountably happy at airports, on trains, in subways, and walking down the streets of a new city.

I have two practically perfect children of whom I'm very proud. My daughter is a medical student, living in New York City (nice to have an excuse to travel there!), and my son is a junior at Ohio State studying visual communications design. He's artistic and musical (switched at birth?!) - you can check out his band at www.thepinstripes.net.

I somehow hit the lottery in the marriage department (28 years and counting) and enjoy golfing, skiing, biking, and boating with my husband. Our most memorable trips together have been biking tours in Europe... we're thinking about Costa Rica this year, if we don't make it to Australia.

I'm really interested in the entire world of work - what people do, how they do it, what makes them excel, and the dynamics of successful companies. I'm inspired by the VisualCV team and looking forward to what they'll do next!