Powerful Executive Branding for Your Leadership Career
Become the Candidate of Choice with a Branded Executive Resume Portfolio
“I had the extreme pleasure of doing business with Laura over the past two months. I am an executive in the midst of transition, and was very anxious handing over such a diverse background and set of future goals to a complete stranger.
Laura took many hours of speaking with me, researching and crafting, what I can only say is an amazing new rebranded set of credentials for me. I am still astonished at how someone who has not known me for 20 years could write something that seemed like they were there every step
of the way.
I would vigorously endorse Laura and her work."
Chris. D., IT Executive
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I am sending this note to advise you that I accepted a position with XXX Corporation as their Operations Director. You were right - the resume very adequately proved my strengths and my employer was quite impressed. I will be referring you to my friends and colleagues, since I want them to be as successful as I was in this search.
- S.T., Operations Director
Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, CIC is a former recruiter with a strategic focus on personal branding for YOUR career.
A certified and award-nominated resume expert, her work is published in these career bestsellers.
 (Later) Thank you for your assistance for the posltion of Operations Director at XXX Financial Corporation. I accepted the job last Friday." -Judy D., Operations Director |
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Strategic Executive Marketing for Outstanding Results
In today's job market, an executive portfolio is a must. Recruiters will often be viewing your resume in a Blackberry-type format, and will need additional information in the form of in-depth documents that accompany your resume.
Executive resume and cover letter development starts at $797, with packages designed to meet the challenges of today's competitive job market that range from $1347 to $2697. See below for additional document options.
A powerful presentation of your executive strengths, a branded executive resume delivers a knockout introduction.
Other executive portfolio documents include:
Designed to capture your story in a compelling and meaningful way, our highly collaborative Resume Strategy session with Certified Executive Resume Expert Laura Smith-Proulx ensures that your career history is thoroughly mined for your unique leadership brand and strengths.
The result? A masterpiece document that leaves no room for doubt about your leadership abilities, developed around your value proposition.
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Need a powerful narrative designed to introduce you at a higher level? Outshine your competition--and get focused results--with a crisp, on-target portrayal of your status and achievements!
Our biography services do more than merely summarize your past; we seamlessly blend your strengths, success, and performance contributions into a presentation suitable for numerous networking, job search, or career marketing situations.
Biographies can be utilized in many ways for a leadership job search, including for introduction to a recruiter, when networking at an event, or for presentation to a board of directors as an addendum to your resume.
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With a strong focus on the ROI of your achievements, this one- to two-page showcase of executive-level strengths is a popular option to portray numerous areas of competency and skill.
Selected achievements that offer classic Challenge-Action-Result style form the basis for this document, which draws on success stories that prove your effective organizational leadership, business acumen, strategy planning, and other competencies that demonstrate broad-based expertise.
Frequently presented in addition to the Executive Resume, the Leadership Addendum is a valuable delineation of success stories that can be also used for interview preparation.
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A powerful tool used for networking, this one-page snapshot of your Executive Resume is a key document for use in situations requiring a condensed and concise overview of your strengths.
In addition, the Networking Resume is often a crucial leave-behind for recruiters, colleagues, and other connections who are in a position to create a warm introduction for your skills.
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Your online and business presence is one of your strongest assets for a job search! With a constantly growing and thriving professional population, LinkedIn has become a powerful hub for business networking and job searching activity--and a resource you can't afford to miss.
I'll create a customized, concise profile so that you can cultivate and shape an online presence that supports your leadership career goals.
In addition, the LinkedIn Profile makes it easier for recruiters to find you based on keyword content.
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Not mere introductions to your skills, our Executive Cover Letters are customized to your precise career goals and target audiences, including executive recruiters, ad responses, position inquiries, and more.
In addition, the Executive Cover Letter Suite allows for your presentation to be tuned to allow for different areas of competency or skill in your leadership background.
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Customized to match your professional package, the Reference Dossier goes beyond traditional reference information to supply professional endorsements and testimonials from colleagues and contacts.
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Contact me for more information on any of these services.
Read what my clients have to say about their experience with me:
"... the one thing that helped me was my resume - they just had to talk with me once they got it... " "... the recruiter hadn't seen anything like it... "
"Just to let you know that after I started using the resume I had many phone calls and interviews. Today I was offered a position as the Director of HR. It is exactly what I was looking for, and the pay is beyond what I was making at my other job. Once again, you're AWESOME."
- Chris Vaughan, HR Executive
"The recruiter finally asked me where I had obtained such an impressively written resume. I had to tell him it was your work that really made my qualifications stand out, and I explained about the intensity of your process and the results it was getting. You will be hearing from him soon."
- Kevin H., CFO
You see, I’m interested in what makes YOU different, and in analyzing YOUR strengths, skills, core competencies, testimonials and feedback, value, and bottom-line contributions.
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"... the best money I have spent in 25 years of ascending the career ladder... " |
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If you know my work, you know that I already partner with an exclusive clientele that demands the best career marketing available.
Through Executive Resume Expert, I’ve raised the bar—considerably—to meet the needs of discriminating leadership professionals with an all-inclusive array of services designed to position you at the upper echelon.
- Close collaboration at every step of the process, ensuring that you receive high-caliber documents that fully represent what you offer the executive market
- A clear vision of YOUR unique value proposition offered to potential employers
- Extensive knowledge of the hidden job market and proven methods to access it
- Presentations suitable for every scenario, from board-level appearances to recruiter information and more
- Clearly documented proof of your organizational leadership, business acumen, strategy planning, and other executive competencies
- Invaluable job search tools that you can draw upon to accelerate your results
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"... my husband said you were the BEST in this field... " |
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"... other firms couldn't improve on my market proposition... " |
You’re a great candidate for my focused, powerful services IF –
-You’re willing to make a substantial commitment of your time and resources to advancing your career.
-You’re ready for not only a powerful entrée into the executive marketplace, but also the RESULTS that go along with it.
-You want to accelerate your job hunt by thoroughly preparing to seek new leadership opportunities.
-You pride yourself on utilizing cutting-edge methods that can distinguish your qualifications and personal style from that of the competition.
These programs are NOT for you if –
-You aren’t interested in approaching the job market seriously at this point, and want to just test the waters to see how long your job search will take.
-You don’t see the value in differentiating yourself from the competition through a customized professional presentation.
-You’re uncomfortable with using a powerful portrayal of leadership competencies and strengths, and would rather use a more conservative approach than one focusing on personal branding strategy.
My clients report significantly less time in the job search, not only from the strength of my resumes, but also using the information on career search strategy that I present with each package. The ROI? Anywhere from a minimum of one week cut off their search (that’s at least $1,923 for a six-figure job) to an 80% times savings over classic job search methods (that’s a whopping $65,000!).
Most of my clients report that they are being approached for much higher-paying positions than they were previously. The result? Salary increases of anywhere from $7,000 to more than $57,000.
- MORE PRESTIGE.
Many people have come to me for my expert assistance with not only finding their new jobs faster, but at a higher level in the organization. Again, this can easily translate to not only an expanded salary, but increased job satisfaction as well.
- MORE CHOICES.
What is the chance to leverage your talent for the job you really want worth to you—in terms of a rapid rise in leadership responsibility, or the opportunity to be approached and pursued, instead of the other way around? My clients frequently are tapped for positions of higher authority that fit their natural talent and strengths, which is an outcome of my personal branding process.
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" ... the resume allowed my new employer to see the contributions I could make... " |
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I will devote as much time as it takes to answer your questions about my services. Please feel free to contact me at 1-877-258-3517 during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mountain Time.
Dedicated to YOUR career success,
Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, CIC