L&D Philadelphia: Monthly Zoom for Job Hunters - Resumes

Description:

We all know that finding a great job starts with writing a great resume. Does your resume speak to your professional and personal strengths? Does it include the qualitative and quantitative benchmarks of your performance that define your expertise and value to prospective employers?

During our session, Carolyn Cott will guide us on how to write an effective resume by asking the right questions.

Speaker:

Carolyn Cott

Over the past 25+ years, professional resume writer Carolyn Cott has been working collaboratively with her clients to answer the prospective employer’s question: "Why should I hire this person?” The core part of her process is an in-depth phone consult to undercover and present tangible evidence of her client’s value to prospective employers. Carolyn’s credentials include:

• Top 100 Philadelphia Metro Women-Owned Businesses, Philadelphia Business Journal, 2019 & 2020
• Resume writer featured twice on the NBC10 Show
• Resume consultant for PA State Senator's Employment Resource Symposium
• Hire One Task Force member, Chester County Economic Development Council
• Published in Ferguson’s Guide to Resume Writing and Job Hunting
• Former Writer/Editor, Yale University
• Speaker and resume consultant for corporations, universities, and conferences
• Executive profile and resume writer for Philadelphia 100 HR company, The O'Connor Group

Host:

Suzanne Linder Comer, APTD - Adult Learning Expert

Suzanne's LinkedIn profile describes her as follows:

Adult learning expert contributing to culture transformation, productivity, employee retention, and organization success by challenging, engaging, and influencing people. 10+ years of experience defining, developing, and leading adult learning solutions and programs that facilitate corporate goal achievement. Fluent in adult learning theory, curriculum development, performance management, and instructional design. Effective, innovative, and collaborative.

• Received recognition for engaging training style and incorporating organizational mission and values into every training program.
• Strong business mindset as former controller and CPA; maximize business impact and performance by aligning training programs with corporate vision and establishing metrics.

Registration: https://www.ldphilly.com/event-4056626/Registration

PACDA members: 50% discount on registration with code in Member Resources