1. AHEAD CONFERENCE 2014 Linda Fitzpatrick, Director Successful Resumes America successfulresumesamerica.com

2.  Founded in 1992 by entrepreneur and wheelchair user John Little in Sydney, Australia.  Successful Resumes has served tens of thousands of satisfied clients around the world with a network of highly trained consultants on five continents. successfulresumesamerica.com

3. HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM THIS WORKSHOP  Learn the importance of a Successful Resume  Distinguish between hard skills and personal attributes  Define your personal attributes  Describe your ideal work situation  Present yourself on your Strategic Resume and on LINKEDIN  Engage with the world through virtual communities like LINKEDIN Visualize your ideal outcome successfulresumesamerica.com

4.  Use your workbook during and after this workshop  Let it be your roadmap  Stay tuned for upcoming virtual workshops successfulresumesamerica.com

5. FIRST - LEAD WITH YOUR STRENGTHS What are your skills? What are your personal attributes? successfulresumesamerica.com

6.  Hard skills or competencies like clinical skills, administrative, program delivery and more  Find these in your job description and/or by describing your day to day activities  Use your SRA Vision Workbook™ to capture your comprehensive list successfulresumesamerica.com

7.  This is what’s most important because it’s what distinguishes you from others  Your personal attributes warrant exploration What are YOUR stand out attributes? LET’S PLAY! successfulresumesamerica.com

8.  Job title?  Type of organization?  Culture? Where you’re looking is where you’re going! successfulresumesamerica.com

9.  Liking what you do every day  Valuing relationships at work  Economic sufficiency  Environment promotes health and energy  Community that’s nurturing and respectful successfulresumesamerica.com

10.  RESUME ADVICE FROM FOUNDER JOHN LITTLE successfulresumesamerica.com

11.  YOUR STRATEGIC RESUME ◦ USES A HEADLINE AND HIGH LEVEL BULLETS ◦ CONVEYS THE MAIN MESSAGE IN 15 SECONDS ◦ AVOIDS LISTING TASKS ◦ DESCRIBES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUTCOMES successfulresumesamerica.com

12. YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE ◦ INCLUDES A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT ◦ USES THE HEADLINE AND BULLET POINTS FROM YOUR RESUME ◦ BUILD OUT YOUR PROFILE OVER TIME ◦ JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN GROUPS successfulresumesamerica.com

13.  LINKEDIN – your portal to the world! ◦ Learn about Disability Student Services Professionals  A LINKEDIN group with more than 8000 members successfulresumesamerica.com

14.  LINKEDIN – your portal to the world! ◦ Learn about state of the art inclusive learning from The Viscardi Center successfulresumesamerica.com

15.  LINKEDIN – your portal to the world! ◦ Learn about a new service in support of students with print disabilities successfulresumesamerica.com

16.  Commit to developing a Successful Resume  Clarify the skills and attributes you offer  Visualize your path  Engage with the world successfulresumesamerica.com

18. Learn about professional resume preparation, upcoming workshops, how to become a professional resume writer…… Contact Linda Fitzpatrick at Successful Resumes America in New York at 845 598 4439 or by email at info@successfulresumesamerica.cominfo@successfulresumesamerica.com successfulresumesamerica.com