About A Career Advantage

CPGjoblist has partnered with Kathy Keshemberg, NCRW, CCMC, and her organization, A Career Advantage, to provide you with world-class resume consultation and writing, career coaching, and personal branding services.

The resume writing staff at A Career Advantage have each earned the Nationally Certified Resume Writer (NCRW) credential through the National Resume Writers' Association. All NCRWs complete a rigorous accreditation process that tests each candidate for a thorough understanding of grammar, formatting, and resume writing strategy.

Kathy and her team have successfully assisted job seekers for more than two decades. Her staff is comprised of Nationally Certified Resume Writers, Career Management Coaches, and Personal Brand Strategists. This winning combination of experts can assist with every aspect of your job search — from developing your unique personal brand to writing an interview-winning resume and providing job search training and career coaching.

To engage A Career Advantage for resume writing or other services, please contact Kathy via e-mail at cpg@acareeradvantage.com.

A Career Advantage Services

RESUME WRITING

Creating that attention-grabbing resume doesn't happen by chance. Choosing the right resume writer is critical. With increased competition and changing industry standards its no simple matter to create a resume that will hold its own against others in the stack.

A Career Advantage will create a dynamic finished product that presents you as a "must-interview" candidate AND you'll come away with increased clarity and confidence in your own skills and strengths...which can translate into relaxed self-assurance during the interview process.

A Career Advantage will:

Provide a written assessment of your current resume along with a no-obligation price quote to rewrite (if necessary — if your resume is great they'll tell you; they don't believe in selling unnecessary services!).

When you are ready to move forward, initiate a service agreement and create a custom questionnaire geared to elicit your best information.

Based on the service level you choose, write your first draft or schedule a telephone interview before proceeding.

Provide a first draft and continue refining until you are completely satisfied.

Send you MS Word, ASCII Text, and PDF formatted versions of your finalized resume.

Learn more about Resume Services at A Career Advantage.   Ask about discounts for CPGjoblist candidates!

CAREER COACHING

Are you dissatisfied in your current job but don't know how to start to look for something new?

Do you need to figure out a strategy for advancing in your career?

Do you want to spend your time in a job that is rewarding, brings you a sense of purpose ... and pays you what you're worth?

Is it time to find better work-life balance?

Job search is hard work. From identifying your career direction, to determining the best job search strategies and creating a plan that leverages your strengths and gets you noticed, takes time and effort. Plus, it is a very solitary activity. The good news is that you can increase your chances for success — and shorten the process — by hiring a career coach!

A career coach will help you discover your vision for meaningful work, gain clarity about your unique strengths and skills that set you apart from the competition, build confidence in articulating your value, investigate career options, and strategize your job search activities.

Through assessments and exercises, you will work with your career coach one-on-one to develop your very own Career Master-FIT Plan™ that will serve as a blueprint for your job search decisions and efforts. The direction of each coaching session is determined by what you'd like to accomplish or explore. Your coach's role is to ask questions, keep you focused on the desired end result, and challenge you to step out of your comfort zone.

All coaching sessions are conducted by phone with e-mail reporting and follow-up.

Learn more about Career Coaching Services.

GET HIRED NOW!™ The Ultimate Job Search System

Do you have a plan to launch your job search?

What activities will bring the best results?

Where should you spend the majority of your time?

Based on the book, Get Hired Now!, by C.J. Hayden and Frank Traditi, this effective system guides and supports job seekers through a successful search.

You will be taught the system by Kathy Keshemberg, Certified Career Management Coach and Get Hired Now! licensed facilitator, and receive ideas from your peers, coaching when the going gets tough, and most importantly, accountability!

Create your job search plan ... we provide suggestions based on our expertise.
Launch your job search ... we provide encouragement and accountability.
Hit a snag? ... we provide coaching, motivation, and support.

This program is for you if:

You haven't conducted a job search in a number of years and are uncertain of the latest trends — Internet, social networking, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

You've been searching for a while and seem to be making no progress.

You feel like you've been going in circles and would like a clear-cut direction.

You suffer from a low level of motivation and could benefit from participating with a group of enthusiastic individuals in the same situation as you are in.

Using the Get Hired Now! system, you will tap into a road-tested blueprint that has worked for thousands of other job seekers.

The system is customizable — you choose the activities that fit your personality, style of search, and that will be most effective for your situation.

Learn more about Get Hired Now!

PERSONAL BRANDING

Personal branding is the process by which you position yourself for success and market yourself to others. This is essential for business leaders who want to sell themselves and their ideas and project a clear, compelling picture of their talents and accomplishments.

A Career Advantage's Personal Branding Package includes:

Four one-on-one sessions with a Personal Branding Specialist.

The books Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand and Now, Discover Your Strengths.

Reach Branding Club membership with 1-year Web-based brand support.

Membership in the exclusive Executive Power Brand client network.

Session 1: Personal Branding Overview: Includes vision and purpose discussion, clarifying goals, identifying passions and values, and the Reach360 Assessment overview.

Session 2: Reach360 Analysis: Review the data from your Reach360 Assessment and begin developing your personal brand.

Session 3: Defining Your Brand Community (Target Audience): Sizing up the competition, identifying target audience members, building your communications wheel.

Session 4: The Three Cs of Branding: Self-marketing plan, building and maintaining your brand identity (including your online identity), next steps.

Learn more about Personal Branding.