List of Resume Writers in Toronto Area
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Howard Halpern
Certified Professional Resume Writer
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- Organization: Résu-Card ®
- Location: Toronto
- Phone 24/7 live:
- Local: (416) 410 7-24-7
- Toll Free: 1 877 866 54-54
- Email:
to contact the resume writer
- Web:
www.NoBlock.com
- Fees: price structure rewards clients who save writer time by identifying in one page the basic info that is most pertinent, ensuring accuracy, and submitting electronically in unformatted document. Instead of focusing on basics, resume writer identifies clients' achievements and positive attributes. Time saved by writer translates into financial savings for client.
- Resume Samples: over 80 documents alphabetically ordered by occupation.
- Cover Letter Samples.
- Services: writing of resumes, cover letters, follow-up letters, and letters of reference; conversion to web format (HTML), web hosting, search engine optimization (SEO) for resume websites; condensation of resume to one page; interview coaching, job search counselling, career counselling (True Colors ®, Strong Interest Inventory ®, Self Directed Search ®, Differential Aptitude Tests ®, Career Occupational Preference System, Career Orientation Placement & Evaluation Survey).
- Inventor of Business-Card Resume (1988).
- Co-inventor of Greeting-Card Resume (1994).
- Turnaround: resume (including website if applicable) and cover letter normally completed in one sitting.
- Background: held over 30 different kinds of jobs (four related to human resources) in private, public, and semi-public sectors; extensive technical & PR writing experience; performed search engine optimization and other marketing services for Knowledge Media Design Institute, University of Toronto; IT World Canada; and Car Accident Toronto Ltd.
- Publications: one of only 8 documents deemed "persuasive" in Gallery of Best Cover Letters (2004), by best-selling publisher JIST Works. Cover letter appears in Best Canadian Resumes and is slated to appear in Best Canadian Cover Letters (2009); both are productions of Sentor Media Inc. (leading Canadian publisher of career-related books). Articles and poems in consumer and professional journals.
Karen Shane
Certified Professional Resume Writer
- Organization: Business Writing Network & Resumes
- Location: Toronto, beside Finch Subway Station (parking available)
- Phone: (416) 226-0460.
- Email:
to contact the resume writer
- Web:
www.awardwinningresumes.ca
- Services: Help in writing resumes and cover letters.
- Background: Broad spectrum of employment related to health care, customer service, and other industries.
- Publication: work appears in Best Canadian Resumes, a production of Sentor Media Inc. (leading Canadian publisher of career-related books).
Sandra Lim
Certified Professional Resume Writer
- Organization: A Better Impression
- Location: Toronto
- Email:
to contact the resume writer
- Web:
www.abetterimpression.com
- Services: writing and word-processing of resumes and cover letters; creation of entrepreneur profiles; vocational assessments; career counselling, interview coaching, web portfolios.
- Special Skills: qualified to administer and interpret the following assessments:
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ®
- Strong Interest Inventory ®
- Background: human resources.
- Publications: articles in trade journals, in magazines, and on Internet.
Marlene Slawson
Certified Professional Resume Writer
- Organization: Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
- Location: Toronto
- Phone: (416) 491-5050
- Email:
to contact the resume writer
- Web:
www.senecac.on.ca
Anita Webb
Certified Professional Resume Writer
- Location: Toronto
- Phone: (416) 588-3533
- Email:
to contact the resume writer
Because there are only, at present, five Certified Professional Resume Writers in Toronto, this site is being expanded. Ultimately, it will list all Certified Professional Resume Writers in the entire Golden Horseshoe, which surrounds Lake Ontario and includes greater Toronto.
Here is our first certified writer from outside Toronto:
Marian Bernard
Certified Professional Resume Writer
- Organization: Regency Secretarial
- Location: Aurora, north of Richmond Hill, Ontario
- Phone: (905) 841-7120
- Email:
to contact the resume writer
- Web:
www.resumeexpert.ca
- Services: writing and word-processing of resumes and cover letters; interview coaching
- Turnaround: while you wait
About This CPRW Site
This site was written, designed and scripted in raw HTML by Howard Halpern, a Certified Professional Resume Writer.
I am president of Résu-Card,® which offers a wide range of resume, writing and related services. My detailed biography may be viewed here. My contact information appears in the list of certified writers along with that of my colleagues, each of whom operates an independent resume service in the Toronto area.
Our list of Certified Professional Resume Writers will be expanded as time permits. Meanwhile, those seeking additional information about Toronto-area writers may visit the websites of the Professional Association of Resume Writers; the National Resume Writers' Association, also known as NRWA; and Career Professionals of Canada.
NRWA has only one "Nationally Certified Resume Writer" in Canada, specifically Mississauga, in greater Toronto — the association's sole certified Canadian.
The organization known as Career Professionals of Canada includes, among its members, both resume writers and other career professionals. This organization does not use the term "certified" in connection with writing per se, but rather, the strategic component of the craft.
Career Professionals of Canada has "Master Certified Resume Strategists" and "Certified Resume Strategists." All are professional resume writers; two are based in greater Toronto, although none is located in Toronto itself. This information was obtained from the organization's website. I am a founding member of Career Professionals of Canada, having joined in 2004. In addition, I have been a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches since 1996.
Some may wonder why a resume writer would create a site that directs prospective clients not only to himself, but his competitors, instead of focusing exclusively on his own site. Here are some of the reasons:
- Like doctors and many other professionals, certified resume writers generally cooperate, rather than compete, with each other.
- Many of us are friends.
- Promoting fellow certified writers tends to raise standards and advance the resume writing field as a whole, a process that benefits all.
- Each Certified Professional Resume Writer has unique strengths. This site gives candidates for employment the opportunity to choose the resume service that best serves their needs.
