Connect For Success

Jean Cummings, M.A.T., CPRW, CEIP. CPBS

Certified Executive Resume Writer, Personal Branding Strategist, and Job Search Coach

CIO Client Testimonial: "After 12 years in a fast-paced environment working with some of the sharpest minds in the industry, I decided to rewrite my CV...Jean was spectacular with helping me determine my personal brand and in distilling many years of experience into a concise and cohesive synopsis.The end product is a resume / CV that is fresh and articulates the message I want potential employers to hear." VP of IT who landed his target CIO position

Harvard Master's Degree

Certified Personal Branding Strategist

Certified Online Identity Strategist

Certified Professional Resume Writer

Certified Employment Interview Professional

Branded executive resumes for technology leaders

Helping executives and managers in technology functions or fields get their next great job ... since 1993

• EXECUTIVE RESUMES • LINKEDIN PROFILES • PERSONAL BRANDING • SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

• JOB SEARCH COACHING • INTERVIEW COACHING • ONLINE IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

Welcome! As a technology executive or manager in transition, you know that getting a job isn't as easy as it used to be. If you are like a lot of my clients...

- You don't feel fully up-to-speed on executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, job search, and online identity

- You want the benefits of having a valuable personal brand but don't know what yours is

- You are in the dark about keyword and formatting strategy at a time when ~80% of companies use ATS software and very obscure keyword searches

- You wish you had an IT executive resume that didn't box you in as a "techie" and that communicates your business creds

- You may even wonder what position to target next in a technology function or field that is constantly evolving

We can help. We know how to help you define the direction that will help support your long-term career growth. Then we create IT executive resumes, LinkedIn Profiles, and ROI cover letters that prompt a "Wow!" reaction in recruiters and hiring authorities.

We have an inside track on the surprising, rare keywords your resume MUST have to be retrieved in a search. We also know, in depth, how to help you tap into the hidden job market, which is 80%+ of all available jobs, and get interviews.

Your executive resume will be written by an award-winning, published, multi-certified professional resume writer and Harvard graduate with 18 years' experience working with leaders like you. Our clients have had exceptional success in landing new positions quickly.

Our mission is to help you be - not just another qualified candidate - but the TOP CONTENDER for your desired position. And to help you do this despite challenges such as changing industries, a stint in consulting, too long at one place, short tenures, uneven work history, etc.

We commonly write CIO resumes, VP of IT resumes, VP of Sales Resumes, Sales Executive Resumes, Director of Sales resumes, CTO resumes, CEO resumes, IT Director resumes, Program Manager resumes, Project Manager resumes, among others.

Because of our technology focus, we also develop executive resumes for managers and executives in biotech, healthcare, medical devices, telecom, and engineering.

IS THE RESUME DEAD?

How To Get A Job TODAY!

5 Ways NOT to Let Your Network Know about Your Job Search

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Avoid these easy but unhelpful ways to let folks know you are in job search mode: 1. Send out a mass email. 2. Only put an update on LinkedIn 3. Tell them you are looking for a job and ask can they help 4. Use a plain vanilla message 5. Close your email without offering to help them in their networking So, what IS the best way to tell your network you are in the job...Read More

Got Passion? Surprising Work & Interviewing Tip

Monday, Apr 30, 2012

Credit to Kim Garst for image I encountered the phrase “all in ” in two quite different contexts lately. In the first, a minister used it to describe his faith. In the second, a technology sales executive said it about the way he works. And then in a third instance, Ralph Waldo Emerson (a voice from the past), is quoted using different words but talking about the same idea...Read More

20 Insider Job Search Tips from Recruiters: Ignore at Your Peril

Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012

Have you caught up yet? I am amazed that there are CIOs of big companies out there who don't have a built-out LinkedIn profile - just name, photo, and employers. At a recruiter round table a couple of weeks ago, sponsored by the New England Network of the Association of Career Professionals International, the new picture of recruiting emerged. Successful job seekers will proactively be...Read More

Programmers & IT Support Staff: SaaS & Your Job

Friday, Apr 20, 2012

As a follow-on to my last post on the impact of cloud computing on the IT jobs landscape, here are a list of jobs predicted to emerge as one aspect of the cloud - software-as-a-service or SaaS - becomes even more widely adopted. If you work currently as a traditional software programmer or support back-end systems under the leadership of a CIO, take note of the opportunities emerging as...Read More

Cloud Technology & Your IT Job: 5 Career Planning Tips

Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012

Trying to predict the future of IT jobs is...shall we say, like trying to predict the stock market - and we all know how that worked in '07!. But, even taking into account that "the only certainty is change," the general shape of tech landscape now gives us ideas about good directions to move in. The newest factor on the scene impacting the size and shape of the IT workforce is cloud...Read More

Who We Are

What is OUR personal brand? We are uniquely able to distill complex careers in technology into compelling branded executive resumes that consistently win interviews and attract job offers.

What are our personal brand attributes? Integrity, creativity, intelligence.

What are we known for? Expertise and ability to get results. (See endorsements on LinkedIn.)

Why do we do it? We love enabling our clients to get their next job and to see themselves in a new light.

Why technology folks? We appreciate the integrity and creativity of people who drive innovation in the way we work and live.

We are an executive career consulting firm specializing in executive resumes, personal branding, LinkedIn profiles, job search coaching, and interview coaching exclusively for executives and managers in technology functions or companies. We provide our clients with timely documents and services that reflect current and emerging best practices in executive resume writing and executive job search.

We are located on the web and in Concord, Massachusetts. Although our resume writing company is in the Boston, MA metro area, we serve a clientele across the US, Canada, and EMEA. Our technology-oriented executive clients tend to cluster in MA, CA, CO, TX, NY, FL, DC, WA, OH, and WI, although our clients hail from many other locations as well.

It is fitting that we specialize in working with technology leaders who are at the forefront of innovation and that we are based in Concord, MA. Concord is the site of "The shot heard round the world" and the start of the American Revolution. Great innovative thinkers have lived and worked here, including Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, among many others.

We have helped technology executives get their next great job even when they faced significant challenges. Explore our site and contact us to find out how we can help facilitate your job transition today.