Laura Smith-Proulx is a credentialed, certified Executive Resume Writer and former recruiter that opens doors to prestigious jobs through the use of personal branding techniques. The Executive Director of An Expert Resume, her work has received international recognition as a global award nominee and contributor to career bestsellers.

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	Does your resume miss out on the latest trends? by Laura Smith-Proulx - Oct, 2011 Writing your resume for the first time in years? Struggling to get a response after sending it out to employers? Whether you’re aware of it or not, resume trends have changed substantially, and the document you send out will compete with better-designed resumes that quickly spark employ...
	How to assess and select the best professional resume writer for you by Laura Smith-Proulx - Aug, 2011 If you’ve searched the Internet for a professional or executive resume writer lately, you’re bound to find endless choices. How do you decide who is the best writer for you? What criteria should you use in judging a writer’s abilities? And above all, who can you trust to get you into th...
	6 errors you'll make when copying your friend's professional resume by Laura Smith-Proulx - Aug, 2011 Professional resume writers often encounter this scenario: a new client asks for a resume rewrite, and upon looking over their original document, it becomes apparent that something looks familiar. Then, it suddenly becomes clear: the resume was written for someone else, and copied by a ...
	What You Should Know Before Contacting an Executive Recruiter by Laura Smith-Proulx - Aug, 2011 Many executives and senior-level professionals planning to enter the job market will consider contacting a recruiter to find out about open jobs in their field. However, presenting yourself as a great candidate to work with a recruiter doesn’t just happen. It’s important to understand ...
	Facing Cisco's 2011 layoff? Take these 5 steps in your job hunt by Laura Smith-Proulx - Jul, 2011 Cisco Systems announced its largest layoff ever in July 2011, and employees are certainly feeling the aftershocks. With 6,500 staff being cut (up to a 14% drop in its workforce), Cisco has announced that it plans to restructure in order to maintain a competitive position. If you’re o...
	3 Ways to Leverage a Well-Earned Executive Reputation in Your Resume by Laura Smith-Proulx - Jul, 2011 Spent the majority of your career building a successful operation or business, only to find that you’re now in the job market due to unforeseen circumstances? If your executive reputation has always carried you from job to job, it can be difficult to explain your stature to those outs...
	7 Phrases to Strike From Your LinkedIn Profile by Laura Smith-Proulx - Jul, 2011 An interesting practice seems to have cropped up among self-written social media profiles, where the phrases that have been taboo on resumes (like “self-motivated team player”) are creeping back into lists of job hunter credentials on LinkedIn. Unfortunately, these mundane, dry, and red...
	Important Questions to Ask at Your Interview by Laura Smith-Proulx - Jul, 2011 What do interviewers want? That seems to be the question on the minds of job hunters everywhere. You might have made it into an interview, only to realize that your competition is every bit as qualified, and that employers are being selective. If your job search continues to lag behind ...
	Executive Job Hunting? You'll Need more Than a Resume by Laura Smith-Proulx - Jun, 2011 If you’re an executive planning your next career move, it might intrigue you to learn that you’ll be judged by more than just your resume during your job search. In other words, a full resume is not necessarily the best fit for each interviewer or contact. Surprised? You’ll find tha...
	Mistaken for a lower-level job hunter? Try these 3 executive resume writing tips by Laura Smith-Proulx - Jun, 2011 Applying to jobs at your level – but being told that you don’t qualify, based on your resume? This is a common problem that I’ve seen among leaders at all rungs of the career ladder, with stories of IT Directors being mistaken for programmers, Sales Vice Presidents who appear to be ...
	Executive Job Hunting? You'll Need More Than a Resume by Laura Smith-Proulx - May, 2011 If you’re an executive planning your next career move, it might surprise you to learn that you’ll be judged by more than just your resume during your job search. In other words, a full resume is not necessarily the best fit for each interviewer or contact. Surprised? You’ll find that re...
	3 Easy Ways to Overcome the Challenge of Resume Writing by Laura Smith-Proulx - May, 2011 Trying to get your job search off to a strong start – only to be hampered by the resume-writing process? Do you struggle to articulate the high points of your career and brand - or to sum up the reasons you should be considered over others? If so, you have plenty of company, especial...
	CIO Resumes: Mining IT Projects for Strategic Benefit by Laura Smith-Proulx - May, 2011 Are you a rising star in the IT world eager for a shot at the CIO role? Ascending from IT Director or VP takes more than just showing how you’ve leveraged the technology itself: you’ll need to first put yourself in the C-suite on paper. As described by my recent article in ComputerWorld...
	Do You Really Want to Use THAT LinkedIn Photo? by Laura Smith-Proulx - May, 2011 Some time ago, I ran across a LinkedIn picture of a job seeker who was holding a very specific political sign over her head. In bright letters. In shorts (and no, they did NOT become her). Curious about this phenomenon, I surveyed my fine resume-writing, coaching, and careers indu...
	Don't Apply Just Once by Laura Smith-Proulx - May, 2011 Planning to apply to that hot job you just found online? Take it a step further with some competitive research that can put you first in line (but at another company). Here’s the idea: when companies post a position, they might be hiring from within their network – looking at supplier...
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