Executive Resume Writer Recognized with 2nd Place International Award

Dec. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- (December 11, 2013, Marlboro, New Jersey)  Michelle A. Riklan, Managing Director of Riklan Resources, LLC., was recognized as the second (2nd) place winner of the Best New Graduate Resume Award conveyed in the 2013 Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) awards hosted by Career Directors International (CDI), a global association of resume writers and career coaches.

Recognition of this caliber denotes Michelle's commitment to ingenuity, creativity, clarity, and visual appeal in professional resume development, and furthers demonstrates her unparalleled performance against international professional resume writers in this competition. CDI holds the TORI competition each year, conveying 27 awards from first to third place for nine separate each year. 2013 resume award categories included international resumes, creative resumes, executive resumes, cover letters, resumes for re-entry, sales resumes, new graduate resumes, medical/healthcare resumes, and information technology resumes. Categories are changed to reflect current employment and industry trends.

CDI President, Laura DeCarlo, stated that, “To win a TORI award represents the pinnacle of professional resume writing excellence. TORI winners are top performers who demonstrate they can create a visually distinctive, dynamic, and key-word rich professional resume”

Riklan Resources, LLC. offers expert resume writing and career coaching services:

*  Resumes that land on the top of the pile!
*  Coaching that puts you ahead of the competition.
*  Training that ensures career advancement.
*  We want you to reach your top potential!

As a Certified Professional Résumé Writer (CPRW) and Certified Employment Interview Consultant (CEIC), Michelle has written hundreds of résumés and coached clients through all phases of the job search. Michelle’s training as a DISC administrator and Myers-Briggs assessment administrator is a benefit to her clients to gain insight into a person’s behavioral style, which impacts a client’s chosen career path. She works with her clients to identify specific talents, capitalize on a client’s talents and his/her potential and continuing value to an organization and offers tools to improve interpersonal skills and interviewing performance.

Michelle is the Managing Director of Riklan Resources, LLC. She is also the co-founder of SelfGrowth.com, the largest social network on the web for people looking to improve their lives and for the experts that guide them.