EdWARD Lawrence Career and Life coach

I like Chinese food and Oolong tea.

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If those things weren’t on your list of criteria for a career coach, then I have a bunch of certifications and qualifications, too.

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Are you considering hiring a résumé writer?

• I'm a Certified Professional Résumé Writer (CPRW)

• I am a member of the National Resume Writers Association (NRWA)

• I'm a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers (PARW)

• I'm on the PARW's CPRW Certification Committee.
  I judge submissions for the certification!

• I'm featured in the book
  RESUME & LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates
  by Jan Melnik and Louise Kursmark
   

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Are you looking to update your LinkedIn profile?

• I'm a National Certified Online Profile Expert (NCOPE)

  • I am current with LinkedIn features and understand what recruiters look for at LinkedIn.

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Do you need help with your interviewing?

• I'm a Certified Interview Coach (CIC)

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Not sure what you want to do? Need help figuring out what road to take?

• Certified Strong Interest Inventory ® Practitioner          

• Certified Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Prctititioner

• Authorized DISC Administrator and Behavioral Consultant (Profiling Pro)

• Certified Everything DiSC (Wiley) Trainer

• Certified Skillscan® Practitioner 

• Certified Professional Coach (CPC); Certified Life Coach (CLC)  

 

Do you represent or own a company that needs an outplacement counselor or presenter?

• I'm an experienced trainer and instructional designer. I can teach technical and/or success/soft skills courses to your employees and new hires.

• I can prepare your laid-off employees for the modern job search.

 

​Are you a hi-tech or technical person and aren't sure I will understand your background?

•  Click here to learn more about my technical background and why you should work with me.

• In short: I'm a Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+)

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By the way, all the above mostly points out I know what to do for you.
To me, it’s more important you understand why I love to do what I do and and how I help you.

 

Here’s the why:  I care because I've probably have been where you might be right now. Looking for a new job, out of work, unfulfilled in your present job or convinced there was something else you should be doing.

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Summing Up

 

• Over ten years' volunteering with multiple workforce development agencies

• Experience counseling and editing résumés in higher-education environment

• Over 15 years' experience writing and improving résumés

• Over five years' experience administering and interpreting Skillscan card sorts

• Three years' outplacement work experience

• Experience working at a Massachusetts career center

• Judge for a national certification (CPRW)

• Currently the official résumé-writer  for a local library

 

 

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Affiliated Organizations

I'm a member of or involved with the following:

• Career Counselors' Consortium Northeast

• Massachusetts Councils on Aging (MCOA)

• Framingham Public Library

• The White Hawk Group (Outplacement Agency)

• Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Career Coaches (PARWCC)

• National Résumé Writers Association (NRWA)

• Boston University Career Advisory Network

• National Career Development Association (NCDA)

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