Background and Credentials
- Certified Professional Résumé Writer
- Certified Federal Job Search Trainer
- Trained under nationally recognized résumé writers and career coaches.
- Certified Expert Résumé Writer
- MBE/DBE Certified Business Owner
Beth Colley has been quoted as an expert resource in the Washington Post, Washington Examiner Online, Execunet newsletter, Annapolis Capital, and has authored various online and print articles. Her résumés and cover letters have been published in Designing the Perfect Résumé, Expert Résumés for Baby Boomers, Military to Civilian Résumés and Letters, and the Military to Civilian Résumé Guidebook.
"My mission is to provide quality service to clients to assist in advancing their careers. Clients can rest assured the
information and guidance they receive is accurate and in line with current job market trends and customs."
- Beth Colley,
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Beth Colley first became interested in résumé writing while working as a Career Consultant at a local non-profit agency that provided career training resources to dislocated workers. In August of 2004, following nearly five years of workforce development and careers industry training, she launched Chesapeake Résumé Writing Service. She pursued résumé writing training opportunities with some of the country's top industry professionals and earned her CPRW credential (Certified Professional Résumé Writer) through Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches in October of 2003 and her CFJST credential (Certified Federal Job Search Trainer) in December of 2004 which she renewed in Sept. 2009. In May 2009, she distinguished herself as one of only 20 professionals in the world by earning the Certified Expert Résumé Writer (CERW) credential from Career Directors International.
Since the launch of her business, Ms. Colley has conducted career search and résumé writing workshops throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan region and has had résumés and cover letters published in Expert Resumes for Baby Boomers, Designing the Perfect Resume, and Military to Civilian Resumes and Cover Letters, and Federal to Civilian Guidebook. Since starting her business, Ms. Colley has assisted hundreds of job seekers throughout the United States with individual résumé writing and job search coaching services.
She is quoted in multiple online and print resources including the Washington Post and Washington Examiner.
She is also an expert career resource to thousands of sorority women across America as a Chi Omega alumnus. She is a member of multiple national professional résumé writing and career coaching associations including Career Director's International and Career Management Alliance along with local organizations such as the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, Entrepreneur's Exchange, and the Anne Arundel Society of Human Resource Managers, serving as a Board of Director's member for two years.
Ms. Colley utilizes the training, continuing education, and networking resources through these professional associations and others to ensure that her information, guidance, and résumés are accurate with current trends. Hiring practices are constantly changing, and technology has become an integral part in today's job search. She firmly believes that the one certainty in job search is that competition will always be fierce and that a properly formatted and well-written résumé will always provide the advantage job seekers need.
Ms. Colley has worked diligently in establishing a network of professional experts and resources such as executive coaches, career coaches, life coaches, business advisors, recruiters, and résumé distribution services. These partnerships help to provide value added services that job seekers can utilize on an individual basis. She has built her practice by working with a wide variety of job seekers including recent graduates, federal employees, senior managers, and corporate executives across a broad spectrum of industries. "To this day I have written résumés for sales executives, CEO's, CFO's, Divisional Presidents and Vice Presidents, pharmaceutical representatives, recent graduates, IT professionals, HR professionals, clergy, financial professionals, doctors, lawyers, nurses, college professors, researchers, musicians, police officers, Secret Service Agents, F.B.I. agents, teachers…almost any industry out there." She strongly encourages job seekers to utilize all avenues and contacts that are available during a job search to ensure success.
Ms. Colley is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, MS and enjoys spending time with her family, singing with the Singers Madrigale and other groups throughout Maryland.
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