About Us

Principal | Overview | Qualifications | Memberships | Resume/Consultant Experience | Awards Publications | Industry Experience
	Principal - Annemarie Cross Annemarie heads the team at Advanced Employment Concepts - a career management and corporate development company, offering a diverse range of career and HR products and services for graduates, professionals right through to senior executives, and savvy organisations committed to nurturing their most important asset - their staff.   With internationally recognised certifications in resume writing, employment interviewing and career coaching, Annemarie has provided innovative solutions that have propelled the careers of many clients spanning the globe including the U.S., Canada, South
Africa, Ireland, U.A.E., Switzerland, U.K., Canada, Europe, Middle East, the Netherlands and New Zealand to name a few. Renowned by her clients as a personal change agent and success catalyst, Annemarie has harnessed her inspiring and influential approach to support her clients in accelerating their levels of success in the job market and the workplace so they too can achieve passion, purpose, performance and profit. How much success can YOU handle?

Overview of Advanced Employment Concepts

Advanced Employment Concepts (AEC) is a career management organisation supporting graduates right through to senior executives in accelerating their levels of success in the workplace and job market. Their products and services include:

	Resume Development
	Career Web Portfolio Development
	Interview Coaching
	Career Coaching
	Workplace Counselling and Coaching
	EQ Leadership & Performance Building Coaching
	360Reach Personal Branding Assessments
	10 key Steps to Ace that Interview Book
	DISC Behavioural Profiling Tools - Team Building; Performance Coaching
	MBTI® Career Assessments
	Strong® Interest Inventory Career Assessments
	Training & E-Courses

Using an eclectic range of approaches, particularly solution focused coaching combined with NLP technologies, Advanced Employment Concepts inspires, influences, empowers, and supports their clients to maximise their full potential on both a professional and personal level.

With ongoing recognition for excellence, Advanced Employment Concepts' accolades also includes an award within the IT/Technology Category (Victoria) - recognised during the Australian Micro Business Awards Presentation run by the Micro Business Network; and a Highly Recommended for Customer Service Excellence Award from Australian Achiever Awards with a score topping 97.29%.

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Qualifications

	First Certified Employment Interview Professional (C.E.I.P) in Australia through PARW/CC
	Second Certified Professional Resume Writer (C.P.R.W.) in Australia through PARW/CC.
	Certified 360Reach Analyst
	Second Credentialed Career Master (C.C.M.) in Australia through Career Master Institute
	First Certified Electronic Career Coach in Australia (C.E.C.C.) through Career Directors International (CDI)
	Fourth Certified Advanced Resume Writer (C.A.R.W.) through CDI.
	First Certified Web Portfolio Practitioner through CDI
	Certified Career & Workplace Counsellor through Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)
	Diploma of Professional Counselling (AIPC)
	Master Neuro-Linguistics Programming (NLP) Practitioner & Sequential Mind Therapy (SMT) Practitioner through Worldwide Institutes of NLP
	NLP Trainer through Worldwide Institutes of NLP
	Accredited MBTI® Practitioner
	Accredited Strong® Interest Inventory through CPP (formerly APP)

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Memberships

	Career Directors International (CDI).
	Career Management Association (CMA); Career and Employment Industry’s first global training and development and professional networking organisation.
	Career Development Association of Australia
	Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches (PARW/CC)

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Resume/Consultant Experience

	Career Coach & Resume Writing Expert for Adage Job Board
	Career Management Consultant & Expert for GMK Recruitment
	Contracted Career Coach for CareerBuilder.com
	Career Coach Expert for Senior Search Job Board
	CDI Professional Mentor for new Resume Writers
	CDI Certification Committee Member (2005-Present)
	Resume Expert for Career-Intelligence
	International contract resume writer for leading career consulting companies based in the U.S.
	Recruitment and selection for small businesses across diverse industries.
	Consultant to one of Australia’s largest/leading personnel agencies developing resumes and cover letters, and assisting their recruitment consultants
	Contributing Editor for Suite 101 and other national/international career sites in resume writing and career-related articles
	Presenter/Workshop facilitator for educational / community groups in resume writing and job-search strategies.

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Awards & Nominations

	Master Resume Lifetime Award 2007 for outstanding experience and contribution to the resume writing and career industry
	Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Winner 2007
	Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2007
	Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
	Best Graduate Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
	Best International Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
	Best IT Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
	Best Career Change Resume -TORI Award Winner 2003
	Best IT Resume - TORI Award Winner 2003
	Best Creative Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2003
	Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
	Best Cover Letter - TORI Award Nominee 2002
	Best Graduate Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
	Best Career Change Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
	Best Creative Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
	TORI Award Winner for Best Creative Resume - 2002
	Australian Micro Business Award Winner - 2003 IT/Technology Category - Victoria
	Australian Achievers Award Highly Commended Customer  Service - 2003

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Publications

	Best Resumes and CVs for International Jobs, Jist Pub.
	Executive's Pocket Guide to ROI Resumes and Job Search, Jist Pub
	Best Transition Resumes for $100K, Jist Pub.
	Expert Resumes for Military Transitions, Jist Pub.
	Expert Resumes for People Returning to Work, Jist Pub.
	Expert Resumes for Managers and Executives, Jist Pub.
	Cover Letter Magic, Second Edition, Jist Pub.
	202 Great Resumes, Jay Block
	Gallery of Best Resumes, D. Noble, Jist Pub.
	Gallery of Best Cover Letters, D. Noble, Jist Pub.
	The Resume Guide, Holland Pub.
	The Quick Resume & Cover Letter Book, Jist Pub.
	College Grad Resumes to Land $75,000+ Jobs, Impact Pub.
	Best Canadian Resumes, Mediacorp Canada Inc.
	ResumeMaker Professional V.11 Software, Ind. Software.com
	Contributing Editor for Suite 101 in Resume Writing and Contributing writer for various career newsletters of leading career organisations

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Industry Experience

	Administration
	Mining Industry
	Petroleum & Petrochemical Industry
	Clerical
	Nursing
	Medical/Healthcare
	Accounting
	Bookkeeping
	Banking and Finance
	Business Management
	Building / Construction Management
	Customer Service
	Retail Sales
	Engineering
	Electronics
	High School / University
	Human Resources
	Personnel Consultants
	Management
	Marketing / Sales Executives
	Supervisory
	Non-Profit & Volunteering
	Hospitality
	Entertainment
	The Arts
	Acting / Musical / Comedy
	Textile / Fashion
	Legal
	Law Enforcement
	Public Relations
	Teaching / Education
	Manufacturing
	IT [diverse roles including graduate, mid and senior levels]
	Aviation; Pilots, Engineering, Manufacturing
	Travel & Tourism
	Military-to-civilian transitions

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