Career Directors International 2010 TORI Award Nominees/Winners

Each year since 2000, Career Directors International (CDI) has sponsored the Toast of the Resume Industry(tm) (TORI) resume writing competition. Here are the 2009 winners.

The director of the TORI Awards is Gayle Howard, of Top Margin Career Marketing.

First-tier judges include:
Cheryl Lynch Simpson, Executive Resume Rescue
Robin Schlinger, Robin's Resumes
Tamara Dowling, SeekingSuccess.com
Barbara Safani, Career Solvers

Second-tier judges are:
Susan Guarneri, AssessmentGoddess.com
Tony Deblauwe, HR4Change
Susan Joyce, Job-Hunt.org
Marty Weitzman, Gilbert Resumes
Sharon Williams, JobRockit

The 2010 Toast of the Resume Industry Nominees and Winners are...

Best Career Change Resume Nominees
Laura Smith-Proulx, An Expert Resume
Mary DeLuca, Preferred Résumé® Group, LLC
Maureen McCann, ProMotion Career Solutions
Wayne Pagani, W.P. Consulting & Associates
August Cohen, Get Hired Stay Hired, LLC

Best Cover Letter Nominees
Holly Reslink, EmpowerLink, LLC
Karen Bartell, Best-in-Class Resumes
Patricia Duckers, CareerPro Global Inc.
Surranna Sandy, Resume Solutions
Camille Roberts, CC Career Services
Doug Morrison, Career Power

Best Creative Resume Nominees
Rosa Vargas, Creating Prints
August Cohen, Get Hired Stay Hired, LLC
Jeri Hird Dutcher, Workwrite
Kris Plantrich, ResumeWonders Writing and Career Coaching Services
Michelle Riklan, Riklan Resources

Best Executive Resume Nominees
Alexander Kofman, Resume Pros 4 Less
Laura Smith-Proulx, An Expert Resume
Rosa Vargas, Creating Prints
August Cohen, Get Hired Stay Hired, LLC
Erin Kennedy, Professional Resume Services
Holly Reslink, EmpowerLink, LLC
Jennifer Rushton, Keraijen

Best New Graduate Resume Nominees
Ginger Korljan, Take Charge Coaching
Jennifer Rushton, Keraijen
Laura Smith-Proulx, An Expert Resume
August Cohen, Get Hired Stay Hired, LLC
Barb Poole, Hire Imaging, LLC

Best International Resume Nominees
Beverley Neil, d'Scriptive Words
Debra Mills, Pro-CV Writing Services
Kim Mohiuddin, Movin' On Up Resumes
August Cohen, Get Hired Stay Hired, LLC
Peter Hill, P.H.I. Consulting

Best Military Conversion Resume Nominees
Mark Holmes, CareerPro Global, Inc.
Michael Kranes, Resume Slayer
Terrie Osborn, Resumes Etc.
Camille Roberts, CC Career Services
Debra Mills, Pro-CV Writing Services
Fran Sheridan, CareerPro Global, Inc.

Best Sales/Marketing Resume Nominees
Laura Smith-Proulx, An Expert Resume

Surranna Sandy, Resume Solutions

Karen D'Anna, Write On Resume Services
Holly Reslink, EmpowerLink, LLC
Jennifer Rushton, Keraijen

Best Technical Resume Nominees
Cheryl Milmoe, Career Management Solutions
Jennifer Rushton, Keraijen
Laura Smith-Proulx, An Expert Resume
August Cohen, Get Hired Stay Hired, LLC
Alexander Kofman, Resume Pros 4 Less

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Winners were announced at CDI's Award Ceremony at the 2010 Career Empowerment Summit last October in San Diego. First-place winners are identified in bold-italics (above).

Learn more about the TORI Award competition.