You can imagine how great it makes me feel to receive such wonderful successes from people who have used my materials! They always put a smile on my face. Special thanks go to Dawn Mitchell, Darla Piercey, Michelle Van Winkle, Barbara Boslaugh Haner, Karen Brady Smith and Mikel Shultz who I either met at presentations or who worked with me in person and allowed me to use their success stories and resumes in my materials! I'd also like to thank the rest of the job seekers listed here as they voluntarily took the time to write me thank you notes and contact me via e-mail to share their stories after they purchased my materials online (something they certainly didn't have to do!). As with all testimonials, please keep in mind that your results will vary and depend on a variety of factors including your skills and the wage and job market conditions where you are seeking employment. Everyone using these materials can expect to learn how to make their resumes substantially stronger. SALARY DOUBLED "...I have been contacted, interviewed and selected for an HR position that DOUBLES my current salary. I just received the written offer today and plan to accept it. This was the best $$ I spent during my whole 6-month job search. Thank you!" Tammy Schadl, Human Resources Manager $18,000 SALARY INCREASE "My new resume was instrumental in landing me an Account Executive position that will increase my salary by no less than $18,000 annually!" Scott McCorkle, Corporate Account Manager 26% SALARY INCREASE "...I faxed my resume to ads I was interested in. To my amazement, I started receiving call backs the next day and the job of my dreams with a 26% salary increase on my first day of interviews. I would like to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. Everyone should have access to this system (but I'm secretly glad they don't)." Patricia Cohn, Inventory Controller SALARY GROWS FROM $30,000 TO $50,000 "These strategies have worked for me twice. Using my first resume I sent out 2, landed 2 interviews and accepted a $30,000 position with a $2,000 sign-on bonus. And, I was a new graduate! In my next move, I used the same resume to apply and be hired for a position with a major international avionics company that started at $37,000. Within 2 years my salary has grown to $50,000. The ProvenResumes System really does result in great resumes that can help you land a job you love!" Dawn Mitchell, Field Engineer 50% SALARY INCREASE & 23% SALARY INCREASE "After reading your book and writing a resume that highlighted my sales achievements I applied for an internal position. My supervisors complimented me extensively on my resume and promoted me from Sales Rep to Sales Manager--with a 50% salary increase. I would have never achieved such a promotion without the strategies I learned in your book. Several years later, I'm still referring to it to update my resume and each time I find something new to improve. The most recent promotion I received resulted in a salary package increase of nearly 23%! Thanks again," Darla J. Piercey, Sales Manager $45, $50, $60 AN HOUR PLUS 29% PAY INCREASE "In one day of flooding the net with my new and improved resume, I got offered $45 an hour in Atlanta, $50 an hour in Tulsa, and $60 an hour in New Jersey. The offer I took was less, but it's 1.6 miles from my home. After being on the job 10 months my employer dusted off my resume and offered me another position at a 29% pay increase! ... the money I spent on your book has easily returned a thousand fold. Smartest I ever invested!" Al White, Programmer, Software Tester INTERNET SUCCESS! "Remember me? Well, I'm about to leave the military and go to just the job I wanted ... thanks to the ProvenResumes program. If you remember, I shared with you a job ad for a position I wanted and then used it as the basis for building my resume. Well, I put my resume on the Internet at OCC.COM (Online Career Center) and within days, that exact company called me and wanted to interview me. Needless to say, I went through the interviews and was hired! I'm recommending your system of creating keyword resumes to all my friends who are considering a civilian career! Thanks!" Doug Ottinger 50% INTERVIEW RATE "Using the resume and cover letter styles you recommend in your book, I generated over a 50% request for interviews. I then landed a position with GTE which provided an opportunity to make $10,000 more annually. Thanks so much!" Michelle VanWinkle, Account Executive 10% SALARY INCREASE "I landed my current position as a Computer/Network Specialist which increased my salary by 10% after using your strategies. Prior to reading your book, I had sent out numerous resumes and cover letters with little response. After I used your techniques, I received 3 responses within a week and several more after I landed my job. Your book made resume writing enjoyable and that's pretty amazing!" David Brendible, Computer/Network Specialist ACCEPTANCE INTO COMPETITIVE GRAD PROGRAM "I used my new resume for application to a very competitive graduate program for Nurse Practitioners. Well, my application was accepted! Since that time I've also used your strategies to write my resume and be hired as a Nurse Practitioner. Thanks for helping me achieve my career goals!" Barbara Ann Boslaugh Haner, MN, ARNP, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner 2 RESUMES, 2 INTERVIEWS - GREAT JOB OFFER "... I applied for two positions ... and got called for interviews on both ads. Today I was hired on the spot for the second one. I knew that if I could just get in for an interview I could get the job. I wouldn't have gotten the interview if not for the strategies presented in your book! You provide an invaluable service and I, for one, am most appreciative." Karen Brady Smith 3 RESUMES, 3 CALL BACKS "I printed off my new resume, faxed it to 3 companies and had call back messages within 3 hours for all 3 companies. It's too late in the day to call today, but I'm right there first thing in the morning. Thanks again," John Franklin, Senior Safety Manager / Fire Warden 1 OF 3 INTERVIEWED FROM 400 APPLICANTS "Using the strategies in your book, I developed a resume with targeted headings for a position as a Product Manager with a major software company. My resume resulted in my being 1 of only 3 people selected for an interview out of 400 applicants. In the end I didn't get that position but did accept a comparable position at a 10% salary increase. Both experiences say much about the effectiveness of your materials." Mikel Schutz, Materials Manager LANDS JOB AT TOP OF TARGET LIST "Having followed your tips and cover letter formats, I have now landed the job that was at the top of my target list--in addition to having to turn several other respectable offers away! Thank you so much, once again. Now I must make a dozen phone calls to disappoint people who want me." Roger Dewsbury, Software Engineer BOOK EXPLAINED WHY I WASN'T GETTING INTERVIEWS "I hadn't been getting responses, then rewrote my cover letter following your system which includes using skill based paragraph headings and I immediately got a hit. I did another letter highlighting in bold, key words that I had picked out of the ad and got a hit with that also. Now I'm rewriting my resume. This system really works!" Mark W. Rosenquist, MSBA ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MILITARY TRANSITION "Hello Regina, I know you probably don't remember me, but my name is Mark F. You helped me put my resume together and as a result I landed a job with a brokerage firm as an investment representative. They were ranked the "11th Best Company to Work for in America" by Fortune Magazine. The month I was hired there were approximately 2300 applications received and less than 200 hired - I was one of them! And for the most part I owe it all to you. I used one of your products (Interview Booklet) and services (Resume Critique) to the fullest. I had a total of 7 interviews with 3 different companies and received an offer from all 3. The difference was I knew where they were going with their questions and the skills they were looking for as a result of using your interviewing booklet. I wish you could have seen me. I was bursting with enthusiasm and confidence. What a difference being prepared makes. I think I have come a long ways considering I was 0 for 5 in interviews after graduating from college. Again your services made the difference - thank you very much. Based on figures provided by my Regional Manager, I can expect my projected income this year to go from about $29,000 to about $50,000 by the end of my second year. Then I can expect to see about a 30% to 40$ increase in my annual compensation each year until I reach approximately $100,000 in my fifth year. Monetary rewards only scratch the surface as 65% of the sales force qualifies for two all expense paid vacations a year - beautiful places to choose from around the states and world. Education and training are second to none in the industry. My employer spends a minimum of $50K on each new investment representative just in initial training. And finally the thing that attracted me the most--no boss! After training my firm will set-up my own personal branch office in the location of my choice. I chose Clearwater Beach FL! Sounds too good to be true? I have to pinch myself everyday. On a personal note I don't want you to think I am bragging or gloating over my success. I grew up in a background almost at the poverty level with an entire family that is less than high school educated. I think statistically I wasn't supposed to be where I'm at today. Unlike my fellow colleagues that I graduated with, I had to finance my entire education on my own. I feel like I have taken the road of hard knocks to get where I'm at and it's time for some gratification for my labors. One of the several major changes you made in my resume critique, and probably the biggest obstacle I had to overcome was eliminating the military jargon and translating my duties in civilian language. Any prior service soldier knows exactly where I am coming from. I remember in some of my first interviews the difficulties I had explaining what I did in the Army. A recruiter might ask me, "What was your job in the Army?" my response, "I was the NCOIC of a weapons facility." "What were some of your most important tasks?" my reply, "Well, when we went on DRF1 (which means deployment ready force) status I would coordinated with the CO (Company Commander) and 1st Sergeant (Head Supervisor) to prepare for the mass issuance of equipment and weapons to the Scouts, Mortars, Medics and Support Platoons. I know this sounds funny, but this military jargon is everyday conversation to the soldier. Talk about some confusing and stressful interviews! However, after your resume critique and using your interviewing booklet I was able to communicate my military duties much more effectively. "What was your job in the service," my new response, "I was an Operations Managers responsible for $2.5 million in equipment and supplies."..."What were some of your most important duties?".."As an Operations Manager I directed support of 10 internal departments to ensure that the highest state of readiness and efficiency was achieved to issue equipment and supplies to a staff of 200 personnel." Your service and interviewing booklet not only helped me communicate my skills and duties on paper, but also in my face-to-face interviews---the most important thing to me. Again, thanks for much for all your help! Mark F., Investment Representative 425-398-7378 aspublishing@provenresumes.com ©Website Contents, Regina Pontow, 1997-2005 Worldwide Rights Reserved Website contents derivative of Proven Resumes & Confidence Builders, 1992-2005 DISCLAIMER Hard copy of the book can be ordered through Ten-Speed Press (www.tenspeed.com) plus shipping charges