Studies show that Board Nomination & Governance Committees have found very few resume writers understand the differences between writing executive and board branding packages. A CEO’s greatest fear is having a Board Director who doesn’t know how to share guidance without trying to operate and lead.

A board resume is not about you; it is about what you can do for the organization.

Your resume will build a story by  matching your background with the needs of the board. What examples can you include that show you understand how to assess and address the company’s plans/strategy?

Board resumes are not repurposed executive resumes.

There are big differences between them. In this webinar, we are going to talk about the three biggest:

1.     Creating and building a unique value proposition

2.     Indicate that you understand the difference between oversight and management

3.     Changing resume language from “doing” to “guiding”

4.     Forgetting those pesky ATS robots and optimizing your layout for a dynamic presentation

We’ll answer the questions:

1.     Did you demonstrate that you are prepared for board service?

2.     Are you able to articulate an objective view on a subjective topic?

3.     Are your points concise and relevant?

4.     Did you demonstrate your ability to apply critical thought, creative problem solving, and lateral thinking skills to an issue?

About the Speaker

Merging her Human Resource Management, Marketing, Journalism, and Resume Writing backgrounds with a passion for helping others to achieve their professional goals, she founded SA Resume Services, LLC.  Sandra Allison delivers career-forward resumes, CVs, and bios. She has been a motivating voice for positive change for more than 30 years and is passionate about collaborating with clients to tailor their job-seeking and career branding documents to move into roles of positive social influence. 

A self-professed computer geek, she is well acquainted with technology’s role in today’s job market and continuously upskills to stay on-point with current hiring demands, the latest technology trends, and highest professional standards. Sandra has written hundreds of career documents covering scores of  different professions for clients in 32 US States and 22 countries. Her top areas of expertise have evolved to focus on Corporate, Nonprofit, Private, and Public Board Candidates, Senior Executives transitioning to the C-suite, and International clients. Her clients are top executives from Fortune 50-500 firms and business owners and founders in the IT, Pharmaceutical, Investment Banking, Finance, Insurance sectors, and Human Rights sectors.

Sandra is a long-time member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches, Career Directors International (CDI), How Women Lead, LinkedIn’s Software & Technology Professionals group, and the Service Corps for Retired Executives (SCORE). Her career experience includes board director positions on two nonprofit boards, and as an inside director on two others.

Always seeking opportunities to mentor and inspire others, she presents executive and board resume writing workshops to professional organizations and is a regular board candidate bio-writing session leader for How Women Lead, a national organization of top executive women that influence positive change through board service.