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How To Write The Best Resume: If You Are A Senior Executive
My new book “How To Write The Best Resume: If You Are A Senior Executive” is available on Amazon! I’d love it if you’d buy a copy and let me know what you think: Amazon Link

If you are a senior-level executive ready to take your career to the next level, your resume has to reflect your unique value to prospective employers. Your written communication skills are undoubtedly excellent, but are you aware of the nuances in the job market today? Do you know how AI and ATS affect your chances? how recruiters search databases and how they read resumes? have you mastered the tricks that can turn your resume into a winner?

Don’t waste your time. Let me help. I am an experienced executive recruiter and have spent over 40,000 hours reviewing thousands of resumes.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at:

Office 847-859-5069
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Email emerson@ehnagel.com

Once you buy my book, please download this free workbook (password in book):
Workbook - How To Write the Best Resume

We encourage you to download any of these complementary tools:

Successful Interviewing Strategies
Sample Interview Questions
Behavioral vs. Case Interviews
Job Search and Resume Writing Guidelines

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GARP Global Association of Risk Professionals
Offers the Financial Risk Manager certification, often requested by financial services companies looking for risk managers. The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit association consisting of 76,000+ individuals around the world who are involved in financial risk management:

Members come from over 150 countries, and work in regional and global banks, asset management firms, insurance companies, central banks, consulting firms, technology solution companies, securities regulators, hedge funds, universities, large industrial corporations and multinationals.
GARP’s aim is to help develop leaders within the risk management community by encouraging communications between practitioners, academics and regulators worldwide.
They deliver on this vision through events, training curriculum, publications, research center, website and certifications.
As a center of excellence for the financial risk management community, GARP sets global standards through world-class training and certification for risk professionals.

PRMIA Professional Risk Managers International Association
Offers the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification, sometimes requested by financial services companies looking for risk managers. The PRM is a higher standard for risk professionals. The association is a fast-growing, collaborative network of risk professionals from around the globe, defining and implementing the best practices of risk management. From the cradle to the pinnacle of your career, as a PRMIA member you can gain sound risk management practices, increased awareness of ethical issues and standards of conduct, certification of your skills, access to professional development programs and the opportunity to participate in multiple networks for the free exchange of ideas with your peers. PRMIA is a non-profit professional association offering a vast array of resources to its members, including:

Local Chapter Network — Over 200 meetings each year are offered through local PRMIA chapters giving you access to the best practices of the global risk profession and to a local network of your colleagues.
The PRM Certification — Endorsed by leading universities and businesses, the PRM certification is the global standard for financial risk managers and is offered in 140 countries.

CFA Institute Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
Offers the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, often requested by financial services companies looking for risk managers. The CFA Institute is a global, not-for-profit association of investment professionals that awards the CFA and CIPM designations. It promotes the highest ethical standards and offers a range of educational opportunities online and around the world:

It has more than 90,000 voting members and 135 societies worldwide.
With its member societies, it offers a range of educational programs and services for members, program candidates, investors, employers, institutions, and the press. From online learning to career opportunities to publications, it has something for everybody.

RMA Risk Management Association
Founded in 1914, The Risk Management Association (RMA), is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association, whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, operational risk and regulatory compliance:

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RMA has 3,000 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions.
They are represented in the association by over 20,000 risk management professionals who are chapter members in financial centers throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

RIMS Risk and Insurance Management Society
The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management:

Founded in 1950, RIMS represents more than 3,500 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and governmental entities. The Society serves more than 11,000 risk management professionals in more than 60 countries by proactively providing the highest quality products, services and information to manage risk effectively.

FIRMA Fiduciary and Investment Risk Management Association
The Fiduciary and Investment Risk Management Association, Inc. (FIRMA) is the leading provider of current and relevant fiduciary and investment risk management education and networking opportunities to risk management professionals of banks, trust companies, investment advisors, broker-dealers, insurance companies and other providers of financial services.

FIRMA, previously the National Association of Trust Audit and Compliance Professionals (NATACP), has the objective of providing fiduciary risk managers with the tools and knowledge needed to perform their functions in the rapidly changing financial services landscape.

SIFMA The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) represents the industry which powers the global economy.

SIFMA is the single powerful voice for strengthening markets and supporting investors -- the world over.
Our dynamic, organization is passionately dedicated to representing more than 600 member firms of all sizes, in all financial markets in the U.S. and around the world. It is committed to enhancing the public’s trust and confidence in the markets, delivering an efficient, enhanced member network of access and forward-looking services, as well as premiere educational resources for the professionals in our industry and the investors whom they serve.
SIFMA links investors and issuers locally and globally to create economic growth and financial security - around the corner, around the world.

FMW Financial Markets World
Financial Markets World is a leading provider of cutting-edge, focused business information and networking opportunities through high-end executive and professional conferences and seminars.

FMW is a preferred resource for forward-looking executives and managers seeking information and practical solutions to the wide-ranging challenges facing the capital markets industry.
Financial Markets World requires instructors to review and, if appropriate, update every course prior to each presentation. Instructors are required to have their courses and materials evaluated by others in the field, and a final review is made by FMW staff.

CFP Center for Financial Professionals
The Center for Financial Professionals is an international research organization and the focal point for financial professionals to advance through thought-leadership globally.

The Center features many national and international conferences, thought-leadership articles, webinars, presentations and interviews with the leading financial professionals across the world.
CFP Events is dedicated to innovating risk professionals globally with market research driven leading thought-leadership.
It is focused on researching the specific needs and requirements of the risk professional and working with the industries leading experts to deliver that information in a format suitable for the knowledge being obtained.

Risk USA
Risk Magazine (published by Incisive Media, headquartered in the UK) sponsors many other risk-related events, including an annual Risk USA Conference – the USA’s premier risk management event for financial institutions.

Risk USA has been developed through in-depth research with senior professionals actively involved in the marketplace, and in collaboration with prominent associations, regulatory bodies and editorial support of Risk magazine. This multi-stream event offers you the unrivalled opportunity to gain a firm grasp of the current issues, new product developments and regulatory changes sweeping the industry at the moment, supplying incisive viewpoints, best-practice tips and unbeatable networking opportunities.

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