Lauren Milligan

Current

• Founder and Career Advancement Specialist at ResuMAYDAY

Past

• Sales Manager and Sr. Loan Officer at The Mortgage Exchange

Recommended

34 people have recommended Lauren

Connections

342 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• ResuMAYDAY
• Weekly e-radio show
• ResuMAYDAY Facebook page

Lauren Milligan’s Summary

ResuMAYDAY staffs a team of expert resume writers from a variety of backgrounds. We offer expert resume development, interview skills coaching and other services that will help launch and execute a professional and effective job search. Each resume is carefully crafted to promote our clients in a manner that completely supports their career goals. This means that all of our work is customized; we never use resume templates.

For our corporate clients, we offer affordable and top-notch OUTPLACEMENT services for up to 50 employees at a time. We have redefined traditional outplacement. Outdated services that don't provide any value to your employees have been eliminated, while other services have been enhanced. Our main goal is to provide everything that your employees need to compete in today's aggressive employment market.

Business owners - your clients want to know who you are! Do your online and print marketing materials include your Professional Bio? A compelling and dynamic bio is the easiest way to build trust and rapport with your clients.

Job seekers are not the only ones who need interview skills. Have you ever hired the perfect person, only to regret it a few weeks later? Our Interviewer Skills Program is the perfect solution. Don't make expensive hiring mistakes ever again! Let's face it; no one has really ever been 'trained' to conduct an interview - until now! We'll discuss the most modern interview scenarios and the right vs. wrong things that managers do. Call for more details.

Lauren Milligan’s Specialties:

I am a contributing expert to Yahoo! HotJobs, CareerBuilder and various newspapers, publications, radio and television news shows.
I am a co-host on a weekly radio show (www.mydreambiz.net) that focuses on new job-search issues each week.

Three Little Known Facts About Me:
1) I am a big fan of people who adopt their pets from shelters. 2) I am confused by/envious of people who are naturally organized. 3) My husband is a professional musician and has a mohawk.

Lauren Milligan’s Experience

• Founder and Career Advancement Specialist

  ResuMAYDAY

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  October 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)

  I have the distinct ability to transform any blah resume into an interview-winning, attention-grabbing, professional and strategic document that will make you stand out from any other candidate.
  
  One of the things that sets me apart from other resume writers is my love of crafting a 'transition resume' but of course, I get a charge for writing resumes in all industries and at all career levels. I started this company in 2001 as a direct response to 9/11 and the collapse of Enron (want more details? Just ask!). As more and more clients were referred to me, I needed to expand the company and now I'm very pleased to say that I have a team of 9 resume experts! We continually challenge each other to be better writers and to never take the easy way out on any resume. Every member of the ResuMAYDAY team has a diverse background and industry-specific experience, so all clients have the benefit of working with someone who already understands the language of their business. This is truly a team effort.
  
  Please see my company website at www.ResuMAYDAY.com for my President's letter, case studies and any other information that you need about our company...or, just scroll down this page and read testimonials from the best clients on earth!

• Sales Manager and Sr. Loan Officer

  The Mortgage Exchange

  (Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

  1994 — 2001 (7 years )

Additional Information

Lauren Milligan’s Websites:

• ResuMAYDAY
• Weekly e-radio show
• ResuMAYDAY Facebook page

Lauren Milligan’s Groups:

Naperville Business Group, Business Growth Consortium, Livin' The Dream radio show, Downers Grove Chamber and the Women2Women networking group

•    Women@Work Network, LLC
•    Linked n Chicago
•    Ask Liz Ryan
•    UniForum Chicago
•    Business Network Chicago (BNC)
•    BNC Entrepreneur Group
•    Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Women 2 Women Business Leads Group
•    The Great Unemployment Festival of 2009
•    BNC Social Media Group

Lauren Milligan’s Honors:

- Frequent speaker and panel expert on Career Advancement, Entrepreneurism or Age Issues in the Workplace
- Featured on the front page of Yahoo in story about Biggest Career Mistakes
- Frequent contributor to CareerBuilder.com articles
- Featured in New York Times on story about job commute vs. gas prices
- Guest on WGN radio about Writing a Killer Resume
- Guest host on WJSA (Dallas) morning show about Career Search and Job Market
- Featured in a series of informational spots on CLTV (Chicagoland) about resume and job search advice
- Two time guest on Perspective, a television show about Chicago's current events. Hosted by Monique Caradine.

Lauren Milligan’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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