CEO, Ultimate Resumes
Austin, Texas Area
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- CEO at Ultimate Resumes LLC
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- Resume Review Expert at Ivy Exec
- Vice President Marketing at BroadPeak Collaborative
- Director, Strategic Partnerships at NetSpend Corporation
- Manager, Economic Education & Outreach at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Director of Recruiting at Deloitte & Touche
- HR Manager, US & Latin America at APV Americas
- Education
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- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
- University of Chicago
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Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Summary
Liz Handlin, CEO of Ultimate Resumes LLC, has nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, communications, and recruiting. Ms Handlin earned her BA from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
In Chicago, Handlin may be best known for creating and managing Money Smart Week during her employment at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Money Smart Week is an annual financial literacy campaign that brings together banks, public libraries, not-for-profits, financial experts, schools, the media, and government agencies in an effort to help consumers learn where and how to access resources to improve their personal finances. For more information on Money Smart Week visit: www.chicagofed.org
Ms Handlin was honored by Microsoft Corporation and featured in Smart Money Magazine (June 2004) for creating Money Smart Week (MSW), now in its sixth year. She is the author of numerous articles on access to banking issues including: Chicago Fed Letter, Remittances and the Unbanked, March 2002, Chicago Fed Letter, Tapping the Potential of the Unbanked – Private Sector Interest Increases, January 2003.
Ms. Handlin has been interviewed for and quoted in numerous articles in publications that include: The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Community Banker, and American Banker. Ms. Handlin writes articles on resume creation, careers, and related issues and these articles can be found on a variety of websites.
After years of using her recruiting and marketing background to help colleagues to create winning resumes, Ms Handlin launched Ultimate Resumes LLC in June 2004.
Ms. Handlin is a past member of Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka’s Advisory Board on Women’s issues. She served as a member of the Board of Central States SER from 2003 – 2005 and was a founder of Chicago Street Project. She currently serves as President of the Austin Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae.
Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Specialties:
Marketing, branding, public relations, outreach, media relations, public speaking, market research, human resources, recruiting, international remittances, payments systems, immigrant banking issues, prepaid
Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Experience
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CEO
Ultimate Resumes LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
www.ultimate-resumes.com
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Resume Review Expert
Ivy Exec
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)
www.ivyexec.com
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Vice President Marketing
BroadPeak Collaborative
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
July 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 8 months)
www.broadpeak.us
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Director, Strategic Partnerships
NetSpend Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for non-retail business development for a prepaid debit card product. NetSpend is the largest processor and marketer of prepaid cards in the US with more than 1 million cards sold.
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Manager, Economic Education & Outreach
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
February 1999 — January 2005 (6 years )
Managed a professional staff of four. Responsible for marketing and delivering Federal Reserve outreach programs including, but not limited to: economic education, financial literacy, and research on access to banking issues.
•Built and managed relationships with media, community groups, schools, libraries, bankers, local and state government agencies, foreign consulates, and elected officials
•Marketed, managed and increased awareness of and consumer participation in educational outreach programs.
•Created and managed Money$mart Week, an annual PR and marketing campaign which utilizes partnerships to organize and promote programs and services available to help people in Illinois with personal finance issues. (http://www.chicagofed.org/consumer_information/index.cfm) -
Director of Recruiting
Deloitte & Touche
(Financial Services industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Responsible for all college and experienced hire recruiting for the audit, tax, and related services areas of D&T.
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HR Manager, US & Latin America
APV Americas
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Food Production industry)
July 1994 — June 1997 (3 years )
Manage all Human Resource functions for 10 locations in the US and Latin America. APV Americas is a fully owned subsidiary of APV plc, a UK based company which engineers food and beverage processing systems.
Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Education
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University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
MBA , Marketing, Economics , January 2000 — August 2002
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University of Chicago
BA , Behavioral Sciences, Economics , September 1985 — June 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Additional Information
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Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Interests:
ARTICLES: Chicago Fed Letter, Remittances and The Unbanked, March 2002, number 175a http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/2002/cflmar2002_175a.pdf Chicago Fed Letter, Tapping the Potential of the Unbanked – Private Sector Interest Increases, January 2003, number 185a, http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/2003/cflmar2003_185a.pdf
Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Groups:
•Board of Directors, Central States SER (2003 - 2005), Member of the board
•Appointed to the State Treasurer’s Advisory Board on Women’s Issues (2002 - 2004); Chair of the Committee on Professional Women’s Financial Management Issues;
•Chairman of The University of Chicago, 5th, 10th and 15th class of 1989 reunions
•Chicago Republican Women’s Network (1994-Present), Treasurer (1994-1996) and founding member
•Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Member
•Chicago Women in Government Relations, Member
•Daughters of the American Revolution, Member
•Chicago Street Project (1991-1994), Executive Director and Finance Chairman of 800-1000 person volunteer network
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University of Chicago - Booth School of Business Alumni -
The Austin Leadership Forum -
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Austin Service & Support Professionals -
Chicago Booth Alumni of Austin
Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Honors:
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES/INTERVIEWS:
Frequently interviewed by local and national print, radio, and television financial media
Selected interviews and appearances include: The Economist, Smart Money Magazine, ABC News, WebFN, CLTV, WBBM Radio, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, American Banker, Community Banker Magazine, Today’s Chicago Woman Magazine
•Chicago Radio 850 AM – frequent guest speaker on personal finance issues
•Speaker – Chicago Women In Technology Annual Conference, March 2004,“Personal Finance for Women”
•Speaker - World Savings Bank Institute Conference on Remittances, Brussels, Belgium, December 2003 “The Future of Remittances in the Americas”
•Speaker - Urban Insurance Partners Institute Conference, October 2003, “Money Smart Week”
•Speaker - American Bankers Association National Marketing Conference, September 2003 “Emerging Trends in Latino Banking”
•Invited to present testimony to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on access to banking, 2003
Elizabeth (Liz) Handlin’s Contact Settings
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