Themes

Career Management: Savvy Tools and Strategies for Lifelong Career Success

Resume Writing for the 2000s and Beyond

Military Conversion Resumes and Job Search

Federal Government Resumes, Applications & Job Search

About

Diane Hudson Burns is respected as one of the industry’s leading career coaches, two-time award-winning professional résumé writer, and an authority for Military Transitions and Federal Résumé & Application Procedures; as well as a nationally published author, international conference speaker, and train the trainer.

Diane is quoted as a career expert in the Career Builder section of major national newspapers including the Baltimore Sun and Los Angeles Times on varied career topics. Her resumes are published in over 30 books and periodicals including the Federal Resume Guidebook, Third & Fourth Editions (Chapter author), national articles and career industry journals including the Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, The Resume Writer’s Digest, Women For Hire Newsletter, and the National Business Employment Weekly (cover story).

With 17+ years’ experience in the careers industry, Diane is a Career Change Coach & Trainer with a strong record of writing winning military conversion, career change, and Federal government résumés with successful results for career transition and position placement. As a former recruiter for a major aerospace corporation in Los Angeles and Special Agent Investigator for the Department of Defense, she has the inside scoop on résumé requirements, interviewing, references, and creating and managing a successful career search campaign.

Diane is the creator, instructor, and facilitator for the Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches / Certified Professional Career Coach program including the development of 500+ pages of manual and six hours of video taped modules (she currently manages over 80 students from several countries).

Her credentials include Certified Professional Resume Writer, Federal Job Search Trainer and Counselor, Certified Leadership Talent Management Coach, Certified Professional Career Coach, International Certified Job Transition Coach, Career Management Coach, and others; she is a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers International Resume Certification (PARW) committee.

Assets

Career Marketing Techniques is a careers industry leader and benchmark résumé design and career coaching firm, delivering solutions for career change, career search, and career development with a global perspective. As an award-winning and highly credentialed résumé writer and career coach, Diane Hudson Burns distinguishes you from your competition; she leads you in identifying and defining your value proposition, writing your moniker / brand statement, telling your story, and communicating your message and personality to an employer (throughout your entire career search campaign, including your full suite of written career search marketing documents; while networking or interviewing, conducting salary negotiations, or on the new job).

As a career change strategist, Diane collaborates with clients engaged in complex and challenging career transitions including executive career change, M&As, layoffs, military retirement, military upgrades (warrant officers), Federal government employment (federal to federal, corporate to federal, and federal to corporate), firing, “boredom”, and other difficult or life-impacting career challenges.

Having lived abroad, Diane’s viewpoint is cosmopolitan and international; she is a flexible, adaptable career coach offering down-to-earth / real-life guidance. With an eclectic career background (former Recruiter for a major aerospace corporation, and a Special Agent Investigator for the Department of Defense), Diane is able to integrate myriad careers industry options into your career search plans.

Diane has traveled to Japan, throughout Germany, the Netherlands, around America, and Canada speaking to varied audiences (women, military, senior executives, out-placed job seekers, high schoolers, association meetings, and careers industry professional conferences). Diane is down to earth, professional, and serious about her work and her clients, and in guiding her clients to identify and secure satisfying employment.

Rave Reviews

Certified Professional Career Coaches

“Diane is a dynamic presenter…and is a class act for me to follow. In my view, the CPCC program is the national standard for all career coaches.”
“I found the CPCC program to be of very high quality. Thank you Diane for preparing such a valuable resource.”
“WOW! I am so impressed with the CPCC program! It is packed with well-organized information and full of tools that I use regularly in my practice.”

Career Management Alliance

“The presentation convinced me to be a career coach — thanks!”
“I liked the very professional and interesting presentation style.”
“Excellent program; great practical applications.”
“I feel empowered.”

Career Coaching & Resume Writing Clients

“I've been offered, and accepted, a position with the VA. I will retire from the Army and begin work as the Deputy Chief Consultant for Rehabilitation Services. Thank you again for helping me put forward such a polished CV and application.” (Sr. Executive)
"I am currently working for GTE. I make a good salary and have excellent benefits. A well-written résumé was the key to my success. I hope others can benefit from your services." (IT Professional)

“Through Diane’s knowledge and experience in the field, I have learned a lot about résumé writing, self-marketing, negotiations, networking, and careers. Her advice is always “spot on.” (Document Imaging Executive, Malaysia)
"There were a total of 78 RESUMIX applications submitted; CPAC forwarded 14 names to the hiring authority and mine was number 1! Thanks!” (GS-14)
“My advice to job seekers: USE DIANE BURNS TO WRITE YOUR RESUME! ” (Operations Manager)
"You know they say customers are your best advertisement. I am a Billboard for you!” (Logistics Manager)
"Thanks for a job well done! I'll be happy to pass your name around for more business." (Senior Marketing Director)