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Annemarie Cross is a Career & NLP Coach, award-winning Resume Writer, Speaker, Author and founder/principal of Advanced Employment Concepts, a career management organisation offering specialised services for people striving for success and fulfilment in their careers.
 
With an inquisitive, inspiring and influential approach, Annemarie has supported clients from diverse backgrounds across Australia and the globe in their journey to regain clarity, confidence, contentment and balance within their lives and careers.

Industry Involvement
- Career Management & Corporate Development Practitioner - AEC
- Author - 10 key steps to Ace that Interview!
- Resume Expert for Career Intelligence.com
- Career Coach Expert for Adage Job Board
- Career Coach Expert & Article Contributor for Senior Search Job Board
- Contributing Editor on resume writing for Suite101.com and other
   national/international career sites in resume writing and career-related articles
- Resume Writer for leading international career consulting companies
- Former Resume Consultant to one of Australia's largest/leading personnel agencies
- Presenter/Workshop facilitator for educational/community groups in resume writing
  and job-search strategies
- Regularly interviewed by the media (journalists/career-related television producers
  and radio)
- Mentor to beginner Resume Writers - Career Directors International
- Certification Committee Member - Career Directors International
- Recruitment, Interviewing and Selection of staff for small corporations

Business/Industry Awards & Recognition
- Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Winner 2007
- Master Resume Writer - Lifetime Achievement Award 2007
- Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2007
- Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
- Best Graduate Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
- Best International Resume -TORI Award Nominee 2004
- Best IT Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2004
- Best Career Change Resume -TORI Award Winner 2003
- Best IT Resume - TORI Award Winner 2003
- Best Creative Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2003
- Best Executive Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
- Best Cover Letter - TORI Award Nominee 2002
- Best Graduate Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
- Best Career Change Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
- Best Creative Resume - TORI Award Nominee 2002
- TORI Award Winner for Best Creative Resume - 2002
- Australian Micro Business Award Winner - Victoria; IT/Technology Category - 2003
- Australian Achievers Award Highly Commended Customer  Service - 2003

Resume Writing Publications
Our resumes have been recognised by leading international career experts and published in numerous career-related books. Some of which include:
- Executive's Pocket Guide to ROI Resumes & Job Search, Jist. Pubs.
- Expert Resumes for Military Transitions, Jist. Pubs.
- Best Transition Resumes for $100K, Jist Pubs.
- College Grad Resumes to land $75,000K Jobs, Jist Pubs.
- Best Canadian Resumes, Mediacorp, Canada Inc.
- Best Resumes & CVs for International Jobs, Jist. Pubs.
- Expert Resumes for People Returning to Work, Jist. Pubs.
- Expert Resumes for Managers and Executives, Jist. Pubs.
- Cover Letter Magic, Second Edition, Jist. Pubs.
- 202 Great Resumes, Jay Block
- Gallery of Best Resumes, D. Noble, Jist. Pubs.
- Gallery of Best Cover Letters, Jist. Pubs.
- Expert Resumes for Career Changes, Jist Pubs.
- The Resume Guide, Holland Pubs.
- ResumeMaker Professional V.11 Software, Ind. Software.com

Professional Affiliations
- Australian Association of Career Counsellors (AACC)
- Careers Masters Institute (CMI)
- Career Directors International (CDI)
- Coachville

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Credentials

Career Counselling Certifications:
- Diploma of Professional Counselling through Australian Institute of Professional
  Counsellors
- Certified Career Counsellor through Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
- Certified Workplace Counsellor through Australian Institute of Professional Counsellor

Other Accreditations:
- EQ (Emotional Intelligence) Career Strategist
- MBTI® (Myer Briggs Type Indicator) Practitioner [Step I & Step II]
- Strong® Interest Inventory Practitioner
- Neuro Linguistics Programming Master Practitioner & NLP Trainer
- Sequential Mind Therapy Master Practitioner
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Master Practitioner

Career Coaching & Resume Writing Certifications:
- Certified Employment Interview Professional (C.E.I.P) through PARW/CC
- Credentialed Career Master (C.C.M.) through Career Master Institute
- Certified Electronic Career Coach (C.E.C.C.) through PRWRA
- Certified Advanced Resume Writer (C.A.R.W.) through CDI
- Certified Expert Resume Writer (C.E.R.W.) through CDI
- Certified Professional Resume Writer (C.P.R.W.) through PARW/CC
- Certified Web Portfolio Practitioner (C.W.P.P.) through CDI

Human Resources & Training Certifications:
- Certified H.R. Professional Cert. IV in Business Studies (Human Resources Operations)
- Certified Workplace Trainer and Assessor
- Dip. of Business (Human Resource Practice)

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Annemarie Cross' biographical journey from setback to success  

Annemarie Cross’ personal career journey portrays a colourful roller-coaster of events, changes and continued development.

At the age of 15, a horse riding accident and severe concussion altered her destiny, by halting Annemarie’s schooling and her dreams of becoming a teacher. Unable to continue studying due to severe headaches, loss of memory and inability to concentrate, she attended a concussion clinic for a period of 6 months to heal and recuperate.

Following her recovery, over the next 10 years she continued her studies and slowly progressed up the career ladder in the corporate world. However, even with her successes she still continued to experience a feeling that something was missing. That was until she underwent her last career transition to that of Career & Workplace Counsellor and Coach and founded, Advanced Employment Concepts - career management specialists. 

Today, as a Career & NLP Coach, Professional Resume Writer, Speaker and Author of 10 key steps to Ace that Interview!, Annemarie works with people who hate their jobs and dread getting up on Monday mornings in reclaiming passion and purpose in their work so that they can reduce their stress levels, improve their work performance and feel that the day just flies by because they truly love what they are doing.

She also supports job seekers in securing that elusive interview, fast-tracking the job offer and maximising their salary package for their dream jobs. In fact one of Annemarie’s clients boosted their annual salary by a whopping 70%!

With real passion Annemarie claims that she is able to serve in a role where she can call upon her own career journey experiences while harnessing her gifts, talents and strengths to ultimately fulfil her life’s calling – which is to support others in their career journeys.

Her company’s slogan is ‘Your catalyst to success!’, characterising exactly what Annemarie desires for all her clients, which is for them to experience true fulfilment and motivation in their lives and work so that they too can claim to be “living their true calling.”

Annemarie resides with her husband and three children in Hallam, Victoria.

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Media Exposure

Annemarie Cross is available to speak as an expert commentator and answer questions and provide comment on topics such as interview techniques, job search tips, career planning strategies, burnout, work/life balance etc. Annemarie's previous media experience has included:

Television:

Radio:

Magazine Publications:

Newspapers:

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Free Articles

Annemarie is a prolific writer with articles able to be reprinted. They can be viewed at:

www.aresumewriter.net/resources.htm
http://www.career-coach.com.au/xpressindex.htm
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/Resume_writing
http://www.propulsionbusinessnetwork.com.au/Expert-Column-175.html

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Images

Photos available at varying sizes. Please contact info@a-e-c.com.au

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