Jan Melnik, M.A., Mrw, Ccm, Cprw Email & Phone Number

Since founding my private practice, I have built a reputation as a well-known executive job-search coach and C-level resume writer, working with senior-level clients, rising executives, and the highly motivated high school- and college-graduating children of these C-suite clients through my private practice, Absolute Advantage. I collaborate individually with clients to craft branded career documents, delivering customized *solutions* that work to advance my clients' careers—not just *services.* CAREER COLLATERALS✑ resumes✑ targeted cover letters✑ comprehensive LinkedIn profiles✑ LinkedIn communications✑ board resumes✑ email messaging/scripting✑ bios✑ leadership briefs✑ project addenda✑ 30-, 60-, 90-day business plans✑ one-page executive/summary resumes✑ interview debriefing/follow-up thank-you letters✑ other strategic communications LINKEDIN, INTERVIEW, AND JOB SEARCH COACHINGCoaching for job-search and interview success at the executive (and new graduate) level is a key service I provide—empowering my clients with confidence, positioning, and the know-how to advance successfully throughout the ever-increasingly arduous candidate-vetting and interview process. In addition to my board roles with Career Thought Leaders and C-Suite Career Catalysts, I am a frequent keynote speaker and workshop presenter at industry conferences, corporate settings, universities, and public libraries nationwide. I also serve as the career expert on several nationally syndicated radio programs as well as for NBC.How can I help you? Let's connect! jan@janmelnik.com or 860-349-0256.

Sarasota, Fl, Us

Happy to be promoted from English faculty to Program Director at the University of South Florida. In this role, I'll be handling special programs and managing community engagement projects including serving as co-chair of the yearlong project to apply for the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification. I'm partnering with the former Chancellor of our campus and current Dean of Graduate Studies to work on this exciting project. It's exciting to be collaborating with many senior faculty and staff to create the content, branding, and strategy for this effort. I’ll be doing lots of intensive writing, a passion to be sure! Working for the Regional Vice Chancellor/Vice Provost in the Office of Academic Affairs and Student Success, I’m teaching just one accelerated writing class this summer at USF. Love this community: Go Bulls!

Sarasota, Fl, Us

Visiting Instructor/Faculty Member (Aug. 2020–Aug. 2022)✑ Professor: "Professional Writing"✑ Professor: "Expository Writing"✑ Professor: "Professional and Technical Editing"✑ Professor: "First Year Composition"✑ Professor: "Technical Writing"Adjunct Faculty (Jan. 2018–July 2020)✑ Course Designer and Professor: "Professional Writing"✑ Course Designer and Professor: "Expository Writing"

Longmeadow, Ma, Us

✑ Lead Course Designer and Professor: "Strategies for Career and Personal Growth," Leadership and Organizational Studies, School of Professional & Adult Studies ✑ Lead Course Designer and Professor: "Communications for Business," School of Business ✑ Professor: "Integrated Marketing Communications," School of Business✑ Professor: "Communicating for Leadership," School of Business✑ Professor: "Financial Wellness," School of Business

As the CMO Coach at C-Suite Career Catalysts, I partner with C-level and executive marketing and sales clients coast-to-coast and develop targeted career strategies, branded career documents (resumes, communications, and all collateral), and focused job-search plans. My clients are highly successful, driven, and busy executives who enjoy collaborating professionally in their personal career management. www.c-suitecareercatalysts.com

Westminster, Co, Us

From getting in on the ground floor of the Career Thought Leaders Consortium—collaborating with the best minds in career management—to serving as a Board member ever since, I am passionate about helping to define the best practices in career management for today's job seekers. http://www.careerthoughtleaders.com

Continuing the collaboration with Louise Kursmark, we're working on "Resume and LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates: What Works to Launch a Gen-Z Career" (Apr. 2023 pub. date) — in the "Modernize" job search series. The publication will join our book, "Modernize Your Executive Job Search" (Emerald Publishing, 2021): https://tinyurl.com/2be6wxwk ... see accompanying podcasts at https://emerald-career-publishing.myshopify.com/products/executive-job-search-podcastsMy first work of fiction, "Telling Tales: On Merlin's Island," is now available in print or via Kindle from Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/okquq38 My first children's book is a collection of wildlife stories: "Adventures in The Wooded Glen," also available from Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/hsrd6cghttps://www.amazon.com/author/janmelnikI wrote seven nonfiction books prior to my foray into fiction: five in the entrepreneurial field for Globe Pequot Press and two for JIST Publishing. In addition to "Executive's Pocket Guide to ROI Resumes and Job Search" (co-authored with Louise Kursmark) and "One-Hour College Application Essay," most recent titles include "Modernize Your Executive Job Search" (co-authored with Louise Kursmark) and "Resume and LinkedIn Strategies for New College Graduates: What Works to Launch a Gen Z Career" (also with Louise Kursmark).

Master Of Arts, Humanities

Certificate In Online Teaching, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

B.S., Business Management; Minor: Marketing

A.S., Business

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