Laura Decarlo Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Fl, Us

I created CDI to position resume writers and career coaches to attain unmatched success through authority-building, credentialing, and 6-figure-plus revenue growth. I believe career professionals are heroes who deserve the same level of success their clients achieve. My philosophy:“This is an industry with a soul where you can make an incredible difference while earning an amazing living.”Key solutions I’ve created:🧩 Resume writer and career coach certification and training programs. 🧩 Strategies for writing visual resumes that win awards, are scannable, and get interviews.🧩 New trends and career industry best practices to keep you on the cutting edge. 🧩 Script to close 4-figure packages, 94-97% of the time, without feeling salesy.🧩 Simple presentation that gets audiences excited and fills a consult calendar.🧩 Tools for teaching clients job search, interviewing, and job survival strategies.🧩 Resources to ensure your resume never gets blamed as the problem and that turn unhappy clients into repeat buyers.🧩 Process for building a 55%+ client referral base.🧩 Testimonial strategy that pre-sells prospects.🧩 Proposal process that lets you land lucrative transition assistance contracts.🧩 Done-for-you tools such as email templates, sample contracts, and client checklists. 🧩 Pathways for turning challenging work histories into winning job searches and resumes.🧩 Networking opportunities with the industry’s leaders. 🧩 Awards, advanced certifications, leadership roles, and publishing opportunities to set you apart. Member Laura S-P says:“CDI represents the best intersection between best practices in the careers industry and member support. As a CDI member, I have access to a wealth of resources that are hard to duplicate in any other professional careers association. I have recommended CDI to many of my business associates, and will continue to do so.”👉 Learn more at https://careerdirectors.com/join-cdi/member-benefits/.

I established Audacious Entrepreneur based on my natural tendency to slip into 6-figure-plus business consulting and coaching with every business owner and entrepreneur I encounter. I’ve always been an entrepreneur, from my childhood of designing lip gloss packaging ideas to actually getting to be hands on at the age of 13 when my parents opened their first business. I loved it and could go from creating crowd-drawing promotions to being the shark recapturing lost revenue. I’ve built a career around turning every business I touch into gold. Personally that has ranged from a butterfly release company ($100k in the first year) to turnkey career management (a little slower at 2.5 years, but it was my first time out on my own, and it grew to a team of 10 with 54 global contracts). The concept for CDI was created in 2004 and that’s when I realized my talents were unique in helping entrepreneurs uncover opportunities for profitability and life balance. I love looking into a business and instantly seeing how to make shifts for greater profitability and productivity — ah-ha! moments for individuals who have been working too hard for too little.Completing 5-45 training programs a year, I provide fresh and effective approaches to any business.✅ Packaging services to create excitement and more revenue per client.✅ Performing copywriting to excite and engage prospects.✅ Providing techniques for selling without being salesy.✅ Helping break through limiting beliefs or introversion.✅ Converting expertise into membership sites, courses, and e-books for making $$ while you sleep. ✅ Increasing productivity to free up time for a balanced life.✅ Leveraging top ROI marketing techniques including video and funnels. ✅ Providing connections to SEO and automation specialists to tune up your business. From physical therapists and coaches to retail owners and service companies, I help entrepreneurs reignite their passion, reclaim their lives, and get profitable.

Boston, Ma, Us

I am a featured expert author and contributor to Forbes.com articles which leverage my breadth of expertise in resume writing, career coaching, career management, entrepreneurial start ups, business consulting and coaching, marketing, and small business management.

I built and managed A Competitive Edge Career Service, LLC as a turn-key career management, resume writing and career coaching organization dedicated to providing global excellence to job seekers. In this role I:✅ Established a flourishing 6-figure practice within two years of taking over business from a closed franchise.✅ Created resume writing training materials to leverage best practices. ✅ Recruited, interviewed, and trained new resume writers. ✅ Attained recognition through resume writing awards with PARW and PRWRA. ✅ Selected as resume writing expert for 54 professional associations including PMI, AMA, AJST, ASAE, ASME, AVMA, and ASCE.✅ Introduced career transition packages into a formerly resume-only model. ✅ Increased revenue per client from $150 to $1250.✅ Presented at CMI, PRWRA, ASAE, and NRWA conferences on resume writing, marketing, and interview coaching.✅ Negotiated contracts and traveled the US to provide transition workshops for the US Treasury Dept of Thrift, Gooding’s Supermarkets, and boutique software firms. ✅ Published resumes in 15 resume compendiums.✅ Developed Interviewing: The Gold Standard turnkey interview coaching program, which became the standard for most resume writers, career coaches, and numerous university career centers. ✅ Provided small contract outplacement packages. ✅ Presented at niche industry conferences, Miami Herald job fair, local job fairs and job clubs, and performed resume critiques at ASTD and ASAE conferences. ✅ Co-authored the book, Job Search Bloopers. Published Interviewing: The Gold Standard and Interview Pocket RX.✅ Recruited top certified, award-winning resume writers for ghost writing. ✅ Managed nine writers and 30+ client projects at any given time. ✅ Authored employment column for Florida Today newspaper. Quoted in publications including Forbes.com, Vogue.com, HR Magazine, US News & World Report, Monster.com, SmartMoney.com, Working Mother, and the Wall Street Journal.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

I developed and retained this position through FT, PT, and contractor consultant roles during transition from Business Training Institute to Herzing College to Herzing University. Dates are approximate. ✅ Revamped job search and career readiness program to attain 98% placement rates of all graduates within 90 days of graduation.✅ Contributed content as an author and resume designer for Herzing’s printed career center guide. ✅ Recognized annually for top new graduate placement rates out of 11 campuses in two countries.✅ Designed and taught workshops on career management, career survival, resume writing, job search, interviewing, self worth, and salary negotiation. ✅ Recruited presenters for student workshops and training events.✅ Managed job placement program and employer recruitment/relations to include interview scheduling, student counseling, and job followup. ✅ Attended Herzing career practitioner conferences. ✅ Networked within the community for new job leads as well as donations of professional wardrobe items for students.✅ Performed career planning, resume writing, and placement for IT, medical administration, welfare to work, and university students.

Leveraged my blossoming entrepreneurial spirit to launch a resume writing, desktop publishing design, and technical writing business while pursuing dual graduate studies in Technical Writing and Creative Writing.

Ba, Creative Writing & English

Candidate, Ba, Technical Writing

Candidate, Ma, Counseling

Candidate, Ma, Human Resources & Training