CW Speakers: Resume Writing

Business and Professional Women (BPW)/USA fosters the success of working women by providing career advancement resources, work-life strategies and personal and professional connections. More than two million women have served in the U.S. Armed Forces throughout history. Trough their Women Joining Forces - Closing Ranks, Opening Doors program, BPW/USA shows its appreciation and support by helping heroic women veterans transition into civilian professional life.

BPW is proud to present Abby Locke, who will facilitate a resume writing workshop to help you write a powerful and compelling resume, quantify your personal value, conduct a successful job search and more.

Abby M. Locke
Founder and President,
Premier Writing Solutions

Abby M. Locke is the founder and president of Premier Writing Solutions, an executive resume-writing and personal branding services company located in Washington, DC. Premier Writing Solutions empowers and supports senior-level finance, technology, government and military professionals who are in career transition in developing career documents and devising job search strategies to achieve career success. Fueled by her deep passion for helping others, Abby has developed a talent for
“extracting” clients’ unique intangibles through focused strategy sessions and personal consultation. She uses the power of words to help clients reach their full potential in the marketplace.

Washington DC’s only triple-certified résumé writer, Abby is sought out by local universities and professional associations to deliver workshops and seminars on résumé writing, job search techniques and interviewing skills. Samples of her distinctive résumé work have been published in Nail the Résumé! Great Tips for Creating Dynamite Résumés and Same-Day Résumé.

Abby serves as a Résumé Consultant for Women-for-Hire career fairs, is the Résumé Expert for Rachel’s Network and was recently selected as the Resume Expert/Columnist for Executive Pie, an online career resource for executive women. She is also a regular contributor for IMDiversity.com and THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online and has been featured as the career expert on Monster.com, Career Journal, DCjobs.com and Society for Human Resource Management.

Abby holds several industry designations as Nationally Certified Résumé Writer, Certified Federal Résumé Writer and Certified Personal Brand Strategist.

In addition, she received her Bachelor in Business Management from Clark University in Massachusetts and her Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Boston University.