The Doctor Is In!

LibGig's resume doctor, Meredith Lavine, of Artful Résumé Service, has been helping people manage their careers since 2005. Her biggest passion is providing the support and structure people need to achieve their career goals in an approachable and friendly manner.

Along with her résumé writing and career coaching practice, she is a vocational career planning and placement specialist in the Boston area. Meredith’s clients include a wide variety of professionals, including librarians, knowledge managers, IT professionals, nurses, medical assistants, educators, executives, retailers, marketing specialists, administrators, musicians and many others. Meredith also brings 13 years of experience to the library and information science field as a knowledge management practitioner for organizations such as The Boston Consulting Group, IBM Business Consulting Services and The MathWorks. Meredith earned her M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College and has formal training in life and career coaching. In addition, she holds two master’s degrees in Voice Performance and Music Education from The Boston Conservatory and regularly performs in and around Boston.

Need resume advice? Artful Résumé Service offers one FREE 30 minute consultation for career planning discussions and initial résumé reviews. You will get a chance to discuss your specific career goals and work on your résumé format, content, grammar and flow and also gain insights on the shape of your career. If you are a libgig.com member and decide to work with Artful Résumé Service, you will receive a 10% discount on all services. Services include new resumes, resume rewrites, cover letters, thank you notes, personal statements, customized job searches, career coaching and interview preparation. Schedule a consultation now!

Resume Resources:

Common Library & Info Science Action Verbs: Does your resume use the same old words? Did you start something or did you initiate it? Did you test or did you trouble-shoot? Did you send out an email or did you disseminate information? Check out the verbs you should be using in this PDF!

Librarian Resume How-To: Is your resume up to snuff? Check out this resume mock-up and click to make larger as a PDF:

Client Testimonials:

“I got a call from a recruiter and another interview within one day of posting my new résumé online.”
Telecom Sales Manager

“Artful Resumes did a terrific job with my résumé and I landed a contract conducting market research in the software industry.”
Marketing and Business Strategist