This résumé, from 2008, played major role in winning a contract as SEO Copywriter with IT World Canada. Written in one day, covering more than 40 years, the résumé was whittled down to one page out of consideration for reader. Was granted interview on basis of phone call, asked to submit résumé the next day, granted a second interview the same day, and offered a contract that day.

1. HOWARD E. HALPERN MA
www.NoBlock.com • halpern@bellnet.ca
Toronto: 416-398-TALK or 416-398-8255 (24/7)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1989–pres. SELF-EMPLOYMENT.
 Established:
 <Résu-Card>® in 1989 to market the Business-Card Résumé, which I had invented, along with
paper résumés and related services.
 Affordable Counselling ® in 1990 to offer therapeutic and employment-related counselling services.
 A Real Live Person Twenty-Four Hours Seven Days ® in 1997 to market a range of services,
including the above.
 Was approached in 1995 by a successful PR consultant to write media releases and related documents
for Bay Networks, Motivational Strategies (producer of The CIO Summit and The Canadian National
Internet Show), CYBERManagement, CIT Inc., Mediconsult.com Ltd., and other corporations. Focused
heavily on this work for 1½ years.
 Taught myself HTML in 1998 to promote my services via the web and began studying SEO informally
the same year. Struggled four years before achieving page-one placement on Google and several other
engines. Developed résumé service by offering free websites and hosting with most packages. Began
creating commercial websites for colleagues and others.
 In 2001, wrote language essay subsequently featured on CBC radio. In 2002, built world's largest web
collection of résumés by certified writer, with over 80 documents.
 In 2004, was tapped by Knowledge Media Design Institute, University of Toronto, as Marketing
Manager for conference on Open Source and Free Software. Successfully performed SEO by editing
our home page and persuading owners of other sites to link to us. Acquired and redirected
“OpenSourceLive.net,” promoting our brand.
1966–pres. PUBLICATION. At age 16, crafted poem "Barter," subsequently published with other works in
Canadian literary journal Tamarack Review. Published poems in Storm Warning (edited by Al Purdy),
Voice & Vision (McClelland and Stewart), Montreal Star. Published poems and two-part,
autobiographical article on the 60s in Miss Chatelaine (now Flare); article in Score (Canada's golf
magazine), Regina Leader-Post, Toronto's black newspaper Contrast; article on education with comments
and rebuttal in Ontario Psychologist, listed in international Psychological Abstracts;
ecommerce article in Information Highways magazine.
1984–89 EMPLOYMENT with various organizations in private, public, and semi-public sectors.
 Was introduced to IT during 1984–85 while working as writer for Zvook Corporation, which was
funded by National Research Council to develop a learning aid. President asked me to visit a computer
store, test-drive the Apple Macintosh, and determine if it suited his needs. The store salesperson did not
know how to operate the computer, so I asked for a manual, taught myself how to use it, and drafted a
report outlining its suitability. President then purchased the machine.
 Further developed computer skills during 1985–88 as secretary, Communications Canada, which
promoted development of IT industry in this country. Learned how to troubleshoot DOS and various
computer applications in consultation with technical staff.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
MA in psychology, University of Regina, 1977.
BA (Honours), York University, 1971. BA with distinction, York University, 1970.
Certified Professional Résumé Writer, PARW/CC, 1998 (current).
NOTE: This résumé, from 2008, played a major role in winning Halpern a contract as SEO Copywriter with IT World
Canada. The company was seeking a full-time copywriter, but Halpern had his own businesses to run and was only
available part time. He was granted an interview on the basis of a phone call to human resources. He was asked to
come in the next day with his résumé. Halpern worked on it all night and showed up at 9 a.m. He passed the first
interview, was granted a second one immediately thereafter, and was offered a part-time contract the same day. He
had an IT client who needed a job. The employer needed one more staff person to round out the SEO team. Halpern
recommended his client, who was hired full time, permanent, and the two of them worked together for 1½ years.