Diane Hudson Burns is one of the career industry’s leading career coaches, professional résumé writers, and a respected authority for Private Industry (executives and directors), Military Transitions, and Federal Résumé & Application Procedures. Diane is a multi-credentialed career coach and resume writer specializing in senior level military transitions, senior level federal government applications, and Senior Executive Service (SES) applications. She is co-author of The New SES Application (publication date, 9/2011); and chapter author for the Federal Resume Guidebook (SES and Military Transition chapters). Diane's resumes, cover letters, and case studies are published in 60+ books and publications; and she is an award winning executive level resume writer. She is a train-the-trainer, and a trainer and coach for Federal Resume writing topics, for military employment readiness specialists and retiring military/veterans; as well as train-the-trainer at industry conferences internationally, on outplacement and career search topics. Diane formerly held a federal job as a Special Agent Investigator for the Department of Defense, and was a Recruiter/Employment Specialist for a major aerospace corporation in Los Angeles, California. She holds a degree in journalism and a number of industry credentials. Diane is an active member of the Board of Directors, Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches (PARW/CC) and is creator and Director of the Certified Professional Career Coach program (with students globally). She also serves as an outplacement coach for such organizations as CareerBuilder. She writes columns and articles for numerous organizations and serves as the Veteran Expert for Job-Hunt.Org and as the Federal Expert for Workforce50.com. Diane has navigated four international moves, living abroad for 12 years, and living and working the in the Washington, DC/Baltimore corridor and Los Angeles region.

You can reach Diane at www.polishedresumes.com or see her book at http://www.resume-place.com/books/the-new-ses-application/