Consultant Biographies

Brigitte de Boer - Resume Writer & Career Consultant

Brigitte has worked as an Human Resources professional for over 20 years, including a career with a big-four global consulting firm where she rose to Senior Manager of Human Resources and more recently as General Manager Human Resources in the Chartered Accounting profession. Brigitte has designed and led top-talent recruitment programmes and understands what is required by an organisation in selecting the right people for the right position and in retaining and developing key staff.  Brigitte is highly skilled in identifying what it takes to accurately position and align a job applicant to a particular position and/or organisation. As a Resume Right Consultant she draws on this experience to ensure her clients’ career documents are tailored to suit the individual's circumstances and  represent the best possible opportunity to secure those important interviews.

Brigitte's experience covers Australia, Europe and the UK and she has managed and led HR activity in recruitment, performance management, staff development, policy and strategy. She works closely with her clients to ensure an effective outcome is achieved.  She can position your ‘on-paper’ profile to facilitate that ‘foot- in-the-door’, whether you are a graduate, middle manager or senior executive.

Brigitte holds an MBA from Monash University and a Bachelor of Applied Science.

Tommasina Di Mento - Resume Writer & Career Coach

Tommasina has extensive experience in HR consulting in the private and public sector and has designed, implemented and managed recruitment programs for state and federal government departments and other public sector bodies for more than a decade. She has focused on career and talent development encompassing competency frameworks, job analysis and evaluation, remuneration and benefits consulting and end-to-end recruitment management. Tommasina has very deep knowledge of selection criteria – she has spent her career setting the key selection criteria for recruitment processes, and evaluating job applicant responses.

She began her career as a recruitment consultant where she worked with large corporations within banking & finance, insurance, telecommunications, professional services, and clinical R&D to recruit specialist and management staff. She uses this extensive knowledge and experience with Resume Right to build client applications that are specifically aligned to employer requirements and provides coaching and guidance on how to leverage the best outcome for your job applications.

Tommasina holds a Diploma of Business in Human Resources Management and a wide range of HR certifications, including Mercer CED, the government-approved job evaluation methodology.

Sarah Fletcher - Resume Writer & Career Consultant

Sarah has more than 15 years experience in the recruitment/executive search sector in the Melbourne and Sydney markets in both boutique and international blue-chip recruitment firms.  She has worked with job candidates ranging from graduates to senior executives and has assessed and prepared thousands of resumes in her career.  In addition to tailored one-off assignments, Sarah has experience with large-scale campaigns including graduate induction programmes and the on-site management of recruitment for employers, giving her particular skills in matching your resume to an organisation's culture and corporate identity as well as ensuring the best representation of your fit to a job in terms of your achievements, skills and abilities. Just as importantly, she has first-hand knowledge of how employers assess job applicants and is well placed to use that knowledge to your advantage.

Sarah has worked with government and corporate employers across a wide range of disciplines including sales and marketing, human resources, administration, senior management and finance and banking.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Monash University. Prior to her move into recruitment she worked in the professional services sector.

Graham Gourley - Resume Writer & Career Coach

Graham has nearly 20 years experience as a Senior Level Executive Search Consultant (head-hunter), working primarily in technology-rich sectors encompassing IT, Telecommunications, Technology Convergence and Consulting/ Professional Services. He has recruited at most senior levels (such as CEO, MD, COO, CIO and Functional Directors) and has managed recruitment advertising campaigns, graduate recruitment  and talent development projects.

Graham has worked extensively throughout Australia, across the UK and Europe as well as North America and South East Asia. With Resume Right, he uses his deep experience of just which job candidates get through the complex recruitment process and what employers look for to build and present career documents and advise on job application strategy to the best advantage for his clients.

Prior to becoming involved with recruitment Graham held a variety of management roles with Hewlett Packard, Wang and Motorola. His early career developed with the Australian Army (Signals) and the Defence and Aerospace industries. Graham qualified with the military and RMIT University in the electronics field.

Toni McSweeney - Resume Writer & Career Consultant

Toni is a Human Resources professional with a corporate career of almost 20 years covering financial services, information technology, publishing and retail. Toni has well-developed skills across the employment life-cycle with expertise in resourcing, recruitment and selection, organisational structure, job design, talent and performance management, leadership development and coaching. With this extensive ‘other side of the table’ experience, Toni has an intimate knowledge of what information a hiring manager looks for when they are seeking the right person – and how to present you in the best possible way based on your background and career. 

Toni has particularly deep knowledge of the financial services sector and of a range of disciplines including finance, operations, IT, sales and HR. She is highly accomplished at drawing out her clients’ relevant career history, highlighting achievements, strengths and attributes to make career documents really stand out. She is also an experienced career coach.

Toni holds a Master of Human Resource Management from Charles Sturt University. She is accredited as a Leadership Coach and Change Manager and also holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

Belinda Rodman - Resume Writer & Career Coach

Belinda began her career as a recruitment consultant before moving on to human resources management, where she had a successful career in the USA, South Africa and Australia before building her own business in operations and change management consulting in Victoria. She has extensive employer-side experience of the creation and management of recruitment programmes as well of the assessment and evaluation of applicants' resumes, the design and conducting of interviews and the selection of candidates for employment. In short - a lot of insider knowledge! Belinda specialises in building career documents that align to job descriptions and company  requirements  and will get the very best out of your applications.

Her HR experience also covers human capital management,  training, development, HR policy and strategy and change management and she has particularly deep knowledge of the healthcare, hospitality and retail industries.

Belinda holds a Master in Business (Human Resources) and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

John Rogers - Resume Writer & Career Consultant

John is a former CEO, Company Secretary, Business Owner and Director. He has established, developed and sold several companies in the logistics, manufacturing and business services sectors. He has considerable experience in building executive and management teams through attracting key talent, assessing applications, conducting interviews, making hires and developing careers. His background also includes a period in education as a lecturer in Commerce, Business and Accounting as well as tutoring in Business Communications. He has an extensive coaching/mentoring background and values the principles of establishing and becoming part of a team.

At Resume Right, John leverages this considerable knowledge to guide and coach his clients in the job application process and to write outstanding resumes, cover letters and selection criteria responses with a strong eye on what the prospective employer wants and expects to see. With his help, you can be sure that your career guidance, job-seeking advice and career documents will be of the highest standard.

John holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics & Psychology) from the University of NSW.

Chris Tamsett - Resume Writer & Career Coach

A career recruiter, career coach and mentor, Chris qualified and worked as an Engineer and Project Manager before becoming a recruitment consultant and going on to build his own training and development business. His sector and discipline experience covers engineering, project management, construction, mining and resources, production, manufacturing, logistics, technology and professional services. He has recruited and provided career services at professional entry level, middle and senior management.

Chris uses this background to huge advantage with his clients at Resume Right, drawing on his knowledge of assessing and selecting job applicants and interviewing and short-listing candidates to ensure that you make the most of your potential. He also provides highly practical coaching and mentoring services, concentrating on drawing out and highlighting clients’ strongest career claims and making sure that you have all the tools you need to advance your career.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Engineering from The University of Sydney and an MBA from Deakin.

Ron Vincent - Resume Writer & Career Consultant 

Ron is a seasoned recruiter with more than 25 years experience in the executive search and selection arena. During his long career he has worked for some of Australia and the UK’s largest and best-known retained search & selection firms and has amassed a wealth of knowledge covering recruitment methodology, candidate assessment and interviewing, employer recruitment programme management and internet-based candidate sourcing. His deep knowledge of employment candidate assessment and selection means he knows exactly how your resume should be structured, written and presented to give you the advantage in your job applications and career.

Ron’s expertise covers professional, middle and senior management appointments to the industrial, engineering, technology, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, telecommunications and professional services sectors with both corporate and government employers. He is also an experienced career counsellor, interview coach and outplacement consultant.

Ron holds a double Honours degree in German & Philosophy, is fluent in German and particularly well placed to help clients with international job applications and career documents.

Michael Webb - Resume Writer & Career Coach

Michael has over 20 years experience in executive search and selection, much of that as principal of his own executive search practice. He qualified in accounting and started his career in information technology management before moving in to recruitment, where he built and led several teams for well-known recruitment firms before setting up his own business. He has particular expertise in the professional services and management consulting sector, where he has worked with big 4 firms from entry-level graduate recruitment to partner-level executive search. Michael also has strong sector experience in healthcare (particularly medical professionals), banking, finance, accounting, sales, marketing and information technology.

With Resume Right, Michael guides and assists clients with resumes, cover letters, career advice and coaching, using his wealth of knowledge to arm you with valuable tips and insider knowledge of how the job market really works and how you can best present your credentials for that all-important next career move.

Michael qualified in Accounting and studied IT at Postgraduate level at University of Technology Sydney.