Sharon Graham is Founder and Executive Director of Career Professionals of Canada, President of Graham Management Group, and author of Best Canadian Resumes.
Sharon is a resume, interview, and career development strategist with a superior reputation in the industry. She has been consultant and senior executive to a wide variety of individuals and organizations.
An industry pioneer, Sharon has authored the first fully Canadian content book on resume writing - Best Canadian Resumes. This is a volume rich with her writing and more than 100 samples submitted by Sharon and her esteemed colleagues. Additionally, Sharon has been featured as an expert in leading Canadian media including Report on Business Television, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star.
In keeping with that pioneering spirit, Sharon founded Career Professionals of Canada in 2004, and, with the founding members, set the cornerstones for quality service, highest ethical standards, and provision of expert advice. As CPC's executive director, she ensures that the mandate of this national organization - enabling Canadians to achieve career, business, and organizational development goals - is upheld with integrity.
For CPC, Sharon has championed the creation of professional certification programs and credentials to ensure the stature and credibility of career professionals. She is also the force behind CPC's Canadian Awards of Excellence program, ensuring that peers in the careers industry recognize those who demonstrate the levels to which she aspires.
The designations that Sharon possesses further reinforce her credibility and expansive knowledge base:
As owner and operator of the Graham Management Group, a leading executive resume writing and career management firm, she is frequently sought for her expertise in positioning her clients to meet the future head on. Sharon handpicked a consulting team of professionals also known for excelling in their craft. All possess current industry certifications and have been featured in foremost Canadian media as experts in their fields. Sharon matches these specialists very carefully to the needs of her customers.
Devoted to helping her clients achieve their goals by offering highly personalized solutions, Sharon provides comprehensive, hands-on assistance tailored to each individual's needs. Through GMG, she produces strategic targeted documents, which also display her creative custom design savvy. Nothing stays static, as Sharon is constantly developing and expanding service offerings. Her clients know that the packages she delivers feature the most current strategies and positioning to leverage their strengths, accomplishments, and unique selling points.
The leadership excellence and counsel that Sharon provides instil utmost confidence. She has acquired a reputation in Canada, and beyond, that is reflective of her knowledge, integrity, dedication to client requirements, superior service, and outstanding product delivery. It is no surprise that her business is largely a referral-based network of delighted clientele.
The passion that Sharon feels for her clients' successes being her successes extends to her personal life. A devoted volunteer and advocate of human and animal rights, she seeks to make a positive difference in every life she touches. She and her husband, Wayne Graham, are philanthropists who give generously to a wide range of local and national not-for-profit organizations - donating both in a monetary way as well as offering their time.
Sharon knows that her clients' success is her success!