ultimate resumes – This is not your usual resume service.

Liz Handlin, CEO of Ultimate Resumes LLC, has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, communications, recruiting, and resume writing.  Ms Handlin earned her BA from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business.

Ms. Handlin held previous positions with The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Deloitte & Touche LLP, NetSpend Corporation, BroadPeak Collaborative, Ivy Exec, and APV plc. At Deloitte & Touche, Ms. Handlin was the Director of Recruiting for the Illinois practice with responsibility for all experienced hire and college recruiting across the audit, tax, and related services practices.

In Chicago, Handlin may be best known for creating and managing Money Smart Week during her employment at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Money Smart Week is an annual financial literacy campaign that brings together banks, public libraries, not-for-profits, financial experts, schools, the media, and government agencies in an effort to help consumers learn where and how to access resources to improve their personal finances.  Money Smart Week started in Chicago and has now become a national campaign.

Ms Handlin was honored by Microsoft Corporation and featured in Smart Money Magazine (June 2004) for creating Money Smart Week, now in its tenth year. She is also the author of numerous articles on access to banking issues including: Chicago Fed Letter, Remittances and the Unbanked, March 2002, Chicago Fed Letter, Tapping the Potential of the Unbanked – Private Sector Interest Increases, January 2003.

Ms. Handlin has been interviewed for and quoted in numerous media outlets including: The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, WGN Radio, Community Banker, and American Banker. Ms. Handlin writes articles on job search strategies, resume creation, careers, and related issues and these articles can be found on a variety of websites including www.thinkglink.com, www.metrochicagojobs.com, www.metroaustinjobs.com, and her blog.  She is also the author of two e-books: Interviewing Made Easy and The Ultimate Book of Thank You & Sympathy Notes. Ms. Handlin’s blog was nominated for the 2009 Austin Statesman Texas Social Media Awards and she is a featured entrepreneur in the book, A Cup of Cappuccino For the Entrepreneur's Spirit Volume II (see "in print" page of this website).  Her book, The Ultimate Book of Thank You and Sympathy Notes is available on Amazon.com as a Kindle ebook.

After years of writing resumes for friends, family, and colleagues as a hobby, Ms Handlin launched Ultimate Resumes LLC in June 2004.  Since that time she has helped hundreds of clients to create resumes that, in turn, have opened the doors to wonderful new jobs.  Her passion is helping clients find and land the jobs of their dreams.

Ms. Handlin is a past member of Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka’s Advisory Board on Women’s issues. She currently volunteers time and donates money to the Austin Lyric Opera, the First Tee of Austin, Cavalier King Charles Rescue, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Red Cross of Central Texas, and Leadership Austin. She served as Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae District Officer for District 6, South Texas and  she is a member and past president of the Austin Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae.

Ms. Handlin, a 6^th generation native Texan, and her husband are ardent Chicago Cubs fans who reside in Austin, Texas with their three rescued dogs (two of whom are Cavalier King Charles Spaniels) and a temperamental cat.