The Résumé Diva Story

 Lucinda Kerrigan has been a writer most of her life. She started writing poetry at the age of 14. Only some of her poetry exists today. When she became homeless years ago her binders of work got lost or left behind. Her poetry website has almost all of her remaining work except for her newest poem titled, "My Journey" (which just got published this month in an anthology by Eber & Wein Publishing. Lucinda was offered to enter the $2,000 Grand Prize contest but she can't find her piece of mail from them with the entry and now it maybe too late to enter. Lucinda plans on entering more contests this new year.

In 2004, Lucinda worked for several months at an Employment agency called Boumans and Associates in Nederland, TX. There she was trained how to do write and edit Resumes and Cover letters especially for Union workers that worked at the nearby plants. Also at this time, Lucinda also got hired teaching violin at a charter school in Beaumont, TX but the grant money was denied by the State of Texas. So she did not get to teach at the school but started out of her home in Beaumont. The following year she ended up going thru a divorce and moving back to Illinois to live with her father.

Between 2005-2008 Lucinda took care of her dying father. She also worked several years at The Home Depot as a Returns Certified Cashier. Unfortunately, six months after her father passed she lost her job after transferring to the Marion, IL store to take care of her mother. Lucinda's health got bad and she didn't know if she could find work again with the doctor's 20-lb weight limit restriction because of injury to her back. So, Lucinda started working from home teaching violin lessons after finishing her Associate's degree as a transfer student to University of Phoenix in 2011. After finding out she needed a Master's to become a music therapist and failing Accounting in her Junior Year after she switched to the Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship program with Phoenix; the recession made it impossible to find a job so she started her own business with the remaining money she had from a family inheritance and encouraged by her belated husband Preston Kerrigan to open a business online. The company's first name Creative Beyond Life was penned by Preston himself. Lloyd Fotheringhame started dating Lucinda in 2012. In 2015, Lloyd re-named the company Books and Stitches. Books and Stitches no longer exists today  but used to sell printed books, women's and children's clothing etc. Today, Lucinda has mainly been focusing on her career as a Resume Writer these days. On occasion, will do a retail pricing audit for Survey.com when business is slow.

This is where Resume Diva happened...

In February 2017, while job searching online for a better job since business was dead (no one was buying printed books anymore or taking Violin Lessons), Lucinda found a post on a Social Media network called Job Case from a man named Jimmy needing help with his Resume. To save her company from closing she needed a new niche and doing Resume Writing was the answer that she long sought.

Her Qualifications:
Lucinda holds an Associates of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in English and Music from the University of Phoenix. She graduated in August 2011 with 3.45 out of 4.00 GPA. While in College she did three day workshops in between classes. She completed 3 of them and earned certificates. In the last three years she took 3 classes online with edx.org and earned three certificates. Two in Inclusive Leadership and one in Career Development: Resumes, Networking and Job Interview Skills.

In her free time, she loves shopping (especially beauty products loves ELF), spending time with friends and family and reading books. Lucinda also works part time as a Merchandiser doing Retail Store Resets and Retail Price Audits and Mystery Shopping for multiple companies. She also has been helping the Homeless in her community by providing free Resume Services, helping them find shelter, providing meals and giving emotional and spiritual support.

In the future, she plans on continuing her poetry with it's first book and to continue helping people find a job no matter their situation.

“Make your life a dream, and a dream a reality.” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery