Marlene Cole

Twenty-nine jobs across 14 industries. That's the raw material Marlene Cole works with, and it covers retail, human resources, recruitment and the resources sector, plus international travel and time living in remote Aboriginal communities. She turns that into talks about career stories: Fast Track Your Career, Who Am I and What Is My Career Story, Strategic Networking, Personal Branding for Career Success, Careers with Purpose, and a resume session she calls Resume to YES-ume. Her argument is that a personal story told honestly connects better than a polished corporate line, and that the two can be made to line up. She's spoken to international crowds of 800, to 200-plus at the Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne convention centres, and to leadership groups of 10 or 20. Schools, industry associations and networking events all suit. A headset mic and she's away.