Pat K. Criscito CPRW

Pat Criscito is the president and founder of ProType, Ltd., an international writing, editing, typesetting, and personal branding service established in 1980 and based in Colorado Springs. She is the author of Barron’s e-Résumés (selected as one of the ten best career books of 1997 by The Los Angeles Times), Designing the Perfect Résumé, Barron’s Guide to Distance Learning, How to Write Better Résumés and Cover Letters (all in their second or third editions), and Interview Answers in a Flash (her newest book). Pat is also a guest journalist for magazines and newspapers nationwide and writes special career articles for The Wall Street Journal’s careerjournal.com and The Boston Globe.

Pat has written more than 15,000 résumés/personal branding documents and speaks nationally on career and entrepreneurial subjects, making regular television, radio, bookstore, university, and speaking appearances across the United States (including Harvard, Yale, Tulane, SMU, Thunderbird, Columbia, Wharton, Colorado College, and others).

Pat is also a Certified Professional Résumé Writer (CPRW) with more than 27 years of experience. Besides a Ph.D. from the School of Hard Knocks (just kidding!), she holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree and completed part of her MBA.

Pat is a member of the National Résumé Writers Association (NRWA) and served on their Board of Directors for five years. She served on the board of trustees of the Better Business Bureau Foundation for seven years and sat on the National Association of Women Business Owners board of directors for two years. She was also the co-founder and a board member of the Young Entrepreneurs Association for seven years, a unique entrepreneurial training/mentoring program for at-risk youth. Pat is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Desert Harvest and is an EDGE University certified entrepreneurial trainer. Pat enjoys reading, gardening, gourmet cooking, music, singing, and her Welsh Corgi dogs.