Job search expert/author/speaker/radio & TV host, Rick Gillis has been involved in the" business of employment" since 1997 when he was instrumental in introducing the first local employment website to the greater Houston, TX (USA) market. Since that time Rick has aggressively studied the practice of job seeking from the perspective of both the applicant and employer leading to the publication of 4 books; hosting 2 employment-based talk radio shows as well as a cable television show. Rick has been noted, quoted, seen or heard in The Wall Street Journal, PBS, NPR, BlackEnterprise.com and other media across the US.
 
Rick has a working knowledge of the technological and "mechanical" aspects of the employment business to include resume development—specifically, his Short-Form resume format he designed to successfully navigate resume-filtering software; employment advertising; recruiting; pre-employment assessments; networking and social media as it applies to job search; age-discrimination issues and, of course, Internet employment protocols. Rick is passionate about his topic—high energy, actionable, focused, motivating and on-point.

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