Romona Camarata, Owner and President, RC Consulting

Leadership and success go hand-in-hand. Romona’s success stems from extensive expertise in leading executives, directing career plans, and supervising processes that enhance the lives of mid-to-upper level executives. With over 25 years of progressive work, Romona has exemplary leadership credentials and has been recognized as a Top Career Advisor in the industry. Whether the career change is voluntary or otherwise, it can always be an opportunity for the better. It is her belief that “…it is necessary to develop ethical and responsible individuals who are capable of reaching the greatest potential and of contributing to the common good….”

• vocational and career assessments
• strategic entrepreneurial coaching
• career transition, and
• building executive presentation packages with online e-career portfolios to augment the competitive marketplace.

She has been the Executive Coach for the Kelley School of Business Career Moves conference, and is consistently sought out to present at The National Society of Hispanic MBA conference on executive career coaching topics.

Romona has been writing resumes for executives and middle level management across multiple industries and is a Certified Professional Resume Writer, CPRW.

She also holds national webinars for ExecuNet. ExecuNet founded in 1988, has helped thousands of chief executive officers and vice presidents, succeed.

For over six years, as Area Director and Senior Executive Consultant, Romona designed and developed a curriculum that served Senior Executive clients, for R. L. Stevens and Associates, Inc., a 27-year-old career marketing firm out of Boston, MA. Romona led a seasoned team through a two-year process, designed and developed a unique senior executive services program including the online portfolio. She oversaw the Chicago, IL office and was the primary senior executive consultant who successfully guided and held training sessions for executives. Romona gained both national recognition and increased the program’s success by 50%.

Previously, as Senior Advisor for Bernard Haldane Associates, a 60-year-old career management firm out of New York, NY, she was consistently, over five years, the recipient of quarterly and annual awards and including:

• “Recognition of Outstanding Levels of Service and Commitment”;
• “Outstanding Contribution to the Community”;
• “Guiding Clients to Successful Careers and Maintaining the High Standards Established by Bernard Haldane”;
• “Exemplary Professionalism and Exceptional Performance in Serving the Clients of Bernard Haldane and Contributing to the Success of Their Careers”, which led to the recognition of national Top Career Advisor.

Recently, Romona has contributed her expertise at the Kelley School of Business Career Moves conference. In addition, she is consistently sought out to present at The National Society of Hispanic MBA conference on executive career and resume writing coaching topics. And she has served:

• As a panelist at the 2009 National Association of Women in Business Conference;
• As the Executive Coach for the 2009 Career Fair sponsored by Indianapolis Mayor Ballard and the Indianapolis Private Industry Council (June 2009);
• As the Executive Coach for US Senator from Indiana Richard Lugar’s Skills Summit Conference (Sept 2009).

Romona’s past leadership has been on a local, state and national level including:

• Director of the Mentoring Program for the National Career Development Association (2010)
• Director of Marketing for Home Services Unlimited (home health care)
• Associate with Trustee Leadership Development, funded by Lilly Endowment (serving Fortune 100 board of directors)
• Consultant/Director for the Indiana Department of Education (Gifted and Talented Education) building teams with 220 school corporations, five Model Sites, and nine Education Service Centers to improve business, marketing, and budget plans; overseeing operating budget of $6.1M.

Leadership on a larger scale includes: the state representative for Future Problem Solving, Odyssey of the Mind, World Odyssey of the Mind, Creative Problem Solving, National Association of Conflict Resolution, the National Association of Gifted and Talented Education, and Law-Related Education. She has been the quantitative and qualitative naturalistic evaluator for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and subcontracted with The Smithsonian Institute, (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service) in Washington, D.C. Graduate of SKLLA Leadership.

As a Career Expert and media contact, some of the publications Romona contributed to include:

• Expert Resumes for Career Changers
• JIST Works, America’s Career Publishers
• No-Nonsense Resumes-The Essential Guide to Creating Attention-Grabbing Resumes That Get Interviews & Job Offers in The Career Press, Inc.
• Indianapolis STAR, Career Section
  • “5 Interview Tips” (Mar.19, 2008)
  • “Evaluating Offers” (Aug. 6, 2008)
  • “Would You Hire You” (Nov. 30, 2008).

Professional Training:

• Ph.D. (in progress) in Organizational Management, Indiana University;
• Masters Degree in Administrative and Supervision
• Administrative License, from Butler University
• Masters Degree in Education emphasis in Gifted/Talented and Science Education from Indiana University
• Bachelor Degree from Illinois State University
• Coursework from Bradley University.

Certifications:

• Global Career Development Facilitator
• Certified Administrator of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI),
• Thomas –Kilman Conflict Mode Instrument
• Strong Interest Inventory
• FIRO-B
• Professional Certified Resume Writer
• Certified Career Coach
• Certified Career Management Professional
• Conflict Management
• Creative Problem Solving.

Professional Memberships:

• National Career Development Association
• Association of Career Professionals International
• Association of Psychological Types International
• Lacy Leadership Association
• Career Management Alliance
• The Society of Human Resource Management-SHRM
• National Association of Women Business Owners.

Recent Event Participation:

• National Association of Women in Business panelist May 2009
• CareerFair- City of Indianapolis’ Mayor Ballard’s & Indianapolis Private Industry Council – June 2009
• Skills Summit Conference, Senator Richard Lugar-Sept.2009.