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Jim provides Golden Career Strategies with consulting services specifically in resume preparation and interviewing skills training. He facilitates several of the training modules offered through the company's Golden CourseÔ, a six-part series including personal assessment and opportunity analysis, resumé development, career campaign correspondence, networking and strategic connections, and negotiating strategies. During his career, Jim has held key Human Resource management positions with IBM, Smith Barney and Michelin Tire Corporation. He also founded and led the first outplacement firm in South Carolina. His corporate experience spans strategic and operational Human Resource management in both large headquarter settings and small manufacturing plants. At Michelin, Jim served as Personnel Director at their North American Headquarters providing leadership of recruitment and placement, career development and training of over 2,000 employees. He also conceived, designed and directed a unique in-house program that successfully placed 3,800+ employees over a four year period. This group also helped 280 employees redirect their careers in new directions within the company. Jim is very active in community affairs and has been an officer and chairman of several non-profit organizations including The International Center of the Upstate, The Urban League of the Upstate, The Ronald McDonald House and The Ancient Order of Hibernians. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Psychology from Niagara University and has completed numerous Corporate and Executive Management Training Programs. Jim is a former Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is happily married for over 40 years and has five grown children.