Diverse career coaches and résumé writers collaborating at the Elite Business Summit
October 24, 2026 · Live Online

The Elite
Business Summit

Where passion meets profit through authentic business strategies.

Date
October 24, 2026 · 9:00 AM–2:00 PM
Investment: $147

For Résumé Writers & Career Coaches

Ready to build a résumé writing and coaching business that actually works?

You're in the right place if you're tired of generic advice and ready for real, actionable strategies that lead to a thriving, profitable business. The Elite Business Summit brings together career-industry entrepreneurs who want to elevate their brand, scale with confidence, and grow rooted in authenticity.

This is a working summit — not a spectator summit. Come prepared to roll up your sleeves, dig into your business, and leave with real work done, not just inspiration.

Whether you're just launching or have been in the game for years, this focused one-day event equips you with the tools, insights, and proven frameworks to level up — and set yourself up for a prosperous year ahead.

One Day · October 24, 2026 · Live Online Working Summit

Build a stronger business in one focused day

Move from ideas to usable working drafts through practical teaching, examples, guided exercises, and live Q&A.

Communicate Your Value in the AI Era

Positioning · Expertise · Trust

Clarify who you help, the problem you solve, and why your research, judgment, and individualized guidance matter.

  • Define your ideal client and their specific need
  • Make your human expertise visible
  • Draft a clear positioning statement

Attract Clients and Turn Inquiries Into Business

Visibility · Referrals · Follow-Up

Turn marketing activity into qualified inquiries, stronger discovery conversations, and respectful follow-up.

  • Select one or two suitable acquisition channels
  • Strengthen referral relationships
  • Build a measurable 30-day client acquisition plan

Build Profitable Offers and Price With Confidence

Scope · Pricing · Delivery Boundaries

Shape an offer around a real client need while protecting your time, profitability, and delivery capacity.

  • Estimate delivery time and costs
  • Define deliverables and revision limits
  • Draft one practical résumé or coaching offer

The Recruiter's Edge: What Happens to Your Clients' Resumes After You Hit Submit

Insider Hiring Perspective · Recruiter Signals · Client Impact

Pull back the curtain on how recruiters and hiring managers really evaluate candidates so you can make your clients' materials impossible to ignore.

  • What makes a recruiter stop and read versus skip
  • The specific signals that move a candidate forward
  • How to make your clients' materials impossible to ignore

The day begins with a welcome and business self-assessment at 9:00 AM, includes a 10-minute morning break and a 30-minute lunch break, and closes with 90-day planning, live Q&A, and next steps by 2:00 PM.

Who It's For

Built for the career industry's next generation of leaders.

New résumé writers

Preparing to launch or building your first business and needing a clearer foundation, offer, and path to clients.

Established career coaches

Strengthening an established practice with clearer positioning, practical pricing, and more reliable client acquisition.

Industry entrepreneurs

Ready to use AI and simple systems responsibly while protecting quality, trust, and human expertise.

Featured Speakers

Meet the speakers behind the summit

Nickquolette Barrett, Hostess and Lead Facilitator of The Elite Business Summit

Nickquolette Barrett

MS-LOD, PCC, CPRW, CIC, CCTC, NCOPE, 6C-TDS

Hostess & Lead Facilitator

About Your Hostess

"I am a living testimony that an authentic and profitable business CAN be built — if done the right way."

I didn't just wake up one day and magically land a successful career business. I failed forward, made mistakes, and learned the hard way so you don't have to. I know the struggle of undercharging, overworking, and feeling stuck in a business that isn't growing.

After years of trial and error, I figured out the formula — how to price my services with confidence, create systems that save time and energy, and attract premium clients who are happy to pay for my expertise. Now, I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing ALL my business secrets with serious-minded résumé writers and coaches ready to win.

I've built a thriving 6-figure business part-time while serving as a corporate leader, helping hundreds of career professionals transform their brands. I hold 6 certifications — including the coveted PCC from the International Coaching Federation — and a Master of Science in Leadership & Organizational Development.

Expect high-energy, real-talk, no-fluff strategy delivered with humor — because no one needs another boring business seminar.

Melanie L. Denny, Personal Branding Consultant and owner of Mellynated

Melanie L. Denny

MBA, CDBS

Personal Branding Consultant

  • Mellynated™ Agency Owner
  • Chief Branding Officer
  • Personal Brand Strategist

The Brand Behind the Business

Personal brand strategy for professionals whose expertise outruns their presentation.

Melanie L. Denny is owner and chief branding officer of Mellynated™, a personal brand strategy agency. She works with professionals who are excellent at what they do but invisible in how they present it, translating deep expertise into a brand that clients can recognize, trust, and hire.

Her focus is the layer most business advice skips: positioning, messaging, and the visual signals that decide whether a prospect keeps reading or quietly moves on. At the summit she brings that brand-side lens to the room, showing you how to lead with a presence that matches the quality of your work.

Latricia Friend, Consultant and luxury lifestyle management professional

Latricia Friend

MBA, CHM

Consultant

  • Luxury Lifestyle Management Professional
  • Private Households

The Standard of a Life Well Managed

Luxury lifestyle management built on discretion, standards, and service that never has to ask for credit.

Latricia Friend is a consultant and luxury lifestyle management professional serving private households. Her work lives in the details most people never see: the household that runs without friction, the standard that holds whether or not anyone is watching.

At the summit she brings that operator’s discipline to the room — how premium service is scoped, priced, and delivered without compromising quality or your own time.

Kareem Rogers, Career Coach and The Fit Recruiter

Kareem Rogers

MHRIR, SHRM-CP, CIPC, CCSC, CRWE, CRS-AI

Career Coach

  • The Fit Recruiter

The View from the Hiring Side

Insider hiring perspective so your clients’ materials get read, not skipped.

Kareem Rogers is an active recruiter and HR Business Partner behind The Fit Recruiter. He has sat on the side of the hiring table most career professionals never see — screening résumés, building shortlists, and making the case for candidates to hiring managers.

At the summit he closes that gap: what makes a recruiter stop and read, the signals that move a candidate forward, and how to use that insider view to make your clients’ materials impossible to ignore.

What You'll Gain

One focused day to strengthen how you position, market, price, and deliver your services.

Every session is engineered to give you something you can implement the next morning. No fluff. No theory. Just the strategies elite résumé writers and coaches use to thrive.

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  • A clearer positioning statement that explains the value of your expertise
  • A 30-day client acquisition plan with weekly actions and simple measures
  • One draft service offer with pricing, scope, turnaround time, and boundaries
  • A mapped client workflow with one practical improvement to reclaim time
  • Responsible AI practices that protect quality, privacy, and human judgment
  • Three priorities and a focused 90-day roadmap for implementation

From Past Attendees

Real businesses. Real results.

“This summit helped me rethink my business and it was a pleasure to see people who I usually talk to virtually or via messaging.”

K.C.

Career Coach

“I really enjoyed Nickquolette's insights. Her presentation style is engaging and she really did a great job of getting dialogue going amongst the participants.”

Rob S.

Founder / Executive Coach

Proudly Sponsored By

The Society of Elite Résumé Writers & Coaches × iRock Résumés

“My goal is to set you up for a prosperous year — with the strategies, community, and clarity to lead your industry.”

Questions, Answered

Frequently asked questions

Seats Are Limited — Only 30 Spots

Your elite year starts here.

Join us October 24, 2026 for a live online working summit designed to turn practical business guidance into work you can use.

Investment: $147

What's Included

  • One full day of expert-led live online training
  • Guided exercises, practical examples, and live Q&A
  • Workbook with positioning, acquisition, offer, workflow, and 90-day planning exercises
  • Templates you can continue using after the summit

Limited to 30 seats to preserve hands-on coaching capacity.

Register Now

October 24, 2026 · 9:00 AM–2:00 PM · Live Online