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Webinar: The Trust Economy: How Resume Writers Can Protect, Position, and Grow Their Businesses in 2027

  • December 04, 2026
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Zoom Virtual Platform

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 Professional Development Webinar - General Interest Series - The Trust Economy: How Resume Writers Can Protect, Position, and Grow Their Businesses in 2027 Presented by: Wendi Weiner, Esq, NCRW

Friday, December 4, 2026 | 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m., ET
Content Level: Foundational

Our industry is facing a crisis of trust. Job seekers are being bombarded with fake recruiters, bogus job postings, and “free” AI resumes, making them skeptical about paying for career services. Resume writers are also becoming targets of fake prospects, malicious meeting links, payment fraud, chargebacks, phishing, and impersonation. Reports to the FTC about job scams tripled from 2020 to 2024, while reported losses rose from $90 million to $501 million. In 2025, consumers reported a record $15.9 billion in fraud losses. This trust gap creates an opportunity. When trust is scarce, it becomes the most valuable thing you can offer. Writers who protect their businesses, make their credibility visible, and explain what AI cannot do will be the ones clients seek out in 2027.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

  • PROTECT your business. Examine real attack patterns targeting resume writers and practical safeguards that reduce risk, including issues to consider in client policies and terms of service.
  • POSITION yourself as the trusted expert. Identify the trust signals skeptical buyers seek, address scam fears directly, and explain the judgment, strategy, and accountability AI-generated resumes cannot replicate. Wendi will also share how niching down and moving up-market helped her solo practice thrive.
  • GROW with confidence. Package and price services as a trusted career partnership rather than as a document transaction, and strengthen referral and reputation channels that scammers and AI cannot counterfeit.

You will leave with a scam red-flag checklist and a practical 90-day action plan for 2027.

Wendi Weiner is an attorney, Nationally Certified Résumé Writer, and authority in resume writing, personal branding, social storytelling, and executive career strategy. She founded The Writing Guru® in 2010 and works with executive-level lawyers, board directors, and C-suite business leaders. A Florida Bar member since 2004, Wendi is widely known for her column in Above the Law, a legal publication with 1.5 million monthly readers. She is the former Ethics Chair of the National Résumé Writers’ Association and a recipient of the 2025 American Bar Association Difference Maker Award.

This one-hour webinar is available for free to NRWA members as a member benefit. Nonmember registration is available for $39.00.

It does not qualify for CEUs toward NCRW certification. It will be recorded and distributed to everyone who registers, regardless of live attendance. Recordings will also be available to NRWA members through the member portal.

The link to the Zoom session will be included in the confirmation email following completed registration.

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