Vicky Oliver

About Vicky Oliver

Vicky Oliver is an award-winning author of 6 books on career development and one novel, titled Firebrands. Vicky Oliver has authored hundreds of articles on career topics. She published 15 personal narrative essays and is Nonfiction Editor and an Art Editor for LIT magazine, the creative literary journal of the New School MFA program. Vicky Oliver co-hosts the \"Resilient Women\" series podcast for Relatable Media, featuring true-life stories of how women overcome giant obstacles to achieve success.Her savvy career advice has been featured in 901 media outlets, including the NY Times, WSJ, NY Post, Esquire, and Harvard Business Review.Her first book, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions (Sourcebooks, 2005), a bestseller in its 3rd U.S. printing, was translated 4x and is sold in 12 countries. It won the Eric Hoffer Award. Her 2nd book, Power Sales Words: How to Write It, Say It, & Sell It with Sizzle (Sourcebooks, 2006), placed in the NE Book Festival. Her 3rd book, Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots (Sourcebooks, 2008) won 9 awards, including the National Best Books Award for \"Best Business Careers Book,\" and placed in the NY, SF and Hollywood Book Festivals. Her 4th book, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions (Skyhorse, 2010), was runner up in the London Book Festival and won 5 awards. Her 5th book is Live Like A Millionaire (Without Having To Be One).(Skyhorse, 2015).Her 7th book, Firebrands (Histria Fiction, distributed by Simon & Schuster) is available for pre-order on Amazon.Vicky Oliver is a savvy career coach with expertise in job hunting and workplace politics. She teaches career skills to groups of up to 200. Vicky is ever true to her schools. In 2012, she won the Brown University Alumni Service Award. In 2018, she won the Brown BAF Co-Chair Award. Vicky is a Co-Chair of the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Council and President of her class at Brown. She is former V.P. of the Trinity School Brown University graduate with a degree in English Honors and a double major in Political Science, Vicky Oliver received her MFA degree in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the New School (4.0 average) in 2022. She lives in Manhattan where she helps others turn around their careers and their lives. Specialties: career advisor - career coach- copyediting- advertising expertise- business storytelling- content creation & blogging- public speaking - teacher, seminar leader - teaches job-hunting to groups of 50-200- resume & job interview consultant- featured on TV, print, radio 901 times

Experience

1. Opinion Columnist

   Ceoworld Magazine

   May 2019 — Present

Education

• Brown University

  English Honors, Double Major Political Science

• The New School

  Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing

  2020 — 2022

• Brown University

  A.B., English Honors, Political Science, double major

Skills

• Publishing
• Seminar Speaker
• Radio
• Books
• Research
• Television
• Storytelling
• Feature Articles
• Presentation Skills
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Personal Stylist
• Copy Editing
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Business Etiquette
• Career Advising
• Content Strategy
• Image Advising
• Editorial
• Personal Shopping
• Publicity
• Social Networking
• Image
• Nonfiction Writer
• New Media
• Job Interviewing Consultant
• Teaching
• Corporate Branding
• Creative Writing
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Resume Writing
• Etiquette
• Advertising
• Presenter
• Magazines
• Editing
• Blogging
• Speech Writing