William G FitzpatrickWilliam G. Fitzpatrick retired from the United States Army after 24 years in 1984. His sales experience includes over 17 years as an Army recruiter, supervisor and trainer. During his tenure, Fitzpatrick personally recruited thousands of men and wome for the Army during some of the most difficult periods in history; the introduction of the volunteer force and the Vietnam war era. He served as a sales manager at all levels within the organization leading various teams numbering from 2 to over 1500 recruiters and supporting staff. He led the Portland, Oregon district (28 offices) from 37th place (of 50) to 1st place, and the Los Angeles District (56 offices) from 40th place to number 5 in the Nation. He also served as the chief recruiter (Command Sergeant Major) for the region encompassing the 17 Southwestern states with over 300 offices producing 35,000 new members for the Army annually. That region remained in first place (out of 6) during his tenure. He holds both an Associate and Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College in Business Administration and Sales Management. Since retirement, Fitzpatrick worked as an account representative selling electronic financial services to banks, and as a corporate recruiter selecting individuals for positions in life insurance sales. He has traveled extensively as a public relations executive, supervising a force of field public relations directors promoting a veterans service organization and assisting an affiliated life insurance organization with territory development. He has also worked as a the Director of Recruiting and Training for a major financial services company where he developed the basic agent training program and a full one week in-residence course for sales managers. He later moved on to the position of Regional Vice President supervising the sales efforts of almost 150 agents in 22 states and Europe. After leaving corporate America, Fitzpatrick founded Sales Motivation Solutions, a company devoted to helping business owners and sales teams improve their overall sales performance. He is the co-author of "Does Your Resume Wear Combat Boots?" and "Does Your Resume Wear Blue Jeans?" Both books give solid tips on building a marketing plan for a career change using basic sales techniques to sell your skills to industry. Material for this book not only has been drawn from Fitzpatrick's personal experiences, but has also been developed over many years from studying the successes and failures of a variety of sales organizations in a range of industries. Read More Read Less