Vicki Salemi

Vicki Salemi is the author of Big Career in the Big City, recruiting executive, journalist and media pesonality. She writes about career changers, fearless networking tips, job seeking strategies, human resources/recruitment strategies for companies and her lifestyle/entertainment press endeavors at VickiSalemi.com.

Vicki has appeared on ABC News Now and has been quoted in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, CareerBuilder.com, Monster.com, Cosmopolitan.com, AOL and more (literally, as in More.com, too!). She leverages her expertise encompassing thirteen years at two global Big 4 firms in human resources ranging from training/development to international HR to recruitment.

In addition, she's written for CNBC European Business, Forbes, The New York Post, Yahoo! Hot Jobs, AOL Jobs, MSN, iVillage, Weight Watchers Magazine and more. Previously she served as the national spokesperson for ClassesUSA and was the editorial director for CollegeRover.com until the company dissolved. As a side note, Vicki's first celebrity interview was Angelina Jolie in 2003 and she's interviewed countless celebrities and covered the Cannes Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, the Matrix Awards, Fashion Week and countless red carpets. Her first book, The ABC's of College Life, was published in 2001.

Vicki's an alumna of Lafayette College (bachelor's degree in psychology) and earned her management certificate from Cornell University. She's a member of The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), The Newswomen's Club of New York, The New York Press Club and The Step Up Women's Network.