Better See V

Valeria, a white woman with fair skin and a blue eyes, smiles at the camera bathed in sunset light. She stands in front of leafy greenery and wears a colorful blouse of gray, teal, and taupe, bright pink lipstick and her shoulder-length hair loose.

Meet Valeria.

Valeria Scott Laitinen is passionate about helping job seekers showcase their professional skills and experiences clearly and concisely. She works with clients to tailor their resumes and cover letters to the jobs they seek. Valeria provides support with job searching as well as interview coaching and supports to clients all over the world at all stages of their career development.

Valeria has lived and worked internationally for over 20 years. She began her career in international development and worked on democracy and governance projects in Bangladesh, Ghana and Nigeria. In Bangladesh, Valeria developed and taught a six-module course on job seeking skills for undergraduate and graduate students at East-West University in Dhaka. The course included writing resumes and cover letters and preparing for informational interviews, job interviews and case-study interviews.

When she became a parent, she switched careers and became a certified international educator. She taught elementary school in Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Greece and Armenia. While in Greece, she entered administration and served as Elementary Vice Principal at American Community Schools of Athens. In her role as school administrator, Valeria reviewed hundreds of resumes and cover letters, noting a vast range in effectiveness in how the applicants presented themselves on paper. As a result, she founded Better See V to provide qualified and affordable resume and cover letter support to help job-seekers strengthen their application materials.

Valeria teaches the Teaching and Working in Education course for Eligible Family Members (EFMs) at the Foreign Service Institute. She has been a guest on the “The 92 Report”, Available Worldwide, and Educators Going Global podcasts and on the Italian web-based program “La Nostra Forza di Sapere Cambiare” (Our ability to be able to change). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Harvard University, a Master’s degree in Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Reconstruction from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Master’s in Education degree in International Education Administration from Endicott College.

Valeria stands with her back to the camera facing a landscape of old stone walls, dry hills, and scrub brushes. Her hair is gray and loose around her shoulders and she is dressed in comfortable clothes of jeans, a gray shirt, and a green coat tied around her waist with black sneakers.

More about Valeria’s Story

Cover art for the 'Educators Going Global' podcast with illustrations of a light bulb, stack of books, a paper airplane, and the Earth in a starry sky
Valeria shares specific career advice for folks in the international school space from her personal experience and professional assistance to others.

A thumbnail image from the Available Worldwide podcast showing Valeria's portrait and the information from the episode in which she features.

Valeria tells hers story on Available Worldwide — a podcast by, for, and about the accompanying partners of the US Foreign Service.

The 92 Report Podcast logo - a crimson outline of a shield with the words inside it on a white background.Listen to Valeria talk with Will Bachman on The 92 Report — a podcast about the members of the Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1992.

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