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My Credentials

Professional Memberships

Profile

 

​I am a dynamic, skillful professional with 20 years of experience as a Career Development Practitioner providing Employment Advisement and training to job seekers at all stages including entry, mid-level, executive and professionals in career transition. 
 
Specialties: résumé writing, editing and development, career coaching, group facilitation and interview preparation.

All experience has value.

Let's learn how to use it. 

 
 

 

CACEE (The Canadian Association for Career Educators & Employers)

CSTD (Canadian Society of Training & Development)

CPC (Career Professionals of Canada)

OCCE (Ontario College Career Educators)

 

 

Certifications

Career & Life Skills               Coach Training Program, College of Executive Coaching

 

Certified Résumé Strategist

(CRS)

 

StrengthsQuest Educator

 

Mental Health First Aid

 

 

Work

Experience
 

Professional Development & Outplacement Coach

​2010 - Present

Using a positive, proactive approach to provide outplacement and career development coaching strategies for new and existing clientele.

 

Coaching services include self-assessment, developing action plans, creating job search documentation, personal branding, mock interviewing and social media brand implementation.

Faculty, Continuing Education, Mohawk College

2008 - Present

 

 

Career Consultant Certificate Program (39 hour courses)

Work Search Tools & Techniques

Group Facilitation Skills

Socio-Economic Change & Response

Workplace Leadership Certificate Program (12 hour workshops)​

Looking Within, Interviewing Skills, Career Strategies, Training Techniques, Ethics in the Workplace, Relationship Building, Meeting Management, Writing Skills, Customer Service, Centre Stage

 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Employment Counsellor, YWCA Hamilton
2020-Present
 
Provide strategic one on one employment coaching and workshop faciliation to participants of the Strategic Training & Employment Program (STEP) program. 
Resource Specialist, VPI Inc.,
2017-2020
 
Support job search clients through facilitation of career development workshops, employment coaching and strategic one on one support. 
Advisor, School of Business, Humber College
2015-2017
 
Collaborating with Administrators, Program Coordinators, Employers and Faculty to provide successful experiential placement opportunities for students from the Humber School of Business.
Career Development & Communications Specialist, Mohawk College

​2002-2015

Utlizing extensive career development experience, critical thinking skills and sound problem solving abilities to develop and implement an effective employment advisement program for Adult Learners at Mohawk College.

Program Manager Level 1, Career Consultant Ontario College Graduate Certificate Program

2005-2013

Hire and support CE instructors, providing course materials and advice.
 

Convene meetings with all faculty members on a regular basis to ensure engagement and provide support.

Training

Intensive Coach Training Program, College of Executive Coaching

Certificates of Completion Including:
Coaching Skills & Practice Development
Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching
Emotional Intelligence & Coaching
How to Use Assessments in Coaching
Coaching Competency & Feedback Seminar
Executive Coaching: What You Need To Know

 

Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology, Hamilton Ontario

Teaching the Adult Learner Certificate                   

Workplace Leadership Certificate                           

Career Consultant Certificate                                  

Journalism & Communications Media Diploma   

Community Involvement

Hamilton Community Leadership Institute

Director, Professional Development , IABC Hamilton Chapter

Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Mohawk College Alumni Association

Vice Chair, Marketing & Membership, OACDP Hamilton Chapter

Director, MCACES Governance Board                                                                                             

(Mohawk College Association of Continuing Education Students)

 

 

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