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Certified Career Management Coach program launches in November

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Based on the growing importance of career issues in today’s professional coaching engagement, Coach Academy International has partnered with Yellow Brick Path Career Management Coaching & Consulting to create a cutting edge, power-packed training program for practicing coaches, HR professionals, and career specialists such as outplacement counselors, college advisers, recruiters, and resume writers. This three-day intensive workshop launches […]

The Career Intensive Future of Coaching

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In today’s coaching environment, there are estimates that 70% or more of professional coaching engagements involve career coaching. Much of this coaching focuses on helping clients figure out how to optimize their careers and options.

Published Book Review – The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth

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Paula’s book review of “The freaks shall inherit the earth” was published in the Spring 2015 issue of the Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, Volume 31. (ISSN 0736-1920) Below is a copy of Paula’s review of a book that provides new and compelling perspective on entrepreneurship.

Shattering the Glass Ceiling – Women on Corporate Boards

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Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Women on Corporate Boards Patricia “Trish” Oelrich interviewed by Paula Asinof, Principal and Founder of Yellow Brick Path Career Management Coaching and Consulting Consultant – Social Media & Organizational Systems Formerly, VP, Global IT Risk Management, GlaxoSmithKline Board Experience Audit Committee Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee Member Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM) Federal Home Loan […]

Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) invites Paula Asinof to lead a workshop on “Developing a Board Bio” on October 27, 2014

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Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) is the region’s leading not-for-profit organization promoting women’s executive leadership in business and on corporate boards. Paula is well-known for her methodology for creating “personal press release” style executive bios. These bios were first featured in her book Be Sharp: “Tell Me About Yourself” in Great Introductions and Professional […]

10 “Cool” – but not so cool resumes

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Mediocre career advice meets mediocre graphic design and is making its way into mainstream resume preparation. Recently commentary on an article “10 Cool Resumes Made by Professional Graphic Designers” replete with samples showed up in one of the on-line Career Management discussions. In my opinion, these are perfect examples of irrelevant resumes. People who hire […]

Graphs on Resumes – Mostly Bad

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One of the current trends on resumes of top executives are graphs – graphs that show the increase in share price, increase in revenue, company growth rate, reduction of costs, and related metrics of performance. Most recently I have seen such a graph placed as part of the description for each of the last few […]

Professional affiliations ROI

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I have a “lecture” that I give to about half of my clients – get your head up off your desk and transform yourself from a company to an industry player. By becoming active in professional organizations, you have an opportunity to meet and build relationships with people outside your company. These relationships establish the […]

Resumes Are Not Dead

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The death of resumes continues to be endlessly and tirelessly debated. It is a topic that pops up periodically in the career press and online conversations and ebbs and flows like the tide. The problem is that the premise is wrong. All of the conversations are about the document we call a resume, which hasn’t […]

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Your Resume’s ROI

The CEO of an online job search community was asked if job seekers should have their resumes professionally written. He said "The answer is a resounding YES!"

The average compensation of our members is $180,000 with an average tenure of 5 years. That makes the value of the next job $900,000. If you were marketing a product worth nearly $1 million in revenue, would you write the advertising copy yourself? Not likely. So why would you write your resume without professional assistance?"

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Be Sharp, 2nd Edition:

“Tell Me About Yourself” in Great Introductions and Professional Bios

Available in paperback and Kindle.

Tell Me About Yourself…? Beyond being the most common interview question, it is also important when meeting anyone for the first time. Even though this time-tested recipe for introductions hasn’t changed, the updated version of the book brings the information current with new examples consistent with the evolving job market and networking world. Your introduction can also be the foundation for a one-page professional bio, your LinkedIn profile, website bio, and marketing materials.

BE SMART
Sail Past the Hazards of Conventional Career Advice

Available in paperback, Kindle, and Spanish editions.

“I spent last night reading your book, Be Smart, cover, to cover. It’s first rate. It’s cleverly structured and has lots of good (and unexpected) advice.” Management Consulting Partner

Everything you’ve been doing could be wrong! The authors have helped hundreds of clients unravel all sorts of messes that have resulted from bad advice, much from seemingly expert sources. This collection of substantive yet entertaining essays challenges assumptions and shakes the trees of conventional wisdom with advice that is straightforward, intuitive, and easy to apply.

MAKING PRACTICAL SENSE OF CAREER MANAGEMENT
A Comprehensive Guide for Modern Career Coaching

In today’s coaching environment, professional coaching frequently involves career coaching. Often coaching engagements, especially in the business or executive arena, include helping clients figure out what to do with their careers, how to advance in a company, and how to conduct a job search.

This workbook is packed full of useful concepts and tools for successful career management coaching.

Would you like coaching along with the book?

There is a special offer available through Coach Academy International. You get the book along with assistance from the authors.

Praise for Yellow Brick Path

“I hadn't even considered updating my resume or getting ready for a job search effort in more than 20 years, so obviously I had both some trepidation and skepticism about this process. Not being in a state of immediate need made this investment a difficult decision initially. It shouldn't have been. In fact, I should have done it sooner. My experience with you has resoundingly addressed my initial concerns. I am proud of the resume and bio we created together, and I also feel much more comfortable about where I am today and the prospects for an active search effort, when and if that time comes. I am more relaxed and confident as a result - and that benefits both myself and my current employer.” CEO, Medical Device Company

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Headline/Storyline Sample

About 12 years ago, the Headline approach was developed for a specific client. It proved so useful that it is now incorporated for many clients. The headline focuses on the overriding contribution – not the job scope or responsibilities – on “what this gig was all about”. This approach creates a “storyline” that is clear […]

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The Evolution of Generative AI, Ethna Mollick from One Useful Thing, November 20, 2023

As summed up in the title, “Not much is changing, a lot is changing: Generative AI, OpenAI, Microsoft, and the OpenOffspring.” This is a top-notch evolutionary history (and future vision of the space, which is really worth reading.