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Eight Steps To A Successful Career Transition
One-Hour Free Teleclass
Monday, May 4
8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific
One-Hour Free Teleclass
Monday, May 4
8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific
Career Experts Offer Hands-On Strategies, Step-By-Step Action Plan
In today’s challenging job market, you need tools, not rhetoric, to help you plot your course of action. Call in to “Eight Steps to A Successful Career Transition”, a free one-hour teleclass presented by:
Brian Kurth, career strategist, founder of VocationVacations® and author
Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D., founder of Coaching for Boomers and Beyond
Roberta Taylor, certified life coach
Will Wiebe, professional career and life coach
Whether you are looking for a new job, a totally new career or thinking of starting your own business, these experts will offer specific, practical strategies to help you:
- Explore, discover and pursue that “great job”
- Address your fears
- Create an action plan
- Find a mentor in your desired career(s)
- Test-drive a new job or career
- Create a professional brand
- Network
- Establish thresholds
Take that first step on Monday, May 4, at 8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific
Brian Kurth – Panel ModeratorBrian Kurth, a former “Dilbert”, worked for the phone company in Chicago. After realizing there was more to life than telecom calling plans, he founded VocationVacations. He is the author of “Test-Drive Your Dream Job – A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding and Creating the Work You Love” (Hachette, 2008) and is a sought-after career strategist and speaker on how to transition into a new career. He has shared his wit and wisdom in appearances on NBC’s TODAY Show, CNN, and FOX News, and has been featured in articles in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine and many more. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Brian lives in Portland, Oregon.
Dorian MintzerDorian (aka Dori) Mintzer, Ph.D., has almost 40 years of experience as a therapist, consultant, group facilitator, speaker and personal and executive coach. She works with individuals, couples, and groups to help people enhance their life satisfaction. She’s a psychologist, a licensed Third Age Coach and a 2Young2Retire Certified Facilitator. She loves working with people to help them creatively craft their second half of life. She also facilitates a special interest group for professionals who explore together positive, creative and successful aging. Dori works and lives in Boston.
Roberta Taylor Roberta Taylor is a Career/Life Transition Coach and Speaker and the founder of Pathmaking for Life. Her midlife transition led to coaching after many years as a psychotherapist. She brings to her work a passion for learning and growth, the wisdom and experience of her own journey, and the belief that realizing who we were meant to be comes with the desire and courage to step into our full potential. Roberta is certified through The Institute of Life Coach Training. She was trained by and affiliated with the Purpose Project™, a joint project of the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, and Richard Leider of the Inventure Group. Roberta works and lives in Boston.
Will WiebeWill Wiebe is a career/life transition coach, speaker, facilitator and team effectiveness trainer. After twenty-five years working as an executive leader in the non-profit sector, Will career transitioned to professional coaching in 2004. Will’s creative coaching approach focuses on the discovery process, utilizing powerful career assessment tools to produce positive results in his clients’ careers, businesses and organizations. Will is the Lead Career/Life Coach with VocationVacations and was trained and certified through the Centre for Life/Career Coaching (ICF approved) and earned an MS degree in Human Relations & Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco. Will works and lives in Portland, Oregon.












