The Career Doctor: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
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Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Kettle Falls, WA | E-mail: randall@quintcareers.com

Professional Philosophy

To make a difference in people's lives through expert advice, personal empowerment, and compassion.

Professional Profile

  • Results-oriented marketing/career professional with more than 25 years of significant and progressive experience providing personal empowerment and expert career, self-marketing, and job-search advice.
  • Founder and Webmaster of Quintessential Careers (QuintCareers.com), an award-winning (100+) Website, and one of the oldest and most comprehensive career development sites on the Web.
  • Empathetic coach and adviser, providing critical career-related advice to more than 500 students, clients, job-seekers.
  • Publisher of biweekly career development and job-hunting e-zine with more than 6,500 subscribers.
  • Thought-provoking and common-sense focused author of four career and personal empowerment books, 150+ career articles, and numerous other publications.
  • Gifted teacher, speaker, workshop facilitator, with doctorate in marketing and more than 17 years of experience.
  • Creative problem solver, helping empower people through development, writing, and publishing of The Career Doctor (CareerDoctor.org), a biweekly career advice column, which spanned almost 200 career columns over a five-year period.
  • Member, several career professional organizations.

Professional Experience

Career Adviser, Coach, CareerDoctor.org, DeLand, FL, 04/1999 - present

  • Conceptualized and developed CareerDoctor column and Website.
  • Coached and advised more than 600 job-seekers.
  • Assist all types of job-seekers, from teens to midlife career changers, achieve career success and fulfillment.
  • Deliver solid advice and coaching on a wide variety of career development issues ranging from college choice and job-search to career development and career change.
  • Facilitate the development of college, career, and job-search goals and action plans.
  • Guide self-discovery, career interests, self-marketing techniques, job-search skills, and career opportunities.

Career Expert, Writer, Publisher, Quintessential Careers, DeLand, FL, 11/1996 - present

  • Founded and serve as Webmaster of 4,500-page comprehensive career development Website.
  • Write career-related articles as featured career and job-search writer, with 150+ articles published.
  • Provide leadership, direction, and creative inputs for site maintenance and strategic vision for future growth and development.
  • Brainstorm and develop new job-search, college, and career features and tools for the Website.
  • Direct business and publishing of biweekly career development and job-hunting e-zine, QuintZine.
  • Manage and host QuintCareers.com/EmpoweringSites.com tours, career symposiums, and networking events.

College Professor, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, 08/1992 - 05/2008

  • Deliver solid undergraduate and graduate level marketing education in a variety of class settings and sizes.
  • Provide critical career development advice to all marketing majors and minors, including topics such as career issues and strategies, job-search methods, networking strategies, cover letter and resume preparation, interviewing tactics, internship searches, salary negotiation, and related matters.
  • Develop new courses, such as Global Marketing, Internet Marketing, Gender Issues in Marketing, and Marketing Seminar.
  • Serve as key member of five-faculty department, initiating new courses, participating in multiple programs, developing policies and procedures.
  • Advise marketing majors -- hundreds during my tenure -- in role of academic adviser.
  • Mentor students, alumni, and younger faculty in life and career decisions.
  • Create exciting and dynamic course materials and assignments, such as the Marketing Career Journal.

Publications

  • Books: 4 nationally published books: Dynamic Cover Letters (now in third edition), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills, and Write Your Way to a Higher GPA
  • Chapters in Books: 2 chapters/articles in books
  • Articles: 150+ e-zine articles, 7 magazine articles, 5 journal articles
  • Csreer Workshops/Presentations: Several annually
Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Marketing, Florida State University, College of Business, Tallahassee, FL: 1993
  • Master of Arts (M.A.) in Marketing Magazine, University of Florida Graduate School, Gainesville, FL: 1984
  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Marketing and Journalism, Syracuse University in Marketing/Journalism, Syracuse, NY: 1982
Professional Affiliations
  • Member, Career Management Alliance
Certifications Certified Electronic Career Coach (CEEC)
  • True Colors Assessment Facilitator
  • Certified Electronic Career Coach, Professional Resume Writing & Research Association
Areas of Expertise/Keyword Summary

Career Coach | Career Doctor | Professional Development Coach | Job Skills Coach | Personal Career Trainer | Career Adviser | Career Professional | Career Authority | Career Management Specialist | Career Columnist | Career Success Adviser | Career Development Professional | Personal Empowerment Expert | Career Expert | Job-Search Coach | Job-Search Adviser | Career Change Adviser | Self-Marketing Expert | Problem Solver | Educator | Professor | Teacher | Communicator | Marketer | Author | Workshop Facilitator | Empowering Speaker | Mentor | Writer

Other Information

Greater details about Dr. Hansen can be found in his academic vita or his e-zine articles directory:


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