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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
- 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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