Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

To borrow a phrase from Alice and Wonderland I’m “curiouser and curiouser” about career management, the world of work and the ever-evolving ways in which job seekers and employers find one another.

I am the Community Manager for StartWire (StartWire.com), a new site that with a mission to kill the job search black hole and improve job seeker experience. Imagine a world where you always know where you stand with potential employers - where you receive feedback on your job applications - and can easily connect to friends who can open doors for you in a click or two. That's what StartWire is designed to do. Stop by and let me know what you think.

Outside of my work with StartWire, I study and blog about job search trends and strategy. I am a contributing writer to Job-Hunt.org, Career Hub, and Career Collective, and recently completed two years of coursework in storytelling through Narativ (narativ.com), a Manhattan-based storytelling education company co-founded by Academy Award nominated film director Murray Nossel. (If you want to learn more about Narativ, tell them I sent you.)

Prior to joining StartWire, I worked as a career coach and resume writer in private practice. I also spent eight years in Career Services at Ivy League schools, worked briefly as a recruiter, and ran a big MeetUp group of job seekers in New York (www.meetup.com/nycjobseekers) for three+ years.

I'm a co-author of The Twitter Job Search Guide (JIST, 2010) and started my career working with professional development for rocket scientists at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - where I learned that no one is smart enough to build a rocket all by themselves. Rocket scientists are good collaborators, and so are good careerists - you can't possibly learn enough to succeed all by yourself. And that's why I'm here, to learn from you.

So tell me about you!