Biography

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Patti is a globalist. A Canadian living on the Coast of California, she also spent 5 years in Belgium. She has traveled in Asia, Central America, and Europe.

She has coached literally thousands of executives and professionals to build and perfect their brands, leverage and optimize their business networks and successfully identify and transition to new opportunities.

Patti has been on both sides of the hiring desk and understands what it takes to make a great employment match. She has the know how to help great companies select and engage the best fit for their positions.

Her clients represent a breadth of sectors: from Global 1000, Fortune 500 to newly emerging companies.

Po Bronson called her, “the guru of Silicon Valley career counselors” in his best selling book, What Should I do With My Life?

Patti has been frequently quoted or interviewed by PBS Radio’s California Report, National Public Radio’s Marketplace, KTVU, NBC11 and KPIX TV NEWS, Monster.com, Business 2.0/Fortune Magazine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, CBS’s Early Show, and USA Today.





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The Details

  • MA, Career Development, emphasis in Clinical Psychology
  • Certifications: Behavioral Interviewing,  Myers-Briggs, Predictive Index, Growth Resources Indicator
  • Founded the Career Company, 1999
  • Joined Linkedin in 2003 and consulted to their CEO
  • Career Consulting Services to top business schools: Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, London Business School (LBS), UCLA
  • Career Consultant to two NGOs: the Career Action Center and Alumni Resources
  • Employment Manager at Sun; Recruiter at Apple and AMD Corp.
  • Associate Director, Career Services, Santa Clara University for the Schools of Business and Engineering  
  • Featured in the best seller, What Color is Your Parachute? since 1988.



How I Work with You

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You will directly work with me. I am my business. I like it that way. Hands-on.

Together we will evaluate your options and plan your next move.

Here are some of the areas we cover depending on your needs:
  • Sort out your career goals: define your next best direction, and match align options to your criteria and values. Execute on  optimum search tactics,
  • Re-brand and reposition your brand: access new opportunities, move into different sectors or fields.
  • Build an "Influence Network":  Lay down the foundation for real job security with a trusted support system of colleagues, mentors, and key connections.
  • Define your business solution: articulate your value proposition in a new light across multiple platforms, social networking sites, and professional website
  • Interview for offers: Determine negotiation tactics and salary requirements
  • Lay out a path for future career moves: Analyze and strategize organizational challenges.  Deftly navigate organizational turbulence.