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Selected by Monster.com as one of the Top 10 Career Books of 2007!
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Carol is the co-author of the recently
released What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens:
Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future.
This new book summarizes and adapts
for teens and young adults the effective principles
of career planning and job search from the international
bestseller What Color Is Your Parachute? by
Richard N. Bolles.
What Color Is Your Parachute?
For Teens is available from:
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For Teens:
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Watch Carol's Latest Video!
Carol is just back from her latest book tour in New Zealand. While there, she was interviewed for Close Up, a popular program on TV One, the national station. This program was filmed while Carol was talking about career issues with a group of teens at a girl's school.
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“You’ve done a great job simplifying the
400 pages of What Color Is Your Parachute? and producing
a 166- page guide for young people. The overall design
is attractive and inviting, with tips and graphics breaking
up the text. The ‘If you want to explore further’
section at the end of each chapter is a good idea. The
websites are well selected and not so many as to be
overwhelming. I can hear your voice coming through as
you ‘talk’ to the reader as a friend, ally,
and guide, with encouragement and warmth.
“With very best wishes for the book’s
ongoing success in making a difference in the lives
of young people,”
—Ann Reynolds, Career Resources Manager
Worklife International, Australia
www.worklifeint.com
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“Carol, I just wanted to let you know how utterly
impressed I am with your book! It is really quite marvelous,
and I have truly enjoyed reading it cover to cover.
“I think you have hit a number of very important
issues squarely on the head in a way that will appeal
to anyone from surfer dudes to preppies, and beyond.
Your very practical, engaging personal assessments invite
readers to identify their real passions and skills —
far beyond learning the skills needed to hunt for a
job. The discussion on college planning and readiness
is an insightful reality check for teens and their parents.
There are just too many wonderful things to list!”
—Adele Sommers, Ph.D.
Business Performance Inc.
www.LearnShareProsper.com
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Since 1979, Carol has been helping clients
determine their career goals and build strategies to achieve
them. In her work with clients, Carol uses the effective techniques
of creative job search popularized by the international best
seller, What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard
N. Bolles. Parachute techniques help clients define what they
are looking for and target fields and industries that are
most likely to have those jobs.
Successful Clients:
Creating career strategy can be done quickly.
But, much better plans come from taking the time to identify
a job you really want and learning what you need to know to
get that job. Clients who are willing to spend at least two
hours per week on their career quest will find Carol an ideal
career consultant. Half of Carol’s clients are young
adults, 18-30 years of age.
Career changers and those planning careers
for the very first time will enjoy both these Web sites:
Considering College?
Read Carol’s article, Choosing
a College.
Contact Carol at 805 462.8795 or
Carol@CarolChristen.com.
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One third of all job seekers give up in
the first two months. This happens because they don’t
know techniques that will get results.
Carol is an expert in employability. Simply
put, employability is the ability to get a job. The higher
a person’s employability, the faster he or she will be
able to get a job. Carol has run job search programs that
are extremely effective. In four weeks, 50% of the participants
had found jobs. In 10 weeks, 87% were employed.
With Carol as your job search coach, you
will get results! Put her 30+ years of job hunt wisdom to
work for you.
Job hunters will find helpful and informative
articles at both of these Web sites:
Contact Carol at 805 462.8795 or
Carol@CarolChristen.com.
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Whether talking about Baby Boomer retirement
issues or the unique career challenges of Gen M, Carol is
a dynamic and informative speaker. Her talks are extensively
researched, fast-paced and tailored to the interests of each
audience. Recent talks include:
- Higher Education Consultants Association
- California Association of Counseling
and Development
- International Career Development Workshop
- St. Cuthberts College, Auckland, New Zealand
- California Agriculture Teachers Association
Upcoming Speaking
Events & Teleseminars
Stay tuned for future speaking events!
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“The impact of Carol Christen’s presentation at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland New Zealand was immense, and all positive. Carol’s breadth of knowledge and range of experience saw her share invaluable insights into the journey young people embark on through school toward the world of future study and work.
“Whilst she shared much wisdom, her real strength was her ability to capture an audience’s attention: parents and adolescents hanging on her every word. Carol’s infectious love of life and warmth coupled with a most credible research background makes it impossible not to sit up and listen. At times you could hear audible sighs of relief for parents and students alike as Carol debunked myths about career planning and took the fear out of considering the future. Especially encouraging was Carol’s emphasis on not seeing the first post-school destination as one that would set a student’s future in concrete. Her gentle, gracious encouragement of the young to celebrate the fabulous world that lies ahead and to seize opportunities without hesitation or fear was empowering. Equally her interest in the parenting process and empathy for parents watching their children evolve saw parents nodding as she spoke.
“It is some time since Carol’s presentation and yet a week does not go by without either a parent or student referring to either What Colour is Your Parachute? for Teens or starts a sentence with 'Well, Carol said…'
“It was a privilege to host Carol at our school and our doors will always be open to her in the future, should we be that lucky that she ventures this way again.”
—Jenny Scott, Career Counselor
St. Cuthberts College
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“I recently heard Carol Christen speak on the
importance of career advising for teens. Her incredible
research and investigative skills were apparent throughout
the presentation. Carol is an expert career strategist
with years of valuable experience, extensive knowledge,
and a thorough understanding of the challenges faced
by today’s career seekers. Carol is an engaging
personality, full of wisdom and humor. I would highly
recommend her as a guest speaker, presenter, and workshop
leader."
—Dian Davis, Director of Career
Services
Laramie County Community College
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“Never have the students' responses to a speaker
been so enthusiastic. In both classes my students said
things like ‘Can she come back?’ or ‘I
wanted to hear more.’ One person characterized
your talk as ‘the most valuable hour’ she
had experienced in college. Enthusiasm and then some...Thank
you for what has been a most provocative catalyst for
further discussion."
—Jim Howland, Professor
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
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Teaching is Carol’s first love, and
it shows. Whether teaching others how to identify a good career
fit or the tools for creating an effective job search strategy,
Carol designs career training programs that are fun, well-paced
and give participants new tools and ideas.
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Upcoming Training
Events
Stay tuned for future training events!
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“I thought your presentation at the ICDC was
one of the best at the conference. I liked the way you
incorporated interactive activities with your presentation.
Instead of just presenting ideas, you gave people new
ways of performing counseling through exercises. I thought,
‘She is a genius! I must use some of her activities
in my counseling practice.’"
—Jennifer Bentson-Gebel,
Network Career Counseling
www.networkcareer.com
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“Your presentation was stellar. I loved your
expertise, energy, warmth and strong connection with
the audience. Everyone was engaged and wanted to learn
MORE!!"
—Sue Cullen, Consultant
www.SueCullen.com
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Carol Christen is an independent career
consultant. Since 1979, she has helped clients around the
world determine their career goals and build strategies to
achieve them. Carol designs programs in and teaches Life/work
planning, career change and job search skill training to individuals
and groups.
Carol is a Master Teacher of the effective
and internationally known techniques found in the best-selling
career book, "What Color is Your Parachute? (by Richard
Nelson Bolles). For 18 years, Carol assisted participants
at the Parachute International Two Week Workshop.
From 1999 to 2004, Carol answered questions
from job hunters around the world through Richard Bolles’
Web site, www.JobHuntersBible.com.
Carol loves the “hunt” part of
job hunting. Strategy is her favorite skill. She was quick
to realize that job search requires continual development,
implementation and revision of strategy. Carol believes that
the job hunt can be accomplished quickly, if one has the will
to do so. As director of a county group job search program,
50% of the participants had jobs in 4 weeks; by 10 weeks,
87% of the participants were employed.
She has recently co-authored, with Richard
N. Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens.
The most surprising finding of their research is that typically
consumer savvy teens (as well as their parents) don’t
know how to shop for post-high school career preparation.
Carol is currently giving talks to organizations across the
country to disseminate this timely information.
Carol graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA
with a burning ambition to someday teach a college course
about something completely practical. At age 28, she got her
chance. The dean of Management at Sonoma State University,
the late Jeff Doubt, Ph.D., hired her to teach career planning
and job search. As a lecturer, students repeatedly voted her
the best teacher in the department.
In the interim, Carol journeyed from being
a secondary school teacher to a career development professional.
She has taught career planning and job hunting to many audiences—teens
and young adults, college students, adults, and career professionals.
She still gets a thrill when a client realizes that both life
and work can be shaped for a better fit.
Carol is a fanatic gardener. She lives
in the Central Coast of California, where she and her husband
have a small farm where they raise colorful flowers, colorful
chickens that lay colorful eggs, and far too many gophers.
Contact Carol at 805 462.8795 or
Carol@CarolChristen.com.
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