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Life's a Bitch and then
You Change Careers: 9 Steps
to Get Out of Your Funk
and On to Your Future

Greener Pastures: How to Find
a Job In Another Place

Interview Strategies That Will
Get You the Job You Want

Resumes That Will Get
You the Job You Want

 
"She is bubbly, fun and a good talker."
--CBS News This Morning

I have been trying to determine a new career focus for the past 3 years. I have worked through numerous career transition books as well as consulted with another well known career counselor, and was still no closer to a definitive answer. Within just a few short sessions of working with you, I now have a clear direction! Your approach seems designed to whittle away the extraneous so that the overall patterns emerge.Your support, insight and ability to ask penetrating questions allowed me to gain the clarity that I had been searching for in all those other explorations. I just can't thank you enough for all your help. I am so excited to be embarking upon a new path!"
--Professional in Massachusetts


Andrea is "Cincinnati's Best Career Counselor"
--Cincinnati Magazine, 2002 "Best of the City" issue

"As an absolute fan of Andrea's, I can rest assured anything that woman does will be the best and the finest!"
--D.T., Palm Springs California

"She is the perfect combination of energy, humor and charisma, offering intelligent insight with a sense of humor."
--Career Masters Institute International Conference participant

"One of the best presenters I've ever come across."
--Wright State University workshop participant

"I am struck with how good you are at conveying ideas. Reading and listening to you is just like having a friend talk to you."
--M.N., Sedona, Arizona more...

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Background and Career

Andrea Kay is a career consultant and executive coach who has helped thousands of job hunters and employees cut to the heart of their frustration and dissatisfaction to take control of their careers. She has published four books, Life's a Bitch and then You Change Careers: 9 Steps to Get Out of Your Funk and On to Your Future, Interview Strategies That Will Get You the Job You Want, Resumes That Will Get You the Job You Want and Greener Pastures: How To Find a Job In Another Place.

As a weekly newspaper columnist since 1988, Andrea has written over 900 articles on careers and workplace issues. Today her syndicated column appears in Gannett newspapers from California to New York to Canada as well as Gannett newspapers on the Web. As an executive coach, Andrea works closely with key executives of corporations to help them reach their potential as managers, leaders and people.

Andrea has presented workshops and counseled employees at such companies as Procter & Gamble, Apple Computers, Westinghouse, Frito-Lay, General Electric, NCR, Humana, Union Carbide, Whirlpool Appliances, Cincinnati Bell Telephone and Marion Merrill Dow.

Andrea has appeared on the CBS morning news show several times and has been widely quoted and interviewed in national publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and Smart Money, Kiplinger Financial Magazine, Redbook, Mademoiselle, National Business Employment Weekly, First For Women Magazine, Essence, Woman and Financial Woman Today and on radio programs across the U.S. and Canada.

Andrea has spoken as a keynote and workshop presenter to Fortune 50 companies and a variety of professional associations and presents to universities, schools, job search groups and career conferences. Andrea was a weekly contributor on career and workplace issues on a National Public Radio affiliate and has presented weekly career features on an ABC television affiliate morning news program. Today she is the career expert for WKRC television, where she offers career advice. She hosted the live, call-in radio career talk show, "Ask Andrea" and hosted "Job Talk," a live, call-in radio career talk show on public radio. Her video tape, Common Mistakes in Interviews and How to Overcome Them, is published by Cambridge Educational.

Andrea has been awarded the Women In Communications Gem Award for adherence to the highest standards of practice in professional communications and support of women in the work force. She was named Best Career Counselor in Cincinnati by Cincinnati Magazine in its 2002 "Best of the City" issue. Andrea's books have been recognized by the Ohioana Library Association for Literary and Artistic Achievement. Andrea has been named Outstanding Speaker by the Society for Advancement of Management and her talks have been named Best Program of the Year by the National Association of Women in Construction.