Katharine (Kathy) Hansen, creative director of
Quintessential Careers, is an author and instructor, in addition to being a career expert. Her books include
Dynamic Cover Letters (more than 100,000 copies sold) and
Write Your Way to a Higher GPA, written with Dr. Randall S. Hansen, as well as
Dynamic Cover Letters for New Graduates (11,000+ copies sold) and
A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market http://www.quintcareers.com/foot_in_the_door.html, all published by Ten Speed Press.
Upcoming book projects include
Words to Get Hired By: The Jobseeker's Quintessential Lexicon of Powerful Words and Phrases for Resumes and Cover Letters and Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling that Propels Careers, which is also the subject of her doctoral dissertation.
Katharine has completed a rigorous credentialing process to become a Master Resume Writer, as approved by
Career Masters Institute (CMI). The Master Resume Writer designation places Hansen in an elite group of career practitioners who are committed to professionalism and dedicated to continuous learning.
Hansen is only the 11th Master Resume Writer worldwide and one of only six career professionals to hold both CMI's Credentialed Career Master and Master Resume Writer designations.
Lecturer in business communication for five years at Stetson University, DeLand, FL, Katharine has taught the writing of resumes and cover letters and critiqued the job-search correspondence of countless college students. Katharine also is editor of QuintZine, a free career and job-hunting newsletter filled with timely and topical tips for springboarding careers. She is a member of the Career Masters Institute.
Katharine is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in organizational behavior from Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH.
Katharine was writer-editor at numerous newspapers, magazines and nonprofit organizations, and she served as speechwriter for the first woman elected to the Florida Cabinet. Katharine, who earned her bachelor of arts degree in humanities from Stetson University, lives in DeLand with her writing partner, Randall, and children, Mary and John. See also her
Web Portfolio and
teaching portfolio.
