Yvonne and CollegeRecruiter.com have been associated with one another since 2001. The relationship has grown over the years to include her collaborating in the book, The Last Job Search Guide You'll Ever Need, being one of the panelists on Ask the Experts, article and podcast contributor, and now as the Career Coach team member. Yvonne sees her role as being the one who provides a no-nonsense, non-pie in the sky, version of the work world and pursuing opportunities. She's there to cheer the interns for their victories, boost their spirits during the dips, and offer constructive insights and advice.
In addition to career coaching, Yvonne is an Organizational Development Consultant. She approaches things principally from a management perspective in order to find solutions to situations in business operations, systems management, employee attraction and retention, assistance with employee development initiatives, and succession planning.
I love talking to people. I love to read. I've been known to read labels on bottles and packages in grocery stores and strike up conversations with total strangers at the drop of a hat. It's not uncommon for me to be the pivotal piece in starting a commuter party on the Gold Line and then have fellow passengers wonder how that happened. Outgoing and convivial are two parts of my personality.
My first and enduring career passion is the law. At the ripe old age of 13, I determined that I wanted to be a lawyer. Without any type of outside counsel, I determined that one day I might miss a case deadline, lose the case, get sued by my client, get disbarred, and go bankrupt in total shame. So I opted for the next best career in law -- legal secretary. I went through all the tiers of the legal career except being a lawyer. But this was good because I had the opportunity to see what each tier was about and that it did not hold the amount of challenge and reward I need. I still want to return to law school and actually complete my law degree as well as earn my license to practice.
Another very long standing desire is to travel the world, several times over. It's because of this insatiable desire to know more about other places and actually see them, to know the people, politics, social and religious structures, and other dynamics that make the countries unique. Another dream job I have is being a global journalist who goes from one place to another reporting on events. Talking to the leaders, as well as the man on the street, about things that are happening in their country, getting their perspective on why, the solutions, how those things are affecting them. And then tie up all of that information into how it affects the U.S. and other countries.
I totally enjoyed my two-year radio broadcast. The reason was that it was the culmination of all of my past careers. It was a broadcast about the legal news for the week sent out on a private band to 13 Bay Area counties to 13,000 visually impaired listeners. I was the producer. That meant I developed a relationship with the sponsoring newspaper and went through a week's worth of news. I then selected news stories that would be of interest to my listeners. At times, I wrote my own reportage from a one-paragraph blurb (often called a nutgraph). It was delightful to get back from having done my story over my broadcast and find that The Chronicle had run a full story on the same subject that was nearly identical to mine! I had the opportunity to put together roundtable discussions of experts on topics of interest, ballot measure issues that needed closer examination and discussion, feature judicial profiles of those vying for election. I was writing, I was using the law, I was talking, I was interviewing, I was developing special content.
I love writing -- just about any type of writing.
More information about Yvonne can be read on her CollegeRecruiter.com Biography .