Robert J. Maher, CMF, has been in the career services field since 1980, and mostly as an independent since 1983. Bob has provided services or spoken to audiences in most major metropolitan areas of the US, and several in Canada and the UK. He has served a very broad-based and diverse clientele over the years with a solid reputation for effective group facilitation, one-on-one coaching, marketing support and consultation at all levels, including executive.

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	The Two-Headed Monster by Bob Maher - Feb, 2010 Specific to recruitment and placement activity and the Career Services Profession that provides support to both using groups, technology has long provided a siren song of improvements in quality and efficiency. After all, isn’t that exactly what technology represents...a tool for us to us...
	Researching Your Marketplace by Bob Maher - Dec, 2009 One of the most important skills a job-seeker can learn during a job-search is research skills. The quality of your research skills will dramatically impact both short term job search and longer range career continuity. Information is a critical commodity in job-hunting; the more you know...
	Implementing Your Personal Market Plan: Part I by Bob Maher - Dec, 2008 Getting Started in Career Transition If your goal is to identify and secure a new position, then you should prepare your search as a "business model", manage it accordingly, be flexible, and be ready for the unexpected. Here are some time tested tips to get you started: 1. Have a "bu...
	Implementing Your Personal Market Plan: Part II by Bob Maher - Dec, 2008 Your Career Transition Voyage Both physical fitness and CAREER FITness are gifts that you can give yourself at any time. Your FIT in the market doesn’t change relative to time of the year or market conditions... Understand the nature of FIT. You understand that managing your own care...
	Embracing The OTHER Job Market by Bob Maher - Aug, 2008 In every marketplace, there are buyers and sellers. In the traditional job market, the one that our Department of Labor measures for us, job seekers are the sellers and their potential employers are the buyers. The commodity is productive work and the competition is fierce. In the OTHER...
	FIT Happens! by Bob Maher - Jul, 2008 Creating an action plan, your Personal Market Plan, during career transition, will reap rewards during your implementation campaign. Success in career management confers rewards not unlike those in the workplace: • A sense of accomplishment; • Pushing oneself beyond expectation, often...
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