Alan never gave me the answers that I was looking for, but helped me to discover them for myself... In the end, it was like someone had turned on the lights for me... I am more confident about what I want to do and what I don't want to do.
Alan Kearns
Canada’s Career Coach
Alan Kearns is the author of Get the Right Job Right Now! (HarperCollins Canada) and one of Canada’s foremost authorities on career management issues. As the Founder and President of CareerJoy, Alan has shaped his 15 years of career management experience into a company that helps people from coast to coast navigate through a wide variety of career-related issues.
Mr. Kearns’ is the career expert for Workopolis and his expertise is highly regarded, having been featured in Venture, The National Post and The Globe & Mail, Canadian Business, Report on Business, Chateline amongst others. He has also spoken regularly on CBC radio and is provided career expertise for the Chapters-Indigo, National Post, Readers Digest, working.com and CharityVillage.com. He also has a weekly column in Workopolis.
He has been on a number of TV shows including,Venture, Breakfast Television, Canada AM, Till Debt Do Us Part, Smart Woman, I Suck at My Job. The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.
Starting his career as an Optician, Mr. Kearns eventually made his own career transition into the Career Management field where he has since devoted his time and energy studying, writing and speaking about everything to do with careers. In 1998 he co-founded TalentLab, a high-tech talent agency with offices in Ottawa, Toronto and San Diego, for which he was awarded the honor as one of the “Top 40 Entrepreneurs under the Age of 40”. Today Alan is the Head Coach and President for CareerJoy, one of the most respected career coaching firms in Canada.
Alan is a founding member of the International Association of Coaches (IAC)
Alan has spoken at a number of Private, Public and NGO's including;
The Ottawa Centre for Research & Innovation (OCRI), Queens University, Carleton University, Algonquin College, University of Toronto,St. Mary’s University, Sprott’s School of Business; Upper Canada School Board, University of Ottawa, Canada Franchise Association (CFA), Canadian Association of Career Educators (CACEE); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Canadian Workplace Conference, Ministry of Revenue as well as working with organizations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Alcatel, Nortel and EMS Technologies.
Alan has given keynotes on the following topics
Get The Right Job Right Now! Canadians Share How to Have a Great Career!
Leadership Starts With You!
Building Your H.R Brand- Why would I choose your company?
Career Evolution; How to keep your talents relevant to the market
How to Make Successful Career Decisions
The Green Collar Career- The Fair Trade Between Profit & the Planet
An Executive MBA Now What?
Building Your Career Brand
The Decadent Resume -What Presidents Choice Can Teach Us About Branding Ourselves
Facebook - Social Networking and Your HR Brand
Workshops
Leadership Identity Workshop
Career Identity Workshop
Career Transition Workshop
90 Day Career Search Workshop
Get The Right Job Right Now
Need an expert speaker to make your upcoming event successful? Call our office to discuss how Alan can make your next event educational, entertaining and practical.
TO GET STARTED call 1.877.256.2569, 416.681.0440, 613.907.1135 or email jenny@careerjoy.com or contact us using our contact page.