Tara's specialty is helping people build the kind of resume that meets employers’ expectations and ensures her clients find work that matches their employment goals. She has a successful track record in coaching her clients to improve their interview performance.
She enjoys helping others find a job and work environment that match their values, interests, personality and lifestyle needs. An avid animal lover, she volunteers for the Ottawa Therapy Dog Association with her greyhound, Seamus.
“If only I ---------, I’d be the happiest person alive”
If only I could be free of rigid structure and routine.
Top 5 favorite movies?
Life is Beautiful, What Dreams May Come, Shawshank Redemption, Walk the Line, Planes, Trains and Automobiles
What’s your favorite thing to do on a hot summer day?
Spending time with friends/family and neighbours (and pets), being outside in the garden and taking my dog for a long walk.
What’s your most endearing quality?
My warmth and approachability.
What’s your biggest pet peeve?
A job that is not well done.
Describe a dinner spent with your favourite historical figures.
Rosa Parks and Johnny Cash.
Did you ever sell anything door to door?
Not a company product, but I have conducted job development, in marketing my clients’ skills by contacting employers and attempting to create a match.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
A psychologist, like Freud, where I had people on a couch and listened to them and helped them.
Any Hidden talents?
Experimenting in the kitchen with new recipes.
What’s your favorite unhealthy snack?
Haagen daz ice cream.
What is the strangest thing you have ever had for breakfast?
Ice cream.
What is your definition of success?
Loving what you do, the people you work with and enjoying the moment.
What do you have a tendency to buy in bulk?
I buy as much as I can in bulk as long as it’s on sale -- canned goods, vegetables and even fruit. I enjoy finding sales.
If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be?
I would be one of two singers – either Nina Simone or Joss Stone. I would love to have a voice like that and enjoy belting out songs the way they do. They are both so passionate about what they do.
Are you a cat or dog person?
Originally a cat person, but now I’m both. We have a tabby and Abyssinian cat, and a greyhound dog.
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