PENNY MANCUSO-KAPLAN
CPCC, Certified Career Coach
Summary
CPCC, CIC, CPRW. Results based Career, Interview Coach, with twenty years of experience in identifying, nurturing and developing employee/client success. Certified Professional Resume Writer. Specialist in Corporate and Artistic Environments. Women's Leadership Advocate and Mentor. Entrepreneurial Business Mentor Coach. Teacher. Public Speaker and Panelist. Personal Brand Writing. International Clientele. Expert Career Coach for University graduates in Tech Sales, Web Development and Data Science. Certified Personal Development and Transformational Leadership Coach.
Strategic Career Coach with substantial background in business and leadership providing career counseling and job search strategies to job seekers and career explorers! Specialist in interview techniques, resume and personal brand building. Excellent assessment and evaluation skills. Committed to developing individualized plans for both career entry and career transition clients.. Collaborative and empathic coach with solid experience and sensitivity in supporting individuals with diverse cultural backgrounds navigating a complex job market.. Skilled at creating customized job search plans, identifying opportunities and preparing clients for success.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Career Coach/Facilitator/Teacher
Vanier College Department of Continuing Education
09.2022 - Current
- Develop career and educational plans based on individual needs
- Prepare and guide international clients, one-on-one, regarding current employment trends, desires, aptitudes, education and building personal brand
- Assist clients in building individualized job search strategies specifically in accounting, finance and tech
- Develop new course curriculum focusing more on 1x1 coaching experience replacing outdated existing one increasing participation and engagement rate of students 90%
- Optimization of Resume building / Linked-in strategies
- Present and prepare over 50 students of diverse cultural backgrounds for interviews by applying unique interview strategy
- Service large international clientele, Iran, India, Middle East
- Sensitivity to different value systems, cultural backgrounds and language fluency
- Participate with University team to continuously improve career and placement opportunities
- Improved graduates’ readiness for job market by 100%
- Create and facilitate workshops
- Equip clients with mindset shifts in order to optimize job search experience.
- Monitored client progress and adjusted job coaching strategies to meet needs and navigate challenges
- Developed and maintained relationships with community resources to support job coaching
- Kept detailed records of individual histories, scores, and documents
- Counseled clients one-on-one regarding current situation, desires, aptitudes, education, and employment history
- Conducted mock interviews to help clients prepare for interviews with potential employers
- Assisted clients in cultivating professional networks to increase job opportunities
Career Coach
Wedo Consulting Services
12.2021 - Current
- Develop career and educational plans based on individual needs for 50 students currently enrolled in Canadian High schools from China
- Coach 1x1 younger high school clients ranging in age from 14 – 19.
- Have created over 100 specific tailored educational reports based on student age/ maturity/ and interests
- Maintain case files and document actions to management
- Collaborate with team to continuously improve post-secondary education opportunities and college and university placements resulting in 30% increase in placement for students in Canadian University of choice.
- College interview preparation
- Provide individualized approach based on socioeconomic status and cultural background, in this case exclusively Asian
- Lead workshops for job seekers by providing information on academic pathways to career choices.
- Determine possible vocations and build education plan
- Equip students with career options and sub-fields in each career path.
- Maintain knowledge of market trends and diverse career opportunities
- Provide detailed extensive reports of each student to stakeholders including university and post-secondary options as well as overview of personality, strengths, weaknesses and career interests.
- Coached clients on resume and cover letter development to enhance opportunities.
- Helped students develop organizational, time management and study skills.
- Advised students on educational, career and social opportunities.
- Collaborated with parents and teachers to help students reach potential.
Career Coach
Concordia University - Concordia Bootcamps
03.2020 - Current
- Coach over 300 graduate clients one-on-one regarding current hiring trends, desires, aptitudes, education and employment history to build their unique brand to market
- Success placement rate of 70% of grads assigned
- Specialist in Tech. Web Development, Data Science and Tech Sales graduates
- Assist clients in using successful job search strategies leveraging transferable skills and past work history to optimize uniqueness
- Maintain case files and document actions
- Connect with business and recruiters to build relationships and increase opportunities for graduates
- Specialty in working with special needs clients
- Autism, speech and hearing impediments, anxiety, incarceration.
- Extensive multicultural clientele and diverse language fluency.
- Use of HubSpot to detail student/coach experience to management.
- Development and presentation of 3 Key workshops for job seekers to provide soft skill development
- Interviewing in Modern Age, Five P’s of Job Search Strategy, and Developing Entrepreneurial Mindset, three workshop offerings created exclusively for boot camps
- Assist 60 visible minority graduates in accessing government programs aimed at salary subsidies.
Education
CPCC - Certified Professional Career Coach
Prof. Ass. of Resume Writers And Career Coaches
Florida07.2023
CPRW - Certification - Professional Resume Writer
Prof. Ass. of Resume Writers And Career Coaches
Florida07.2023
CIC - Certification - Certified Interview Coach
Prof. Ass. of Resume Writers And Career Coaches
Florida05.2023
CSLRC - Certified Sex, Love And Relationship Coach - Womens Studies
Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA03.2021
Certified Coach - Certified CoachCanada Coach Academy -
Canada Coach Academy
Montreal, Quebec06.2019
Personal Development -
Mama Gena School of Womanly Arts
New York, NY05.2019
ACC - International Coaching Federation - Coaching
International Coaching Federation
USA06.2018
Certificate in Woman's Leadership - Women's Leadership -
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY03.2018
Executive Leadership Coaching
Robert Paris And Associates
Montreal, Quebec06.2016
Skills
- Resume Writing
- Career Planning / Direction/ Mentorship
- Interview Specialist
- Chief Motivation Officer
- Digital Strategist
- Expertise in diverse cultural backgrounds
- Specialist in Tech
- Job Search Workshops
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, HubSpot, Canva, Hootsuite
- Career exploration assessments
- Post-Secondary Career Exploration
- Managing career progression/Transitions
- Organization and Time Management
- Excellent Communication, written and spoken
- English, French, Italian, Fluent in all three
Timeline
Career Coach/Facilitator/Teacher
Vanier College Department of Continuing Education
09.2022 - Current
Career Coach
Wedo Consulting Services
12.2021 - Current
Career Coach
Concordia University - Concordia Bootcamps
03.2020 - Current
CPCC - Certified Professional Career Coach
Prof. Ass. of Resume Writers And Career Coaches
CPRW - Certification - Professional Resume Writer
Prof. Ass. of Resume Writers And Career Coaches
CIC - Certification - Certified Interview Coach
Prof. Ass. of Resume Writers And Career Coaches
CSLRC - Certified Sex, Love And Relationship Coach - Womens Studies
Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality City of Los Angeles
Certified Coach - Certified CoachCanada Coach Academy -
Canada Coach Academy
Personal Development -
Mama Gena School of Womanly Arts
ACC - International Coaching Federation - Coaching
International Coaching Federation
Certificate in Woman's Leadership - Women's Leadership -
Cornell University
Executive Leadership Coaching
Robert Paris And Associates
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