Meet Donna

Donna Sweidan

Donna is a results-oriented career coach with an eye on cutting edge technology & job search strategy, but enough compassion to provide you with the support you need in this challenging process. For over 15 years she has been motivating and facilitating job seekers and career changers to find their path, and overcome the obstacles that might stand in their way.

I am passionate about the work I do and my quest is to help you realize your strengths, envision your future, and show you how to get there!

Donna created Careerfolk, LLC, a full service boutique career management company to provide a range of services and resources to help you achieve your goals.

As a trained therapist, Donna is not afraid to address the issues that might be holding you back, or sabotaging your job search. In order to succeed you have to figure out the obstacles that are holding you back in the transition process. Donna uses a range of tools, assessments and strategies to facilitate the career exploration and development process.

Donna is particularly passionate about getting people to talk about their job search, and am a strong believer in the power of group learning and support. She facilitates two successful job search strategy groups that have received wide media attention, including The New York Times and CNN.

Donna is also a popular and inspiring speaker and presents on a range of career development topics. A Linkedin expert and advocate on integrating technology into the career management process, Donna is dedicated to empowering people to leverage the power of the internet to advance and manage their careers. The founding Director of Career Services at The New School in NYC, she has also been quoted in the International Business Times, Fortune.com and The Stamford Advocate.

Donna has earned the Master Career Counselor designation, awarded by the National Career Development Association and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York State. She has also received the Career Coaching Certification from the Five O’Clock Club.

Career Highlights and Experience

Career and Business Development Coach for the Connecticut Women’s Business Development Center
Adjunct faculty at the Starr Career Development Center at Baruch College, the most diverse college in the US, and one of the top public business schools in the nation
Founding director of The New School Office of Career Development. Established services for over 4000 undergraduate and graduate students, as well as alumni. Prior to this, I also worked at Pace University and New York University Career Services
Former Coordinator of Disability Services at University of Connecticut, Stamford
Helped start a new career center at MetCouncil in New York, created to serve immigrants entering the US workplace
MA in Counseling from New York University, BA in Psychology from the University of Witwatersrand, and BA (with honors) in Applied Psychology from University of Johannesburg, in South Africa.
Trained at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and taken certificate courses in Adult Career Planning and Clinical Career Counseling.
Spoken widely on issues facing international candidates seeking work in US including “Overcoming Cultural Barriers in the Job Search.”
Active member in the Career Development community. Donna has supervised and trained both graduate and undergraduate students to enter the career counseling field and continues to supervises professionals entering the career counseling field.