CAREERFOLK STAFF

Donna Sweidan, MA, MCC, LMHC

Donna Sweidan, MA LMHC, is a result oriented career coach with an eye on cutting edge technology as well as a compassionate and supportive counselor. For over 15 years, Donna has helped motivate and facilitate job seekers and career changers to reach their career goals. The heart of Donna’s approach is a strong brand, an exciting current resume, and an online network that represents what it takes to succeed in today’s marketplace. She is a well-known expert on the “new” job search, building a professional online identity and LinkedIn.com.

Donna is featured as a job search and resume expert on the NYTV series “Job Hunt” and has been quoted in the New York Times, International Business Times, Fortune.com, New York Daily News, Fairfield Parent and The Stamford Advocate. She has also been featured on CNN and interviewed on TotalPictureRadio.com and JobRadio.Fm.

Prior to starting CareerFolk, LLC, she was the founding director of The New School’s Office of Career Development. She has also worked and consulted at DBM Outplacement Services, REA Career Services and served as adjunct faculty at Baruch College, Pace University and NYU. She served as the Career and Business Development Coach for the Connecticut Women’s Business Development Center and served as coordinator of disability services at University of Connecticut.  Donna helped start a new career center at The Met Council in New York City, created to serve immigrants entering the US workplace. Currently Donna serves as a board member of the Career Development Specialists Network.

Donna is a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor and holds an MA in Counseling from New York University, a BA in Psychology from the University of Witwatersrand, and a BA, Honors in Applied Psychology from Rand University, both in Johannesburg, South Africa. Donna has also trained at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy.

She is an active member in the career development community and is a member of several professional organizations. Donna is a contributor to the Twitter Job Search Guide and is writing a book about building your online identity for future career success.

Chandlee Bryan M. Ed

Chandlee Bryan, M.Ed., is President and Founder of Best Fit Forward, a boutique provider of resume writing and career management strategy. A former Ivy League career services director and recruiter, she offers individual and corporate clients a powerful combination: strong counseling skills combined with an insider’s view of industry trends and recruiting practices.  She recently served as the “Resume Specialist” for Microsoft’s “My Resume Talks” campaign on Facebook. She also facilitates programming for a top-ranked New York MeetUp group of job seekers. She is the author of the Twitter Job Search Guide.