Career Coaches and Resume Writers
The Alumni Association's Career Programs team offers you this list of recommended career professionals as a resource to help you explore future career development and your own career management.
Disclaimer
- Providers are individual contractors offering fee-based services, and are not being compensated by the MIT Alumni Association.
- Rates for services are set on an individual basis, but providers have agreed to an MIT Alumni discount to their regular service fee.
- The Alumni Association cannot make recommendations on which provider an alumni should specifically choose to work with.
- Alumni should contact each provider directly to inquire about their services, rates and availability.
Career Coaches
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Ann Guo
'98 SB
Are you someone who doesn't settle for a 7? Meet Ann. As a career and executive coach, Ann helps high-potentials blast through roadblocks and achieve a sustained state of flow. And she "looks forward to lying awake at night obsessing over your career."
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Amy Mazur
Amy is a career development specialist and counselor educator with more than 20 years of experience in the field, who assists individuals to begin, renew, and advance their careers. She has expertise in assessments, counseling, managing transitions, and exploring realistic options to foster growth and change. Amy assists individuals to reflect on the meaning of work and how they want it represented in their lives.
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Bryn Panee Burkhart
Bryn is an Executive Coach & career management expert who empowers her clients to move forward in their lives and careers with clarity and confidence. Most recently, Bryn oversaw Alumni Career Services at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she coached students and business leaders from all industries and sectors, helping them successfully navigate leadership challenges and critical transition points in their career.
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Eric Nehrlich
'94 SB
Eric is an executive coach and facilitator who draws on twenty years of experience in the tech industry to help leaders have a greater impact on the world. His last job before focusing on coaching was spending six years leading business strategy and operations for the Search Ads product team at Google, as Chief of Staff. His coaching work centers on working with his clients to gain clarity on their focus so they can be conscious and purposeful in how they spend their time. With that clarity, we can identify and work with mindsets or habits that are getting in the way of that purpose.
Other Career Coaches
Helpful resources for finding additional career coaches:
Additional Advising Services
Venture Mentoring Services offers services to MIT students, alumni, faculty, and staff, like you, who have ideas which they would like to turn into businesses. Note: The active entrepreneur of the venture must be affiliated with MIT and be based in the greater Boston area.
The MIT Martin Trust Center provides various levels of advice about entrepreneurship and startups.
Thinking of going to medical school or dental school?
Regardless of how many years ago you graduated from MIT with your undergraduate degree, you can receive advising on preparation for and applying to medical or dental school via the PreHealth Advising Team at MIT Global Education & Career Development (GECD).
Resume Writers
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Feather Communications
Dr. Heather Rothbauer-Wanish, owner of Feather Communications, is a Certified Professional Resume Writer who has written thousands of resumes for clients in a variety of fields. She enjoys helping people gain confidence during their job search, identifying their strengths, and focusing on how to utilize that information to align with future job opportunities.
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Karen Silins
Karen Silins is a multi-certified, award winning resume writer and career coach. She works with clients throughout the U.S. and Canada. Karen has held a membership in the prestigious Forbes Coaches Council since 2016, is a frequent career expert for print media, radio and television, and is rated as a Top Social Media Influencer for Employment, Human Resources, and Recruitment.
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Dapo Bakare
Dapo Bakare and Co-Founder Stephanie Smith of Career Muse transform resumes with a focus on conciseness, relevance, and impact. Yelp named Career Muse #1 in its ranking of Best of Editorial Services.
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Blue Sky Resumes
Blue Sky Resumes helps you craft compelling, one-of-a-kind resumes that helps ambitious candidates like you get noticed.
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Robin Schlinger
Robins's Resumes boasts years of success writing executive, civilian, technical and federal resume packages for all levels that get interviews.
More Resume Writing Resources
If you wish to seek out a professional resume writer outside of our suggested providers, be sure to check these helpful resources: