Get the Right Job, Right Now!

How do you know which job is right for you? Few of us take the time to create a career plan that includes career exploration, and a job search strategy.

The vast majority of us, stumble from job to job without any rhyme or reason. In fact if you had the unfortunate situation of not seeing a layoff coming, you were totally unprepared when it happened. When that happens, most people will end up looking for a job, not a career job.

Join Alan Kearns for a fascinating look at how you can step back for a moment to evaluate what you want to do, and translate that knowledge and understanding into a search for a job that will match your skills, goals and aspirations. Now is as good of time as any to build a new life for yourself and for those who count on you. Let's make sure you are going to be happy and productive in the new job you land!

Alan Kearns, Canada's Career Coach and CareerJoy founder, Globe & Mail career expert, Chapters/Indigo Trusted Advisor and author of Get the Right Job Right Now! is one of Canada's leading authorities on career management issues.

As founder, president and head coach of Canada's career coaching company, Alan has shaped his almost 20 years of career management experience into a company that helps people from all over North America to navigate a wide variety of career-related issues. Having been educated as an optician, Alan himself made a career transition when he leapt into the recruitment field and founded TalentLab, a recruitment agency. A few years later when he recognized that professionals need unbiased advice and tools to manage their careers, he founded CareerJoy.

Voted one of the Top 40 entrepreneurs under the age of 40, Alan is a regular contributor to Canadian media on the latest trends in the Canadian workforce, he has been on a number of shows including, Till Debt Do U$ Part, Princess, Canada AM, BT, The National & The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos. He is the career expert on the upcoming new reality show on the O Newtwork - Million Dollar Neighbourhood. As host of the country's top rated careerPodcast, CareerJoy Conversations, he interviews high-profile career gurus, ranging from John Stanton, founder of The Running Room, to Jim Citrin, best-selling author of The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers. Alan is a highly sought after guest speaker at organizations and conferences in Canada, where he enlightens employers and employees on all topics related to professionals and their careers.