Melanie Buford - WriterCareer Counselor
  Melanie Buford - WriterCareer Counselor
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I work with clients, primarily one-on-one, to design meaningful and authentic careers.  

Depending on a client's needs, we move through a 3-step process:

Step 1: What are the components of your ideal career?  What skills do you hope to develop?  Who do you love to work with - what values must they share?  What space, time and financial requirements do you have?  
What impact would you like to see as a result of your work?  I often use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as a foundation for this step.

Step 2: What challenges - emotional, social or material - do you anticipate to your success?  What supports do you have in place (or that we can create) to balance these challenges?

Step 3: How can you build your ideal career?  What short- and long-term goals might be appropriate?  What is your personal brand?  How can we enhance your networking efforts?  What technology can you use to reach out to potential supporters?

Expertise:
Career development for Millennials, current college students and recent graduates, particularly liberal arts majors

Writing/editing personal statements and essays
Personality and skills assessment; MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, StrengthsFinder 2.0 and StrengthsQuest, Sigi3, MyPlan
Getting involved in non-profit work, service, and AmeriCorps

Credentials
Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education
B.A. in Psychology, Wesleyan University
Certification, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

If you're interested in scheduling a career counseling session or a Myers-Briggs interpretation, please use the link below.  
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