COLLEEN CLARKE is a career specialist, corporate trainer and recognized public speaker in the areas of career management and transition, communication and networking. Colleen is a certified Workplace Coach, and career advisor for Monster.ca’s career management advisory page “Ask Colleen”. She is also the career columnist for 24 Hours, a Toronto commuter newspaper.

A “Certified” Myers Briggs Typology Indicator (MBTI) 1 & 11 facilitator and qualified in True Colors, Personality Dimensions and EQ-i , Colleen conducts workshops to groups interested in improving sales, interpersonal relationships, communications, team building and self-development.

As founder and past Executive Director of the Executive Advancement Resource Network, E.A.R.N., Canada’s most recognized self-help networking group for unemployed business professionals, Colleen has provided counseling and guidance to over 7000 individuals in career development.

Author of Networking How to Build Relationships That Count and Work in Progress, and a popular e-book, so whether speaking or writing, Colleen insightfully and humorously shares with her audience the practical insights and “hands-on” approaches and techniques she has developed as a networking maven.

Partial client list: CIBC, KPMG, The Performance Institute, The City of Toronto, Town of Markham, Town of Richmond Hill, Peel Region, Region of York, City of Greater Sudbury, City of Waterloo, jti- Macdonald, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, OSTD, HRPAO, HRDC Ontario, Bell Canada, Bell Sygma. Psion Teklogix, Philips Speech Processing, Canadian Chiropractic Association, MICA Management Resources, SoftChoice, 724 Solutions, the Strategic Leadership Forum, Symantec Corporation, Ridout Maybee LLP and more!.

Colleen is often quoted in news articles and has numerous radio and television interviews to her credit. She was awarded a place in Toronto’s Who’s Who due to her work with E.A.R.N.

Colleen is a graduate of the University of Alberta, Edmonton. She is an active member of the Beaches Lion’s Club, a CNIB and Toronto Humane Society volunteer and is a Director on the board of the Ontario Association of Applied Personality Type. Check out her website at www.colleenclarke.com