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Media Information for Author Kathy Sanborn

Kathy Sanborn

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Career Expert and Author Kathy Sanborn Says to Everything There's a Season - Even Careers

Have you recently been blindsided by an unexpected layoff? Do you wake up every Monday morning already looking forward to quitting time on Friday? Do you hear the call of a more satisfying career but are afraid and unsure of how to make the transition to it? You don't have to be at the mercy of outside forces or your own insecurities any longer. Once you understand The Seasons of Your Career, you can take charge of your professional life, master the cycles of career change, and experience fulfillment through your work.

In this innovative guide published in 2003 by McGraw-Hill Professional and available in stores and online, career coach Kathy Sanborn illustrates the predictable, seasonal patterns that our work lives follow--from the Spring of growth and challenge through the winding down of Winter and back again to Spring's fresh opportunities. Packed with insightful exercises, helpful quizzes, and inspiring real-life stories, this upbeat text offers surefire strategies for:

· Recognizing the career season you are in and taking advantage of it

· Working through trouble spots to excel in your current job

· Placing your career in perspective to allow for strategic, long-term planning

· Setting and reaching goals that support your preferred career path

· Staying positive through potentially tough seasonal transitions

· Approaching your career as one aspect of a balanced, fulfilling life

Whether you are twenty years old and in your first job or fifty-five and contemplating a major career change, The Seasons of Your Career is uniquely designed to help you navigate your professional future with confidence and conviction.

What people are saying about The Seasons of Your Career:

United Press International
"The book explains the seasons of one's career, provides rules for staying positive, and gives expert advice."

The Daily Republic
"Seasons provides a driving inspiration for anyone who's considering career changes."

Author and columnist Dr. Sam Vaknin
"A rare beast this - jargon-free, down-to-earth, one hundred percent useful career advice! This slender tome contains in 144 pages more than thickset predecessors did in a thousand. Highly recommended and worth every cent."

Actor and author Shirley MacLaine:
The Seasons of Your Career is "a marvelous book."

Sacramento Magazine
"This book aims to teach readers to take charge of their vocational destiny by mastering principles of success."

Background

Kathy Sanborn is a career expert, success coach, and author of The Seasons of Your Career (Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill, April 2003).

A popular media guest, Sanborn has appeared on dozens of major market radio shows and on television. Her articles on career success and personal growth have appeared in print and on a variety of web sites. Sanborn's expertise and interviews have been published in many magazines, journals, and newspapers, including the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Times. Actor and author Shirley MacLaine declares Sanborn's work as "marvelous."

Her company, Life and Career Coaching, offers success and career coaching for individuals and group workshops and performance coaching for organizations.

A magna cum laude university graduate and a Biographee in Who's Who in America and Who's Who of American Women, Sanborn has extensive experience in the business world as a manager, trainer, and coach.

Besides being a regular columnist for bksp.org and onespiritproject.com, Kathy has appeared in hundreds of newspapers and publications, including:

The USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Woman's World Magazine, La Nacion, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Washington Times, Indianapolis Star, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine, Succeed Magazine, Myrtle Beach Sun News, Sacramento Magazine, Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret Morning News, Delaware News Journal, Arizona Republic, Arizona Business Gazette, Sacramento Business Journal, Senior Magazine, Honolulu Advertiser, Poughkeepsie Journal, Fairfield Daily Republic, and many others.

Sanborn also has contributed her expertise online to Newsday, Fortune.com, The Career Journal, The Morning Call, Sunspot, Knox News, Gainesville Sun, KSHB (NBC Action News), just to name a few.

A frequent media guest, Kathy has appeared on television and radio show interviews, including: Shirley MacLaine's radio show, KMAX, KMYL, KCWJ, WKQZ, WPYX, WSAR, WTVY, WIXX, KOGO, KPEK, KJFN, WBAT, WWMG, KATU, KDII, WNDV, WTGZ, KKNT, KTSO, KISS, WXNP, KWAV, WDEZ, KTSA, WDBR, WASH, WCNF, CBS Radio, and many more.

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