Gary Ames is a long experienced Consultant in personal marketing and
career advancement. He has functioned continuously in the field since
1984 and has enabled career progress for well over a thousand individuals
during this time.
Gary Ames started ActiveJobSearch, JobHuntNow.com and JobCampaigns.com
to leverage his expertise in career advancement beyond one individual
at a time. He formed here, the capability to offer substantial value
to those seeking career advancement, by offering "insider"
resources which could not readily be obtained by consumers. He screens
all product and service providers for quality and effectiveness. Mr.
Ames insists on stringent criteria for selecting writers, coaches, and
advisors. He has rigorous quality standards for researchers and detailed
service level agreements with administrators. For example, when none
of the initial 75 applicants could pass his test for internet administration,
he did not lower his standards, but worked with the talented and tenacious
until the 'gems' were polished. He requires both scientific validation
and practical common sense when selecting assessment processes for others
to use to select a career direction.
| His educational background includes an
MBA from Temple University. He also taught business courses at Newmann
College and the University of Delaware. His undergraduate and masters
degrees are in Psychology from San Francisco State University. Initially,
Gary pursued an academic career in teaching, holding positions with
Penn State, the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, and Delaware
County Community College. Mr. Ames became a licensed Psychologist
and has extensive experience in vocational testing. He is a published
author of career assessment software and has a special interest in
selection science. |
A special area of expertise is the electronic
job market. His specialized letters and resume samples have been published
to show how to stimulate response over the Internet. The internet
is an increasingly important source of executive and professional
career opportunities. Mr. Ames' innovations are at the forefront of
technology applications in job search. He serves on the Technology
Committee of the International Association of Career Management Professionals
and has recently begun training multi-location firms to use the internet
effectively. He is the Project Manager for creating this web site
and is at the forefront of using the internet to facilitate efficient
job search. |
Earlier in his career, Gary was a Trainer and Consultant using Market
Research for Total Quality Management serving prestigious clients including
the Ford Motor Company. He has adapted this mindset to maximize employment
candidates' appeal to potential employers. Gary's successful background
in training, research, and technology richly enables him to assist clients
who seek challenging new career situations with lucrative compensation.
Topics of Mr. Ames' published writing include: Effective Writing In
Job Searching, Making Your Vocation Fit Your
Personality, Setting Employment Goals, Using the Internet and Libraries
to Find Jobs, Winning Offers, Motivating Response When Answering Ads,
Networking for Career Opportunity, and Telemarketing Your Talent. See
GaryAmes.net for dozens of his articles on job search.
Gary Ames' clients achieve fluency in describing their own accomplishments
through guided practice in what to say and how to say it. They are armed
and ready to impress after one-on-one collaboration. His confidence
building techniques throughout the interview process, culminate in clients'
negotiating for top income. Mr. Ames clients' achieve significant advantages
because their Job Search Campaign Manager is a professional student
of the career marketing process. He is an innovator who practices techniques
at the state of the art. He is regarded by colleagues as a thought leader
who designs methods which advance the best practices in the career advancement
industry.
I also wish to honor and acknowledge some teachers: Grant Shannon,
Randy Stevens, Jim Johnson, Kate Wendleton, Wendell Williams, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen,
The Faculty of Chabot College, San Francisco State University, and Temple
University … and especially all my clients, who have inspired me
and from whom I have learned much.
The ActiveJobSearch Team
Mary Alexanderwicz, Intern, Assessment
, Managing
Director
Sharaf Atakhanov, Dreamweaver Tutor
, Distribution,
Internet Administrator
, Web Designer
and Programmer
Karen Six, Editor, Researcher, Personal Network Calendar
Heather Warnick, Sales,
Marketing Customer Service.
, Editor
Brenda Grasley lives in rural Wisconsin. She has worked as an Administrator
for an educational seminar firm, has run a night shift of 9 employees,
and as co-owner, controlled the office of a small business. Brenda is
an expert typist at 75 wpm, has mastered business software, and has studied
computer repair. You could say the she understands PCs from the inside
out and knows what to do with them, too.
Dmitry Semenov, lives in Ekaterinburg, Russia. BS Degree in Computer
Science 1998 and is working on a masters degree, in Computer Science,
expected in 2003. He loves working on internet development as well as
a ballroom dancing, all kind of athletics, sports, and all pets. He enjoys
making contacts with good, talented and experienced people. He loves LIFE!
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He has 4 years experience in web development. His capabilities span diverse
programming languages, databases, graphics, and platforms. He developed
the Content Management System used in his design and development projects:
Maryam Wilson is a natural editor. She grew up breathing the ink of
a printing press. Her father is a printer and mother a book editor. She
recently graduated with a B.A. in English and a minor in Fine Arts from
Rosemont College outside Philadelphia in the Main Line.
She has a confident grasp of the English language. As an illustrator
she has a keen sense of design. She is great working behind the scenes
planning and organizing. She is cooperative and conscientious with a strong
work ethic with a resilient and positive attitude. I respect her excellent
design taste and common sense judgement.
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