About the Authors

Curt Skene, Author Curt is a two-time award-winning business executive and the founder of Microsoft’s global career initiative “Skills 2000”. He knows about life and careers in the corporate fast lane. Add another 15 years of hypnosis and neuro-linguistic training and you start to understand why he has had so much success getting executives back on their “working” feet again. Curt truly knows business, marketing and the psychology behind finding success. He is known as a shoot-from-the-hip, tell-it-like-it-is career coach who can pinpoint problems and find solutions quickly. He is caring, disarming and makes no judgment as to the pitfalls in his clients’ pasts.

While his ideas may be emulated, his passion, ingenuity and creativity can never be duplicated. Curt is a man with a singular vision for doing what it takes to help his clients find success again. Colin McClean, Illustrator Colin is a long-time cartoonist whose talents have appeared in local, national and international publications. His most recent career move was into the field of employment services. Prior to and during the most recent global economic downturn, Colin led classes on job search options and other career change opportunities. He has heard and seen the many challenges that face job seekers today.

“I’ve witnessed the desperation of people who have been without work for a long time. I have also seen the elation of people—armed with the right information—who find work. These are people who’ve not only found employment, but the ideal career opportunity they’ve been seeking—even in today’s market.” Colin has applied his knowledge of job search practices with his gift for sharing laughter in his book for novice job hunters, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To… My Career! www.afunnything.net or www.llscartoons.com