AUTHOR BIO

Ellen Gordon Reeves is undoubtedly the only career and workplace adviser to have studied at both Harvard and Second City, Saturday Night Live’s training ground. Author of the bestselling CAN I WEAR MY NOSE RING TO THE INTERVIEW? A Crash Course in Finding, Landing and Keeping Your First Real Job, she is also an expert on self-presentation, women in transition, changing careers, salary negotiation, and other aspects of individual professional development. She is a frequent guest on national TV and radio, and consults to individuals and institutions across the country, offering constructive advice from the employer’s point of view.

Reeves has been the resident job-hunting expert for programs including the Columbia Publishing Course and Baruch’s Master’s In Financial Engineering, editing thousands of résumés and cover letters and offering job hunters of all ages advice about how to present themselves. She has been Senior Editor of Jobs for Change at Change.org and a career expert for Learnvest.com, a financial education/lifestyle site for women. Reeves has spoken and conducted customized workshops for audiences of all sizes at venues including corporations, conferences, colleges, universities, secondary schools, alumni associations, libraries, and not-for-profits.

Speaking topics

- CAN I WEAR MY NOSE RING TO THE INTERVIEW?: Finding, Landing and Keeping Your First Job
- Turning Out-Placement into In-Placement: Simple Strategies for Success in Tough Times
- The Interviewer's Hidden Agenda: What He or She Will Never Tell You
- Women and Men in Transition: Getting Back Into the Marketplace
- Women and Women of Color in the Workplace: Cultural Difference and Diversity in Career Advancement

Interactive Workshops

- Extreme Professional Makeover: Boot Camp for Job-Hunters
- Do-It-Yourself Professional Development: Moving Up and Out
- Extreme Prof. Makeover