About Career Choice Guide

When I visit other websites, I'm always curious about the person or people behind the site. I like to know a bit about their background in the topic that they write about and what inspired them to create their site.

That information always makes the site more enjoyable and personal for me and helps me to decide whether to trust the information that is presented on the site.

So, assuming you have the same curiosity, here's a little bit about me and my professional background and my inspiration for writing this site.

I'm Lisa McGrimmon. I started working as a career development professional in 2000. I have worked with approximately 2000 clients from all kinds of backgrounds.

My professional experience includes:

• Facilitating job finding club workshops
• Providing one on one career guidance
• Developing and managing return to work retraining programs

I have worked with all kinds of clients including:

• Professionals struggling though a tough labor market (I started running job finding club workshops right before the tech bust and helped plenty of people from high tech industries get back to work)
• Moms returning to work after several years out of the workforce raising young children
• New immigrants, usually well educated and experienced professionals, struggling to land their first jobs in their new home country
• Laid off workers from manufacturing plants, and out of work administrative assistants struggling to find suitable jobs in declining industries
• Injured workers who were retraining to start new careers because they were unable to return to their previous jobs due to the injury
• Job seekers struggling to find work because they have not completed high school, which is a basic requirement for many employers
• People with established careers struggling to find work because of age discrimination

In today's economy, career management skills are basic life skills.

I am completely convinced that all people need and deserve access to the knowledge and skills required to manage their own careers.

When you have these skills you have great control over your future.

Creating CareerChoiceGuide.com

I am currently a web publisher and work at home parent.

I actually never thought I'd be a work at home parent. I invested a lot of time, money and energy in my education and building my career. It was very important to me for a long time. So, it was a huge surprise to me when, after my oldest son was born, I just couldn't bear the thought of going back to my 9 to 5 job.

Self employment, specifically, creating this site, was an ideal solution. This site allows me to continue to help people with their job search and career decision making concerns. In fact, this site helps more people in a single day than I worked with in an entire year when I ran job club workshops. And I get to work in a new way that allows me to work at home.

Recently one of my friends, who is also a career development professional, commented to me that she admired how I've been able to keep my career in line with my values and family priorities and work at what I enjoy. That means a lot to me, and I really believe that everyone should have the skills they need to drive their careers in the direction that best suits their needs and values.

I hope, as you search for information on this site, that you develop all of the knowledge you need to direct your own career in a way that brings you satisfaction and happiness.

The Details...

About This Site

If you're considering the idea of becoming an internet entrepreneur, and you'd like to know a little more about how I built this website into a business, you can read a bit about how I started this site here.

About My Professional Qualifications

If you'd like to know more details about my professional background, I've posted a detailed outline of my professional experience as a career professional for your review.

When you search online for career management information, you'll find articles written by all kinds of people; some are more knowledgeable and experienced than others. I'm happy to provide you with the details of my professional background to help you evaluate the career management information you'll find on this site.