About Us: Our Team: Advisors

John Healy Adams

John Healy Adams believes that achieving one of the top credentials in his field, the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) designation, was like training for and winning a marathon… more

Experience:  Discover:  Professional Development; Allstate: HR Consultant; Lee Hecht Harrison: Certified Associate; CNA Insurance:  Strategic Leader/Business Consultant; First Chicago Corporation:  Community Banking Officer

Specialties: Interviewing, Training, Education, Resumes, Cover Letters, Military, New Grads, Re-entry

Mary Beth Barrett-Newman

Experience: 2nd Career Consulting:  President; Mullin TBGH:  EVP & Chief Sales Officer; Mullin Consulting:  SVP, Executive Benefit Consulting, Corporate INsurance & Client Management; First Chicago:  Trust Officer

Specialties: Assessment, Plan of Action, Resume, Cover Letter, Networking, Linkedin, Career Change, Recent Grads, Re-entry.

Bill Beanblossom

Bill Beanblossom tells CRC clients that searching for a job is really like straight commission sales.  “I take the position that they are actually selling a product,” Beanblossom says, “and the product is themselves.” … more

Experience: American Century Investment: Institutional Sales; Alliance Capital: V.P.

Specialties: Interviewing, Career Changers, Military, New Grads

Jack Bigelow

Jack Bigelowdoesn’t think the goal of networking is to get a job.  Instead, the goal is to reach out to as many people as possible and develop relationships because everyone has a contact… more

Experience: Pacific Institute for Research & Education: Facilitator; Communications Consultant Arthur Andersen LLP: Principal, Communications Consultant, Global H.R.

Specialties: H.R., Career Change, Plan of Action, Self-Assessment, New Grads, Re-Entry, Networking

Melissa Jensen

Melissa Jensen knows the key ingredient of an effective resume is being able to express exactly what you want to do… more

Experience: W.W. Grainger:  Director, Employee Development

Specialties: Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Re-entry, Product Management, Rehab/Construction, Targeting Companies, Career Change, Networking, Self Assessment, Recent Grads

Jim Kuhn

Jim Kuhn’s tenacious self-initiated marketing programs to build new business relationships ultimately paid off in spades.  Kuhn was an officer… more

Experience: A.T. Kearney: VP; Booz, Allen, and Hamilton: VP; General Electric: Manager, Compressor Assembly Operations, Major Appliance Division

Specialties: Manufacturing & Consulting Industries, Top Executives, Sales & Operations Management, Resumes, Cover Letters, Targeting Companies, Networking, Interviewing, Career Change Strategies, Self Assessment, Value Statements, Re-Entry, Recent Grads, Confidence Boost

John Litchfield

John Litchfield considers computers his hobby. Over half of his career, he spent working for the telephone industry but never really used… more

Experience: AT&T, Ameritech

Specialties: Internet job search and research, Reference USA, electronic processes, remote email

Bill Maines

Bill Maines says CRC clients need to be comfortable blowing their own horn.  Describing a scenario with a reserved client, Maines says… more

Experience: Sears: VP & GM, Commercial Business; RCA: GM, Product Marketing; GE:  GM, Business Development/Appliances

Specialties: General Management, Sales, Search Strategies, Consulting, Self-Assessment, Resumes, Cover Letters, Networking, Targeting Companies, Top Executives, Acquisitions

Hugh Mazza

Hugh Mazza characterizes CRC’s impact on job seekers as exceptional.  CRC’s focus importantly extends beyond just a supporting environment or a place to…  more

Experience: Kraft Foods Inc.: Vice President HR and Administration;  BASF Corporation:  Director of Human Resources;  SFM Corporation:  Director Corporate Administration and Human Resources; Department of Labor:  Economist

Specialties: Search Strategies, Self-Assessment, Talent Acquisition, Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Career Path Transitions, Compensation, Recent Graduates, HR, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain/Logistics, Sales/Marketing, Global Security, Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management

David O’Brien

David O’Brien thinks employees should make a strategic choice to get outside their comfort zone… more

Experience:  SunCoke Energy:  Manager, Staffing and Organizational Development;  Infogix, Inc.: H.R. Leader; ADP: Area H.R. Director; Abbott Labs: H.R. Manager

Specialties: Self-Assessment, Compensation negotiations, Recent grads, H.R., Interviewing, Resumes, Corporate Culture, Search Strategies, Sales, Networking, Linkedin

Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers prizes being a valued discussion partner.  Whether he’s helping a CRC client generate ideas about the job market or giving advice to a colleague… more

Experience: Grant Alexander (a BPI Group Company): Practice Dir. for Interim Talent; Interim HR World, Inc.: HR Leader; Federal Kemper, Zurich Financial Services Group

Specialties: HR, Benefits, Finance/Accounting, Career Development, Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviewing, Insurance, IT, Compensation, Performance, Targeting Companies, Networking

Bill Russell

Bill Russell believes that job seekers can often land a better position than they held before.  Russell recalls a stock analyst in his 40s who he counseled… more

Experience: Real Estate Consultant; Glimcher Group Midwest: VP Dev.; Montgomery Ward: VP Real Estate; Walgreen Company:  Director, Real Estate

Specialties: Real Estate, Property Development, Retail, Business Management, Compensation, Confidence Boost

Gary Silvers

Gary Silvers suspects that starting his own boutique consulting firm was one of the most demanding and rewarding things he’s done… more

Experience: Independent Consultant, IT Projects; The Waterton Group:  President; Cyborg Systems:  National Manager of Consulting;  Deloitte & Touche:  Partner & Senior Manager

Specialties: General Management, Management Consulting, IT, Career Change, Resumes, Cover Letters, Self Assessment, Interviewing, Value Statements.

Ron Taylor

Ron Taylor: My first employment lasted 15 years and I loved it. Soon thereafter, I learned for the first time how to look for a job. It required a lot of skills I was rusty at, but it was well worth the effort. In addition to providing for my family, … more

Experience:  KPMG LLP:  Director of Account Relationships; American Cancer Society:  Director, Workplace Health Initiatives

Specialties: Plan of Action, Cover Letter, Interview Preparation, Networking, Career Change, Senior Executives, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisions, Non-Profits.

Sue Thomas

Susan Thomas remembers feeling like she dove into ice cold water when she entered the corporate world… more

Experience: Worldbridge Partners: Executive Recruiter; Baxter Healthcare: Manager, Strategic Staffing; The Chatfield Group: HR Consultant

Specialties: Healthcare, Sales, Marketing, Resumes, Interviewing, Self-Assessment, Compensation, Executive Search, Value Statements, Career Change, Networking, Linkedin.

Mike Tucker

Mike Tucker describes a complicated matrix of running a company simultaneously along functional, business, and geographical lines that weighed on everyone… more

Experience: Baxter International: Senior VP Human Resources, Communications, Strategic Planning, and European Operations

Specialties: Global Communications, Europe, Global HR, Global Strategic Planning, Compensation, Self Assessment, Plan of Action, Interviewing, Career Change, Resumes, Cover Letters, Networking

Frank Walker

Frank Walker knows from experience that selecting the right person for the job is vital.  It can be like coaching a basketball team and choosing the right player to lead in parts of the game… more

Experience: Feralloy Corporation:  CEO; U.S. Steel:  General Manager Sales/Marketing Specialties: Self-Assessment, Resumes, Cover Letters, Target Companies, Networking, Career Changers, Confidence Boost