Content & Writing

Years of practice writing surreptitious and perfectly folded notes to her friends in class…that’s what ignited our founder’s passion for writing. Susan’s since made a move from folded sheets of torn notebook paper to a laptop resulting in both books and freelance work.

BOOKS

The Right Job, Right Now: The Complete Toolkit for Finding Your Perfect Career

The Right Job, Right Now is an end-to-end tool-kit featuring everything you need to find the right career, embark on a successful job search and succeed in your new job. Whether you’re 22 or 52, this book is the no-nonsense way to finally get on the right track.

No other book in the market today provides such a complete career toolkit from today’s perspective, written in an engaging, easy-to-understand mentality. Think career planning model meets career thesaurus: create a career development plan that works, and address common problems along the way. Order your copy.

Vault’s Guide to Human Resources Careers

The human resources (HR) profession has changed a great deal over the past 15 years. Once seen as only administrative, HR now plays a major role in helping organizations run better and employees become more satisfied. This Vault guide gives you the inside scoop on careers in HR, including recruiting, training and development, labor and employee relations, compensation and benefits and more.

FREELANCE

In addition to celebrating her 9th year as a blogger, Susan’s written and collaborated on dozens of freelance articles and blog posts.  Her most popular to date was a guest blog post that appeared in The New York Times:

Shifting Careers: Smart Thinking at Work. “How to Spiff Up Your Resume.”

“I have invited Susan Strayer to do a guest post on why the résumé [in the post] is a recruiter’s dream. As [a] corporate director of talent management and private career coach, Ms. Strayer has reviewed thousands of résumés.” – Marci Alboher