Orville Pierson

Orville Pierson is a top expert in job search assistance. He is the author of three widely acclaimed job hunting books: Team Up! Find a Better Job Faster with a Job Search Work Team, Highly Effective Networking, and The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, all available through Amazon. He is also is the creator of Job Search Work Teams, one of the most successful programs in the history of job search assistance. ASSISTED OVER A MILLION JOB HUNTERS He served for 19 years as...See more

Orville Pierson is a top expert in job search assistance. He is the author of three widely acclaimed job hunting books: Team Up! Find a Better Job Faster with a Job Search Work Team, Highly Effective Networking, and The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, all available through Amazon. He is also is the creator of Job Search Work Teams, one of the most successful programs in the history of job search assistance. ASSISTED OVER A MILLION JOB HUNTERS He served for 19 years as Corporate Director of Program Design at the headquarters of Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), a 300-office global career services program. He led the team that created job hunting programs used to assist over a million job hunters in finding good new jobs. CREATED CURRICULUM, BOOKS AND WEBSITES TRAINED HUNDREDS OF CAREER COACHES In that role, Mr. Pierson created the overall LHH job search curriculum and was the primary or sole author of dozens of privately-published LHH books, manuals and websites, including Executive Directions: Creating Options in Life and Work, Managing Your Search Project, a guide used by up to 100,000 job hunters a year and content for the industry's most comprehensive password-protected job hunting website, Career Resource Network. He also designed training materials for LHH's staff and trained hundreds of career coaches. TALKS FOR UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESSES, AND CAREER PROFESSIONALS Mr. Pierson has been in the career services field since 1977 as a program designer as well as a trainer and career coach to hundreds of private clients. He has spoken at universities and business schools, as well as for groups of executives, HR professionals, and college career professionals. He has appeared on radio and TV, and has been featured in many articles, ranging from the NACE Journal to Forbes.com to general audience publications. His education includes a BA from Yale University and training in career-related psychological instruments. For complete information on Mr. Pierson's experience and expertise, please see his LinkedIn profile and recommendations, or his website, highlyeffectivejobsearch.com. See less