Bernard Haldane

A British-trained doctor, Haldane arrived in New York City in 1946 only to be told his foreign credentials would not allow him to practice. Rather than start over in medical school, he became an editor for publications specializing in commerce and business management and quickly became aware that soldiers returning from World War II -- and laid-off war factory workers -- needed help getting new jobs. In helping them, he invented the field of career counseling. He became so sought after he founded the career-consulting firm Bernard Haldane Associates, and wrote more than a dozen books including Career Satisfaction and Success and Job Power Now! Management guru Peter Drucker called Haldane a "pathfinder in finding human strength and making it productive," and President John Kennedy said of Haldane, "Progress in helping people use their highest skills not only helps the individual worker, it also helps our entire country." He sold his firm in 1977, but worked until his death with the poor, children and developing countries to help people gain self esteem and market their skills. He died July 21 in Seattle from congestive heart failure. He was 91. From This is True for 21 July 2002 Suggestions for further reading: The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2011: Students on Campus Tell You What Y... by Yale Daily News Staff Amazon Price: $15.63 Customer Review: "The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2011" (1022 pages) is a curious book. It brings an assessment of about 300 colleges and universities, but it never explains how these places are actually selected from the 2000+ of colleges and universities out t...   Your Career: How to Make it Happen (with CD-ROM) by Julie Levitt Amazon Price: $58.87 Customer Review: This book is wonderful for preparing college students for the real world. Plenty of information about everything from interview etiquette to advancing in the workplace.   The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at th... by Lynn O'Shaughnessy Amazon Price: $13.59 Customer Review: As a parent, I don't know how I could have navigated through the college search process without the expertise of Lynn O'Shaughnessy! Her book is a MUST read for parents of college bound students. I was able to learn how to find out exactly how much...   The Everything College Survival Book: From Social Life To Study Skills--all Y... by Michael S. Malone Amazon Price: $10.85 Customer Review: Important note: I read the older version of this book, so a few things may have changed for better or for worse in the updated edition. Sorry for any discrepancies. In many areas, this text is larger and more thorough than comparable col...   Career Counseling: A Holistic Approach by Vernon G. Zunker Amazon Price: $137.17 Customer Review: I have been teaching Career Counseling for years and finally decided to try the Zunker text. What a mistake. Yes, it is comprehensive. But it is written like a bad lit review. Endless citations of research with little synthesis. It is hard for studen...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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