Ken Taber
ktaber@kta4careers.com

Ken Soper

Ken is a National Certified Counselor (N.C.C.) and National Certified Career Counselor (N.C.C.C.). Like Ken Taber, he is one of just 800 people worldwide with both of these certifications (National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc.). He is also a Certified Career Development Facilitator Instructor and Master Career Counselor (M.C.C.), recognized for his expertise and skills by the National Career Development Association - a premier national career counseling professional association. In the summer of 2000, he completed a five-year assignment as the Career Counselor/Job Search Coach for the JTPA-funded Career Transitions Program at the Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Inc., where he worked with individuals 40+ years old who have been dislocated from their previous employment or who were under-employed -giving him special expertise with people age 40+. His consulting work has also led him to consult and teach in four colleges and universities in West Michigan. He is also well known for his seminar, "Finding A Job You Will Love", which he presents 5-7 times annually at the Kentwood Branch Library of the Kent District Library system.

Ken is a 1979 graduate of Richard Bolles' internationally acclaimed "Life/Work Planning" workshop, and one of career counselors in North America who are listed annually in Richard Bolles' all-time best-selling book on job hunting and career changing, What Color Is Your Parachute?

Carol holds a Masters in Clinical Social Work and a Masters Certificate in Holistic Health from Western University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kendall College of Art and Design.  Her art and clinical skills work hand and hand with people to help them find new direction, insights and better understanding toward personal wellness in the aftermath of loss and disruptions in the workplace. Being an artist and therapist, Carol assist individuals and groups in finding new answers to old problems in a creative ways that result in different thinking than what created those problems. She works with different age groups, pay grades, and literacy capabilities in for-profit corporations, non-profit agencies and private settings.  Her specialties are leadership development, consensus decision making in work teams, and building inclusion behaviors among work colleagues.  As an African American artist, Carol enjoys the richness of many different styles and cultures to create personal coping tools to meet life challenges and positive new tomorrows.

Ginny Dusseau

Ginny brings over 20 years of experience in the counseling and educational fields. In addition, she has served as a consultant and trainer to business and industry, health care facilities and colleges in the areas of chronic pain, stress management and employee health promotion and weliness. Ginny has conducted group as well as individual outplacement counseling. Ginny holds a BA in Psychology from Michigan State University, an MA in Counseling from Western Michigan University, and is fully licensed by the State of Michigan as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).