BIOGRAPHY
DARRELL W. GURNEY, Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC), Certified Job & Career Transition Coach (JCTC), Certified Career Management Coach (CCMC), and Licensed Spiritual Counselor (ALSP, RScP) is a 20+ year recruiting veteran and career advisor, supporting thousands of professionals at all levels to make profitable transitions or create thriving businesses. In addition to coaching and consulting, he writes articles for trade publications and speaks at industry events.
A Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Texas with degrees in Finance and International Business, Darrell spent his early career with Arthur Young (Ernst & Young) in London. Conferring with a career-coaching firm at the age of 24, he utilized the backdoor job search method to meet with 7 CFOs of the top Hollywood entertainment studios and landed an international financial position with MGM/United Artists Pictures. Through these initial experiences, he developed an understanding of networking and what it takes to get in to meet important people…and get ahead. Based in Los Angeles, he educates clients in his Stealth Search™ method.
Darrell is the author of Headhunters Revealed! Career Secrets for Choosing and Using Professional Recruiters. The book received the 2001 Clarion Award for Best Book from the Association for Women in Communications, has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, the American Library Association's Booklist, and Midwest Book Review, and has been featured in nationally syndicated career columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy's "Careers Now." Available through CareerGuy.com, HeadhuntersRevealed.com and Amazon.com, etc., the book has become a highly touted resource in the careers field. Microsoft, America Online, Hunt-Wesson, and American Express have all utilized Darrell's professional recruitment services
Darrell's first e-book, Backdoor Job Search: Never Apply for a Job Again. 10 Time-Tested Principals for Launching an Effective Backdoor Campaign, came out in 2010 and was picked up by a major publisher. An expanded version will arrive in bookstores in January, 2012, entitled Never Apply for a Job Again! Break the Rules, Cut the Line, Beat the Rest. His second e-book, Finding the S Spot: Career Pleasure Secrets for Merging Skills, Play, and Pay has just been released.
Darrell has been featured in the TheLadders.com, Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com, BusinessWeek Online, MSN Careers, CareerBuilder.com, and on Wall Street Journal Radio. He has been a guest on local and national radio and television programs and has been quoted in newspapers, magazines, and journals. He is a featured speaker at local and national events including the LA Times CareerBuilder Career Expo, The Career Masters Institute Annual Conference, and was the Los Angeles facilitator for executive networking meetings sponsored by 6FigureJobs.com for 5 years. He has also consulted for the largest worldwide corporate outplacement organizations, Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH.com) and Right Management (Right.com).
A staunch advocate of what he calls "career partnership™," Darrell promotes a lifetime of teamwork between job seekers, career coaches and recruiters, and encourages and supports empowered executive and entrepreneurial effectiveness. Through his website, CareerGuy.com, teleseminars, webinars, speaking and coaching, Darrell's purpose is to empower individuals to reap the most from their life's work. He is currently completing his next book about midlife transitions, entitled The Back Forty: 7 Critical Embraces for Life’s Purposeful Second Half, due out in 2012. To stay abreast of the book’s development, join the fan page at http://www.facebook.com/thebackforty.
Contact Info:
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P.O. Box 4828
Glendale, CA Phone: 310-927-2400
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