Author: A Top Career

You may have noticed an absence in our newsletters recently. We at A Top Career are moving to a new platform for communication. This involves connecting with you, our audience, in a more intimate format via podcasts. We invite you to listen to the upcoming series, “A Journey Forward”, narrated by our own Edythe Richards, soon to be available on iTunes. We are also moving to a seasonal, rather than monthly, newsletter. Please be on the lookout for our next issue, due in July. Several subscribers wrote to us asking where the latest issue was – a special thank...

Career counselor Edythe Richards has helped hundreds of mid and senior-level job seekers, as well as recent graduates, veterans, and others, transition from unemployment (and under-employment) to meaningful careers. Now, Edythe is one of those unemployed women navigating her way back to the workforce after being downsized. Like many who have been suddenly laid off, Edythe’s self-confidence took a hit, as did a large part of her identity and sources of validation. But Edythe’s journey is not an isolated one. Rather than sending out countless resumes, going on interviews before she’s grieved for her former job, or succumbing to...