My mission, and the purpose of the Jay Block Companies, is to significantly
enhance the quality of your life and your career - by providing
groundbreaking philosophies, techniques, skill-sets, and strategies
to achieve meaningful career objectives.
It's been said that somewhere between the ages of 40 and 50, most
people have given up on their grandest dreams, compromised their
deepest values, and have settled for their lowest expectations -
or nothing at all. They live to work - and statistics indicate that
87% of working Americans dislike their jobs. Most are under paid,
overworked, and under appreciated. My goal is to help those people
who want to live life on their terms to work at jobs that inspire
their life. My mission is to help people achieve all they are capable
of achieving. These are people who simply won't settle for less!
I have developed cutting edge technologies and concepts that have
been acclaimed internationally as the new benchmarks for career
/ life management - including writing value-based resumes, defining
a career path from the heart - not the head, controlling the interview,
word-of-mouth marketing, and strategic job transitioning. The programs
I offer are powerfully effective and are priced so that any person
who wants to invest in his or her future can afford them.
Finally, the 2 top values of the Jay Block Companies are: 1) Integrity
and 2) Value. Reputation is everything and we have built our reputation
by "wowing" our clients and providing more value than
expected.
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Jay
Block, President
Leading Career & Empowerment Coach
Best-Selling Author
Motivational Speaker
Profile
15-year record of success in re-engineering the career
management industry and developing life and empowerment
coaching technologies to enhance the quality of life
for individuals as well as the bottom-line performance
for corporations and organizations.
Professional Experience
THE JAY BLOCK COMPANIES 1988 to Current
West Palm Beach, Florida
President / Certified Executive Career Coach
Successfully created and implemented three international
certification programs for the employment industry
through the Professional Association of Resume Writers
and Career Coaches.
Career Coaching Certification
Strategic Resume Certification
Employment Interviewing Certification
Developed groundbreaking career management and empowerment
program for Workforce Development System, nationwide,
the US Department of Labor, and major corporations
and associations in the global arena.
Author of 12 industry related books - 6 on the
best-seller list Published by McGraw-Hill
Developed first-ever ACADEMIC COACHING curriculum
for top rated private prep schools.
Honored as "America's Top Career Coach,"
2001-2003 by PARWCC.
Keynote Speaker (Selected Listing)
PARW/CC, Las Vegas, Boston
FCIS, Fort Lauderdale
Real Estate Association, Palm Beach
Florida Education Association, Tampa
Best Selling Author (* Best-sellers)
Any Idiot Can Make it through a
Good Day, 2-Hour; 2-set Audio CD, JBC, 2005
*
Great Answers for the Interview,
McGraw-Hill, 2004
*
202 Great Resumes, McGraw-Hill,
2003
*
101 Best Cover Letters, McGraw-Hill,
2002 (Translated in Mandarin by SCPH, Hong Kong)
*
2500 Keywords to Get You Hired, McGraw-Hill,
2002
*
101 Resumes That Sell
You, McGraw-Hill, 2001
101 Resumes for Grads, McGraw-Hill,
2000
101 Best Tech Resumes, McGraw-Hill,
2000
101 More Best Resumes, McGraw-Hill,
1999
*
101 Best Resumes, McGraw-Hill,
1997 (Translated in Mandarin by SCPH, Hong Kong)
The End of the Job Search,
Kendall-Hunt, 1997
Career Magic, a Parable, JBP,
1997
Affiliations
Co-founder / Member: Professional Association of
Resume Writers and Career Coaches
Founding Board Member: Career Masters Institute
Member: International Coaching Federation
Former President / Member: BNI, PBG, Florida
Spokesperson: Make a Wish Foundation, S. Florida
Member: NAWDP (National Association of Workforce
Development Professionals
Program Developer for the Dept. of Labor (GA, MI,
FL)
Education
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Bachelor's Degree, Cum Laude, 1976
- Certified Career and Empowerment Coach
Ellen
F. Brandt-Block, Esq.
20 Years of Highly Successful Legal and Business
Leadership
Juris Doctorate, 1992, University of Toledo, Toledo,
Ohio
Bachelor of Science: Education, 1975, Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio
Profile
ELLEN F. BRANDT-BLOCK attended Miami University, Oxford
Ohio, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Special
Education in 1975. After teaching for ten years, Ms.
Brandt-Block began her legal career by attending the
University of Toledo Law School where she was awarded
an Alumni Scholarship for academic achievement.
Upon graduation with honors, Ms. Brandt-Block was admitted
to the Ohio Bar in 1992 and opened her own law firm
with two fellow law school graduates where she enjoyed
a successful practice prior to moving to Florida in
1996.
Her practice in Ohio included:
Business Law
Employment Discrimination
Civil and Criminal Litigation
While practicing in Ohio, Ms. Brandt-Block was a member
of the American Bar Association, the Ohio Bar Association,
the Defiance and Williams County Bar Associations, Business
and Professional Women's Association, a member of the
Defiance County Residential Housing Board, Ohio Association
of Trial Lawyers and Council for Exceptional Children.
In 1998 she moved to Florida to take on the challenging
position as Administrator of Sandpiper Cluster, an eighteen
bed residential facility for disabled persons and Administrator
of a Skills Training Program for thirty disabled persons.
Ms. Brandt-Block transformed the underachieving organization
into a model facility within 12 months.
Ms. Brandt-Block joined the prestigious law firm of
Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart, and Shipley in 1998
where her practice was focused on commercial litigation
at the state and federal level. She worked directly
with the highly successful trial lawyer Jack Scarola.
Ms. Brandt-Block maintains her affiliation with the
Ohio Bar and is also a member of the American Bar Association,
the Florida and Palm Beach County Bars, the American
Trial Lawyers Association and the Academy of Florida
Trial Lawyers.
In 2002, Ms. Brandt-Block joined The Jay Block Companies,
LLC as CEO, to integrate her extensive business and
legal experience to spearhead the growth of The Jay
Block Companies into the corporate outplacement and
training arena.
Jay
Block, President
Ellen
F. Brandt-Block, Esq.