About Pat O’Donnell
Like most of you I have been out of work unexpectedly a couple of times in life. I took a next job out of fear of being out of work and found myself in a couple of jobs that were okay, but I didn’t love them.
Then I took a sabbatical to take care of a family member and used that time to figure out how to improve my job satisfaction rate for the future. The epiphany was to realize that if I invested a lot more time up front figuring out which were the correct companies and jobs to apply to, I would be a lot happier in the role AND be perceived as more valuable by the company.
I have spent years exploring the process of improving job matches. My work is now fun and rewarding in a way I had not imagined possible. Let me share that learning with you.
If you look at my resume, it says I was a marketing executive who later became a recruiter and career counselor. In practice, what I do these days has not changed much in the last 30 odd years. I use the skills I once used to market soap and cell phones to teach people how to market themselves to an employer. I market corporations to difficult-to-attract employees.
Milestones
- Recruiter and Career Strategist since 1994, placing 50+ people a year in new jobs.
- Left major recruiting firm amicably to go on my own after negotiating for no non-compete constraints.
- Earlier in my career, I spent 20 years as an executive in the advertising industry, in market research and strategic planning. Was VP Saatchi & Saatchi/NY before moving to MN.
- On advertising agency team that made marketing history by growing the Tylenol brand’s business in the year following the first Cyanide incident (’82).
- Won EFFIE (national marketing award) for ad agency for media plan for BVD Underwear. Recommendations credited for growing business approximately 20% in the subsequent year (’84).
Favorite Fun Activity:
Kayaking!
Read more about Pat at O’Donnell Executive Strategies
