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TESTIMONIALS
Dan Stefanica, Director, Baruch College Financial Engineering MS Program
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Ellen has given our students the confidence and insider knowledge they need in today’s job market with humor, sensitivity, and innovative strategies to make sure they succeed.
Karen Danziger, Managing Partner,
The Howard-Sloan-Koller Group
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Ellen Reeves has entered the depths of young job-seekers’ minds, answering the questions most are afraid to put into words. If people
are smart enough to listen to her, I may have fewer bloopers to add to my collection from interviews-gone-bad!
Workshop Participant
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I indeed learnt so much from your very precise, effective, and hugely informative session that I can't help repeating it over and over again.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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Your talk was everything our Career Services Office should do (but didn’t).
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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I will never forget your advice or your energy.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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My résumé is 1000 times better thanks to you.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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I’m much more confident about my résumé now.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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It was so helpful knowing what to do, what to avoid, and above all, that we’ll be ok and we’ll find something.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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It was so funny; so unexpected!
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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You‘ve always got so much to say, keeping me on my toes.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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Thanks for imparting your wisdom.
Columbia Publishing Course Blogger
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We began our Tuesday with Ellen Reeves. She is a wealth of sarcasm and fabulous job advice — she is in charge of helping us edit our bios and résumés, building "unassailable" job application materials.
Columbia Publishing Course Blogger
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She advised us to be Lily Bart from Edith Wharton’s House of Mirth. Lily Bart knew how to turn her impulses into intent. I can’t tell you how happy I was to hear an Edith Wharton reference before 10 AM.
Workshop Participant
Harvard Center for Workplace Development
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I’m a huge fan of your book, “Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview” and I refer to it regularly in my work. Thank you for a great presentation full of humor, real life examples and concrete doable action suggestions everyone can do…I hope you plan another book soon!
Workshop Participant
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Today’s seminar was awesome. Your ability to deliver valuable nuggets and guidance to your audiences in
such an entertaining and honest way is always a breath
of fresh air.
Workshop Participant
Alumni Affairs and Development
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All of my staff attended your session and raved about it afterward. Our staff appreciated the great advice you had to offer and also enjoyed hearing a different perspective on career development.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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I got more invaluable tips from you in four hours than in four years of visiting the college career services office. I can’t wait to see your book.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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I feel much more confident and prepared to deal with the job-searching process.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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Your help was invaluable and it has definitely made me feel less nervous about the job search.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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The most helpful part was when you taught us to answer tricky interview questions without lying or being pretentious.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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The advice you gave was so helpful about things I never really gave much thought to before.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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Constructive criticism…frank and funny…Great advice… practical…straightforward, funny, insightful.
Columbia Publishing Course Student
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Thanks for being so dedicated, kind, and informative on all aspects of the job search.
Columbia Publishing Course Blogger
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“The down-and-dirtier your job experience,” she said, “The more I like you. If people trust you with their kids and dogs, I can trust you to transport a manuscript on the subway.”
Columbia Publishing Course Blogger
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She also quoted Twain: “Don’t write ’the lady screamed’ — bring her out and let her scream.” We were instructed to show that we were organized by citing an example of redoing a company’s filing system, rather than describing ourselves as “organized.”
Columbia Publishing Course Blogger
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Reeves is hysterically funny; I highly recommend her book on job-hunting, interviewing and résumés. Beyond all of the impressive experience she has in the field, she did a project in graduate school on irony and sarcasm. You have to buy the book of anyone who has that sort
of qualification.
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