our team

Rebecca Martin - Co-Founder

Julie Youngblood - Co-Founder

Jonathan Woolsey - Business Management Strategist

Doug Neeper - Chief Financial Officer

 Rebecca Martin - Founder/Career Advisor

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Rebecca Martin, founder of California based dear jane…, a career advisement company..., believes that people can succeed in landing the “perfect” job if they can first identify what is right for them.

 

As a corporate recruiter in Silicon Valley in the ’90s, Rebecca saw firsthand the personal and professional disorientation of thousands of workers displaced when the tech bubble burst. From this unique vantage point, Rebecca analyzed corporate clients’ hiring processes; job applicants’ resume-writing abilities and interviewing skills; and hiring managers’ practices and procedures.

 

By 2002, Rebecca had identified a pivotal factor in the success — or failure — of an individual in his or her chosen career: the ability to articulate a personal vision.

 

In 2004 Rebecca launched dear jane… with a proprietary career advisement program that includes career assessment, resume writing, interviewing methodologies, and compensation and other negotiations and much more.

 

Today, dear jane… develops and delivers career management training classes, workshops, seminars, and coaching to Fortune 1000 companies as well as individuals throughout the United States. Since its inception, dear jane… has enjoyed a 98% success rate in coaching clients through career transitions, successful interviewing, salary negotiations, and the like.

 

Rebecca’s speaking engagements take her to college career centers, job search work groups, professional association meetings, job fairs, Employment Development Department offices, and One-Stop Career Centers. She is an official Trainer for the US Government Employment Development Department (EDD).

 

A USC graduate with a B.S. in Business Administration, Rebecca has written and published the booklet "83 Tips on How to Successfully Work with Corporate and External Recruiters.” She belongs to the Women’s National Book Association. She has recently appeared as a Career Consultant to the View from the Bay San Francisco’s ABC afternoon show.

 

Julie Youngblood – Co-Founder/Career Advisor

 

Julie Youngblood dear jane... Julie Youngblood is the co-founder and a career advisor for dear jane… She co-wrote and published the tips booklet, "83 Tips on How to Successfully Work with Corporate and External Recruiters” with Rebecca Martin and has been a regular dear jane…presenter for the past five years. Julie attended Sacramento State University and graduated cum laude with a degree in psychology. She has also earned the “California Accredited Consultant” certification through California Staffing Professionals. Julie has over 10 years experience as a recruiter and has worked on both ends of the spectrum; as an in-house senior corporate recruiter for Toll Brothers, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company, and as an IT agency recruiter for DirectFit. Julie is an active member of Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley, the local chapter of a global volunteer organization with a mission to improve the lives of women and girls. She also recently earned her Black Belt in Taekwondo.

Jonathan Woolsey – Business Management Strategist

 

jon woolsey Jonathan is a creative innovator of business solutions for dear jane…, driving the successful implementation of technology resources and related business management procedures. Described as a “web ninja”, Jonathan has experience in a variety of areas including retail design and manufacturing, private client wealth and business management as well as executive benefits, just to name a few. His projects have included designing and implementing relational databases, developing and maintaining network infrastructures, and helping entire departments define new roles and processes in changing environments. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in the study of religion. Jonathan spends his free time on the computer (way too much, he says) and enjoys making music.

Doug Neeper – Financial Advisor

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Doug Neeeper is the former Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Calpine Corporation, AT&T Broadband & SBC. His past consulting clients include Visa, Exelixis, mBlox, Pillar Data, SPL, Pac West Telecom and Legacy Marketing. Doug received his B.A. degree from University of California, San Diego and an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles. He has hands-on experience in budgeting and forecasting; building and auditing models; evaluating new products and operational improvements; financial analysis; implementing financial systems and tools; operational audits; strategy development and deployment. He is currently the Co-Executive Director of Job Connections, Co-Career Services chair for the Bay Area Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) and Executive Director of Anderson Jobs.



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83 tips for working with a recruiter by Rebecca Martin