About Frank Burtnett

Dr. Frank Burtnett is the former President of Education Now, an independent consulting firm headquartered in Springfield, Virginia and Rockport, Maine. Since 1995, he has served as the principal consultant to NAPS on certification, accreditation, credentialing and educational matters. He was recently elected to the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to the professional development of search and staffing industry consultants. Frank is a counselor, educator, consultant, and author whose career has been dedicated to educational and career development issues, as well as service to the profession through management roles in professional counseling organizations. Today, he serves as an adjunct professor on the counselor education faculty of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. His most recent publication, Career Challenges, examines the things people “do wrong” and “don’t do” in their quest for career satisfaction, work life after COVID and life–work balance. Two earlier youth and young-adult oriented guidebooks concentrated on the school-to-college and education-to-work transitions. Frank earned a BS in education at Shippensburg University and an MA and an EdD in counseling at George Washington University. Frank Burtnett invites career questions to answer in his new Q&A on EMinfo. Submit to Frank at ednow@aol.com His book Career Challenges was published by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. You can order his book: Career Challenges here > https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475868081/Career-Challenges-Straight-Talk-about-Achieving-Success-in-the-Technology-Driven-Post-COVID-World-of-Work-3rd-Edition

 

Learning Cessation Turns into Career Erosion

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Sat Jul 09, 2022

Category: Columns, Expert Advice

EMInfo Reader: I’m finding more candidates for job change who want to secure employment that doesn’t have them constantly learning new things and a playing the student on a regular basis. Dr. Burtnett: The candidates you are describing---common among the mid-to-late adults in the workforce--- would like to position themselves...

Dissecting the College Class of 2022

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Thu Jun 09, 2022

Category: Columns, Expert Advice

EMInfo Reader: The young adults donning caps and gowns at America’s colleges and universities this year have earned their degrees during the most challenging of times. What kind of characteristics and mindset are they bringing to the workplace as they make the college to career transition? Dr. Burtnett: I...

Making the Right Choice, Job Choice That Is!

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Tue Apr 26, 2022

Category: Columns, Education, Expert Advice

EMInfo Reader: The Department of Labor is reporting job switching at near record rates as members of the workforce have been trying to capitalize on economic momentum that is seeing U.S. employers add a record number of new jobs. I’m finding more and more candidates asking what factors they should...

What candidates need to know about the post COVID “new normal”

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Sat Apr 09, 2022

Category: Columns, Expert Advice

EMInfo Reader: What do candidates for employment need to know about how the post COVID “new normal” and how it will affect them? Dr. Burtnett: First, and foremost, candidate will need to know that multiple options (full return to the workplace, full workplace combined with remote work and full remote...

The Future of the American Workplace: Changes and Challenges Part 2

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Tue Nov 30, 2021

Category: Education, Expert Advice, Productivity

In my last installment of the Career Mechanic (September 2021), the focus was on how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the American workplace and work structure to the point that employees returning from remote work situations or extending on in a virtual relationship will be forced to make personal adjustments...

Employee Assistance Programs: Now More Than Ever

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Mon Oct 26, 2020

Category: Education, Expert Advice

The “new normal” generated this year by the coronavirus pandemic has delivered a poignant message to employers----employee assistance programs (EAPs) that focus on worker wellbeing are needed now more than ever. EAPS are not new to the American workplace as their origins can be traced to as early as the...

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