Meet dear jane…

dear jane… is a comprehensive career advisement company dedicated to helping individuals and corporations meet their personal and financial goals in order to improve the overall quality of the global workforce. By training, coaching and educating individual workers, as well as companies, dear jane… is committed to improving human welfare, values and dignity.    

We believe that by improving the quality by which individuals and corporations communicate, we will create a brighter future. Our jobs are a huge part of our lives. We derive security, identity, self-worth and value - all from what we do for a living. dear jane… acknowledges just how important this part of human life is, and helps our clients to see and realize what they may not be able to see by themselves.

 
Rebecca Martin – Owner/Career Advisor

Rebecca Martin, founder and owner of Livermore, Calif.-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. Those people who clearly identified their core competencies, values, and preferences as they relate to work tended to achieve their professional goals.

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.

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 and Europe. 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 a Certified Career Coach at Lee Hecht Harrison and an official EDD Trainer.

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” and delivers a related two-hour course to clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. She belongs to the Women’s National Book Association and volunteers at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference.

Julie Youngblood – Co-Founder/Career Advisor   

Julie Youngblood is the co-founder and serves as a career advisor for dear jane… Recently, Julie co-wrote 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 four years. Julie attended Sacramento State University and graduated cum laude with a degree in psychology. She has also earned “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 Sr. Corporate Recruiter for Toll Brothers, Inc., and as an 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 

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. Jon spends his free time on the computer (way too much, he says) and enjoys making music.