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

 

Work, Workplace, and Work Week Adjustment: Subjects of Ongoing Analysis

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Mon Jun 12, 2023

Category: Columns, Education, Expert Advice

EmInfo Reader: Adjustments to the way people work were among the remote and hybrid schemes which were forced by the social distancing demands of the coronavirus virus over the past several years. How many of these adjustments have been made permanent and what is still on the table for current...

The Needs of Underemployed Candidates

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Wed Apr 26, 2023

Category: Education, Expert Advice, Recruiting

EmInfo Reader: The current world of work appears to have a higher number of self-proclaimed “underemployed” workers. Who are these individuals and how is their approach to job change different from other candidates? Dr. Burtnett: First, let’s examine the definitions of unemployment and underemployment. The U.S. Department of Labor defines unemployment...

Empowering Candidates to Make Quality Decisions

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Sun Mar 26, 2023

Category: Education, Expert Advice

EMInfo Reader: I’m finding more and more candidates challenged by making the job and career decisions they often have to make. How might I be more supportive of them during these times? Dr. Burtnett: Candidates for job or career change, or those facing an important decision of any kind, are in...

Considerations of Passive Candidates for Job Change

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Mon Feb 27, 2023

Category: Education, Expert Advice

EMinfo Reader: Recruiters often find themselves facing passive candidates for job change and apprehensive with whether or not their circumstances warrant consideration of other opportunities that would require a position change. Do you have any guidance on how this individual might be approached? Dr. Burtnett: Individuals in every career sector and...

Pay Transparency Aim is a Level Playing Field

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Mon Jan 23, 2023

Category: Columns, Expert Advice

EMInfo Reader: How would you characterize pay or compensation transparency and how has it affected the current employment marketplace? Dr. Burtnett: As the current generations of participants have entered and more about the American workplace, they have sought and a now receiving greater transparency as a step...

An Antidote for Workaholism

  By Frank Burtnett  |    Wed Dec 28, 2022

Category: Columns, Expert Advice, Motivational

EMinfo Reader: Lately, I’ve communicated with a number of job changers wanting to control their “workaholic” tendencies. Are there any antidotes that can stop or curb this tendency? Dr. Burtnett: Individuals at every level of the workforce have been known to slip into the “workaholic” category. Some tract it...

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