Who We Are
Sue Nelson, Founding Director
Sue Nelson
Founding Director
Sue Nelson founded The Job Search Center so that job seekers would have a place to go, meet other people, receive encouragement, remember their best selves, connect with employers who need them, and regain a sense of certainty about where they are in their lives.
For over 20 years, Sue Nelson has worked with professionals who are making changes in their work lives, observing and codifying what makes transitions easier and job searching more effective. From working with over 4,000 clients, she has developed an approach that stresses the importance of building relationships so that job seekers are known, liked and trusted - and receive offers.
Her focus is on mid-life transitions
In middle age job changes don’t happen in vacuums. There is a set of interests that need to be addressed as part of the transition: children, college expenses, gaps in employment, aging parents, aging selves, health concerns, regrets about the past, concerns about future planning, and more.
In late 2019, she started writing a book to share the practices that are most effective, and was invited to develop a video library on the full range of topics that she’s learned over the past decades. The stories are fabulous and motivating. Watch for them to be posted on this site as we go forward.
About writing a book:
It’s not learning a new language. It’s learning a new science! I don’t even know what questions to ask! Fortunately, as so often happens in Cleveland, there are loads of smart, generous and encouraging people to coach and teach me.
Sue will help you to remove obstacles from your path to employment. No situation is too dire. Let’s talk. Your first coaching consultation is free!
Chief Networking Officer
Jeff Hexter
Chief Networking Officer
Jeff Hexter is the kaizen master of networking. He studies, practices, develops models and continually strengthens the philosophy and techniques of connecting people. He believes in
treating people as individuals and not as members of a group.
seeking clarity rather than agreement. And
stopping trying to help people who have not yet asked for your help.
Jeff ‘s powerful thinking and insights are from years of working cross-functionally and dynamically in every kind of business imaginable. His double major in Cognitive Science and Philosophy underpin his strong ethical framework, all of which he uses to help guide the strategy for growing The Job Search Center.
Jeff listens to at least one audio book every week . Ask him what he’s reading now!
This is what Jeff actually says about himself:
Since 1997, Jeff Hexter has been President, chief cook, and bottle washer of Always Keep Computing Inc. located in Orange Village, Ohio. He helps professionals working from their homes tackle their technology challenges without busting their budgets or wallowing in jargon. Sometimes this involves doing the work, and sometimes it involves teaching how.
Unlike most businesses, Jeff’s mission is totally personal: To surround himself with people of character whose success is important to him, and help them be more successful.
100% of his business is generated by referral, and he enjoys teaching referral marketing skills to others while continuing to grow his own networking skills.