A partial list of companies where the executives John and Nicole Heckers have helped have worked or come from.

  • Agilent Technologies - Ajilon - American Management Systems, Inc - AMG Guarantee Trust - Amoco Oil - Andersen Consulting, LLP - Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Apex, Inc. - Arabian Horse Association - Arabian Horse Registry of America - Aspen Marketing Group, Inc. - AT&T - Avaya - B.F. Goodrich - BI, Inc. - Boeing - Cadbury Schweppes - Cardinal Health - Century Broadcasting Corporation - Chase Manhattan - Children's Hospital, Omaha - Children's Hospital, Boston - Children's Hospital, Denver - Citibank of New York - City and County of Denver, Colorado - City of Aurora, Colorado - City of Englewood - City of Greenwood Village - City of Lakewood - City University of New York - CollegeAmerica - Colorado Enterprise Fund - Colorado State University School of Business - Compucom Corporation - Concentra Health Systems - CONCERN EAP - Conoco-Phillips Petroleum - Convergent Communications - Coopers & Lybrand - Coors Brewing and Container - Corporate Express - Denver Technical College - Denver's WB 2 - Devry University - Dillon Companies - Douglas County (Colorado) Schools - Eastman Kodak - EDS - EssentiaLink - Exabyte Corporation - Excel Energy - Faegre-Benson Attorneys at Law - Federal Express - FEMA - FEMA - First Colony Life Insurance - First Data Resources - Focus on the Family - Frontier Airlines - Gart Sports - Gary-Williams Energy - Gates Rubber Company - Gateway Computers - General Dynamics - General Electric - GlaxcoSmithKline - Green River Corporation - Gulfstream Aerospace - Hauck Corporation - Healthgrades, Inc. - Hewlett Packard - Holland and Hart - Hydron Technologies, Inc. - IBM - Information Handling Services (IHS) - International Paper - Intrawest Surgical - Ionics Fusion Corporation - Isaly Klondike Company - J.C. Penny - J.D. Edwards - Jackson National Life - Jefferson Country Sherrif's Department - Jeppeson Sanderson - Johnson Controls - Jones International, LTD - Jones Knowledge, Inc. - Kaiser-Hill - Knoxell Corporation - Koala Corporation (Koala Bear Care) - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics - Level 3 Communications - Lockheed-Martin - Lowes Corporation - Lucasfilms - Lucent Technologies - Maxtor - MCI Worldcomm - MediaOne Group - Medtronics - Merck-Medco - Metron, Inc. - Microsoft - Microtool - Morton Thiokol, Inc. - NASA - NCAR - Netquote - New Global Telecom - New Horizons Computer Learning Centers - Nextel Communications - Omnitech Robotics, Inc. - Optika Imaging - Oracle - Parks College - PCS Health Systems - Peoplesoft - PEPSICO - Pueblo (Colorado) School District - Quark, Inc. - Qwest - Raytheon - Rent-A-Center - Ryder Truck Corporation - Samsonite - SBC Communications - Seagate - Spectra Logic Corporation - Sprint - Starz! Encore Media - State of Colorado - Statera - Storage Technology - Stryker Corporation - Sun Microsystems - Sunrise Medical - TCI Communications, Inc. - Teikyo-Loretto Heights University - Texaco Oil - The Boy Scouts of America - The Denver Newspaper Agency - The Prudential - The United Nations - The United Presbyterian Church - Thomson Micromedex - Transportation Technology Center, Inc. - Trizetto - TRW, Inc. - U.S. West - Unisys - United Airlines - United States Army, Navy, Air Force - United States Postal Service - United States Senate, Washington, DC - University of Cincinnati - University of Colorado - University of Colorado Health Sciences Center - University of Tennessee Martin - UPS - Vari-L Company, Inc. - Viacom International Inc. - Western Michigan University - Whole Foods - Wild Oats - Windsor Industries - Winning Technologies - Woo Song University, South Korea - Wright Medical - Xerox Corporation

Six résumé tips for people with unconventional career paths By Nicole Raphael, MA

The Great Recession and its indiscriminate job cuts have forced many people to take a long hard look at their career paths.  For many of us, that path has taken many detours which make it hard for us to craft a cohesive and convincing résumé.

The good news is that we’re all in this together.  There are fewer people than ever before who have what anyone would call a conventional career path.   The average worker changes jobs every two to three years and the typical person will also have several careers in different industries during their working life.  Meanwhile, Labor Department figures suggest that Millennial are accelerating this trend and will hold an average of 10 jobs before they turn 38.

If you’ve had a meandering career path, then the tips below will help you to tackle résumé-writing challenges.

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Twelve Vital Business Lessons from an E.R. From Hell

I had the misfortune last week to end up in the Emergency Room of Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado. Let’s just say that those who value their health will stay far, far away from Sky Ridge’s E.R. But the experience there brought up several lessons for business that all businesses should heed. ...

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Top Five Tips for Building a Better Online Brand

You won’t get hired or you will be fired if you don’t manage your cyber reputation By Nicole Raphael, MA Once upon a time it was believed that you could candidly share yourself, quirks and all, with your close friends and family on Facebook, Myspace, FourSquare, Flickr, YouTube etc. and still keep ...

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10 Things LinkedIn Should Change Right Now!

LinkedIn is a great way to network with other business professionals. But it does have some easily corrected problems. Of course, LinkedIn is not the king (or queen) of customer service or listening to customer requests. So they probably won’t do any of this. But they should. 1). Get a decent customer service department. I am ...

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ABC’s of “A” Game Business Etiquette

Business etiquette formula for all occasions By Nicole Raphael, MA, Guest Columnist Professionals need to bring their A-game every day, or risk being replaced. The current competitive business environment dictates that in addition to having sharp business acumen, it’s essential that you behave appropriately in all occasions - from the boardroom to the ballroom ...

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It’s Not Too Late to Reconsider Your Career Path

A guest column by Nicole Heckers, MA, BCPC, owner and Vice President at Heckers Development Group, LTD. About six months after graduating from college I had a conversation with my college friend, let’s call her Jamie, about employment.  She had graduated with a degree in Sociology and took a position at a job that paid well ...

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The Reality About Jobs

I am now officially sick and tired of the Conservative right-wing nut-case faction in our country braying that there are jobs out there, but that people are “too lazy” to take them. Here is some actual reality instead of right-wingnut propaganda. 1). Not everyone is ...

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Using ColoradoBiz Magazine in Your Job Search

One of the best tools for your job search is ColoradoBiz Magazine. There are several tools that exist on ColoradoBiz online and in print that you can utilize to help you find companies, know how to conduct your job search, and move ahead in your ...

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Career Confusion is the kiss of death for tomorrow’s leaders: 10 career-launching tips for Millennials

By Nicole Raphael, MA I’m exceedingly proud to be a part of the “hope & change” wave that’s washing over American Business.  In the decades to come, Millennial leaders will grapple with global warming, political reform, economic overhaul, and overpopulation in new and innovate ways. ...

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Linear Thinkers vs. Organic Thinkers

While there is an infinite variety in how people behave in life, there are two basic strategies of thought that are important to understand for your career. The first strategy is that of the “Linear Thinker.” The second is that of the “Organic Thinker.” These strategies roughly correspond to the Sensor in the Myers-Briggs Type ...

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