Gladys Kartin

I became a career coach because I was in a transition and completely unprepared. A stay-at-home mother, my youngest about to enter high school: my “Now what?” hit me hard because I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. Lacking purpose, in a constant state of anxiety, there were no career coaches to speak to. Motivated to work, I pursued the only way I knew by contacting employment agencies, only to discover I was in the same category as recent college graduates; my options were limited to administrative support because I lacked definable hard skills. I deferred graduate school to work, and then I became a multi-tasking mother. When I wanted to jump back in, I felt I was in a job search going nowhere, and I didn’t know who I was. I also discovered I am really not the corporate type. So, what type was I, and why did my options seem so limited? I applied and was accepted into the College Counseling and Student Development program at Hunter College on a whim. I decided to design my learning curriculum and was drawn to Career Development. The coaching industry was emerging, and I had the remarkable fortune of finding Barry Lustig, a walking encyclopedia of everything career coaching. Insights from my MBTI results led me to clarity, focus, and purpose at last. Fast forward 23 amazing years, and I’ve had the pleasure of working with thousands of people who needed clarity and my help identifying career drivers, aligning values, and interviewing well. I introduce my clients to their remarkable self. I help them stop circling and show them how to stand out get on that path of professional success. * “Gladys Kartin is a fantastic, knowledgeable, intuitive career coach. She asked me to take a 'good look at myself.” 
 * “Gladys is an excellent career coach. She was able to get to the crux of my message in just a few minutes of conversation.”
 * “She helped me think about interviewing in a new way that truly inspired confidence...and ultimately got me the