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With an extraordinary passion for helping people make their careers work for them, Francine Fabricant, EdD helps people rethink their career opportunities and build careers that are personally meaningful and rewarding. She is the lead author of Creating Career Success and a frequent speaker on career topics, addressing real-world concerns and offering practical ideas and solutions. She has worked at Hofstra University, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and Columbia University. She received a BA cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University as well as an MA in Organizational Psychology, EdM in Psychological Counseling, and EdD in Adult Learning & Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her community-based workshops have been profiled by The New York Times.
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With an extraordinary passion for helping people make their careers work for them, Francine Bard Fabricant, EdD helps people rethink their career opportunities and build careers that are personally meaningful and rewarding. She is a frequent speaker on career topics, addressing real-world concerns and offering practical ideas and solutions.
For over twenty years, Francine has provided career counseling for individuals and developed and delivered career programs for community organizations and university settings. She has served as a lecturer at Hofstra University Continuing Education and an adjunct instructor at NYIT, and worked in career centers at Columbia University, the Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT), and Hofstra University. Francine delivers workshops, lectures, and seminars, and provides consultation for businesses and community organizations seeking to improve their members’ coaching and learning skills.
Francine’s approach highlights how today’s career issues must be addressed through timely, real-world solutions. She is the lead author of the award-winning college career book and program Creating Career Success: A flexible Plan for the World of Work. Francine was inspired to write the book to share the same powerful concepts and tools she uses in her courses and programs, along with current insights about success, technology, and today’s world of work. To support her work, Francine’s research and writing examine postmodern career approaches, artificial intelligence and technological disruption, informal learning, and learning through complexity.
Personal development and self-esteem are concerns Francine has always addressed in her work, dating back to one of her earliest experiences serving as a Research Assistant for Gloria Steinem on her #1 best-seller, Revolution From Within: The Book of Self-Esteem. Francine has developed programs addressing such pivotal women’s career topics as work and pregnancy, work and motherhood, women’s career re-entry after time off for raising children, and women in the workplace. In addition, Ms. Steinem’s influence guided Francine to explore a deeper understanding of the challenges men and women both face in the workplace, such as economic fluctuations, technological advances, remote work, family and societal expectations, and work-family balance.
Francine is also committed to helping those in transition and has volunteered with such organizations as Women in Need, Dress for Success, Lift Community Service, New Ground, and more. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Board Certified Coach (BCC), a Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH) and has the designation of Certified Career Counselor (CCC) from the National Career Development Association (NCDA). She holds a BA cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University as well as an MA in Organizational Psychology, EdM in Psychological Counseling, and EdD in Adult Learning & Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University. Francine has been featured in Counseling Today and her community-based workshops were profiled by The New York Times.