Manhattan, Brooklyn and Telephone.

Past President of Career Counselors Consortium

Mark Carsman is a career consultant with over 30 years experience helping people get ahead in their careers.

His professional philosophy: The best opportunities are often in short supply and highly competitive. Winning often involves minimizing or eliminating avoidable mistakes in a campaign, whether in writing or in person.

Mark has served clients in many industries including financial services (Wall Street, Banking and Insurance), industrial, communications, and high technology. He has worked with people from wide range of fields and roles: senior managers, IT, administrative, sales, marketing, accounting, scientists, attorneys, and many others.

Prior to working in career development, Mark worked for a major financial services corporation, initially in training and development roles and then as a manager in human resources, where his work involved him in career mobility and outplacement issues. He then began a career in career transition consulting working for leading career management firms in managerial and professional roles and, for the last 12+ years, in solo practice.

He has taught at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies for over ten year where he developed and taught a (then) unique course on "Networking for Shy People." For a number of years thereafter, he taught “Using Assessment in Professional Practice,” a required course in the Adult Career Planning and Development Certificate Program.

Mark is a published author in the career development field and has held many leadership positions within the field including: President of The Career Counselors Consortium and President of ACP INTL-NY, the New York City Chapter of the Association of Career Professionals International (formerly called The New York Association of Career Management Professionals).

People frequently describe him as having a keen – albeit a very dry -- sense of humor, a quality he values in others.