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About
FabJob
Founded in 1999,
with a website visited by millions of people per year, FabJob is
the leading publisher of information about dream careers.
Our mission is to assist fabulous people who are ready to achieve their
dreams.
FabJob is an award-winning
indie book publisher and e-book industry pioneer that has published
more than 120 e-books and print books.
FabJob guides
and career advice have been featured in leading media and websites including:
ABC, AOL, CareerBuilder, CNN, Entrepreneur, Essence,
Fast
Company, Microsoft's MSN, Oprah's newsletter,
Wall
Street Journal online, Woman's Day, Yahoo! and many more.
Although FabJob
guides focus on how to break into a dream career in the United States and
Canada, our guides have been purchased by hundreds of thousands
of customers on six continents.
A Few
Fab Facts
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FabJob.com was named the
# 1 place to get published online by Writer's Digest.
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In the movie Bewitched,
Nicole Kidman's character browses FabJob books in a bookstore and
Will Ferrell's character trips over a display of FabJob books in
the movie's trailer.
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FabJob's awards include the
e-Business Award of Distinction from the Alberta Chambers of Commerce
and an e-book industry award for Excellence in Electronic Publishing.
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The
FabJob book Dream Careers by Tag and Catherine Goulet has ranked #1 in career and business
books at Amazon.com.
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FabJob gives back to the community
by donating thousands of books, funding the protection of acres of rainforest,
and financially supporting independent book publishing through the Next
Generation Indie Book Awards (see our donations
page for more information).
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Founders |
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FabJob Inc. was founded
in 1999 by sisters Tag and Catherine Goulet (known as the Dream Career
Experts). Interviewed by media from ABC to Woman's Day, their career
columns and articles appear frequently in newspapers throughout the U.S.,
Canada, and Europe as well as leading websites such as AOL.com, MSN.com,
CareerBuilder.com, and of course FabJob.com. They are authors of the book,
Dream Careers. |
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FabJobbers |
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Executive Staff |
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Co-CEO Tag Goulet
has over 15 years of publishing experience and has been creating websites since
1996 when Inc. interviewed her to find out how she managed to get
a #1 search engine position for the word "entrepreneur." A contributor
to more than a dozen books, including a USA Today bestseller, her
career articles are published at sites such as AOL.com, CNN.com, Microsoft's
MSN.com, and Yahoo!, among others. A part-time university instructor of
management communications, she has spoken before hundreds of thousands
of people in dozens of cities. Although she would love to be on Survivor,
her favorite TV shows are Lost, Heroes and anything Star Trek.
She supports causes that aim to reduce suffering in the world. |
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FabJob co-CEO Catherine
Goulet has an extensive business background including serving as an officer
of several international companies. She attended law school in England,
and has owned and managed a successful retail business. Catherine has traveled
to over 30 countries, and has shared her entrepreneurial expertise with
students as a volunteer for Junior Achievement. She has been interviewed
by numerous media outlets including Woman's Day and First for Women. She
is a music lover who named her daughter after an Elton John song.
She supports causes for children having a better life, the rainforest,
and passing on kindness. |
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John M. McDougall is Vice
President of Operations for FabJob. His responsibilities include acquisitions,
distribution agreements, protection of FabJob materials and copyrights.
John also serves as Privacy Officer, and brings years of experience in
various aspects of security and privacy issues. John is a Masters swimmer
who competes at the international level during his frequent travels. |
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Shelley Anderson joined FabJob in 2001 and was recently promoted to Vice President, Administration and Special Projects.
In addition to her FabJob experience, she
has several years customer service experience from the
retail industry in a management capacity. She also has experience in corporate departments including
accounting, administration, and legal. |
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Customer Care
Department |
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Wendy McDonald was promoted
to Customer Care Manager after three years as a Customer Care Specialist
for FabJob.com. Wendy worked as a secretary in a bank until her first child
came along, and then enjoyed being a stay at home mom and school volunteer.
She has three children - Lindsey, Matthew, and Chris - who have
all worked part-time for FabJob.com. |
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Editorial Department |
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Before joining FabJob as an Editor, Emily Courtney worked as a freelance writer and fact checker
for magazines, and wrote book summaries for a parenting website. She lives
in Colorado with her husband and two sons, ages 4 and 1, that she says
she is very lucky to stay home with. An avid reader who holds a Bachelor's
degree in Anthropology, Emily actively enjoys the outdoors (hiking, snowboarding,
snowshoeing, etc). |
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Jennifer Dewan has a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University.
In addition to her editing work, she works as a facilitator, lecturer, and research consultant for policy and advocacy organizations,
with an interest in women's health and human rights. She grew up outside Philadelphia, spent many years
in New York City, and now lives in Cork, Ireland. A political activist at heart, she recently helped organize a
feminist organization called Cork Feminista and campaigns for reproductive rights. |
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Elizabeth Hudson studied in London (U.K.),
where she obtained a B.A. in English Language and Literature and an M.A. in Publishing. Before joining FabJob she held
publishing internships in both the U.S. and the U.K. working on a variety of projects including researching data
for an atlas of the United States. Her interests include reading and photography and she has traveled extensively throughout
Europe and Asia. She now lives in Boston. |
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Featured
author Todra Payne is a contributing author of the FabJob
Guide to Become a Makeup Artist and the FabJob
Guide to Become a Spa Owner. Todra has been a professional makeup
artist for more than ten years who has worked with celebrity clients and
companies such as Bath & Body Works and DKNY. Her work has been featured
in magazines such as Elle, Harper's Bazaar, O, and
Martha
Stewart's Living. Todra is a self-proclaimed spa junkie. |
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Design Department |
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Senior Designer Dave Brandt
did an editorial internship with FabJob eight years ago, and has worked for
the company ever since. He is responsible for design of FabJob e-books
and print books and is our Intern Coordinator. A recent college graduate,
he worked in various positions on the college newspaper and other student
publications before joining FabJob. Dave has also worked as a freelance
journalist and is an aspiring humor writer. He lives in Michigan. |
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Peter
Cyngot has worked as an art director / designer / photographer for agencies,
companies and on a freelance basis for more years than he is willing to
admit. His experience covers the full gamut of communication design, specializing
in print. He has managed design departments and is an avid fan of technology,
especially in relation to visual communications. He has taught classes
in basic design principles, as well as classes in popular design software
programs. |
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Sales and Marketing
Department |
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Clayton
Warholm consults on strategic alliances. Before joining FabJob, he served
as Regional Director for Canadian Management Centre, an affiliate of American Management Association International, building relationships with
companies in various industries including high tech. Previously, he
served as VP of Marketing for a multimedia company distributing
products in 65 countries. |
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Technology Department |
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Ron Mah oversees the development
of the FabJob website. Shortly after graduating from university with a
B.Sc. in engineering, Ron started an IT services company which he ran for
15 years. An advocate of giving back to the community, Ron is an active
volunteer involved in developing websites for local non-profit organizations.
He enjoys golf when he is not on the computer. |
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Other FabJobbers |
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FabJob's team includes talented
people from more than a dozen locations throughout North America, including
editors, designers, writers, programmers, and our fab CFO. If you're interested
in joining us, please click
here to find out about current job opportunities with FabJob.com. |
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Tag
and Catherine shared their list of "Top 10 Fabulous Careers" in Oprah's newsletter in 2005. Courtesy of Harpo. |
Will
Ferrell's character encounters some FabJob guides in the trailer for the
movie Bewitched, also starring Nicole Kidman. |
He's Fab! Tag and Catherine
as little girls (with brother George). |
The
Goulet sisters' career advice has appeared in Metro newspapers in the U.S.
and Europe, including dozens of career columns in New York City's hip daily
newspaper Metro New York read by almost one million New Yorkers. |
Simon's a sweetie. American
Idol's Simon Cowell poses with Catherine's daughter. |
John McDougall
gets a shine from The Fake Austin Powers (Richard Halpern) at the FabJob.com
booth during Book Expo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center in
2003. |
We won! Jan, Catherine and
Tag were among the FabJobbers accepting the e-Business Award of Distinction
from the Alberta Chambers of Commerce in 2002. |
John lends a hand to Chayse
Dacoda, of TLC's While You Were Out, at the home and garden show
in Vancouver. |
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