Heather Krasna, PhD & Associates

   

In The News

Heather has been quoted by journalists for several publications, including newspapers, prominent websites and blogs, radio and TV:

Websites and Blogs

• “Meaningful Work That Pays Well” Payscale.com
• “Job Searches a Headache? This Book is Medicine” on idealist.org and Humanitarian News
• “5 Timeless Truths About Resume Writing” on idealist.org
• “5 Clever Ways to Prepare for a Job Interview” on idealist.org, Business Insider, and Top 100 HR Blogs of 2015 in WittyParrot
• “Four Ways to Organize Your Nonprofit Job search” OpportunityKnocks.org
• “9 Interview Questions You Should be Asking” AOL Jobs,   Job Fair USA (originally on CareerBuilder)
• “10 Tips To Help You Break Into the Nonprofit Sector,” Idealist.org and PPT here
• “Your nonverbal communication can wreck your interview,” front-page story on MSN Careers and AOL Careers, Executeam, Coaching Aspies for College, Consultis of Orlando,  Rochester New York Stake Employment Newsletter, AT&T.net (AT&T’s employee newsletter
• “Good News for Federal Job Applicants,” US News & World Report Blog, FederalDAILY, Yahoo! Finance
• “6 Ways to Network While You’re in College,” US News & World Report Blog
• “Ten Well-Paid Federal Government Jobs” previously on Monster/Hotjobs
• “Cover Letter Concepts” UW Professional Education
• “Volunteering Your Way to a Job” Glassdoor.com
• “Jobs With a Big Heart and a Big Paycheck” previously on Payscale.com and AOL Careers
• “How Salespeople and Biz Dev Can Get the Most Out of LinkedIn,” Intuit Quickbase, Business2Community
• “When to Give Your Employee a Promotion,” Intuit Quickbase, Business2Community
• “Show Them You’re Worth the Money: Quantifying Your Achievements on Your Résumé”  originally published on Careerbuilder and MSN Careers; The State(Columbia, SC)
• “Alternative Careers for Burned-Out Lawyers” on previously on Yahoo! Xtra Business, currently on ihave.net and US News and World Report
• “How to Follow up on Resume Submission” on The Ladders
• “How Not to Follow up on an Interview,” on The Ladders, IT Business Edge
• “5 Final Tips for College Graduation” StudentAdvisor.com
• “Salary Negotiation for College Graduates” MainStreet.com
• “Beating Resume Robots,” LocalJobNetwork
• “5 Tips for Career Relocation” jobsindallas.com
• “How to Politely Nudge Recruiters” milwaukeejobs.com
• Wiley Career Network Articles: “How to Prove Your Top Competencies in 3 Easy Steps”; “Secrets of Google Search to Land Jobs Faster”; “Target Your Ideal Job By Prioritizing”; “Top Job Seeker Resources”; “Shorten Your Job Search With an Employer Target List”; “Top 3 Secrets of Powerful Cover Letters”; “Interviewing: Tell Me About a Time When”; “Beating Resume Robots”; “Career Transition: Academia to Industry and Vice Versa”; “Thriving in the PhD Job Market”; “How Much is Too Much? Etiquette for Politely Nudging Recruiters”; “Top 5 Tips for Your Long-Distance Job Search”
• “What to Keep (Or Not) On Your Resume” Brazen Careerist
• “5 Ways to Turn an Internship Into a Job Offer” Student.com
• Getting Into Government: A Guide for High Achievers
• “How Freelancers Should Create LinkedIn Profiles,” Huffington Post
• “Jobs That Matter for Millenials” Guest Post on Lindsey Pollak’s Career blog
• “In-demand Jobs with the Federal Government” at AOL Jobs
• “7 Steps to Social Networking Success” on GovLoop
• “What to know when hunting for jobs in nonprofit organizations” previously on CareerBuilder
• “Creating Opportunity in the Nonprofit Sector,” QuintCareers
• Interview on Public Service careers on studentbranding.com
• “Salary Negotiation for College Grads” on Mainstreet.com
• News on Women book review of Jobs That Matter
• “How not to come across as a desperate job seeker,”  ProLango Blog
• “Pros and Cons of Switch to Nonprofit Realm” NonProfit People/Monster.com
• Jobs in Public Service & Administration on the Riley Guide
• Top Career Books of June 2010 on ResumeBear.com
• “Pushing Back Against Illegal Unpaid Internships” Economic Policy Institute
• “Ways to Network In College” CampusHero and Scholarships.com and Cengage.com
• “How to Network in the Pharmacy World” PharmacyTimes
• University of Washington’s Making the Difference Federal Careers blog
• Career Experts Offer Tips for New Job-Search Realities: Job Action Day 2010, on Quintessential Careers, DeborahShaneToolBox
• “Get Paid to Change the World: New Book Shows How to Find Jobs in Public Service” on UW Today, NewsWise
• American University winter break reading list
• Lion Cub Job Search Blog, “Finding a Job That Matters: Interview with Heather Krasna
• “Getting Hired by a Public Agency in the Seattle Area,” Mike Purdy’s Public Contracting Blog
• Career Thought Leaders Blog
• “Absolute 13 Best Websites for Job Researching Companies in the USA” on JobMob

Newspapers and Magazines

• “How to Make a Career in Public Service,” US News & World Report
• “Volunteer Your Way to Job,” Houston Chronicle, Seattle Times, New York Times Syndicate and Grand Rapids Press
• “It’s Not Too Late to Get a Summer Internship” in US News & World Report
• “Mission Critical Skills and Majors” US News and World Report (Nov. 1, 2010)
• “Alternative Career Options for Burned-Out Lawyers” in US News & World Report
• “Weigh pros, cons of switch to nonprofit realm” by Anita Bruzzese, Gannett News Service; USA Today, Cincinatti Inquirer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, AZ Central, Honolulu Advertiser, Reno Gazette Journal
• “Innovative Strategies to Attract and Retain the Next Generation in Government,” PA Times, newspaper sent to over 7,000 government employees nationally, Oct. 2011 edition.
• “Dear Uncle Sam,” Philadelphia Inquirer and Roanoke Times
• “Author reveals how to achieve jobs in nonprofit sector,” Toronto Sun
• “Federal Jobs” in Seattle Times
• “Your nonverbal communication can wreck your interview,” in the Toronto Sun and the Barrie Examiner
• 9 Interview Questions you Should Be Asking, Denver Post
• “How To Make Money While in College” by The Dollar Stretcher
• “So you want to work for a nonprofit” by NW Jobs blog for Seattle Times 
• “We’re Losing That Sense of Being in it Together,” by Jerry Large in Seattle Times
• “New Book: Land a job in the nonprofit sector,” Denver College-to-Career Examiner
• Next Step Magazine, Intern Etiquette
• Smart Money Magazine
• Universal Journal, the Association of Young Journalists & Writers, “Will You Be a Starving Writer after Graduation?“
• Bellevue News notes on Prolango Career Mixer
• The Futurist, book review May-June 2011
• “Working in non-profit organizations,” Edmonton Sun, and 24 Hours July 11, 2010
• At the Library, Stillwater News Press (OK)
• Library Journal review, Aug. 1, 2010
• Job Training And Placement Report article, “What to Ask During an Interview,” Oct. 2010
• Library Leadership and Management
• “Springfield Library Helps Job Seekers,” The Republican
• World Futurist Society Newsletter

Radio, TV, and Video

• Video series on Resume Tips for Idealist.org
• Classroom to Boardroom: Making the Most of an Internship, Job Talk Radio 1/2015
• Classroom to Boardroom: Preparing for Your Internship Search, Job Talk Radio 1/2015
• Building a Professional Network While in College: Job Talk Radio 7/9/14 
• Making the Most of a Job Fair, Baruch College
• Job Talk Radio WJJG 1530AM Elmhurst 7/15/10
• Livin’ the Dream radio 8/17/10
• Chat With Women on KNNW 1150AM #1 Alternative Talk Radio Network 8/24/10
• Federal News Radio 1500 AM WFED, Dorobek Insider, 9/10/10
• Gov 2.0 Radio on blogtalkradio 9/11/10
• KUOW 94.9 FM 9/17/10 12:40pm (Seattle’s top NPR station)
• John Tesh radio
• Career Catalyst (Blog talk radio) 1/25/11
• Work with Marty Nemko, KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco NPR station, 9/25/11

Other

• Peace Corps’ Hotline, Feb. 15, 2011, “Jobs That Matter: Federal Employment for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers”
• Partnership for Public Service‘s August 2010 ENews
• University of Washington Evans School’s site
• Presenter, “Federal Employment in our Community,” TV Tacoma, June 4, 2009
• Baruch College’s Ticker weekly newspaper
• Dollars & Sense, Baruch College’s yearly literary magazine

Other Publications by Heather Krasna

• American Society for Public Administration article
• InternBridge, “Targeting the Right Colleges for Internship Recruiting,” a whitepaper for college recruiters, http://www.internbridge.com/white_papers May 2008
• Jobpostings Magazine, “Top Diversity Internship Programs,” Aug. 2007, and “Handling a Challenging Internship,” Sept. 2007, for an international publication read by over 2 million students every year.
• InternshipRatings.com, “When It’s Not Worth the Coffee–How to know when it’s time to leave an internship“, July 2008
• The Ticker, Baruch College’s Award-winning Student Newspaper: numerous articles as part of weekly “Career Corner” including database logins and job search in the senior year, interview etiquette, managing online applications, the importance of networking, managing job offers and handling rejection, how to handle job fairs, how to handle on-campus presentations, spring 2007