Kaitlin Eckler
Kaitlin Eckler has broad-based experience training, coaching, and counselling individuals to skillfully find a rewarding career. With a background in adult education, psychology, and business she has developed a well-honed expertise for recognizing what it takes to achieve this goal. Her energy, high motivation, and commitment drive the guidance and support that has resulted in 1500 successful placements.

Key skills and training:

• High degree of acuity for assessing situations and arriving at innovative solutions
• Singular focus and commitment to support clients through to their success
• Generosity in offering and sharing expertise
• Thorough understanding of the workings of corporations
• Expert in establishing and developing new enterprises
• Accredited Emotional Intelligence trainer
• Guidance and counselling specialist
• Graduate level studies in Psychology

Relevant experience:

• Established and directed a highly successful College Co-op Program involving 14 disciplines and 850 students
• Created and grew a career management program placing hundreds of technology professionals in well-matched positions
• Developed, owned and operated a high-profile, successful business enterprise

Kaitlin Eckler

416.579.1508
career@sympatico.ca

Mark Franklin
Mark Franklin MEd, PEng is Director of CareerCycles. He has helped over 2000 clients from 70+ countries become empowered in their career and life choices. With diverse career experience in engineering, management consulting, writing, teaching, and since 1998 in professional counselling, Mark is familiar with many work environments and with the challenges and rewards of change. Mark provides career counselling and coaching to individuals and leads groups and workshops on career and work topics in private practice, at York University, and formerly at the University of Toronto. Mark created and leads CareerCycles career renewal getaways and an active travel program, Cuba Unveiled. Mark holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto, is qualified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and is a member of the Association of Career Professionals International (ACPI) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). In the community, Mark hosts the biweekly Career Buzz radio show on CIUT89.5FM, is a Director of the Toronto Bay Initiative. At home, Mark is delighted to share his life with his teenage daughter.

Mark Franklin

markfranklin@sympatico.ca