Abby Kohut

Absolutely Abby

  • Springfield NJ

On a Mission to Educate One-Million Job Seekers!

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Biography

Abby Kohut, a brave Human Resources professional, has stepped forward to share the secrets of her industry and to help the unemployed fill the 3+ million jobs. Aside from teaching job search skills, Abby also inspires those that are out of work to not lose faith that they will find a job. Abby, who is known as “Absolutely Abby” because she tells job seekers the absolute truth, has held positions from corporate recruiter to Senior Director of Recruiting over the past 16 years. In 2009, Abby shifted her focus to concentrate on helping candidates land their dream jobs and has spoken to over 300 job search groups. Now in 2013, Abby is determined to educate 1 million job seekers and help America get back to work by launching a 62 city cross country speaking tour, a project which is currently self-funded. Abby and her husband Ken have left their home in NJ and are traveling across country in an RV in order to fulfill Abby’s goal to help one million job seekers. You can learn more about the tour at www.AbbyAcrossAmerica.com.

Industry Expertise

Human Resources

Areas of Expertise

Networking
Job Search
Social Media

Accomplishments

Fast Company Magazine rated Abby as one of the top 100 influential people online

• Fast Company Magazine rated Abby as one of the top 100 influential people online

"The Monster 11 for 2011": Career Experts Who Can Help Your Job Search

• Recognized as one of "The Monster 11 for 2011": Career Experts Who Can Help Your Job Search by Monster

"15 Career Experts Not to Miss on Twitter" by The Daily Muse

• Named one of "15 Career Experts Not to Miss on Twitter" by The Daily Muse, one of the "Top Twitter Accounts Job Seekers Must Follow" by Youtern.com & one of "101 career-experts-job-hunters should-follow" by Careercopilot.com

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Education

University of Rochester

Bachelor's

Psychology / Human Resources

1988

Testimonials

Dover PSG Career Events Chairperson

Dover PSG

Abby:

It was great seeing you at the Dover PSG and catching up on how things are going. You have truly found your passion!

I wanted to thank you once again for taking the time out of your busy schedule and presenting to the Dover PSG on the topic of “Don’t Just Think Outside The Box – Think Out Of This World”.

Your presentation was very well received and your interaction with the Dover PSG members was excellent!! Your presentation received the highest/best feedback score over the past five (5) years. Great Job Abby!!! You received two six’s (6) on a scale of one (1) to five (5) which ended up netting you a Perfect Score (5.0).

Your presentation provided the Dover PSG members in attendance with excellent creative tips on h

Event Appearances

"Success for the Seasoned Search – the Benefit of Being Overqualified"

NJ Unemployed  Hamilton Public Library in Hamilton NJ

2013-07-09

"Exposing the Hidden Job Market"

Lehigh Valley Professionals Group  Allentown, PA

“Don't Just Think Outside The Box...Think Outside the World”

Dallas Sales and Business Development Group  Plano, TX

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Sample Talks

Abby can speak on these and many more topics:

"What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know About Social Media"
"Success for the Seasoned Search...The Benefit of Being Overqualified"
"Exposing the Hidden Job Market"
"Taking Your Job Search by Storm in 2013"
"Maximizing Your Potential Using LinkedIn"
"Don’t Think Outside the Box, Think Outside This World!"
"How to Win the Hearts and Minds of a Recruiter"

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$1000 to $5000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee
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