Abby Kohut
Absolutely Abby
Springfield, NJ, UNITED STATES
On a Mission to Educate One-Million Job Seekers!
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 (1)
Human Resources
Areas of Expertise (3)
Networking
Job Search
Social Media
Accomplishments (6)
Fast Company Magazine rated Abby as one of the top 100 influential people online (professional)
• 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 (professional)
• 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 (professional)
• 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
Top Rated site for Department of Labor (professional)
• AbsolutelyAbby.com is listed on the Department of Labor's website as a top rated site
Society of Human Resources Pinnacle Award (professional)
• Winner of The Society of Human Resources Pinnacle Award in 2009 for a presentation delivered to veterans
University of Rochester won a Bronze Award for the Absolutely Abby’s Job Search Success Teleseminar Series (professional)
• The University of Rochester won a Bronze Award for the Absolutely Abby’s Job Search Success Teleseminar Series in the Alumni Relations Programming Category - CASE District II Accolades Awards.
Education (1)
University of Rochester: Bachelor's, Psychology / Human Resources 1988
Links (2)
Testimonials (1)
Mark W. Muschko, 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 (4)
"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
“What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know About Social Media”
Plano, TX North Dallas Career Focus Group
Sample Talks (1)
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
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