Dr. Donald Asher is an internationally recognized author and speaker on the topics of careers and higher education. In America, Asher has been called a career guru. Asher assists C-level executives with career transitions and performance optimization. He works with MBA and graduate programs nationwide. He consults with PhDs on industry careers for Cheeky Scientist, Inc. He recently served as the content architect for Elites Optimization Services (EOS), providing career development to Olympic athletes. His career books include Who Gets Promoted (named career management book of the year; when you register your accepted job offer at Columbia Business School, they hand you this book) and the ground-breaking Cracking the Hidden Job Market. He has also written The Overnight Resume, How to Get Any Job, and Asher’s Bible of Executive Resumes (the largest compendium of executive resumes ever published). He wrote the best-selling guide to getting into graduate school, Graduate Admissions Essays, and a college guide, Cool Colleges. He is the author of twelve books in all, available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, and Portuguese. Asher was named a “Career Mastermind” by the award-winning web portal QuintCareers. He was named the first-ever Career Guru-in-Residence at Tulane University. He has been an education columnist for MSN, a contributing writer for the Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, college.monster.com, monster.com, careerbuilder.com, wetfeet.com, jobstar.org, Dow Jones’ Managing Your Career Magazine and National Business Employment Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, and the NACE Journal. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, New York Times, USAToday, Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Guardian (UK), salary.com, USNews & World Report, Forbes, Fortune, Money Magazine, Men’s Health, and many, many other publications. Asher earned the PhD in human development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, and holds the master’s in human and organization systems from Fielding, the master of human resources and organization development from the University of San Francisco, and the bachelor of arts in philosophy-religion from Reed College. He is a featured speaker over 150 times per year, including recent lecture tours in Canada, Mexico, India, China, South Korea, Morocco, Ireland, and Germany, where he spoke about international career trends and the borderless career. Asher lives in Northern Nevada—and in American Airlines seat 3-A.
Dr. Donald Asher is an internationally recognized author and speaker on the topics of careers and higher education. Asher is frequently quoted as a career expert in the media, and has been called a career guru. Asher assists C-level executives with career transitions and performance optimization. He works with MBA and graduate programs nationwide. He consults with PhDs on industry careers and has designed career development programs for Olympic athletes. His career books include Who Gets Promoted and Cracking the Hidden Job Market, as well as 10 others. Asher earned the PhD in human development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, holds two master’s degrees in business, and a bachelor of arts from Reed College. He is a featured speaker over 150 times per year, including recent lecture tours in Canada, Mexico, India, China, South Korea, Morocco, Ireland, and Germany, where he spoke about international career trends and the borderless career. Asher lives in Northern Nevada—and in American Airlines seat 3-A.