Dr. Janet Civitelli is a psychologist specializing in career development and workplace psychology. She has an extensive track record of success assisting individuals and organizations to set and attain ambitious and satisfying goals.
Currently Associate Director of University Career Services at the University of Houston, Dr. Civitelli oversees the career counseling staff that assists 37,000 students and 200,000 alumni. She also founded and runs the career advice website http://www.vocationvillage.com, where visitors can submit questions to her popular "Ask A Career Coach" column.
Dr. Civitelli is a frequent contributor to the media on topics related to happiness and effectiveness at work. She has been quoted by the Wall St. Journal, Business Week, CNN.com, Monster.com, CareerBuilder, Yahoo! HotJobs, ABCNews.com, and the CBS Morning News.
Dr. Civitelli completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her B.A. in Economics from UCLA. She is also certified as a Master Personal and Executive Coach from the College of Executive Coaching and as a Master Career Counselor from the National Career Development Association.
In her free time, Dr. Civitelli enjoys spending time with her family, writing, and practicing yoga.