Alvah Parker
BS, CPBA
Free
Practice Advisor to Atto eys and Career Transition Coach Expert

Alvah Parker Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Time Management, Business Development, cash flow, staffing, Career Transition
- Career Focus
- Business owner, Practice Advisor, Career Transition Coach, Newsletter writer
- Affiliation
- Parker Associates, SCORE, Boxwood Technology, Inc
Learn To Use Natural Talents In Your Work Alvah Parker of Parker Associates has impacted the personal and professional lives of hundreds of clients by helping them to create successful careers and businesses. She has expertise in career coaching, business counseling and a specialty in law practice development and management. Alvah coaches clients to find, use and expand their natural talents in order to integrate them into their chosen work. Her clients are most often intent on finding work that is engaging, energizing and fun so that they have a more meaningful and fulfilling experience. Sales and Marketing Experience During her 15 years with AT&T Alvah was well known for her expertise as a sales and marketing executive. She was elected to the prestigious Council of Leaders as one of the top 3% of the entire AT&T sales force. In her own practice Alvah has coached individuals in organizations such as: Lawyers in Law firms, Agents in Real Estate companies, Professionals in Public Health Organizations, Executive Directors of Non Profits, Entrepreneurs and solo professionals in their own business, and Managers in High Technology and Biotechnology. She is the Senior Career Coach for Boxwood Technology, an online provider of career services for professional organizations and ha writen a career column for the American Marketing Association. Business Advisor Alvah has been a Business Advisor for SCORE (Advisors to Small Businesses for the Small Business Administration (SBA)) since 1999. In this capacity she counsels entrepreneurs who are looking to start or grow their businesses. She has served as Vice President of the Simmons College Alumnae Association where she designed, developed, administered and analyzed a survey of the alumnae population. As a result of the survey she formed and chaired a committee on Career and Transition for the Association. Free Ezines Alvah publishes two popular ezines and is well known for her Top Ten lists. (To subscribe to her publications go to www.asparker.com) Her articles and lists have appeared in books such as Streetwise® Small Business Book of Lists, publications such as The MBA Chronicle, and are found on numerous websites such as ExecutiveAgent.com, WorkingNews.com, selfgowth.com and ExpertLaw.com Alvah earned a BS from Simmons College in Boston. She is a graduate of Coach Inc.’s 2 year professional life and business coach training. She furthered her coaching education with Successful Professionals and the Life Blueprint Institute. She is an Authorized Life Blueprint Facilitator and a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA). Subscribe to Alvah's free newsletters on the web at www.asparker.com. You can email Alvah at asparker@asparker.com or call her at 781-598-0388.
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10 Questions for Career Changers
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Career Success - How to Be a Standout
Everyday we hear about more layoffs. You will want to be proactive by starting a job search before it happens. That is a smart move but you must be careful. If your current boss gets wind of it you might be the first to be laid off. Of course if you have already successfully lined up a job, ...
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Ten Techniques to Stay Confident During a Job Transition
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Can You Be Yourself At Work?
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Be Happy And Healthy! Take A Vacation!
Did you take a vacation this year or skip it because of high gas prices? Americans have always been good at putting off vacations so this year they have a built in excuse. If you passed on a 2008 vacation so far and want to be happier and healthier, now is the time to take a ...
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Self Assessment: The Key to a Successful Job Search
When I was laid off in 1997 I was told by many to let everyone know I was starting a job search. I had been successful at my last job and was a star sales performer for many years. People who knew my history were eager to help me. But I knew something wasn't right about their advice. Don't ...
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Top Ten Reasons to Partner with Someone
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Are You Doing Meaningful Work?
Perhaps like me you chose a major in college or had graduate work in a field that you sort of fell into. It is hard to know exactly what you want when you are 16 or 17 years old. In my day the choices for women were nurse, secretary, or teacher. I chose teacher because I couldn't type and ...
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Happy At Work – Want Professional Success? Ignore Negativity
Amy, my client (not her real name), set a goal when we began our coaching sessions to find a position where she could achieve professional success and be happy at work in 3 months. She had been working in her position for about 6 months and was miserable. The environment was toxic, there was little or no direction, and everyone was tense and unhappy. After 2 months of coaching she found a new job.
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Ten Signs of an Impending Layoff
Many people are in denial about layoffs. There are many clues that one is coming but often people just choose to ignore the signs. Forewa ed is forearmed. If you notice several of these signs in the place that you work, it is time to get your resume ready and identify your network. Here ...
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Career Success – 3 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Bullet Proof Your Career
In all the years that I have been working as a career and job coach I am always amazed at how many managers tell me they have no time to update their resume and keep their network active. “I know I should,” they often say, “but I just don’t have the time.” For continual career success these two ...
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