"Hello! This is Bob Bunker. Job Search: The Total System™ has been a tremendous help to me in achieving my career and life aspirations, and it will work for you! As I share in the Forward to The Total System™, my personal experience is that it is very difficult to develop a resume and interview technique that truly reflects what one can achieve for a future employer. Yet that is the heart of what The Total System™ will enable you to do — and what makes it unique in the plethora of job search advice! It will challenge you to envision the future that is right for you, enable you to communicate your value to the potential employer, and propel you to achieve your dreams. I was successful in increasing my compensation and leveraging my earning potential substantially - and in jobs of my choice - by applying The Total System™ negotiating principles. The wonderful thing about The Total System™ is that it works! Good luck in your own Search!"

Bob Bunker
Retired Major General, Army Corps of Engineers
Senior Vice President of Brookwood Group
Atlanta, Georgia
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"My name is Dan Oglesby. Having had a long association with Dawson Consulting Group, I can personally attest to the validity of the principles of Job Search: The Total System™. Over the years and through the progression of my career, I have utilized The Total System's™ negotiation techniques and applied its concept of leverage to gain significant income growth and position influence. The principles of communicating and quantifying value on my resume and in the interview was most helpful in marketing accomplishments, skills and performance history to employers. My compensation increased by a multiple of three times in a one major transition and each year, I have experienced significant increases. Finally, utilizing a performance-based approach to negotiating personal incentive compensation options, I received substantial upside in job satisfaction, total cash compensation and lifestyle. I unreservedly endorse Job Search: The Total System™ as a must read and the complementary services as first rate."

Listen to Dan's comments about Job Search: The Total System on Total Career Success, the VoiceAmerica Internet Radio Show:

Dan Oglesby
Sr. Vice President
Spectrum Health
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"As CEO of an international engineering and construction company, one of the most challenging aspects of my role was restructuring the company in response to changing economic conditions.  Strategic planning from a financial and operational perspective was easy compared to managing the impact of transitions on the workforce.  Invariably, transitions occurred that affected very good employees, through no fault of their own.  We relied heavily on Dawson Consulting Group and their excellent programs.  It was a great  relief to me and to my management to see the positive results for our transitioning employees, many of whom moved on to bigger and better opportunities as a result of Job Search: The Total System™ and the professional coaching provided.  What seemed like the worst thing that could have happened to them at the time turned out to be the best, as a result of applying The Total System™!"

Tommy Knight
Former President
Brown & Root
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"It is refreshing to work with an organization that delivers on their promise to provide high quality services in a personalized way.  Through The Total System™ redeployment program our employees have transitioned to new opportunities quickly, not only benefiting their careers, but enhancing Shell’s return on investment.  Thank you for your integrity, professionalism, customized support, and results!"

Tahita Doyle
Regional Human Resources Advisor
Shell Global Solutions, Inc.
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"This is Bill Leighton. Over the years I have repositioned my career due to mergers and acquisitions several times. In recent transitions by choice I have concentrated on generating consulting projects. The one tool that has always served me as the “backbone” in successful transition is The Total System™. This career process is a resource that keeps giving in each successive career move. When opportunity occurs, you simply retrieve, update and effectively execute the process. Few resources function as an integral “framework” for career success — The Total System™ does so in a way that regardless of background or industry, enables you to effectively develop the career that is right for you."

Bill Leighton
HR Consultant
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"As a senior HR professional I have had many opportunities over the years to utilize The Total System™ at all levels which has always resulted in providing the highest level of employment transition success for our employees. The combination of a well defined program with a caring personal touch ensures career growth opportunities for our people. The ultimate compliment for the Dawson  program is when our transitioning employees choose The Total System™ over other offerings. They say proof is in the results — The Total System™ consistency of results is backed by the highest integrity, which is very reassuring in today's market."

Jim Wagner
Global Resource Manager
Gas Unlimited, Inc.
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"As a Human Resouce professional, I thought I knew the steps and processes that would provide me with the most viable opportunities. However, once I experienced the Total Career Success program, it gave me a finer insight to the details necessary to source a new position. This includes everything from self-assement, preparing your resume, to sourcing the companies, role-playing for the interview and follow up. The complete package ensures your career is on the right track to success."

Rick Hodge, PHR
    Director, Human Resources
    Star Furniture, A Hathaway Company
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"This is Susan Kubiak. After many years association with Dawson Consulting Group in the role of Human Resources executive, I can attest to the value of The Total System™ process. When faced with transitions from senior executive to hourly workers, I have turned to their organization to tailor programs to fit the needs of my employees. Even in situations in which individuals have been devastated by the loss of a job, their consultants through The Total System™ have enabled them to move on and into new and inevitably better positions. Having personally benefited from the program during my own transition, I can attest to the tremendous value of the training and breadth of coaching. The fact that they can be counted on to deliver results is refreshing in a field cluttered with empty promises. I highly recommend The Total System™ and their services – they are career and life changing!"

Susan Kubiak
Director, Human Resources
GulfQuest, L.P.
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"As a Human Resources professional, over the years I have observed the value of The Total System™ not only for my own transitions, but for others with various backgrounds. To be the “BEST-FIT candidate” you must be marketable, which is equivalent to being employable. The Total System™ is the best transition service I have ever experienced for teaching one how to be marketable. Especially powerful is that you learn how to develop an “A+ Resume” with accomplishment statements using action-oriented verbs and results to convey the benefits of hiring even before the interview! When you consider the many people who have achieved their career goals by applying The Total System™, the results are impressive."

Mertro Robinson
Former Director
Human Resources
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"This is Stanley Wells. I have used The Total System™ several times in my own career as I successfully made very challenging industry moves from engineering to legal to oil and gas. Using The Total System™ techniques, in one transition within 6 weeks I was able to negotiate a higher paying position with more responsibility. I have also used the methods to coach others with similar results. The ideas and concepts are critical to success for everyone as they manage their careers. The Total System™ program is also truly outstanding in assisting employees to make the transition from unemployment to better jobs. When you realize that my experience is the norm with the Dawson program, companies and employees can have something very rare in times of transition — peace of mind."

Stanley W. Wells II (Participant)
Director, Human Resources
Roxar
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