Darlene Marshall

“Darlene is a dynamic individual with a huge passion to help others and see their full potential. She is able to see things in others that they do not see themselves and bring out the best in them. I would highly recommend Darlene in whatever job, position or capacity.”

“Darlene is a good woman. She is focused on understanding the unique circumstances that job seekers may face and reframing the context of the job search in such a way to make it a successful experience for her clients. …But this is stuff that I know about Darlene… Let me give you an example of how Darlene assisted me in my job search...I was attending a job fair north of Baltimore. I was shaking hands and meeting folks. After meeting Darlene and providing my typical 15 second overview, we chatted a bit. The first thing I learned from Darlene is that people meeting me can't easily tell that I'm introverted. To make a long story shorter, Darlene provided me with good advice and counsel. Among the rest of the counsel she gave, she suggested I find a recruiter to help me in my job search. I found a recruiter, met with him, and provided almost a dozen different versions of my resume as we tried to find the best way to position my unique set of marketable skills. A few months later, he had a new client that had an emergency Exchange server failure and brought me in for a four hour consult. After acclimating myself to the network, I solved the problem in less than two hours and was offered a full-time position on the spot. Now I'm helping them with a migration (Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007) that had gotten stalled due to technical glitches (lots of Macs and Vista 64-bit workstations) and with what feels like several hundred other initiatives ranging from LDAP on Fedora to SMTP encryption to bringing the entire domain to native Server 2008. I might have found the recruiter and been hired without Darlene's advice, but I would never have learned how important it is to have good people like Darlene rooting for my success. I would never have learned that I look like an extrovert when I'm talking about stuff that I love. I would never have put as much emphasis on finding the right recruiter to assist in the search without her advice. And strange though it may seem in a public forum, my faith in the Lord God was strengthened through listening to Darlene's faith expressed not so much in words as in inner calmness and thoughtful collaboration. If you're interested in similar results, work with Darlene. Sincerely, Jacob”