About Us

Our Guiding Philosophy

When I was looking to change careers a few years ago, I found there was no career decision making tool out there. You've probably seen the same thing out there yourself:

• Monster job sites and career building websites that try to fit a round you into a square hole.
• Career consulting sites that charge you a ton, just to show you how to sneak through the job interview
• Resume polishers and hype-spinners
• "Personality" tests and "aptitude" tests — many of which are based on unproven psychological theories — are usually either only a starting point or at best crude tools. They were not designed to define your career and plan for career changes.

There was no career change planning tool to turn to, so I invented it.

It's called CareerPlan Pro. It's a three section program, of which Define Your Career is section one.

The three part career change planning approach in CareerPlan Pro is very simple and straightforward:

1. Define your career purpose
2. Convert your career purpose into goals
3. Put together an Action Plan and manage it with a Weekly Review

This process is all supported by strong coaching support to those that need it, with a variety of coaching packages, from a la cart coaching sessions to Fast Track program

The Four Pillars that define your career

After working with numerous clients, I have identified the four pillars that define your optimal career purpose:

1. By using your most valuable talents and gifts
2. in the community or niche you are best suited to
3. where you are invested with interest and desire
4. without conflict in your values and beliefs.

It's my proven formula for how you can identify your career purpose.

Whether you are looking to change careers, start a business, are an entrepreneur, want to find your calling, want to freelance or moonlight on the side or need to work a home based business - whatever your case may be - this career decision-making tool is designed to enable you to do a valid self-assessment and then put it into action.

Who do we help?

We help those who need to change their job situation, whether:

• you are unhappy in your current career because of low pay, working conditions, long hours, commute or bad bosses
• if you are unemployed because of layoffs or restructuring
• you are considering going to school to change careers
• if you have just graduated school and are not sure what path is best for you

How do we help you?

We help you define your optimal career blueprint of what career is right for you, and then create a career plan to achieve it - better and cheaper than most other career advisors out there - even if you have no job, no education, no credentials and no experience.

About the Publisher, Larry LaFata

As a career design specialist, I am known for creative approaches and breakthrough solutions in defining your career so you can make the most money possible while expressing your greatest value possible.

After graduating from a NJ University with a BA degree in business and marketing, in the 1980's I took advice from my friends and family to "get a good job with a big company. " After working my way up the ladder on Wall Street where I was making OK money, but wasn't using all my talents, I said "There's got to be a better way."

I started moonlighting my own sales and marketing consulting company in 1994, and have helped numerous businesses and individuals since then, including AT&T, Ceridian and ADT.

The goal is to bring out the best in you.

A big part of my philosophy is based on the 80 – 20 rule. One of it's parameters is:

"work to your strengths, and ignore your weaknesses"

In this way, you develop your best traits, and delegate your lesser developed traits to others who are better suited to do them.

That is how you transform yourself from a person who settles for a "job" earning a "living" to someone who has an exuberant life. It's how you bring out your best. Someone who is realizing your potential, being a hero to your ideal community, employing your unique skills and talents to serve the flock you were meant to. And being paid well for it. All while having more free time working less hours.

It may sound Idealistic and spiritual but it is being achieved all the time by a simple application of a few tools.

Think about it. This isn't Hollywood, it's reality. What if you could be in a career where you were not a commodity, you were a star? Working with the right people, doing the right job for you, in the right environment?

It can and does happen! It’s my goal for you. And I've designed my information products so it will happen for you.

So you don't have to be underemployed, or hate your boss, of be laid off, or be broke.

Why not love what your are doing, have great working relationships, work from a position of control, make as much money as possible for you while having more free time? Along the way you will have the prestige of serving people in the highest possible way for your skills.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or inquiries here's how you can get in touch:

The best way is email:	support@DefineYourCareer.com
Call us:	(201) 820-3314 eastern standard time
Mailing address	Working by Design LLC 401 Passaic Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 Attn: Larry LaFata