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Dawn (Tryon) Rasmussen - CTP, CMP
President
Pathfinder Writing and Career Services
I began Pathfinder
Writing and Career Services after working over five years as the state school
to career director for a workforce training program in 49 high schools in
Oregon. During this time, I coached literally hundreds of people on how
to write résumés
and provided job interviewing training to help new workers prepare for their
careers. Additionally, I worked with employers on student placements in their
businesses.
Since then, I have been a
frequent guest speaker, and have led the introduction course for the
hospitality academy for homeless and at-risk youth at New Avenues for Youth,
where I also taught students the importance of having an effective résumé.
Throughout my own career,
I have always maintained that mentoring and volunteering is an important part
of giving back to the community, and have received several top industry awards,
including the Meeting Professionals International (Oregon Chapter) Mentor of
the Year Award, President’s Award and the Oregon Governor’s Tourism Achievement
Award. I currently am volunteering my expertise to the Portland Job
Finder support group and also teaching a free class on résumé writing through the PCC Workforce
Development Center.
On my personal time, I
enjoy celebrating my love of the outdoors hiking with my husband Brad and our
two dogs.
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