{"id":569,"date":"2015-03-20T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.owen.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:52:56","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/blogsowen-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Karen-Weist.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1904 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/blogsowen-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Karen-Weist.jpeg\" alt=\"Pictured: Karen Weist\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/blogsowen-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Karen-Weist.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/blogsowen-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Karen-Weist-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/blogsowen-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Karen-Weist-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/blogsowen-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Karen-Weist-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-10\"><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karenweist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Weist<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Certified Job &amp; Career Transition Coach | Certified MBTI Practitioner and Career Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email: <a title=\"mailto:karen.b.weist@vanderbilt.edu\" href=\"mailto:karen.b.weist@vanderbilt.edu\">karen.b.weist@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strengths:<\/strong>\u00a0Connectedness | Positivity | Strategic | Individualization | Includer<\/p>\n<p>As Owen alumni, you are eligible to receive career support throughout your professional career. Career coaching and resources include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assisting you in targeting functions and employers<\/li>\n<li>Helping you create your job search and personal marketing strategy<\/li>\n<li>Guiding you in preparing for interviewing and negotiating opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Letting you know about opportunities and resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With over two decades of experience in career development and coaching, Karen excels at helping individuals gain clarity, build confidence, and take meaningful action toward career and life goals.\u00a0 She has worked with executives, MBAs, specialized business master\u2019s students, PhDs, and individuals navigating career transitions, providing personalized coaching and strategic guidance. Karen has been a valuable member of the Owen team since 2018, supporting our Executive MBA program as a career coach.\u00a0 Additionally, from 2004 to 2010, she served as a CMC career coach for the full-time MBA program. Her goal is to approach every client interaction with empathy, expertise, and a commitment to delivering value add support.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-right-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}