KEN SOPER
M.A., M.Div., N.C.C., N.C.C.C., M.C.C.

Ken is a National Board of Certified Counselors "National Certified Counselor" (N.C.C.) and "National Certified Career Counselor" (N.C.C.C.), one of just 800 people worldwide with both of these certifications. He is also a "Master Career Counselor", one of the first world-wide to be recognized for his expertise and skills by the National Career Development Association, the premier professional association for career counseling and coaching.

He has also been trained in career management/outplacement practice by several internationally recognized trainers and mentors during his career.

Ken has been working in career coaching, counseling and work search training since 1979. He has worked with individuals ages 14-79 in a wide range of careers and industries such as Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Horticulture, Education, Ministry, Government, Human Resources, Logistics, Information Technology, Engineering, Healthcare, Maintenance, and Machine Trades just to name a few.

LifeSteward Group LLC is his consulting and coaching practice, and he partners with two outstanding organizations, CareerMatrix.com, West Michigan's premier recruiting and job hunting Internet web site, and since 1992 the career management, counseling, and coaching firm of Ken Taber & Associates.

From 1995 to 2000, he worked as the Career Counselor / Job Search Coach for the Career Transitions Program at the Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Inc., where he worked with individuals 40+ years old who have been dislocated from their previous employment or who were under-employed—considered by many as one of the most successful and effective programs of its kind for two decades. Ken also has consulted with AT&T, Kellogg and Amway employees displaced by corporate re-engineering.

He previous served for more than a decade as the Career Services Officer at several midwest colleges, including Indiana Wesleyan University (Indiana) and Wheaton College (Illinois).

Ken is a graduate of Richard Bolles’ internationally acclaimed “Life/Work Planning Workshop”, and one of just a handful of career counselors in North America who are listed annually in Dick Bolles' all-time best-seller on job hunting and career changing, What Color Is Your Parachute?

Ken earned an Master of Arts degree from Ball State University (Indiana) in 1986 emphasizing Career Counseling and Human Resources, and a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Massachusetts) in 1978. His undergraduate degree in History and Business is from Taylor University (Indiana).

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