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Richard L. "Dick" Knowdell, MS, NCC, NCCC, CCMF, is the President of Career Research & Testing, Inc., author of Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps for Effective Implementation (1996) and co-author of From Downsizing to Recovery: Strategic Transition Options for Organizations and Individuals (1994). Dick has taught courses in Career Assessment Techniques at the University of California, San Diego and Employee Career Development Techniques to human resource professionals at San Jose State University. In 1994 President Clinton appointed him to the Board of Examiners of the United States Foreign Service and he served in that role until 2002. He has developed four popular career assessment instruments that have been translated into nine languages. In 1979 he founded the Career Planning & Adult Development Network and has edited their Newsletter and Journal. Dick is a past president of both the California Career Development Association (CACD) and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Association of Career Management Professionals (IACMP). Since 1996 he has trained and certified over 4,500 Job & Career Transition Specialists in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He has trained numerous coaches for the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Internal Revenue Service, US Postal Service, Southwest Airlines, IBM, Intel Corporation, MIT, University of California, Stanford University. He is a frequent speaker at regional, national and international conferences.
