Name Adele Scheele | Role Author | |
Education University of Pennsylvania, California State University, Northridge, University of California, Los Angeles Books Skills for Success, Launch Your Career in, Jumpstart Your Career In, The Yale Daily News Guide to I, ACT In‑a‑Week Profiles | ||
Adele Scheele, PhD, is a career strategist, career coach, speaker, and author on the subject. An innovative career coach, she is the author of "Skills for Success." She has been reviewed by Robert Ginn at Harvard University as writing "The most important book in career development".
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Early life and career
Scheele was born in Philadelphia and earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She subsequently earned her Masters Degree on an English Fellowship from California State University, Northridge, and her PhD with Honors from UCLA in 1976 on a Change Management Fellowship.
Scheele began her career teaching English to college and high school students. She went on to research and negotiate labor contracts for the AFL-CIO. From 1970 to 1976 she served as Vice President of Social Engineering Technology (SET) and managed the yearlong project, Alternative Pursuits For America's Third Century. In 1977, she created a career coaching practice for individuals, associations, organizations, and universities.
Work
Scheele wrote a King Features syndicated newspaper column, “At Work,” from 1982 to 1985. Her third book, Career Strategies for Working Women (Simon & Schuster, 1994) was compiled from her “Career Strategies” column which appeared in Working Women Magazine 1990-1994. Scheele hosted a 3-hour KABC TalkRadio show on work and was a frequent guest on NBC’s Today Show and ABC’s Good Morning America.
Scheele served as the Director of the Career Center for California State University, Northridge, from 1994-2004. Her most recent book is Launch Your Career in College (Greenwood, 2005).
Personal life
Adele Scheele resides in Los Angeles where she continues her private practice and travels internationally giving presentations.