Tory Johnson
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Tory Johnson is an American
author and life coach who educates viewers on a wide range of job-related issues and challenges as the Good Morning America
workplace contributor and as a business and career coach at AOL
Coaches.
In addition to her television segments, Johnson writes a weekly column for ABC News
in which she addresses topics related to work/life balance, job searching, and career advancement in all fields. She aims to provide strategies and solutions for women and men to find success and satisfaction at work.
Johnson is the founder and CEO of Women For Hire which is a producer of recruiting events connecting professional women and leading employers throughout the country. She is a frequent speaker to audiences nationwide, ranging from college campuses to Fortune 500
companies, where she shares advice and inspiration on navigating a successful career.
She is also the co-author of Women For Hire: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a Job. Her second book, "Women For Hire's Get-Ahead Guide to Career Success" was published in September 2004. Johnson's third career book Take this Book to Work: How to Ask for (and Get) Money, Fufillment, and Advancement was published in September 2006 by St. Martin's Press.
Johnson founded Women For Hire after serving in corporate communications positions at ABC News, NBC News
and Nickelodeon. She was inducted into the YWCA
's Class of 2002 Academy of Women Achievers, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of women leaders in business.
Johnson studied journalism at Emerson College
, where she received the 2004 Altshuler Distinguished Fellowship in Communication, Media, and Arts Entrepreneurship.
Johnson lives in New York City
with her husband and children.
United States
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author and life coach who educates viewers on a wide range of job-related issues and challenges as the Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
workplace contributor and as a business and career coach at AOL
AOL
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Coaches.
In addition to her television segments, Johnson writes a weekly column for ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
in which she addresses topics related to work/life balance, job searching, and career advancement in all fields. She aims to provide strategies and solutions for women and men to find success and satisfaction at work.
Johnson is the founder and CEO of Women For Hire which is a producer of recruiting events connecting professional women and leading employers throughout the country. She is a frequent speaker to audiences nationwide, ranging from college campuses to Fortune 500
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
companies, where she shares advice and inspiration on navigating a successful career.
She is also the co-author of Women For Hire: The Ultimate Guide to Getting a Job. Her second book, "Women For Hire's Get-Ahead Guide to Career Success" was published in September 2004. Johnson's third career book Take this Book to Work: How to Ask for (and Get) Money, Fufillment, and Advancement was published in September 2006 by St. Martin's Press.
Johnson founded Women For Hire after serving in corporate communications positions at ABC News, NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
and Nickelodeon. She was inducted into the YWCA
YWCA
The YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
's Class of 2002 Academy of Women Achievers, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of women leaders in business.
Johnson studied journalism at Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
, where she received the 2004 Altshuler Distinguished Fellowship in Communication, Media, and Arts Entrepreneurship.
Johnson lives in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
with her husband and children.
External links
- Business and Career Coach at AOL Coaches
- Workplace Contributor at Good Morning AmericaGood Morning AmericaGood Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
- CEO at Women For Hire