Carol Raffo

Current

• Personal Life Coach at Personal Life Coach

Past

• Employee Assistant Program Consultant at Telecordia Technologies

Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Carol Raffo’s Summary

Carol Raffo performs consulting work and deals with teens and families in crisis. From September 1999 to the summer of 2004, Ms. Carol Raffo worked for Telecordia Technologies, a communications and technology company in Piscataway NJ. As part of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Ms. Raffo handled many tasks crucial to the operations of the program, particularly administrative support, counseling, provider relations, and program data management. Carol Raffo was also an integral part of creating the format for the company’s Workplace Violence Policy. Unfortunately, Telecordia Technologies could not sustain the EAP, and Ms. Raffo ended her nearly five-year career with the company in June 2004. A few years before Carol Raffo landed a job, she started college. Ms. Raffo was a Psychology major and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999, following which, Ms. Raffo continued indulging in her passion for psychology and earned her Master’s degree in 2003, graduating Summa Cum Laude for both degrees. During the holiday season, Ms. Raffo enjoys volunteering at soup kitchens and helping those less fortunate than herself. She also works with disadvantaged teenagers, as well as victims of domestic violence. In her spare time, Carol Raffo also takes pleasure in the great outdoors, going sailing, cycling, kayaking, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and sunbathing at the beach. Carol Raffo can also be found enjoying her leisure time reading “Pride and Prejudice,” “Of Mice and Men,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “1,000 Places You Have to See Before You Die,” and the popular “Harry Potter” books. Ms. Raffo is also a fan of acclaimed authors Mark Twain, Anne Rice and John Steinbeck.

Carol Raffo’s Experience

• Personal Life Coach

  Personal Life Coach

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  As a personal coach I ; *Help people set better goals, reach those goals, and continually improve. *Ask my clients to do more than they would have done on their own. *Focus clients better to more quickly produce results. *Provide the tools, support, and structure to accomplish more. *Discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve. *Encourage client self-discovery *Elicit client-generated solutions and strategies *Hold the client as responsible and accountable

• Employee Assistant Program Consultant

  Telecordia Technologies

  (Telecommunications industry)

  September 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 10 months)

  Assist the Director of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in providing EAP services to the employee population and counseling support as appropriate.

Carol Raffo’s Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson University

  Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts , Psychology , 1997 — 2003

  1999 -Bachelors of Arts 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude 2003- Master of Arts 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude Psychology Graduate Assistantship Completed Comprehensive Examination for Masters Degree with Distinction

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Omega Epsilon Honor Society, Psi Chi Honor Society, Competitive ski club, Softball

Additional Information

Carol Raffo’s Interests:

Snow skiing, x-country skiing, snow shoeing, sailing, kayaking, inline skating, hiking, going to the beach, cycling

Carol Raffo’s Groups:

Appalachian Mountain Hiking Club, The Sailing Club of NJ Valhalla's Pirates-member of a Pirate Entertainment Crew-doing shows for disabled, handicapped, and cancer victim children, etc.

Carol Raffo’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch