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About Vicki
 Vicki Lind, MS, NCC is a creative career counselor who works with three groups of kindred spirits: creative people, people who want to make a difference, and procrastinators.
She is drawn to creative people because she, herself, is a creative divergent thinker (and a little bit quirky). Vicki imaginatively pulls together resources to meet the idiosyncratic needs of each client. Her own creative venues include painting and gardening.
Vicki also feels kinship with people who want their employment to reflect their ideals of helping individuals, the community, and the environment. She draws from her long professional history in education and mental health. Her adult roots are deep in Portland’s east side communities.
Vicki comes to her expertise in helping procrastinators honestly (i.e. she has a rich history in delaying priority projects and experiencing the resulting emotional turmoil).
Over the past several years, she has developed a series of techniques that has helped her understand and reverse procrastination patterns.
Vicki Lind's Colorful Job History
Age
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Job (Location)
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14-16 |
Strawberry Picker, Babysitter, Camp Counselor (Portland) |
| 14 |
Created a neighborhood newspaper, The Taylor's Ferry Herald (Portland) |
| 18 |
Sold overpriced alligator purses on Fifth Avenue (Manhattan) |
| 19 |
Planned programs in camp for Hispanic mothers and children (Chicago) |
| 20 |
Picked peaches (Israel) |
| 21 |
Helped in camp for homeless people (France) |
| 22 |
Assisted in day treatment for the mentally ill (San Francisco) |
| 23 |
Temp (San Francisco) |
| 24 |
Taught day care for African-American children (Oakland, CA) |
| 25 |
Mothered Jessica and Miriam and lived on a commune (San Francisco and
Mist, OR) |
| 26 |
Fire Watcher (Mist) and Craft Seller at craft fairs (Portland) |
| 29-31 |
Head Start Education Coordinator (Astoria, OR) |
| 32-36 |
Taught parenting classes at Clatsop County Mental Health (Astoria, OR) |
| 32-36 |
Taught early childhood education and psychology at Clatsop CC (Astoria, OR) |
| 35-36 |
Student Advisor (Linfield College in Albany and Astoria) |
| 36-54 |
Director of Adult Degree Program (Linfield College McMinville) |
| 54 |
Career Consultant for outplacement firm Drake, Beam, Morin (Vancouver & San Jose, CA) |
| 54-Present |
Career Counselor and marketing coach in private practice (Portland) |
| 59-60 |
Career Resource Center Coordinator forPCC (Portland) |
| 56-Present |
Recruiter for caregivers and accounting staff |
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