Allison Cheston is a New York City-based career advisor who started her career 28 years ago in the usual way: she fell into it. Today she works with clients who are mid-career executives or young adults in high school, college or recent graduates, to help them understand how their strengths and interests fit in the world of work. A marketer and inveterate networker with a background in executive search, Allison has a flair for packaging people and ideas and a knack for translating a person’s interests, aptitudes and experiences into a career path, all which contribute to her 90% success rate for helping clients improve their careers and lives. She has been called a “strategic asset” and “a results-oriented, intensely focused and inspiring expert at managing people and their careers” by her clients.

An avid writer and speaker on the topic of career trends, Allison is the NY Career Change Examiner, and also writes a blog for her own website. An entrepreneur with cross-cultural expertise, Cheston holds a BA from the University of Michigan in International Relations & Romance Languages, and an MA in International Education and a Certificate in Adult Career Planning from New York University. She lives in New York City, and is the mother of two teenagers.