Dr. T. Tylor Behrens

Dr. T. Tylor Behrens

Dr. Behrens served 9 years as Business Development Manager and Director of University Relations for Siemens where he earned The Siemens TOP+ Award for Innovative Business Solutions, the National Society of Experiential Educators Corporate Leader of the Year Award, as well as the Siemens Global Recruiting Best Practices Award.

After serving as a career counselor with the University of Arizona's Career Center, Dr. Behrens was appointed the Director of Career Services for Roosevelt University in Chicago. In 2006, he was appointed Executive Director of Career Services and Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at SMU in Dallas.

His entrepreneurial pursuits include Vice President of Workforce Curriculum Development for ASCL, Inc. (2001-2011) and Founding Partner of the SkillBott software program for Prime Time Computer Services, Inc. in Chicago (2011 - Present). His work in online and software- based career guidance programs earned him a Technological Innovation of the Year Award from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

As a consultant, Dr. Behrens has worked for three years with Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago, Minority Nurse Magazine and for four years, he has worked on the University of Alaska/National Science Foundation's ANSEP initiative. He has served as president of the Illinois Association of Cooperative Education & Internships, and has served on multiple NACE and college-based career center boards.
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  • Is Online Professional Networking Right for You?
    1/7/2012
    Online professional networking sites are great, but they're not for us all.....
  • Loyalty is for the Dogs, when it Comes to Your Career that Is
    12/17/2011
    Loyalty was once a virtue to exalt; these days it's akin to stapling a doormat to your forehead.....
  • Why Liberal Arts Majors Make the Best Managers
    12/13/2011
    Management isn't exclusively about bottom lines, profit margins, quotas and sales projections. It's about people....emotional and oftentimes neurotic people. So you better have the background to handle it!
  • Asking for a Pay Raise: 8 Tips to Help You Gain an Edge in Negotiations
    12/5/2011
    Asking for a raise is a major source of anxiety, mainly due to our fear of rejection. This article will inform you about an unconventional resource to arm yourself with a nearly 'rejection-proof' case that supports your need for a higher wage!
  • Successful Women & Insecure Men
    11/25/2011
    Relationships are tough enough, but when you add the dynamics of a successful career woman with male inadequacies; what you're left with is unfulfilled longings.
  • Revelations of an Ex-Burger Flipper
    11/4/2011
    This article outlines 10 tried and true executive principles for success and demonstrates how many of the best business lessons are attained by simply flipping burgers.
  • Finding Your Exact Career Match
    11/2/2011
    The 10 traits in this article represent the manifestations of a truly enjoyable career. If they don't describe your current situation, them maybe you need to follow your heart....
  • Service with a Smile:
    10/31/2011
    While interviewing for a job, our future supervisors spend the requisite time with us that is necessary for them to assess us. When do we get OUR shot at assessing them? The answer is: we have to make that time.
  • No Guts No Glory:
    10/26/2011
    This article presents 3 Reality Checks and 6 Red Flag Warning Signs that will help you confidently venture into your graduate school experience.
  • 100 Years of Job Searching:
    10/4/2011
    Job searching has always a challenge, but these proven and effective strategies will turn around your outlook and set yourself on a path towards a successful 21st Century career change.
  • Leadership that Lacked Heart:
    9/23/2011
    Business travel is never easy. But one afternoon, after being stuck on the tarmac for 2 1/2 hours, a valuable lesson about leadership and life taught me to never complain about being delayed.
  • Are You Being Trained to Become a Great Leader?
    9/19/2011
    When was the last time you followed a leader who taught you everything you needed to know in order to get to the next level of your career and make a dent in the universe? If this isn't the case right now, then read on....
  • Throwing a Hail Mary into a Desperate Job Search:
    9/9/2011
    These days, job searching requires faith, belief and hope. For some folks who have fallen on desperate times, nothing short of a miracle will help. This article will provide resources of job search inspiration and faith for a better tomorrow.
  • The Wolf in the Workplace:
    9/5/2011
    Being assertive and aggressive at work doesn't mean you have to be a mean and nasty jerk. But fangs and swagger will serve you well.
  • You Gotta Be a Football Hero:
    9/2/2011
    Even if you never played or watched football, this article will help you relate the winning strategies of a gridiron champion and will "coach" them into your daily work routine.
  • Knowledge Isn't Power? Imagine That!
    8/29/2011
    Most of us think that knowing it all will get us ahead at work. The world of work is full of knowledge brokers who dish it out; what the workplace needs is an original idea!
  • Punctuality Predicates Professionalism:
    8/26/2011
    Punctuality is the #1 way to show respect in the workplace. It's also one of the most coveted traits of job candidates by hiring managers because it exemplifies a great work ethic. But we don't witness it much anymore.
  • Has Your Job Search Stalled? Then Question Everything!
    8/24/2011
    Job searches often stall because we're not asking the right questions of the right people under the right circumstances. To make matters right once again, consider these 10 questions to ask yourself and test your readiness to improve your career.
  • What Do You Want to Be when You Grow Up?
    8/20/2011
    Hitting the reset button on your career takes courage, faith and a relaxed attitude. This is no time to panic; so keep a cool head and a hot network if you want serendipity on your side.
  • What Are You Worth?
    8/18/2011
    Negotiating for a salary is packed with pressure. If you understand which personality trait will best help you, and you avoid some common mistakes, your worth will be much higher than you ever imagined.
  • Plato's Virtues of an Impressive Interview:
    8/13/2011
    Predicting what a hiring manager will want to learn about your top skills can be daunting. However, there are 5 personal traits that are as true as the North Star and they'll lead you through a successful interview every time.
  • The Reality of Personality
    8/10/2011
    The single most important factor in any interview is personality. This article will provide some ideas about how you can add some appropriate style to your phone or video interview and get the job you deserve.
  • Mob Rules Apply to Career Success:
    8/9/2011
    Great communication skills involve NOT communicating at all. These 5 critical communication tips will remind you that sometimes the most effective sounds are silence.
  • Interviews Under Oath:
    8/8/2011
    Every once in a while we're tempted to go along with a little, harmless fib. Maybe we fudge a stat on our resume or talk a big game during an interview. This article will demonstrate how careers are derailed by "harmless" made-up facts.
  • Impressing an Unappreciative Boss:
    8/5/2011
    Even if you work hard and get results it doesn't mean your boss will give you the credit you deserve. This article explores 11 ways you can fix the situation and finally get through to your boss.
  • Workplace Writing 101:
    8/3/2011
    Micro-blogging and IM's are poular these days, but technical writing isn't out of style. Some new professionals and seasoned careerists are learning the hard way--- writing right ain't easy!
  • What's Your Special Purpose?
    8/2/2011
    If you feel you have more to give than pushing papers in a cubical, then this article will help you break the bond of the workday's petty tyranies and pursue your life's Special Purpose.
  • You Caught Your Tail. So Now What?
    8/1/2011
    Chasing and accomplishing major goals might seem less than satisfyiing if you are malcontented with your career. This article will help you identify signals that can help you learn how to be grateful for what you have accomplished.
  • Alarmingly Charming:
    7/30/2011
    These 6 Personality Pointers will help even the most shy and timid introvert make positive impressions in job interviews, business retreats or networking functions.
  • The (Not so Much) Glamourous Life of Business Travel:
    7/28/2011
    Having a job on the road is full of challenges, but with challenge come opportunity and growth. This article highlights 12 of the most common skill-building benefits of living a life on the road.
  • Planting the Seeds of Credibility:
    7/28/2011
    We all make mistakes or mess-up at work. How we handle the 'damage control' process will make or break our credibility and our careers.
  • Room to Grow:
    7/27/2011
    The new definition for stability and loyalty is laziness and complacency. Before you get comfortable with your current situation in life or at work, take stock of these 10 indicators that you need to shake things up a bit.
  • How to Deal with Success:
    7/26/2011
    Trying to secure a promotion with great career advice from a trusted source is like trying climb Mt. Everest with nothing more than tennis shoes and a bottle of water. In both cases, you need so much more.
  • Avoiding a Bad Boss:
    7/25/2011
    Having a "cool" boss isn't the answer. A boss has to be a bit bad in order to be good.
  • How to Get Ahead at Work:
    7/24/2011
    Becoming a significant contributor at work means you have to go 'all in'. You can't take a passive, approach by donating ideas on occasion (as a chicken would donate an egg). You have make the ultimate sacrifice and give much more.
  • Negotiating Your Job Offer:
    7/23/2011
    The job search, interview and job offer negotiation process is a courtship process that unfolds dozens of 'signs' or indications of how you will be treated or valued as an employee. Tune-in to those signs because they might make or break your career.
  • Are You Working Hard Enough to Get Ahead in Your Career?
    7/22/2011
    Don't allow a cost of living increase to be your carrot on a stick because in today's society working hard is hardly working. You have to take control of your career trajectory and adopt an "Up or Out" mentality.
  • How to Make Your Job Matter:
    7/22/2011
    If you're feeling dissatisfied with your career, you're not alone. Nearly 75% of today's workforce feels unmotivated, unappreciated and unchallenged. Maybe it's time for a drastic change in your life.
  • Out of State Job Interviewing:
    7/21/2011
    Traveling for an out of state interview can sometimes require more business savvy than the interview itself!
  • Are You Taking Enough Control Over Your Career's Future?
    7/20/2011
    Taking initiative to make improvements is the rarest employee commodity and most valuable asset to your career growth.
  • Confessions of a Job Fair Recruiter
    7/8/2011
    Job fairs are unfair. They're mosh-pits of stressful indignation. Which means there are lots of tricks candidates use to get noticed, but you'll learn that we recruiters are on to them all. So stick to the basics.
  • Don't Respond to that Job Ad!
    7/6/2011
    Online or print job ads get a bad wrap for many reasons, but in this quick case study, 85% of those who had reason to complain had no reason to blame the web for their frustrations.....

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