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Karen Chopra
Licensed Professional Counselor
www.ChopraCareers.com  
 

Karen James Chopra, LPC, MCC, NCC, has been counseling career clients since 1999 and has helped hundreds of clients change careers, find new jobs and deal more effectively with workplace challenges.

In addition to her private practice, she has worked for two national corporate outplacement firms: Lee Hecht Harrison and Resource Careers. These are the organizations that help people who have experienced a layoff or downsizing to find new jobs, and their programs are usually considered the gold-standard of job search technique.

Ms Chopra is a regular presenter on career issues, having taught career theory at the graduate level, designed and delivered numerous workshops, and served as a regular guest commentator on WMAL’s career radio show “Your Career Life.”

She is a career-changer herself. Before entering the counseling field, she worked for nearly a decade as a trade negotiator for the United States Government, first at the Department of Commerce and then at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Ms. Chopra holds a number of relevant licenses and certifications: licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia; Master Career Counselor (MCC), a designation of the National Career Development Association (NCDA); and National Certified Counselor (NCC), a designation of the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).  She belongs to all of the relevant national and local associations involved in career counseling, including the American Counseling Association (ACA),  the National Employment Counselors Association (NECA), the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Career-Life Planning Network (MAC-LPN).

Her B.A. is from the University of Virginia, and she received a masters of science in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a masters in community counseling from George Washington University.

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Karen James Chopra: Hi! I am Karen James Chopra, I am Career Counselor in Washington D.

C. and today we are going to talk about, how to ace an interview? Before we get started I would like to tell you just a little bit about myself. I have worked with hundreds of clients over the past eight or nine years, helping them prepare for interviews and negotiate salaries and they have a lot of the same questions that you do.

My Master's Degree in Counseling is from the George Washington University and I also have a Master's Degree in International Relations from Georgetown University. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the District of Columbia and I have also been designated a Master Career Counselor by the National Career Development Association. I had my Undergraduate Degree from the University of Virginia and I am a Career-Changer too, I spend ten years working for the U.

S. Government in the Trade Policy arena, before I went back and got my Master's in Counseling.

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