Gary Recchion is the principal at Recchion and Associates, a full-service career management, training, coaching and outplacement Company in Phoenix, Arizona, where he inspires success, purpose and passion in his coaching, writing and speaking.

Gary has more than 20 years experience in global human resources and career development, talent management and consulting including employee retention and engagement, coaching, personal marketing/branding, managing personal change, emotional intelligence, and career transition/job search success strategies. What separates his work from other experts is his focus on the unique combination of psychology, attitude, personal power and faith.

He has coached and taught thousands of individual and corporate clients across every level and discipline to take ownership of their work and life and to connect with their passion.  Municipalities, universities and businesses of all sizes including Fortune 500 companies such as Honeywell, American Express and IBM have benefited from Gary’s years of experience and expertise.

He has designed, written and facilitated corporate career programs to motivate and engage individuals and retain employees, inspiring personal attitudes of success and purpose, and creating organizational climates that value employees and their development through the highly effective Personal Career Leadership™ and Five Principles of Career Success™ workshop series.

His team developed a world-class career development program for Honeywell Aerospace, establishing and managing corporate career centers for over a decade used by nearly 10,000 employees each year. Gary’s initiative was immediately recognized as Malcolm Baldridge based “Best Practice” and a corporate model worldwide. Gary designed and facilitated a career development training program delivered to leadership teams in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Gary’s background  also includes five years in career management/transition as a consultant and  trainer supporting major Southwest corporate clients and twelve years with Saudi Aramco where he managed  international career development and training programs throughout North America  and Saudi Arabia.

Gary has published a book entitled, “Program Yourself for Success: 10 Key Career and Job Search Strategies,” has been a featured writer and contributor for Excelle.com, HRPeople.com, ManagerLink (Monster companies), Bizymoms, and SelfGrowth.com and has authored numerous journal and magazine articles.

His undergraduate studies were completed at Waynesburg College, and additional graduate work was done at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Gary now resides in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife and two sons. He lives his passion by teaching individuals the essential skills and principles of life purpose and career success.