Angela McCarthy
Driven by a passion for careers, education and peoples’ stories. Has a portfolio career combining freelance writing and career counselling.
Writing experiences include features, newsletters and on line content.

Can work outside local area: Yes

Media Experience
Print

Biographical Note
Once a teacher, now a freelance writer and careers counsellor, Angela McCarthy has solid practical knowledge of her specialty writing areas of careers, employment and education. She is past editor of the New Hobson’s Press Smart Start and Latitude series—career theme books for teenagers that included profiles on young working people and generic information on tertiary education and job seeking. There is nothing more inspiring than someone's personal story, she says.

Angela has been freelance writing for 15 years. She was initially inspired to start writing while living in Rarotonga with her partner and two young children. She then moved back to Auckland and successfully completed the Auckland Institute of Technology's journalism course. She continues to freelance from her Auckland base, specialising in careers and education.

In the past six years, Angela has also gained a tertiary qualification in career counselling, and now has a portfolio career combining career counselling and freelance writing. She is a regular freelance contributor to the New Zealand Herald career and employment section, writing articles and profiles on jobs and career issues as well as research and writing on careers and employment for websites, such as Career Services and Te Pou. The combination of writing and counselling continues to provide variety, knowledge and new insights.

Published Writings

Regular contributions to:

NZ Herald career and employment sections

Education Review newspaper feature section

Study Abroad, a Danish based international student newspaper

Your Career Guide: www.nz.yourcareerguide.com  (New Zealand version)

Te Pou website Career Profile and Training section (www.tepou.co.nz)

Past writing and editing includes:

NeoChroma—Whitecliffe College of Art & Design newsletter and prospectus

Labour Market News – monthly high school career advisors’ newsletter

Smart Start series—informative books for teenagers that follow subject themes on study and employment (eg Commerce and Communication/ Arts and Languages).

New Zealand Student Companion—a resource on New Zealand tertiary institutions

Student Decision—a monthly newspaper for senior high school students

Co-wrote:

Anorexia & Bulimia: The Hungry Heart. A collection of personal stories about a range of women with eating disorders. Publisher Hodder, Moa Beckett. Co-wrote with Margie Thomson.


Contact Details
Ph: 64 9 360 5590 Fax: 64 9 360 5369
Email: angelamc@powerlink.co.nz

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