Mary has an enduring interest in individuals realizing their potential and finding satisfying employment. Work is an essential part of life, but can feel like a heavy burden to those in unsatisfying jobs or occupations. In its best form, work can be a fulfilling expression of a person’s desires rather than just a way to "make a living." She believes the overall formula for achieving a personally rewarding livelihood includes these elements :

• Insight and realistic expectations on the part of individuals (regarding personality, skills, interests, preferred styles of working, and more general life goals)
• Responsible decisions on the part of employers
• An effort to appropriately match people to roles/positions where their values and goals are not compromised

Mary merges corporate experience and behavioral science to provide a unique perspective on career exploration and job transition--delivered at a customized, personal level for individuals. Initially working as an accountant, she took an opportunity to transition into financial systems analysis and then a consulting career in Information Technology.  She later pursued a graduate degree in Psychology to gain education in the relationship of people with work.  Today she integrates almost two decades of professional experience in companies ranging from very small to Fortune 100 with her academic training emphasizing Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Holding a Master's in Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mary has also completed extensive graduate course work in Human Resources and Organization Development.  Assisting others with career evaluation and decision-making--building a bridge to an individual’s future--is part of fulfilling her life-long goal of helping solve the puzzle of people and work.

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Mary Boyle Résumé

   

Certification & Affiliations

Career Development Facilitator (CDF)

American Psychological Association, Associate

National Career Development Association

Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches

Education

M. S. in Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thesis:  Personality and Interest Predictors of Academic Self-Concept

B.S. in Accountancy, Northern Arizona University

Additional graduate course work completed in Human Resources and Organization Development, University of San Francisco

Publications

Working Memory and Intelligence: The Same or Different Constructs?
Ackerman, Phillip L.,  Beier, Margaret E., and Boyle, Mary O. (2005).
Psychological Bulletin, 131(1), 30-60.

Individual differences in skill acquisition.
Boyle, Mary O., and Ackerman, Phillip L. (2004).
In A. M. Williams and N.J. Hodges (Eds.), Skill acquisition in sport: Research, theory and practice (pp. 84-102). New York, NY: Routledge.

Individual differences in working memory within a nomological network of cognitive and perceptual speed abilities.
Ackerman, Phillip L.,  Beier, Margaret E., and Boyle, Mary O. (2002).
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131(4), 567-589.