Jean O’Brien

Certified Etiquette Consultant
Career Strategist & Human Resources Executive

Jean O’Brien feels the sooner our young people begin building their interactive verbal and non-verbal skills the more confident they will feel and interact in-person and virtually within a classroom setting and while attending social events.

Pre-Career Services

Your Manners are Glowing

This program has been enjoyed by hundreds of eager-to-learn young people. Appropriate materials and content are specifically designed for the grades attending.

  • Actively participate with peers

  • Introductions; of yourself and others in-person and virtually
    Conversation skills, start, continue, disengage with all ages

  • Voice and vocabulary, speak clearly, be heard, use appropriate words

  • Body language, posture, eye contact, smile, shake hands, standing and sitting

  • Realize obligations as host/hostess and guest

  • Hands-on setting a table, napkin, fork, spoon, knife, glass, plate

  • Napkin etiquette and a fun napkin folding experience

  • Presentation of multi-course table settings

  • Practice hands-on American and continental eating style

  • Tune into the entire table

  • Appearance, clothing and grooming messages

  • Write a thank you note

  • Presentation skills with an audience.

Junior Executive Presence

This program includes beginning career development skills and is enjoyed by eager-to-learn young people attending middle school and high school.

  • Actively participate with classroom peers

  • Practice to achieve a comfort level for introductions, self and others

  • Confident conversation skills, start, continue, disengage with all ages

  • Voice and vocabulary, how to breathe, enunciate, be heard, appropriate words

  • Identify some individual strengths, gain awareness of people’s differences

  • Craft a beginning impressive networking statement about self

  • Interviewing skills, what to expect, express value, abilities, accomplishments

  • Body language, posture, eye contact, smile, shake hands, standing, sitting

  • Realize obligations as host/hostess and guest

  • Correct table manners and etiquette

  • Decipher multi-course table-settings

  • Practice hands-on American and Continental eating styles

  • Tune into the entire table

  • Appearance, clothing and grooming messages

  • Presentation skills with an audience, confident presence, interesting content