TeamMeet Our Team​

Meet our team members here at Core. We’re dedicated to helping candidates just like you find, navigate, and secure your desired position.

Erin Oprian

Managing Partner & Recruitment Industry Expert

Erin Oprian

Managing Partner & Recruitment Industry Expert
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout her distinguished 20+ years in recruiting, Erin has hired thousands of candidates. She has managed recruitment and HR projects for some of the largest and renowned companies in the U.S. that include Fortune 500 brands.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Erin has coached thousands of employees and job seekers. She has played a pivotal role in designing, implementing, delivering, executing, and assessing talent acquisition initiatives that enable companies to secure the talent they need to achieve their business objectives. She has helped people advocate for work-life balance in their workplace, navigate complex company reorganizations, and she knows exactly how to help existing employees and future job seekers facilitate their own job placement and promotion.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At Core, Erin is dedicated to helping job candidates find, navigate, and secure their desired positions.</p>

Steve Oprian

Executive Partner & Co-Founder, Core

Steve Oprian

Executive Partner & Co-Founder, Core
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A seasoned expert in marketing and business development, Steve has a proven track record of driving growth and achieving exceptional results for sales and marketing teams. He has built and lead high-performing teams,  fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. His leadership experience spans a wide range of industries where he has developed and executed marketing strategies that have significantly enhanced brand recognition and market share.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Steve's leadership is characterized by his strategic vision and ability to navigate complex business challenges. He has a deep understanding of market dynamics and a talent for identifying and capitalizing on emerging opportunities. His passion for mentoring and developing talent has been a cornerstone of his career, with countless professionals benefitting from his guidance and expertise.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At Core Career Advisors, Steve continues to apply his extensive knowledge and experience to help job candidates achieve their career goals. He and his team provide comprehensive support, ensuring candidates are well-prepared and confident throughout the job search, interview, and negotiation process.</p>

Denyse Rabbat

Senior Career Coach

Denyse Rabbat

Senior Career Coach
With over 20 years of experience in corporate and consulting roles, Denyse is a passionate midlife career transition coach, dedicated to helping professionals navigate career pivots with confidence and clarity. After a successful career as a communications strategist in software, gaming, and entertainment, Denyse began working as an outplacement consultant at a leading firm. Through working with over 800 candidates, Denyse developed a strong focus on supporting mid-career professionals with career transitions, resume and LinkedIn optimization, networking and job search strategies, interview preparation and offer negotiation tips. Denyse holds a master’s degree in counseling from San Jose State University. She is also certified in Career Transition, Interviewing, and Compensation Negotiation. In addition to coaching, Denyse is a speaker on midlife career strategies and co-hosts Midlife at the Mailbox, a podcast currently in its third season, which explores career and life transitions.

Mike Paulicano

Senior Career Coach

Mike Paulicano

Senior Career Coach
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Mike has over 20 years of experience in corporate recruiting, enterprise selling, coaching, and leadership roles within the talent management space. He has worked both internally and externally across various industries including healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, information technology (IT), SaaS, and more.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">His expertise spans human resources, executive search and staffing, full life-cycle talent acquisition, individual/team purpose-driven leadership development, executive career coaching, learning and development, productivity and effectiveness, influential communication, time management, eLearning, talent assessment and measurement, performance management SaaS, coaching as a service (CaaS), and organizational leadership consulting and strategy development.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">His true passion is career and purpose-driven life coaching in conjunction with enabling companies to acquire the talent needed to meet their business objectives. With his extensive experience, he deeply understands his clients’ needs and the importance of delivering and executing with a results-driven focus based on performance.</p>

Nida Sea

Resume Writer

Nida Sea

Resume Writer
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #333333;">Nida Sea is a certified resume writer with over 16 years of experience helping professionals elevate their careers. She specializes in creating impactful resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and personalized career documents that showcase clients' unique skills and achievements. Known for her attention to detail and client-focused approach, Nida is passionate about guiding individuals through their career transitions with confidence.</span></p>

Matthew Warzel

Certified Resume Writing Expert

Matthew Warzel

Certified Resume Writing Expert
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Matthew Warzel, CPRW is a certified resume writing expert with over 20 years in Human Resources and career advancement techniques. He manages MJW Careers and provides assistance to companies in transition from downsizes to buyouts as well as individual job seekers needing to advance their careers. Matt has a long history working in Human Resources and on recruitment/staffing teams across a variety of industries. He fashions a resume that allows employers to review the applicant's assets while highlighting his or her accomplishments, showcasing impacts on the employer's bottom lines using quantitative verbiage, and maintaining brevity. He also has over 870 LinkedIn recommendations and is recognized as a LinkedIn TopVoice for career coaching/resume writing.</p>