"The Five O'Clock Club product is much better, far more useful, than
my outplacement package."
-A Five O'Clock Club Member
"The Club meetings kept the juices flowing. You meet with
people weekly, you're told what to do, what not to do. Job hunting can
be very lonely. There were fresh ideas. I went through an outplacement
service that, frankly, did not help. If they had done as much as
the Five O'Clock Club did, I would have landed sooner."
-A Five O'Clock Clubber
"Most of the club's members are 35-55 years old and a third of them earn more than $100,000 a year.
Rather than allowing jobs to define their lives, the [Five O'Clock] Club's members are encouraged to decide on their own goals--to imagine what sort of person they want to be in 40 years' time, for example--and then to design their careers around that goal. [The Club] has thrived because it is catering to fundamental changes in working life."
THE ECONOMIST, January 29th, 2000
"One organization with a long record of success in helping people find jobs is The Five O'Clock Club."
FORTUNE
"The Five O'Clock Club's arrival in D.C. reflects the growing importance of . . . career development."
The Washington Post
"Many managers left to fend for themselves are turning to the camaraderie offered by [The Five O'Clock Club]. Members share tips and advice, and hear experts."
The Wall Street Journal
"If you have been out of work for some time . . . consider The Five O'Clock Club."
The New York Times
"Wendleton has reinvented the historic gentlemen's fraternal oasis and built it into a chain of strategy clubs for job seekers."
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"[The Five O'Clock Club] will ask not what you do, but 'What do you want to do?' . . . [And] don't expect to get any great happy hour drink specials at this joint. The two-hour seminars are all business."
The Washington Times
"The Five O'Clock Club's proven philosophy is that job hunting is a learned skill like any other. The Five O'Clock Club becomes the engine that drives [your] search."
Black Enterprise
"Job hunting is a science at The Five O'Clock Club. [Members] find the discipline, direction and much-needed support that keeps a job search on track."
Modern Maturity
"On behalf of eight million New Yorkers, I commend and thank The Five O'Clock Club. Keep the faith and keep America working!"
David N. Dinkins, former Mayor,
The City of New York
A recent personal letter to Kate.
