Credit: Joe Henson
GREETINGS!
Thank you for visiting this site! Please feel free to reach out any time using the email and social links at the bottom of this page. I would love to hear from you!
poetry
I am the author of four poetry chapbooks, including Shelter in Place (Moonstone Press, 2022), and have 80+ peer-reviewed publication credits, including Beloit Poetry Journal, Columbia Review, and Comstock Review.
Buy the latest collection: benhylandlives.com/shop
View a handful of poems: benhylandlives.com/poems
Learn more about my creative process: Contributor Showcase at Oyster River Pages (2024)
Thank you for reading and supporting poetry!
coaching & TeaCHING
I wear many hats in education, helping hundreds of jobseekers and students navigate the tricky dance of life with adaptable mindsets and sharp critical thinking skills.
Highlights:
Average raw teaching evaluation scores (out of 5.0) = 4.81 online; 4.73 in person
3x Winner, “Kickass Award” (individual company award), 2021, 2022 & 2024
Winner, “Workforce Education Partner of the Year” (regional team award), 2019
Winner, “Outstanding Staff of the Year” (individual university award), 2017
Co-authored the Reverse Career Fair Toolkit, published in 2019 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as a national best practice in the field of higher education career services. Reverse career fairs flip the power paradigm of a traditional career fair, building heightened value for both students and employers.
let’s get personal
I live in sunny Sarasota, Florida, with my wife, Maggie — and we absolutely love life. We were instant best friends when we started working together in property management way back in 2008, and we finally fell in love in 2016. In addition to beaching it as much as possible, I enjoy mixing music, playing old-school video games, and purposefully unplanning weekends.
