Ruth has delivered career, talent management and leadership development programs for Fortune 500 corporations, universities, non-profit organizations and individuals for eighteen years. She has also provided individual career coaching for professionals, managers and executives, and consulted with organizations to develop internal talent management processes and tools.

A partial list of her clients includes the Career Development Specialists' Network; Carleton and Company, Inc.; Earth Reclamation Institute; Ebby Halliday Realtors; Experian; the IBM Corporation; the Paper Plate, Inc.; Potentials Unlimited; Price Waterhouse, LLP; the Richardson Women's Center; Sabre Holdings; the DFW Society for Technical Communication; Talisman Energy, Inc.; Texas A&M University-Commerce; and the Trinity River Mission.

Prior to founding Lifework Directions in 1992, Ruth worked for the IBM Corporation for almost twelve years in positions of increasing responsibility including technical support, management and leadership development. As a facilitator for IBM's Leadership Development Program, she provided leadership and career development training for hundreds of IBM managers and professionals across the United States