130,000 tech job cuts occurred across 457 companies year-to-date. These stats impacted my clients employed at startups and billion-dollar companies, including Amazon, Google, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft. It’s bound to raise your anxiety level. To counter that feeling, I’d...
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How exciting to be a speaker for theWomen in Tech Job Fair & Career Summiton October 16, 2024! We will share our insights on how to thrive in the tech industry and confidently navigate the corporate ladder. 📝 Recently...
In researching the Baby Boomer period (1946-1964), it turns out that I’m one. I retired early, got bored, became a certified career coach, and started my career coaching business for tech executives. LinkedIn reached out to me this week...
According to Glassdoor, a corporate job posting attracts an average of 250 resumes, with only 5 candidates selected for an interview. How do you hear those delightful words of “you’re hired”? Let’s walk through how a company pops the...
Have you googled yourself this quarter? If not, it’s time to reconsider. I highly recommend to my tech exec clients to do so because you never know what a executive recruiter will find. So I googled myself and this...
I’m directly connected to over 150 people with “board members” in their profiles on LinkedIn. And for the past year, I’ve been a board president of my condo association in Seattle. Are you curious about what it takes to...
If you’re job searching, your job application sometimes falls into a Pōwehi, a black hole located 55 million light-years from Earth. It happens for several reasons. It’s not always about you; it might be about them. The good news...
Did you know there are 400,000 executive recruiters on LinkedIn? Nineteen percent of them focus on technology executives. The question is, how do you make these 79,000 pairs of eyeballs focus on you? I presented this topic on Wednesday,...
Over the past year, tech company layoffs impacted almost 300,000 of you. After conducting over 1,350 resumé critiques, 700 coaching sessions, and 350 LinkedIn makeovers, I’ve learned critical tactics around becoming a recruiter attraction magnet. Please join me for...
I hope y’all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. My husband and I went to III Forks in Austin, Texas and ordered food for days. Literally. Ribeye, hamburger, onion rings, French fries, sauteed mushrooms, and Derby pie. We skipped the bread when...