I’m a 3-year volunteer career advocate at Dress for Success. While the Dress for Success Seattle office is now closed due to Covid, they are offering virtual classes to help everyone in their career transitions. I’m impressed by this...
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Join host Zakiya Nicole, Marketing & Program Manager at Dress for Success Seattle, and me for a 1 hour workshop about honing your interviewing skills. Intimidated by video interviews? Not sure of how to respond to salary questions? What...
Join host Zakiya Nicole, Marketing & Program Manager at Dress for Success Seattle, and me for a 1 hour workshop about LinkedIn. Bring on your questions! Did you know? 85% of recruiters use LinkedIn 2,000 new jobs posted in Seattle...
Top C-Suite Skills The 2019 Gartner TalentNeuron™ data reveals that C-suite executives are required to have both technical skills such as advanced-tech knowledge and design thinking “soft” skills. Gartner’s top 10 emerging soft skills covering cognition and social aspects...
Last week I came across several posts, blogs, and videos mentioning hitting the “start button” when it comes to pursuing new avenues. Sounds simple yet is challenging for many regardless if they are launching their first career role, lost...
If you knew there was a 10% success rate for the company you were interested in working for, what decision making criteria would you utilize? According to Failory, 90% of startups fail while “137,000 businesses give birth every day...
In an MIT study of the S&P 500 entitled “The Value of Corporate Culture,” it uncovered 85% of these companies had a corporate culture section on their corporate web page related to principles and values for employee behavior. Many...
I’ve observed over the past 12 months a recurring phenomenon with my executive clients. We discuss their career aspirations and agree on completing our collaboration in 2 weeks. The sobering statistic is that the two-week completion time seldom transpires....
According to a recent Robert Half survey of more than 2,800 senior managers, “half of the employers (58%) said they prefer to receive cover letters and find them very valuable.” As a business owner as well as a former...
I’m fascinated by the importance of titles to some people. When I worked at a Fortune 200 in marketing and sales, most of my direct reports and colleagues fixated on levels. Why not? It was associated with pay, benefits,...