This is the first of an upcoming series of posts highlighting former clients and their success stories. By far the best part of my job is helping my clients find their personal paths to success in the working world. Given how easy it is to track someone down on the Internet, with very little information, client names have been changed to protect their privacy.
Today’s Client Success Story: Kate, Class of 2013
When Kate came to see me to get help in her job search after graduating, she confessed that her biggest challenges were her lack of self-confidence and not knowing how to sell herself in an interview. She also had what she called “tunnel vision”: she was so focused on wanting to get a job that she couldn’t step back and think strategically about how to go about her job search. The array of career paths for a communications major like herself were so broad that she was overwhelmed.
What Kate lacked was an understanding of how to create an effective job search strategy, and experience in how the corporate hiring process works, which undermined her self-confidence. Together, we focused on building her confidence by strengthening her job search toolkit, spending a lot of time honing her interviewing skills. (more…)