Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy. And today's episode is a very special
one because I will be talking to one of my
amazing clients her name is Herky who went from an unhappy high stress role in
finance and through working with me she was able to land her dream job in a
completely different field in project management so Herky thank you so much
for joining me here today thank you for having me Linda yeah I'm super excited
for us to be able to do this can you tell us just a bit more about your
background and share with us you know what was going on during that time when
you were looking for a job how long were you looking for and what was happening
actively looking for the past six months and I was getting mixed responses and
although I expressed my interest that I want to move into project management or
business analyst I kept getting calls for random very random replies I got
that's when you open my mind to what is it that I want and what is it that I am
putting it putting on paper and on my resume and I believe I lacked the
clarity in madam that's why I was getting random responses you help me
shift my thinking - how is my skills not only transferable how can I showcase my
experience I started getting some result but to be honest I was I did not do my
complete homework when I did the top-notch resume so when I did the
one-on-one coaching I was I had you every week you know I had my teacher and
within my homework do and you won't just let go of me without you know how much
have I done and then I've worked with you on showing my own resume where we
are and where we are going so I feel that really helped me I've had some
great jobs and some recently not I wasn't happy in my last two jobs I do
have an extensive financial background but I was exploring project management
and I was really enthusiastic about moving into that field but I didn't know
at the time whatever jobs I applied for it kept landing me into not not
something that I really wanted but yeah that's that's how it started awesome so
let's talk a little bit about that like when
you were looking for jobs and you were getting these random calls from
recruiters for random jobs things that you weren't even interested in I mean
how are you feeling about yourself at that point as a candidate you know you
said that you lacked a bit of self confidence and things but really like
can you describe a little bit more about that like emotionally mentally what were
you going through I was feeling helpless and I was feeling like I'm not going
anywhere I can't figure out where I'm going wrong is it only me and I did take
a few steps to you know boost my own homes too I went the local meetup and
you know had some buddies who were looking at jobs at that time but I feel
like I I was at that time feeling lonely in this you know in destroyed and not
getting any results so not not going anywhere with it I realized at that time
in fact I took a very big risk and I'm ready to quit right now without having
another job in my hand right everybody should do this but I had just so much
faith that on us working together I I just let it go I let go the job and the
entire summer I worked as a nine-to-five went sometimes more I worked on you know
revamping the resume preparing for interviews and just totally committing
myself to it and I feel like it was worth it so I started working with you
on June 15th and August 15th is when I got my my dream job yeah amazing okay so
I love that so to share with everyone let's talk a little bit about when you
went through the program in terms of what changed for you as we started
working together what did you start realizing about yourself what were the
key AHA's that you learned through the program the one-on-one coaching so the
number one was after I redid the resume and I put it on career builder and
monster and everywhere else I got a tremendous response in the field
that I was looking for and I was honestly overwhelmed I thought what is
you know going on I got so much response I could barely handle the calls that I'm
getting and I don't know if it works for everybody this way but it did for me
because every step of the way we change the resume how does it suit to the job I
am applying for so that boosted my self confidence you know like I said I was
busy nine-to-five answering calls and talking to people
and you know being interested other employers being interested in me so that
was a good boost and then our practice mock interviews that we did that also
helped me in preparing myself better I have performed well in my previous jobs
and I had the confidence I had the proof to back it up that I've done well in my
previous jobs but somehow I was in a in that little hole I guess that I needed
to come out of and sometimes you just need a person you know I need somebody
to hold your hand and get you out of that hole amazing amazing so then when
you said you got a tremendous amount of calls are a number of calls from
recruiters and employers I mean can you give us a ballpark like how many calls
would you have gotten before with your old resume your old strategies not
having worked with me and then what was the statistics in terms of how many
calls you started getting after so I would get earlier about five calls in a
week and here I was getting 35 roughly calls in a week Wow it was pretty
amazing and my family members were like who keeps calling you all day and it was
summertime so the kid my kids were home and they're like I would shut the door
on them taking calls so I will that kept me motivated that kept me going but you
know after a month of getting these calls and giving me the interviews I
started getting a little impatient okay where is it finally leading to when I'm
going to get the final offer and that's where you told me it's summertime I gave
myself that much time to not worry just keep going you know just just
relentlessly just just keep going and believe it
around August 16th is when I had my offer in my hand so okay so I also want
to touch base on the contrast between what you were doing before and what
you're doing now because you you clearly made a career switch like a lot of
people out there you know they don't just want to find a job they want to
find a job that is more in line with what they're interested in and like you
are more interested in the business analysis project management space but
you were doing finance in the past so you know that switch I mean did you find
it difficult as we went through it just how did you feel going through this
shift in careers I was excited and scared at the same
time but two key myself abreast of the you know the
changes or whatever the requirements are I took a lot of courses in you know
Coursera and I just tried to update myself on the knowledge and in the new
field I have to constantly be initially it it is a bit you know it was a lot of
hard work nothing comes easy so so yes III did on my part that but having it
support took the stress off from me completely so I could focus on on
getting the job awesome awesome and I wanted to get back actually back
to these those interviews that you had gone on you know you said that your
confidence had increased when you were applying for the jobs and getting calls
from recruiters and employers once you actually went out for interviews did you
find that you also were different compared to how you used to be how you
approached interviewing yes I did after we practiced our interviewing skills
definitely it made a difference in not only in my confidence but is also in
framing my answers and trying to understand what the interview is trying
to ask also your tip on having the right energy yes I try to do that too
yeah great and did you get positive comments from interviewers like at the
end saying wow I think you'd be a great fit like would were there anything that
those interviewers had said to you after you interviewed with them I I got a good
feeling from this and honestly the second interview is when I got the job
itself so I didn't have to go that far right well I spoke to white I did get a
you know like a a very positive feedback awesome awesome
so Herky what really was your experience working with me through stand
out get hired what can you share to the audience here you know for those who are
considering working with me through my private coaching program I feel it is a
great investment in your future it's worth every penny that you spend working
with Linda in not only achieving your dream career but also in increasing your
self-worth and the tips you gave me are coming in handy for me even in my
current job so I really really highly highly recommend working with Linda
awesome and you know like you said it is an investment and working with me is an
investment I do feel because it is a premium level
service what I'm offering you know in terms of the level of attention that I
give to my clients and the strategies that I'm sure
airing our highly customized for rear you know what would you say to someone
who's who's worried about making that financial investment in the private
coaching program stand out get hired if you see the tremendous change in salary
that I got and also like I said I I quit my job and I'm invested whatever are my
savings into you so you have to have that level of faith and you have to put
in your hard work and it is it is a great investment because look at the
results few months down the line you know where you would stand compared to
what you invest now for me it worked out great oh great thank you so for you what
would you say was your return on investment through standard get hired I
feel I got a tremendous return out of it I've got a big bump in my salary and not
only Linda financially there's a whole circle of you know returns that I got so
emotionally and yeah I got you know I increased my self-confidence awesome
amazing just to end things are her key yeah I just want to say how do you feel
now and now that you've been working in your dream job and your dream company as
well because I remember you had told me that this was we're not gonna disclose
the company name but you actually said I want to work for this company when we
first started working together and now you're working at that company and in
the dream job position that you've wanted as a business analyst and heading
into project management which is amazing so how do you feel now I feel amazing in
one word amazing and yes I told you you told me tell me a list of companies that
you would like to work for and I told you this is the only one that I can
think of and this is the one I really want and it's not only one of the best
companies that I wanted to work for it's also very close to home and I can
actually see my you know career path here I'm moving forward going up the
ladder tremendous opportunity and I do see myself as a project manager down the
line not far away I feel is there anything else
Herky that you want to say to the people who are watching you final words
of wisdom that you want to share keep at it
join Stand Out Get Hired Linda is not paying me to say that I'm saying it from
my own experience and yes and don't get dejected just keep at it
awesome thank you so much her key I really appreciate you
the time and sharing your story with with me and with everyone I'm so happy
that we got a chance to do this I know that other people will benefit from
watching this so for any of you guys out there ambitious professionals watching
if you are in a situation where you've been looking for a job for the last
little while you've been applying just like her key was and you've been going
interviews but you haven't been getting the job offers that you want and you
recognize that you want to get one-on-one professional guidance from me
then feel free to head on over to lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired you
can read through the page and from there fill out the application form and one of
my team members will reach out to you directly if we happen to be a match so
that we can start working together so again thank you so much Herky i really
appreciate you spending the time and you know best of luck with your career
moving forward we're definitely a I'm gonna be there to support you as you
continue your career Thank You Thank You Linda
thank you for all