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- Hey everyone, it's Linda Raynier here.
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I am super excited to do this video.
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It's actually very different from what I normally do
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and it's gonna be an interview
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with one of my amazing clients.
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Her name is Jocelyn.
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She actually has worked with me
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through my Stand Out Get Hired Program,
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she's seen amazing results.
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She actually ended up switching
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from a career in engineering science
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to now in finance.
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And she's also moved across the country
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to be able to find her new job as well
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in her dream location.
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So she's gonna tell you more about it.
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Jocelyn, thank you so much for joining me here today.
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- You're welcome, glad to be here.
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- Can you tell everyone
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sort of what's your professional background?
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What was your job before,
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when you were first searching for a new position?
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What were you doing before,
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and what are you doing now?
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- So basically, I start as an engineer.
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I do have two degrees in engineering.
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And so, I've been working
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in more of the science and engineering field.
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But I have always been interested in the business side.
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Unfortunately, to make that switch
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was really super difficult,
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'cause I did not have the title,
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and so it's really hard to grab people's attention.
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But I know I have the skillset,
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I know I can do very well
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in the business setting and finance.
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So after I start working with you,
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I was able to identify things that I can do
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to make my resume stand out
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to let people see my potential and my skill set
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to be able to do well in a totally different field.
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And so the result is,
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the proof is that I do have my new job now
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in a finance world,
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and I'm super excited.
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- Just before we had started working together,
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can you share with us what your situation was?
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You said that you had been looking for a job
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for a while on your own and how was that process?
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What was your situation during the time
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when you're looking for a job?
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- So it has been,
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it had been almost 10 years
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since I had to look for a new job.
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And then the job,
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the landscape in the environment have totally changed.
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That everybody now goes online to apply for a job
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and which I definitely did not have the experience.
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Used to be that you just send your resumes in,
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or make phone calls, or go to job fairs,
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but nowadays, everything's apply online.
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And you're competing with thousands of resumes
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'cause they cannot see your faces.
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So what I did is I submit resumes everywhere online,
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and without any results.
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It's not even a phone call,
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and all I get is automatically reply,
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say thank you, we got your resume,
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we'll contact you when there's a good match.
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So after about a few months of that,
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I got really discouraged,
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'cause I know I have good skillset,
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I've done very well in my previous company.
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And so, I started looking for other ways
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to improve my situation.
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I even hired a resume writing place
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that helped me write a resume.
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And still with no results.
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So when I was looking for a career coach,
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I came across your website, and I read your story,
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and I looked at your YouTube videos,
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and I thought that man, I think this person can help me out.
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So I contact you that way.
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So I start working with you,
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I realized that how wrong I was
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in terms of my job searching techniques that I was using.
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So after working with you
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for with a few sections that way,
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I was able to update my resume,
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I was able to get in touch with the recruiters
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and then they actually,
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in touch with real person versus just automatic response
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from the submission online.
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So that was quite encouraging.
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So after I worked with you,
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I actually got like three job interview
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within the first month after I upload my resume
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and start using your techniques.
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So and then, my first interview
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was able to again, work with you,
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and got a good sense of how I should phrase my stories
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and phrase my experience to get their attention.
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To make sure they understand that it is a good fit,
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I do have the skillset.
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And my first interview, I got a job!
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- Yay!
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That's awesome.
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So, I guess I couldn't remember the timeline,
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so it was in the first month,
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you got three interviews.
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So what was the exact timeline, and steps from there?
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- So, I guess we start working
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I think July, August timeframe,
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so within that first month or two,
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I definitely got three interviews right,
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phone interviews right away.
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And then I got in-person interview for this particular job
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three weeks after that,
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and I got a job offer within two weeks.
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So, total, I would say about less than three months.
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- That's great.
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And then before we started working together,
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you said that you'd already been looking
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for about six months
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and you hadn't gotten really many interviews, right?
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- Right, longer than six months.
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I was looking at December, the year before.
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So it's about seven, eight months before,
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and before I found you.
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- You know, I think people are curious
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because not a lot of people know about
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my Stand Up, Get Hired program,
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or really how it works.
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So what did you find
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that you were able to really benefit from
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when you went through this whole process?
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What was kind of your a-ha moment?
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And you don't have to get into super crazy detail,
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just more so like you know,
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how you were thinking before
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versus how you now think about it
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when it comes to selling yourself.
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- I think the most important part
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is the techniques that you provide.
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It's very step-by-step,
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and that's very specific.
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Not just somebody,
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not like somebody was there,
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oh, you just need to have a good resume,
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you just submit your application to their process,
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sometime you, you know, try to network your way in,
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so that's very general, that of course I know that.
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I know how to do it,
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I mean, I know those general comments.
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But I don't know the specific
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on how actually you go about doing it.
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So you provided that specific guidance,
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and that's really easy for me to follow.
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And then I know that it is not,
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obviously not the easiest thing ever,
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'cause I have to compete with so many candidates out there.
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And they've never seen my face before.
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So that kinda shows
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that your technique really worked for me.
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And then I was so super excited when I got a email
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or phone call from a live person
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that really wanted to interview me.
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- Yes, and that's awesome.
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I'm glad.
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So, it was because it was very specific,
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and that's the strategy that I always use
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when I'm working with my clients.
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And especially with you, Jocelyn,
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like you were so great to work with
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because as soon as I told you this is how you do it,
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you went ahead and you implemented it.
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And that's when you started to see results.
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And for you it happened so quickly.
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We actually didn't even touch upon the fact
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that you were actually living somewhere else
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before you moved to this job, right?
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Like this job is in California
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and you weren't living here?
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- I was actually living East Coast,
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and it's totally different field too.
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I was more in the science and engineering field,
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and now I'm in a more finance field.
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So to be able to move
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the job
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function and even the industry
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and even the location,
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that I thought I was really impressive.
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And I thank you all the way. (laughs)
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- (laughs) Awesome.
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Actually, tell us a little bit more about that.
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That's something that I think
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a lot of people are wanting to do,
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is people who are in certain types of industries,
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and you were in your industry like you said, for 10 years,
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your science and sort of engineering field,
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so and now you're in more finance.
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Did you find it difficult to switch?
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To get into this new field?
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Or is it a difficult transition,
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like how was that process?
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- Initially, it was definitely quite difficult
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because I wasn't sure,
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in a different industry and different function
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what they were looking for.
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So again, that you provide really specific examples
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that I can really follow along.
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And that was just,
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again, I just amazed by the results.
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And then (laughs)
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- So that's so great to hear.
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And you know, if there was someone out there
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who was thinking about working with me
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through my Stand Up, Get Hired program,
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who would you say you would recommend
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this particular program for?
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- I would say the people who,
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a person who really wants to make a change
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in his or her career.
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And then that was willing to take advice
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and actually work on it.
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And then it might be something
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totally out of what they were,
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what they were trained to do
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or what they were taught to do or what they know.
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And because it is different world out there.
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You really have to have a new strategy
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and to be able to work somebody like you,
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who understands the ins and outs of
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you know, making careers transition or advancement.
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That really would help.
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- Awesome.
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And so, for example, like if someone called you
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and they said, you know,
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why should I invest in working with a career coach
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when I could just do it on my own?
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What would you say to them in that sense?
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'Cause I think a lot of people think of it that way
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that you know, looking for a job,
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you should just be able to do it on your own.
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Instead of asking for help.
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But obviously you made the investment in yourself
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and you sought help and it worked out perfectly for you.
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What would you tell these people?
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- What I would say that, hey, go ahead and try it.
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I mean, for me, I can tell them my experience.
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It took me seven, eight months
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before I realized I really need help.