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