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About SixFigureStart
Success at last! Our client's secret to landing her dream job!
Live workshop in Manhattan: Is Your Job Search Where You Want It To Be
About SixFigureStart
SixFigureStart offers career coaching by former Fortune 500 recruiters for Gen Y college students and young professionals. SixFigureStart uses proprietary strategies and exercises to help you:
Founded by two professionals with over 40 years of combined HR and business experience, SixFigureStart coaches have recruited for start-ups through global blue chips, including leading the entry-level hiring efforts for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer, and Time Inc. We have hired thousands of people and bring you the insider’s view into how the hiring process really works and what employers want.
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Success at last! Our client's secret to landing her dream job!
A client of ours recently landed her dream job. It was a great moment because she was just starting to get a little nervous. The secret to her success? I would say there were 3 or 4 secrets.
By way of background, she is a senior in college, a Psychology major, with a couple of very good summer internships on her resume.
Secret #1: She had a lot of things going at once and didn't put all her eggs in one basket. She had 1st round interviews with 2 or 3 more companies, she was waiting to hear back about 2nd rounds with about 4 other companies, and she was waiting to hear about final offers from 2 or 3 other companies.
Secret #2: She diversified. She was interviewing within Financial Services but with two distinct concentrations. She was also interviewing with consulting companies, and non-profits.
Secret #3: She realized the power of coaching and how it could help her. We grilled her with interview questions and she became more comfortable during the actual interview. We researched, really researched her strengths and weaknesses - a question that makes most students freeze when asked. She took our advice when we suggested it's best to put her hair back because she tends to flip it with her hand during the interview. Her follow-up notes were well written and she fully researched the company before she interviewed.
Secret #4: She stayed upbeat and determined. She KNEW she would have a positive outcome and that sustained the times when she didn't get a callback interview, or when the company said they would get back on Friday and didn't until the following Thursday.
So we are very happy for our client ... and the good news is that there is no secret to successfully landing a job. It just takes a well organized, positive effort!
Connie Thanasoulis, co-founder of SixFigureStart, was former head of campus recruiting for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Pfizer. Schedule a complimentary consultation with a SixFigureStart coach at 212-501-2234 or email info@sixfigurestart.com.
News and Upcoming Events
SixFigureStart Career Check-up: Is Your Job Search Where You Want It To Be?
A live workshop to identify exactly where you need to step up your job search efforts
In this interactive two-hour workshop:
- Take the 60-question SixFigureStart Career Assessment and see exactly what you are doing well and what you need to do better;
- Learn the six job search steps that really matter in the hiring process, developed by former Fortune 500 recruiters who have hired thousands of candidates just like you;
- Hear strategies and tips that you can use specifically in this challenging market.
This workshop will be led by Caroline Ceniza-Levine, co-founder of SixFigureStart and former recruiter for Accenture, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Citigroup, Disney ABC, Pfizer, Time Inc and others.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
4:00p – 6:00p
In Good Company Workplaces
16 West 23rd Street, 4th Floor
Cost is $95. Space is limited. Advance registration is required.
Email caroline@sixfigurestart.com or call 212-372-0277 with questions or to register.
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