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Package Description:
NEW OFFERING! Group Job Searching Activities, Live Q&A and Personal Branding Conversation Over the course of 8 weeks, you will have the opportunity to draft and practice your elevator pitch, get live feedback, learn about conducting effective 1:1 informational interviews (with possible practice live) with peers in the group, ask questions about what's not/working in your networking (and job search at large) AND get a refresher on my 4M Networking Method. To ensure best possible experience for all, all participants must commit to being on camera and with live audio for each session and to actively participate in activities. I will cold call (ie: call you by name in turn if people are hesitant to start). To make this more accessible for everyone - I am going to schedule topics by week. This post will be updated MONTHLY with new topics in rotation. Each week, there will be some type of topical exercise or interactive learning - and then open Q&A for anything that is pressing for you where you currently are. As a bonus, participants in these weekly sessions will get 10% off any package or additional hourly coaching with me. This is an evergreen group - which means that new clients can roll in and out at any time. We will cover different topics on a rolling basis - only register for the topics or weeks that work for you. Note that each purchase is for ONE week/session, not the whole series. If you'd like to purchase the full series (8 weeks at a time), please DM me separately. All sessions will take place on Thursdays from 12pm - 1:15pm ET/9am-10:15am PT (75 min each session - with at least 15 min of Q&A for each week) - Thursday March 26 - How to think About Your Personal Brand (intro to short self introduction) - NOTE - NO meeting April 2nd - due to holiday weekend and spring break for many! - Thursday April 9 - Networking via Informational Interviewing - What Makes it Hard and How to Address Common Problems - Thursday April 16 - Interviewing: How to Evaluate Job Descriptions to Identify Behavioral Questions You are Likely to Be Asked - Thursday April 23 - STAR Method - Answering Common Behavioral Questions and Logistical Questions (like, "What is your minimum salary requirement?") - live practice will be available for limited # of participants to sign up in advance. Since Leland does not provide a group environment for sessions with discussion rooms, participants will be sent separate ZOOM links and calendar invitations upon payment and enrollment. You will receive a confirmation email with more information. If you have questions, please message me in advance!
What you'll get from this package
Structure for 1:1 Networking (informational Interviewing)
Expert level feedback on their personal branding and networking skills (in group setting)
Opportunity to draft a short self introduction
Conversations with peers who are having the same shared experience - community during the job search!
Group Q&A to share tactics for addressing places where you and your peers are getting "stuck"
Interview best practices for structuring answers
Access to my personal resume and interviewing guides included!
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
These will be live sessions. It's important that participants plan to actively participate (sound on at least - if camera is not feasible, ideally camera for all as well). Recordings will not be available. Note that this purchase is for one week! To purchase the 8 series session at a 10% discount, please DM me prior to purchase so I can create a custom listing for you.
Each session will be 75 minutes (15 mins of Q&A) - This is a GROUP COACHING environment. Participants are expected to actively participate each week, live in class. No recordings will be available. This fee is for live coaching in group only. Individual emails and additional questions are not included. If you would like personal support, consider my asynchronous support options or hourly coaching as an add on. My custom resume and interview guides will be shared with active members upon payment, via email. This purchase is for one week ONLY. If you'd like to purchase an 8 session series, please DM me for a custom "package" before purchasing.
Services included:
Interview Prep
Skill Building
Career Planning
Professional Networking
Personal Branding
Networking Strategy
Job Search Strategies
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WHY should you hire me as your coach? BLUF (Bottom Line, Up Front). The Short List: -Former Recruiter for the Walt Disney Studios and Lucasfilm. I know what it takes to get into rooms and to walk out as the "candidate to beat" in a lineup of interviewees. -10+ Years experience coaching professionally (full-time) for students and experienced professionals, including top business schools like the USC Marshall School of Business (UG, MS, MBA). - Helped clients land roles in: corporate finance, CPG, entertainment (business side, marketing, finance, etc), internal consulting/strategy, supply chain/ops, pharma/medical, tech, automotive, IB and management consulting, brand management and product management, to name a few. - Consistently called out by clients as being the best when it comes to mock interviews (behavioral) and resume notes/edits. - Personally landed roles with some of the most competitive Fortune companies in the world (Disney, DreamWorks, USC). Lived and worked in Los Angeles for 22 years. I survived the Great Recession (2008), multiple SAG and WGA entertainment strikes, changing industries and job functions multiple times. Story Version: One of the best reviews on my page is from a former MBA student (and Military Vet). He said, "Kira is an incredible career coach and an even better human." This is what matters. Yes - that I am a knowledgeable and experienced coach. But more than that - I care about my clients and their overall well being. Job searching, grad school, transitioning from the Military and career switching are all incredibly stressful - a lot of times, more stressful than I think people anticipate. I love seeing people walk through these challenges and come out the other side, literally transformed. Often achieving more than they themselves thought possible! I have helped first gen, international students, recently separated military vets, and other non-traditional students (or clients) break into new industries and build a career path that they are excited about. When I graduated from undergrad, I graduated off cycle in December, because I kept changing my major and had to take extra classes. I landed my first job as a Production Assistant at DreamWorks Animation by February. In April, at graduation, all my friends were freaking out. Those I'd worked with in production on campus asked how I got my job and if I could teach them how to land jobs like the one I had. In addition to working with friends individually, I referred 5 people to the studio where I worked. Within 12 months, 4 of them were hired and the person who wasn't was an artistic prodigy and now works at Netflix. This has always been something I've loved doing. It just took me a while to realize it was an actual job :). My main goal in any conversation is to help YOU get clear about your next step - and to identify what you need to do in order to reach your short and long term career (and life!) goals. I'm typically a good fit and have a lot of experience working with people who: - Are early/mid career professionals looking for a new career direction and need help shaping and managing their career search/exploration process. - Are making a significant career pivot (to a different job function, industry, or both - or out of Military service). - Are interested in careers in the entertainment space (film, TV, streaming, etc.) OR who are wanting to transition out of entertainment into a more "traditional" corporate role. - Are MBAs recruiting for internships or full-time for all role types (Corporate Finance, Marketing/Brand, non-tech PM, PMM, Leadership Programs, Supply Chain/Ops, Business Intelligence, Sales, Startups) outside of IB and Management Consulting. I have experience working with clients and students in IB and Consulting - but there are a lot of folks on the platform who have more hands on experience here. I will say - I do a mean behavioral interview - and have had folks with a bent towards IB and Consulting remark that they have benefitted from my approach to the behavioral portion of the interview process, while working with other coaches on the technical/case portion. - Are students at any level (undergrad to graduate) and searching for an internship or full-time job - Are international students struggling with networking best practices in the US and understanding the basics of H1B and STEM OPT. I have worked with programs where 70-90% of the students were from outside the US. That said, I am not an immigration professional and cannot provide legal advice. Networking can be tricky for everyone! My top asynchronous recommendation? A play-by-play handbook "The 20 Minute Networking Meeting". I suggest it so often, I finally made an affiliate Amazon link: https://amzn.to/454gEpO
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