Success Story: One Client’s Lessons From Her Journey To A New Job

The one thing that I learned while job searching is persistence. Always believe that there is something out there for you, because you will find it. Secondly, you can’t be afraid to interview at anywhere, even if it leads to nothing! I learned something at each interview about my responses and what interviewers were looking for.

The company that I took a job with, isn’t necessarily a new company, but they are rebuilding their company, however, I took a huge risk to leave my job in NYC. My lifestyle has drastically changed, I can sleep in past 6am, and be home no later than 6pm. My new job is 3.5 miles from my house! There are endless possibilities for me now, and I can’t wait to experience them all!

Thanks for everything!

Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, class of 2008, Fashion Industry

Filed under: Company news, career coaching , gen y, Generation Y, job search, new job, Success

SixFigureStart Presenting On Career Change At NYC Law Fair on June 16

Registration is capped and expected to sell out.  My piece is on career change out of the law but most panels focus on different areas within the legal industry.

 http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1150

 

Getting Back in the Game: How to Restart Your Career in a Down Economy
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Registration:
NYC Bar Member Price : $30.00  Register
Non City Bar Member Price : $50.00  Register

Affected by the current financial crisis, many lawyers are finding themselves looking for employment. This program is designed to assist job-seeking attorneys in learning how best to market themselves whether they are looking to go to a firm, start their own practice or are considering an alternative legal career.

9:45 AM – Welcome by Patricia M. Hynes, President, New York City Bar

10:00 AM – Breaking Back into a Large Law Firm: How to Make Your Way Back into a Top Law Firm

Moderator:
BRIAN DALTON, Senior Law Editor, Vault.com

Speakers:
DAVID LAT, Founding Editor, AboveTheLaw.com; T.J. DUANE, Principal, Lateral Link; HELEN LONG, Director Legal Recruiting at Ropes & Gray LLP; JOHN J. CANNON III, Hiring Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

11:30 AM – Casting a Wider Net: The Rise of the Small to Mid-Sized Law Firm

Moderator:
ALLA ROYTBERG, Solo Practitioner; Director, City Bar Small Law Firm Center

Speakers:
PAUL LIPPE, CEO, Legal On-Ramp; CORIN LINDSLEY, Managing Director, Major Lindsey & Africa; RON GEFFNER, Sadis & Goldberg

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch

1:45 PM—Alternative Legal Careers: Exploring the Range of Options With Your JD

Moderator:
MAUREEN REID, Maureen M. Reid, LLC

Speakers:
TANYA GILL, DLA Piper; HILLARY MANTIS, Career Coach, Author, Alternative Careers for Lawyers and Jobs For Lawyers: Effective Techniques for Getting Hired in Today’s Legal Marketplace; LISA SOLOMON, Founder, Legal Research & Writing Pro and Lisa Solomon, Esq. Legal Research & Writing; CAROLINE CENIZA-LEVINE, Career Advice Columnist Vault.com and Partner of SixFigureStart.com.

3:15 PM—Start Up LLP: Creating Your Own Law Firm

Moderator:
OLIVERA MEDENICA, Chair, Small Law Firms Committee

Speakers:
JEREMY SALAND, Crotty & Saland; CAROLYN ELEFANT, Author, Solo By Choice, myshingle.com; ALLA ROYTBERG, Solo Practitioner; Director, City Bar Small Law Firm Center

Filed under: Company news , Career Change, NYC Bar, NYC Law Fair, www.Vault.com

Ask SixFigureStart Free Coaching Teleclass

If you could go behind the scenes in the job search and see how hiring really works, what would you want to know?

Every first Friday of the month at 1p EST, SixFigureStart (Career Coaching By Former Fortune 500 Recruiters) hosts a free coaching call to answer your career questions.  To join the live call:

Dial 712 775 7100

Use code 151675#

To submit your question in advance and be notified when a recording of the call is available, email caroline@sixfigurestart.com.

SixFigureStart is a career coaching firm comprised of former Fortune 500 recruiters.  SixFigureStart co-founders Connie Thanasoulis and Caroline Ceniza-Levine have a combined 40 years of HR and business experience, including recruiting for Accenture, Booz Allen, Citigroup, Disney ABC, Merrill Lynch, Oliver Wyman, Pfizer, Time Inc, TV Guide, and others.  Connie and Caroline are career columnists for Vault.com, CNBC.com and Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com, and teach Professional Development at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. 

Filed under: Company news, resource recommendation , free career coaching, free teleclass

Free Teleclass Recording on Raising Financially Responsible Children

SixFigureStart’s interview with Karen Rancourt, parenting expert, PhD and author, is now available on playback:

Dial – (641) 715-3468
Enter Access Code – 151675#

The 50-minute recording will be available till June 4, 2009.  Karen also refers to some material that she is making available on her website:  http://www.rancourtparenting.com/.  See her Articles and 5-28 teleclass tabs.

Filed under: Company news, resource recommendation , financial responsibility, Karen Rancourt, money philosophy, Rancourt Parenting

Free Teleclass: Raising Your Children to be Financially Responsible Adults

Raising Your Children to be Financially Responsible Adults

With Ph.D.  and Author, Karen Rancourt

Thursday, May 28, 2009, 1 pm

Part of the SixFigureStart Guest Expert Series

• How do you know if your children are financially responsible?
• How do you know when to step back and let your children manage their own money (and make their own money mistakes)?
• Should you give an allowance?  If so, how do you decide the parameters?
• Should you contribute to living expenses after your child enters college?  What about when your child goes to graduate school?
• Plus, e-mail your specific questions and we’ll answer them on the call.

Caroline Ceniza-Levine, co-founder of SixFigureStart, interviews parenting expert Karen Rancourt for this free coaching teleclass for parents of children, teenagers and young adults.

Karen L. Rancourt, Ph.D., is an educator, consultant and coach. Her experience as an educator includes: elementary school teacher and college professor, researcher for and developer of educational programs, and author. In addition to offering her program, Effective Parenting, A Program for Parents of Advantaged Children (www.RancourtParenting.com), Karen is an experienced management consultant specializing in organizational development. She has worked with executives in numerous financial institutions, including, JPMorgan Chase, TIAA-CREF, and Credit Suisse (www.managementconditioning.com).  Karen received her Ph.D. in human behavior and education from the University of Maryland, and she completed her undergraduate work in education and social sciences at Boston University. She is the author of three books and over a dozen articles. Her most recent article is “Affluent Children Are at Risk Because They Are Affluent? Huh?” (http://www.rancourtparenting.com/articles_6.html). Karen is a former adjunct associate professor, New York University, Social Sciences, Organizational Behavior and Communication program

Caroline Ceniza-Levine is a career expert, writer, speaker and co-founder of SixFigureStart, a career coaching firm helping Gen Y young professionals launch fulfilling and financially rewarding careers.  Formerly in corporate HR and retained search, Caroline most recently headed University Relations for Time Inc and has also recruited for Accenture, Citibank, Disney ABC, and others.  Caroline is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Professional Development at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and a career columnist for CNBC.com, Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com, Vault.com, Wetfeet.com and TheGlassHammer.com. 

Please email info@sixfigurestart.com to reserve your space and get the call-in details.  If you can’t make the live call, email info@sixfigurestart.com to get on the distribution list for a playback of the teleclass.

Filed under: Company news , financial responsibility, Karen Rancourt, parenting, Personal Finance

SixFigureStart Free Ask A Recruiter Coaching Call This Friday, May 1

 

If you could ask a recruiter anything you wanted to know about how hiring really works, what would you ask?  Email your career questions to caroline@sixfigurestart.com.  

 

 

SixFigureStart Free Ask-A-Recruiter Coaching Call

Friday, May 1 at 1p EST

SixFigureStart (www.sixfigurestart.com, Career Coaching By Former Fortune 500 Recruiters) hosts a free coaching call to answer your career questions.  To join the call:

 

Dial 712 775 7100

Use code 151675#

 

No need to preregister but if you want to hear a recording of the call, email caroline@sixfigurestart.com to get the playback instructions.

 

SixFigureStart is a career coaching firm comprised of former Fortune 500 recruiters and specializing in coaching Generation Y students and young professionals.  SixFigureStart co-founders Connie Thanasoulis and Caroline Ceniza-Levine have a combined 40 years of HR and business experience.  Connie led campus recruiting and new hire programming for Citigroup, Pfizer and Merrill Lynch.  Caroline led campus recruiting and new hire programming for Time Inc and has also recruited for Accenture, Booz Allen, Oliver Wyman, Disney ABC, TV Guide, and others.  Connie and Caroline are the online coaches for Vault.com and Wetfeet.com, career columnists for CNBC.com and Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com, and adjunct assistant professors of Professional Development at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. 

Filed under: Company news , Ask A Recruiter, Coaching Call, Free, job search

Hear SixFigureStart’s Interview With Reality Networking

Wednesday, April 8, 6p EST, hear Tim Houston of Reality Networking http://www.realitynetworking.com/ interview SixFigureStart co-founder’s Connie Thanasoulis and Caroline Ceniza-Levine.  You can listen live at:

 http://adjix.com/ab2u

or call in at 1-503-290-5016 and enter conference ID 776424#.

Filed under: Company news, resource recommendation , Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Connie Thanasoulis, networking tips, Reality Networking, SixFigureStart, Tim Houston

Free Ask A Recruiter Teleclass Recording Now Available

If you missed our April 3 teleclass with 20+ questions direct from jobseekers and our tips for handling these, you can listen to the playback at:

Dial – (641) 715-3468
Enter Access Code – 151675#

If you are looking for ongoing coaching support consider our weekly group coaching series, the SixFigureStart Coaching Gym.  Details are at http://www.sixfigurestart.com/Upcoming_Events.html

Filed under: Company news, career coaching, resource recommendation , Ask A Recruiter, free teleclass, job search

SixFigureStart Free Ask-A-Recruiter Coaching Call

If you could ask a recruiter anything you wanted to know about how hiring really works, what would you ask?

 

 

SixFigureStart Free Ask-A-Recruiter Coaching Call

Friday, April 3 at 1p EST

SixFigureStart (www.sixfigurestart.com, Career Coaching By Former Fortune 500 Recruiters) hosts a free coaching call to answer your career questions.  Email your career questions to caroline@sixfigurestart.com.   To join the call:

 

Dial 712 775 7100

Use code 151675#

 

No need to preregister but if you want to hear a recording of the call, email caroline@sixfigurestart.com to get the playback instructions.

 

SixFigureStart is a career coaching firm comprised of former Fortune 500 recruiters and specializing in coaching Generation Y students and young professionals.  SixFigureStart co-founders Connie Thanasoulis and Caroline Ceniza-Levine have a combined 40 years of HR and business experience.  Connie led campus recruiting and new hire programming for Citigroup, Pfizer and Merrill Lynch.  Caroline led campus recruiting and new hire programming for Time Inc and has also recruited for Accenture, Booz Allen, Oliver Wyman, Disney ABC, TV Guide, and others.  Connie and Caroline are the online coaches for Vault.com and Wetfeet.com, career columnists for CNBC.com and Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com, and adjunct assistant professors of Professional Development at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. 

Filed under: Company news, career coaching, resource recommendation , Fortune 500 recruiter, Free Recruiter Coaching Call, job search, SixFigureStart

Free Coaching Call: The Gen Y Guide to Effective Job Search Networking

Wednesday, March 11, 7p EST, I will be interviewed by Liz Lynch, CEO of Networking Excellence and author of the new book Smart Networking.   We’ll be talking about networking strategies for Generation Y.  Here is the link with all of the information including how to register for this free call:

http://blog.networkingexcellence.com/2009/03/liz-lynch-interviews-caroline.html

Filed under: Company news, career coaching, resource recommendation , Generation Y, Liz Lynch, Millennials, networking