✨ Growing up the daughter of a working, full-time-student mom whose mom and dad turned less into more-than-enough, Barbara firsthand experienced the value career development brings to the table. You deserve to experience this value, too. ✨

~ Because Career Investments Make a Difference ~

Barbara blends a person-centered, strengths-based, + inclusive approach by leveraging her

Master’s studies in Education, Career Coaching courses and certification, wellness courses, and very real life experiences. In fact, while employed in HR from 2021-2023: she created + ran virtual career development sessions where 50% of career pivoters + job seekers landed, within 3 mo. of completing workshops + coaching!

  • 40% of these job seekers secured a higher pay-grade, within 3 months

    Barbara is a Mindset Career Coach who works with individuals + small businesses and customizes strategies to career goals, values, learning, and communication styles. Unsure if this is the right fit? Start with a Career Consult. Ready to proceed?? Book an Individual Session, view Packages for the best pricing, or take a look at BECD Courses + Workshops!

    Barbara is especially known for her:

  • Empowering Mindset Career Coaching

  • 10 Core Job Search Best Practices

  • 5 Secret Strategies to Resume Writing Excellence

  • Natural Networking

  • Authentic + Strategic Interviewing

  • Next Level Negotiating

    In her own career, Barbara successfully negotiated 100% over offer—for an 8% pay increase. In her next role, she landed 47% higher! In addition to successfully navigating career pivots + transforming her own invisible disabilities into superpowers, Barbara holds a Masters in Education (MSEd) from Nazareth University, preceded by studies at Columbia University Teachers College, and she completed a 2022 New York University (NYU) Career Coaching course. Barbara has 10+ years as a Career Advisor + Coach, Facilitator, and Program Coordinator working with diverse professionals in various industries.
    She specializes in:

career pivots job search career growth

~ Helping you do the work you love + I love doing it! ~

A note from Barbara:

Everyone deserves the opportunity to love their work, and we do have the em- power -ment to design our own success. Sometimes, you just need a great Career Coach along the way … And a Mindset Career Coach at that! A Mindset Career Coach who’s built a career transforming her own invisible disabilities into superpowers and successfully career pivoting. Becoming a young professional during the Great Recession of the late 2000’s, I had to career pivot. And did so effectively from: teaching to mortgage advising to career advising … the rest is history! I knows what it takes to successfully:

~ market yourself rebrand renegotiate choose values-oriented career paths ~

It is my joy to help guide you in doing the same.
Cheers to being your best you!

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Overview of Expertise:

Features

Bold Journey: Meet Barbara Ellen Leicht, Featured in Online Magazine - August 2024
Sparked Podcast:
How To Use Your Inner Whispers to Find Your Way, Interviewed by Jonathan Fields - August 2024
Pro-ROC, National HR Association: Recruitment in the Realities of our Post-Covid World, Conference Speaker - June 2024
DisruptHR Rochester:
Employee Engagement + AI = a Win Win, Event Speaker - April 2024

Credentials

Empire State University: Internship Coordinator & Career Coach, State University of New York (SUNY) - July 2024 - present
Nazareth University:
Career & Professional Development Chair, Alumni Advisory Board - 2023, 2024
New York University (NYU):
Career Coaching Course, School of Professional Studies - 2022
Handshake Access: Higher Education Career Development, Conference Attendee - 2021, 2022, 2024
Yale University: The Science of Wellbeing, Coursera - 2020
NAMI Ed Con: Mental Health + Wellness, Conference Attendee - 2019
RochesterWorks: Certified Career Coach & Facilitator, 5 Steps - 2015, 2018
Nazareth University: Masters of Education (MSEd), Inclusive Adolescent Education - 2010
Columbia University: Masters Program + Career Services Support, Teachers College - 2007
University of Pittsburgh: Bachelor of Arts, English Literature - 2007
University College Cork: Irish Studies, Ireland - 2006