BEcome Comfortable With Networking!: Define it on Your Own Terms

Written By Barbara Ellen Leicht

🌱 What Makes You a Competitive Candidate?? 🌱

Did you know …

It’s ✨ not ✨ having 100% of the recommended job qualifications??

Yes!

✨ That’s a job search myth + one we bust in the e-course BE Job Search Savvy 101. In fact, studies have shown that successful candidates apply when meeting 60% of recommended job qualifications. In 2014, Harvard Business Review (HBR) wrote an article on this. In 2019, LinkedIn continued the conversation

So … what makes you the most competitive candidate??

✨ Networking!! 

We had a great conversation on this during our Nazareth University Alumni lunch + learn Zoom workshop last week. BECD has another virtual workshop coming right up this Thursday from 12-1pm EST. All career developers and jobseekers welcome!

✨ Also, networking is especially helpful if you are navigating a career pivot

#ProTip to get you started: don’t like the word networking?? Call it something else! Relationship building, connecting, socializing … call it something that works for, encourages, + inspires you.

Interested in more?

🌱 register by 11am EST on Thursday 2.29 🌱

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Barbara Ellen Leicht

Barbara Ellen Leicht, MSEd, is a “Former Teacher, Forever Educator,” Trauma Survivor turned Thriver, and  Mindset Career Coach with 14+ years’ expertise. She specializes in career pivots, higher education, and authentic and strategic relationship building.

Transforming her invisible disabilities into superpowers, Barbara leverages a strengths-based, person-centered, trauma-informed approach to delivering research-backed Corporate Trainings and virtual Career Coaching. On this journey, Barbara has been fortunate to empower 1,000s of diverse job seekers and career pivot’ers.

In fact, during her first full year in business, Barbara helped job seekers negotiate a cumulative of $50k in increased income. Her holistic approach to career coaching helps clients land in a fraction-of-the-time it typically takes.

Barbara’s philosophy—BE Excellent • BE Energized • BE Endlessly You—emphasizes quality fit, for quality work, with quality-of-life. Cheers to being your best you! ✨

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraellenleicht/
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