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Transformation Thursday: We have been able to witness the career transformations facilitated by Alliance Consulting Company. 🦋 From interns to industry leaders, our candidates achieve greatness. Share your transformation story with us! #TransformationThursday #CareerGrowth #AllianceConsulting #AllianceConsultingCompany

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Graduations. 🎓 For some they bring great memories. For some, they bring hard things back to remembrance. Today, we got to celebrate new hires graduating from training and moving to production. 🎓 Will they choose to retire from Cox? Do they see this as their career? While they might all be in the same role right now, in less than 5 years, there is a high chance that they will all be in different roles. How they (and we) make decisions and choose how to show up to work each day will determine our next steps and how we can grow in our learning and experience. As leaders, we must ask ourselves, how can we help prepare them for another role? How can we help guide them? How do we help them strengthen their skillsets and deepen their knowledge? How do we help them get the exposure and experience they need? I can't wait to see how they grow, and I'll be cheering them on in the process. #LifeatCox #CoxBrandAdvocate

Today marks another milestone in my career as I celebrate 9 years of progress! This journey has been filled with different job roles, experiences, and challenges that have all helped shape the person I am today. I am grateful for all the opportunities and knowledge I've gained along the way. Here's to the past 9 years and to many more years of growth, development, and achievements! #WorkAnniversary #CareerMilestone #ProfessionalGrowth #Gratitude #CareerJourney 🥳👩💼🚀

Allow me to re-introduce myself (a la Jay-Z in “Public Service Announcement”) Over the years I’ve been intentional about keeping a low profile on social media both personally and professionally.  However, I’ve recently come to embrace the power of LinkedIn and how beneficial it can be to any professional looking to network, stay up to date on industry news, and meaningfully invest in your own personal and professional growth.    I have a unique story and if you’ll humor me a little, I’d like to share some of it with you in a more intentional way. I promise not to overshare, but it is definitely a story worth sharing. I hope to provoke thought, provide perspective, and inspire action. The first story I’d like to share is how I ended up making the transition from active-duty Marine Corps Officer to healthcare executive.   As my active-duty contract neared its end, I wasn’t sure how I would navigate the transition into the civilian workforce. I applied for jobs all over the world (even as far as South Africa) and I wasn’t getting anywhere. Fortunately, I had heard about military officers working with various firms that would help with their next career moves. During one of his many military town visits, I was fortunate enough to have met Joel Junker from Cameron-Brooks, Inc. (CB). During this initial meeting, he interviewed me and several other junior military officers for prospective representation and I was accepted into their leadership development program. CB was instrumental in helping us articulate our military experiences in a way that resonates in the private sector, through carefully crafting our resumes, interview prep and helping us convey our “hammer stories.” The culminating event was a spectacularly produced career conference which I had the lucky experience of having done in person.  During the four-day conference, approximately 100 military officers came from all over the world to interview with over 50 different companies. I spent two days on what I would describe as the speed dating of interviewing. I interviewed with 13 different companies from all sectors. 12 of those companies wanted me back for a second interview (Ernst & Young didn’t think I could commit to the consultant lifestyle since I had young children). After weeks of travel back and forth from Camp Lejeune to Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Bloomington, Chicago, New York and Oklahoma City and receiving offers from each company I decided that I would take a position with DaVita Kidney Care in the Metro Detroit area under the leadership of Michael King, Axel E Lapica & Julianna Oswald I wanted to start with this story as a way to not only share my experience but to also provide some awareness to my professional network of this amazing opportunity to recruit turn-key-ready leaders into your organization through the Cameron Brooks pipeline. Check out this video of me after wrapping up the 13th interview in two days LOL https://lnkd.in/egP5ry9c

Celebrating 1 year at Booz Allen! Very grateful to have made the decision a year ago to leave my career of 10 years and venture into a new industry that I knew nothing about. It goes to show that if you have the right mindset and are open to change, you can fit in just about anywhere. It also helps that the culture of Booz Allen aligns with my personal values, which is why I chose them. As some of you know, I fell and broke my heel and ankle on Mother's Day. After two surgeries, 6 days in the hospital, and almost two months of recovery, I am hoping to receive clearance for physical therapy on Monday. This was no doubt a horrific experience for me personally, something I have never gone through before (and hope never to again). I had some pretty "down" days personally. but I also had lots of doubts after the fall about work: What about work? Am I going to be ok to be off work for so long? How will I get paid? What about all the projects I am working on, what will happen to those? It turns out, my work family had it all covered. I could not have imagined a better experience over the last two months. Not only was there NO PRESSURE about work, they encouraged me to take the time I needed to fully recover. On 7/1 I was able to return part time, to ease back in to my workload (and dust off my brain to use again). My manager literally texted me EVERY SINGLE DAY of my leave, checking in, sharing news, recommending books. My leadership sent my kids a huge shipment of ice cream. My director sent me a new book by my favorite author. My lead even CAME TO MY HOUSE to visit with me while she was down in Hampton Roads for work. I have been welcomed with open arms since I've returned, not just by my team, but from people across my division. I say that to say this: I have a strong family support system. I have an amazing church family support system. But having an equally strong, encouraging, and CARING work family is something I have never experienced before. I know there are a lot of great people in my network looking for work right now. It can be tempting to take a job when you need money. It can also be hard to know what kind of culture a company has when you are applying. I wanted to share a couple tips I used to vet companies when looking to make a career change: Research: Review the company's website, mission statement, and benefits page. Look at social media posts and how the company is portrayed in the media. Observation: Notice how employees interact, work, and solve problems. Pay attention to the tone, language, and body language of colleagues, managers, and leaders. Observe the work environment if possible (doesn't hurt to ask!) Ask questions: Ask about company culture during the interview. Ask leaders and employees to describe their experience. Ask about priorities and experiences with the company culture. Here's to hoping everyone gets the experience of working for a truly people first culture.

Have you set your profile in Goldcast for #HandshakeAccess on May 1-2? How many of the questions did you get correct for the "Spin The Wheel" option? Handshake Access 2024 has several interesting sessions featured on both days. I am most excited for "Gen Z gets real: an honest conversation with early talent" because I love hearing from students about their career journey! I am then able to share insights with employers who recruit Kennesaw State University students. It's also great learning from all #Handshake users across the platform (#student, #Employers, and #CareerServices).

By celebrating service anniversaries with physical and symbolic awards, you can cultivate a more engaged and loyal workforce. Recognizing employees on their service anniversaries can significantly boost retention rates. In fact, organizations that implement structured service recognition programs experience a 31% reduction in voluntary turnover compared to those that do not.

It truly warms the heart to receive acknowledgment and recognition for the contributions and impact made during your tenure with a company. The fact that your former bosses have not only remembered your value but also actively seeks to bring you back into their organization speaks volumes about the lasting impression you left. It indicates a deep appreciation for your work ethic, skills, and overall dedication to the company's success. Such gestures highlight the significance of relationships built within the professional realm and the respect garnered through hard work and commitment. It reflects positively on your professional reputation and the lasting impact you made during your time with the company. This demonstrates that your efforts were not only noticed but also valued, paving the way for a potential return that signifies mutual respect and admiration. In conclusion, the intention to welcome you back illustrates a high regard for your talents and the positive influence you had within the organization. It is a testament to your work ethic and the meaningful connections you cultivated throughout your career.

“From Career Break to Breakthrough” –  not just a catchy title but the reality for those women who have returned to work at Accenture, Johnson & Johnson, and SBB CFF FFS. These companies joined forces to present their returnship practices and showed the participants what needs to be put in place to make returnships work. “Returning is a defeatable challenge”, is the rallying cry from Matthieu Nahed Accenture Switzerland to other companies. How? 📢 Just start - work with 1 department leader who sees the bigger picture, i.e. the value in bringing career breakers back to work. 📢 Work with the recruiter to post job ads that attract career breakers to apply – state that a career break is not a show-stopper! 📢 Set up the returnee with a buddy, with work shadowing, with the chance to ramp up in a positive way. Here is a collection of the insights provided by each company: 💡Getting buy-in from management is key, even when you start small. 💡Set a self-perpetuating virtuous circle in motion: Listen to the voices of returners, who will be the buddies of your future returners. 💡Make your returnship programs and the benefits to the company visible, both internally and externally. In the words of Nicole Pongracz-Schüpbach, it pays off for SBB CFF FFS: a larger talent pool, increased innovation, a stronger employer brand and a more positive social impact. The business case for returners is already in the Advance Returnship Guide. Download here: https://lnkd.in/eiZjuK97 Huge thanks to Matthieu Nahed, Marine Poylo, Nur Kesgin-Sasse, Ekaterina Darbeka from Accenture. Andrea Brodbeck and Livia Modica from Johnson & Johnson Switzerland. To Nicole Pongracz-Schüpbach Schüpbach from SBB CFF FFS and Priska Burkard from TechFace.ch - Build Your Best Career In Tech for sharing their practices and lived experiences with returning to work. Now, let’s all keep pushing to get the 137,000 well-educated professionals who went on a career break to take on family duties back to work! Together, we #advance faster! #returnships, #careerbreak, #genderequality