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2021 Year in Review
2021 Year in ReviewTransparency is a key theme and differentiator for us at CloseCohen—for our third year in a row, we have analyzed our data and conducted self-evaluations as the new year begins! You’ll be hard pressed to find another executive career service that...
Business Insider interview with Alisa Cohen on 5 steps to help you land your first VP role
Business Insider interview with Alisa Cohen on 5 steps to help you land your first VP roleRead the full article here. The article is premium Business Insider content so we want to make sure readers without a subscription can read it—here is the article in full:Hate...
Book Review: How you can build stronger executive presence with Think Again by Adam Grant
Book Review: How you can build stronger executive presence with Think Again by Adam GrantAs an Executive Coach, I invite clients to examine what served them well in the past and to discover if it still serves them well today. This reflection is not a natural...
The Great Resignation Part II: Hiring Managers, We See You
Another Day, Another Open HeadcountThe Great Resignation Part II:Hiring Managers, We See YouAll this “Great Resignation” talk conjures up images of professionals lying on the beach with cocktails in hand. But what about the leaders who are on the receiving end of the...
The Great Resignation Part I: Prepare to Give Your Notice
Do these 3 things before you Quit Your Job and Seek FreedomThe Great Resignation Part I:Prepare to Give Your NoticeYou’ve read the headlines: The Great Resignation is here...and you want in. Maybe you were waiting out the pandemic before resigning. Maybe your employer...
How We Prepare Senior Leaders For Their Interview Loops
How We Prepare Senior Leaders For Their Interview Loops Senior leaders are accustomed to preparation before execution, so it’s natural they seek us out for support when preparing to take their candidacy to market. Our streamlined approach for busy senior...
Lies, Truth, and Extraordinary Results — The ONE Thing Book Review
Lies, Truth, and Extraordinary Results—The ONE Thing Book Review With a title that sounds like marketing jargon, I was unsure what to expect from The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. Written by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan,...
2020 Year in Review
2020 Year in Review 2020 was a year for the history books for Close Cohen Career Consulting, just like for each of you. We opened with a bang—a sold out/waitlist only professionals & leaders mixer at Good Bar in Pioneer Square in February, where the wait...
An Incredible Journey
An Incredible Journey - Announcing: Rebrand to Close Cohen Career Consulting Interesting pandemic isn’t it? I recently surveyed a group of middle-aged professionals (sometimes referred to as my neighbors) around a bonfire and asked what they could notice about...
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It took at least fifteen minutes to find my running shoes, they should have been in the shoe rack. Once I finally got them on and stepped outside, Spotify kept blinking in and out on my bluetooth headset. The forecast said clouds but it felt like drizzle, and it was probably just going to rain
The Outcome
This past month a wonderful client of ours –a senior female software engineer, sent an email to us titled “The Outcome.” As you can imagine, we opened it immediately. Below you’ll find this really lovely reflection she sent over letting us know how she landed in her job search after graduating from our practice.
2019 Year in Review
2019 was an exciting year, we nearly doubled the number of clients served from 2018. Two dedicated staff were hired to uplevel the customer experience. Our brilliant career coaches Olivia Kidd & Rich Luby have increased engagement, training and coaching for the duration of the client’s stay in the practice. Further, in 2019 two resume writers were hired to attend to client demand.