Ross M.
I was struggling to find my way to a steady career that I could feel content in while providing financial support to my passion in music. Feeling stuck in a stale job, having limited higher education, my thoughts of my future started to spiral downward. I knew where I wanted to go in my life, but only a faint idea on how to get there. I came across Linda's website searching for career coaches around the area. We had a consultation on the phone and I immediately felt a sense of hope rush back into my life. We had discussed all of my wants in life as well as my passion for music. She provided me with a plan on how to bridge the gap from where I was to where I wanted to be. I was all in, and we went ahead and booked the first session on that very same phone call. That very next day, I received a text from her. The text had contained an article about a Social Media Manager and the freedoms this field had provided this particular manager. Reading the article was like seeing one of my own entries in my personal journal. Rarely do I ever feel heard or listened to, but that article sent to me from Linda confirmed that SHE was listening. From that point on I had decided I would work to get into the field of digital marketing. We worked tirelessly to get me to a point where not only was I educated on how I would get there, but I was confident in doing so. From taking my strengths assessment - where I learned I possess all the strengths that I feel a leader would possess - to reciting how I would market myself to employers to land the job that I wanted. We worked on my LinkedIn and how to get it to stand out amongst the sea of candidates, and also how to connect with industry professionals in an inviting way. Linda instilled in me a confidence in putting myself out there in the job market. She taught me how my skills were transferrable and how I could use them in a way that would compliment the career I was working toward, even though I had never had any specific prior experience in the field. Linda and I worked together for about 6-7 months. Today, I am a leasing and marketing professional primarily working on the social media marketing side of the job. I brush shoulders with social media managers on a daily basis, growing my skills specific to the field. My face is all over the Instagram of the company I work for, further building my portfolio. I never could have made it to this point, in this amount of time, had I not done the homework and received coaching from Linda. This has been by far the best investment I have ever made. An investment in Linda is an investment in your career and in yourself. As Warren Buffet once said, “The most important investment you can make is in yourself."