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Client Testimonials
From time to time we interview a client or former client about his or her career transition and their experience with Kelleher Associates.
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September
2005
While still employed as an IT executive, Eva Wylie decided it was time for a change. An energetic and passionate person, Eva wanted the process to be fun and the outcome gratifying. Eva is now enjoying her new position as Business Relationship Manager.
What led you to the decision to make a change and what led you to Kelleher Associates, Inc.
After 20 years of continued employment, I came to the realization that I was ready for a bigger challenge. I wanted to do something different and didn’t know what that was--but it was time to do something just for myself.
I met Ed Kelleher at a networking event that Kelleher Associates facilitates for executives readying for transition. We hit it off and Ed understood my need to more clearly define what I really liked to do.
In what way(s) was Ed most helpful to you?
I was looking for a resume ‘facelift’ Being in one company for 23 years I had a very company-specific, fact-based resume. Ed helped me get my ‘message’ correct in the resume, finding the comfort line between understated and unbelievable. And we polished my elevator speech, which gave me confidence to reach out.
Ed had me write 8 events that I was most proud of, sound bites, These were identifying events in my career that could be used as examples in interviews. There was an unmistakable theme to these ‘proud moments’, one which helped me focus on the kind of position in which I would be happiest
As a ‘lifer’ from one company I was a little uncomfortable about how to interview with people I didn’t know. Even though I had transferred to new groups, I hadn’t interviewed with people I didn’t already know in more than 15 years. I need to have fun at work – it’s very important to me. With Ed’s encouragement, I gained confidence to be ‘me’ and have fun in the interviews and give the interviewers a straight look at who I really am.
And Ed always knew the next step.
Was networking useful?
Although my only experience with networking had been limited to a soccer field (with people not in my industry), it was the tie with a former colleague that ultimately landed me my new position.
Do you have any advice to offer other job-seekers at your level?
If you are ready for a change, don’t wait until you are frustrated. And I speak for many when I say the working with Kelleher has been a positive
experience.
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