Jennifer Fink

Let's ☕️ chat! | Helping Mid-Career Business Professionals and Leaders clarify and land their ideal career move 👩‍💻 | Career Coaching + Resume Writing + Personal Branding + Job Search Strategy

I help ambitious Mid-career Business Leaders and Owners accelerate their path to a life and career they love. 

In 2011, I was struggling with my own clarity crisis. I knew I wanted more impact and growth in my career, but I was stalled out in indecision.

Two years later, I had identified my ideal career path, landed my dream job, and simultaneously launched my own company to help others navigate their career journey.

Today, I teach people (just like you!) how to use the same step-by-step process to clarify, attract, and land (or create) their ideal career opportunities.

Over the past 12+ years, I've taught 1000s of top MBAs and worked with 450+ individuals on navigating their career journey to:

✔️ Improve their habits and mindset,
✔️ Clarify what they truly want,
✔️ Articulate an alluring personal brand, 
✔️ Land or create their ideal career opportunities,
✔️ Operate more efficiently,
✔️ Communicate more effectively,
✔️ Make a greater impact, 
✔️ And get the most out of their lives and careers.

You can hear from some of my clients:

🤩 Brian H., "With her help, I've landed in what I consider to be the perfect job for me (for the first time in my life)."
🤩 Spencer H., "I am proud to share that I have gained professional clarity and was able to adjust my search to a more effective method that helped me land my dream job at my dream company."
🤩 Jennifer C., "Working with Jenni has been one of the best decisions of my life."
🤩 Doug S., "She kept me focused and accountable, and encouraged me to be curious and push myself beyond my inherently limited comfort zone."
🤩 Nghiem B., "Jenni has a natural gift to actively listen and ask questions that helped me see my innate abilities and unique power."
🤩 Nick B., "Working with Jenni changed the way I see myself, my career, and the entire social and financial economy of my household."
🤩 Emily ID, "Jenni did more for me in one hour than 10 years of therapy."

My guess is that if you knew how to achieve your biggest goals, you would have done it already. 

But figuring out what you want and turning that into a viable next career move is hard. Especially at mid-career, when it feels like a lot is riding on making the "right" choice and your time is running out.

Luckily, there is a better way. I work with my clients to:

1) Get rid of the mind trash that holds them back
2) Clarify what they want and where they are headed
3) Develop a strategic roadmap
4) Take focused actions that move them forward

Want a realistic picture of how to get where you want to go? Shoot me a DM to get started👩‍💻☕️

Founder and Director | Career and Executive Coaching for Mid-career Senior Professionals and Leaders

At Fink Development, we help successful mid-career business professionals, leaders, and executives clarify what they truly want out of their lives and careers, then create the behavior change and roadmap to get there.

We have a collective of power-house career and executive coaches specialized in the following areas of helping clients achieve their career aspirations.

* Clarifying their next ideal career move
* Launching a career transition
* Navigating a complex job search
* Landing remote and flexible work
* Landing a promotion to the next level of leadership 
* Thriving as a manager or leader
* Navigating a moment of complexity or uncertainty
* Stepping into senior leadership of C-suite for the first time
* Amplifying their brand to attract the opportunities they desire
* Building clarity around a new business or side-hustle
* Strategizing positioning, messaging, product/market fit, viable business models, marketing, and roadmaps to launch or scale a business 

We aim to help amplify each client's clarity around what they are trying to achieve, what they are struggling with, and recommend the best resource or coach we know to support them in making intentional moves in their lives and careers. 

Learn more at www.finkdevelopment.com and book a complimentary call.

Want to know how long your job search will actually take? Here are the benchmarks I see with senior-level searches:

2 months: You're targeting exactly what you've done before. You have a strong network, proven results in a high-demand role, and your interview skills are sharp. You have connections that are ready and willing to open doors for you.

4 months: You're targeting the same role or something close to it. You have strong networking skills and your personal brand is dialed in. You're working aggressively to get in front of the right opportunities.

6 months: You're making a moderate career shift. Or you're moving more slowly or deliberately. Or you're targeting highly competitive roles in fields that are contracting. Or you have gaps in your approach that are creating friction.

12+ months: You're making a significant career pivot—changing industry, function, and level simultaneously. Or you have major gaps in your strategy that aren't being addressed.

These are benchmarks based on what I see working with senior professionals, not guarantees. Your timeline depends on dozens of variables specific to your situation.

What matters most? Having realistic expectations so you can build the right action plan.

Most people either overestimate their efforts or underestimate their gaps. Both cost you time and momentum.

If you want to stop guessing and get a clear roadmap for your specific search, let's talk. Happy to help you map out what’s realistic and what actions you need to take.

#Careers #Jobsearch #CareerTransition

Career Coach l Helping Mid-Career Business Leaders and Owners get clear on what’s next and build their roadmap to get there | Ready? Shoot me a DM 👩‍💻☕️

Erica Reckamp

Partner with me to take advantage of job search strategies and 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 that will position you as a top candidate, explore salary potential, create opportunities, and land multiple offers.

My passion is uncovering and highlighting each job seeker's unique value and crafting content to achieve the following: 
➙ Offset common disqualifiers. 
➙ Address stakeholders at all stages of the hiring process.
➙ Guide conversations to constructive talking points.   
➙ Set candidates apart from the competition.  

With years of 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in multiple top executive outplacement and resume development firms, I understand what works. Let me share it with you!   
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PREMIUM CONTENT 
Executive Resumes ★ C-Level Resumes ★ Board-Level Resumes 
LinkedIn Profiles ★ Personal Branding ★ Storytelling 

ACCELERATE TRANSITIONS 
Career Change ★ Career Gap ★  Nontraditional Work History ★ Stalled Search 
Interview Coaching ★ Networking and Outreach 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS / PODCAST GUEST 
Job Search ★ Workplace Topics ★ Career Strategy 
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I welcome conversations. Reach out today! 

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Executive Resume Writer & Job Search Consultant

Several platforms track application attempts and how far you make it in the hiring process. This can burn well-intended applicants, but there is some logic to this tactic.

Hiring authorities place priority on applicants who seem invested in the organization and the role. This can be demonstrated in a number of ways: 

1) Well-targeted Resume and LinkedIn, speaking to hiring priorities and focused topics relevant to the types of roles you are pursuing.
  
 2) Submitting an application through the company website, which indicates you've been seeking out this specific company as opposed to mass applying on job boards. 

3)  Earning the confidence of an internal advocate, whether on the hiring committee or simply an employee referral. 

4) Staying in the conversation even after the formal application. Don't disappear and assume they'll reach out if they need something. It's on you to build confidence and credibility. 

𝗦𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

Not if you're applying to highly divergent roles with no theme. This makes you look scattered. The hiring organization is not going to help you figure out what you're looking for next. You need to know before applying. 

You CAN apply to several roles at the same organization if there is a theme to the roles. For example, it makes sense that the same candidate might apply to strategic partner, key accounts, and business development roles. They have overlapping qualifications and skills requirements, so it would be appropriate. This looks targeted. 

Happy hunting!

C-Suite and Executive Resumes that get people talking!🔹LinkedIn🔹Bios🔹Takeaways🔹Advance your career goals with captivating career collateral.

English language readers consistently default to the top left corner of the page. The eyes sweep a document, traveling in predictable patterns. 

On a resume, this means we need to push the eye through the document to create movement and encourage stronger reader reception of priority content. 

During our AI Resume Development Tool Report, we shared output provided by some of the most common AI resume development tools. Take a look at what’s working (and what’s not) in that top left quartile, also known as the primary optical area. 

What stands out? Most often, section headers. 
When we submit a resume, are we selling that? No…

Next most common point of emphasis, company names. 
Are we selling that? No…


Now take a look at your resume. 

What are you selling? 


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