Jennifer Fink

Fink Development | Career and Executive Coaching for Mid-Career Senior Professionals and Leaders

At Fink Development, we help successful mid-career senior professionals, executives, and founders 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.

Founder and Director | Coaching for Mid-Career Senior Professionals, Executives & Founders

Duke Corporate Education

After leaving my career in world-class academic institutions, I wondered how I could stay connected to leading research, top professors, and leadership development insights.

I was able to build a partnership with another world-class institution Duke CE to provide coaching and facilitation to learning and development programs for global organizations.

I’ve been able to provide group coaching and facilitation to large organizations’ rising leaders and leaders on career development and leadership development and leverage those experiences, learnings, and insights into my coaching practice, today.

Leadership Coach and Facilitator

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

After several of years working directly with students, I pivoted to a Director Level at the intersection of faculty and students. I loved, once again, advising world-class faculty and playing an active role in shaping the impact an MBA program can have on student’s lives and careers. But, after reaching the top, I recognized that the industry was no longer meeting my top values and I needed a shift out.

Stepping into this role it was evident to me right away that I was on a sinking ship, so I let my boss know my plan to right the ship with the best team possible and fix the leaks, and then I’d be planning my exit out. 

I led a strategic charge to create the biggest impact I could, by hiring and promoting an all-star team, overhauling broken systems, processes, and infrastructure, and advocating for the first successful allocation of resources in a decade, as well as leading the charge to hire my replacement for a seamless transition out. 

I was able to leave a department better than I found it. And have the clarity to know exactly what I wanted next, going full-time in my company.

What I learned is that it’s hard as hell to manage a stressful role, take care of your well-being, and take the steps to navigate a career transition, but it’s possible with a strong toolkit of career development skills and a clear roadmap of necessary steps.

Director of Academics, FT MBA Program

Fuqua School of Business

I was super excited to land the exact role I was targeting: one with a split-focus on improving program operations and in developing/refreshing career management curriculum to improve coaching outcomes. 

The first thing I did (beyond building strong internal relationships and trust), was to take a high-level strategic look at the career curriculum, team processes, and technical systems to see what was broken, what could be improved, and what didn’t exist but was needed to help 900+ students a year learn what the needed to learn to land their dream roles and improve the student experience along the way.

During my time there I made a lasting impact on the development of our career management and job search curriculum, consulted with a team of 8 career coaches/advisors on how to deliver compelling content and improve learning outcomes, created a process to track metrics and student outcomes, and improved operational processes and communication and efficiency within our department and internal teams, amongst other notable things. 

I’ve been able to leverage all of the insights gained from teaching 1000s of students and to develop a curriculum in my own business that is highly effective and efficient, while also being intentional about landing the right job, not just any job.

Associate Director, Career Management Center, Daytime MBA Program 

UNC Kenan-Flagler

I took this role as an opportunity to start building my career coaching skills and test coaching as a viable career path. I sat on the other side of the table from individuals who would tell me, "I have nothing to offer," when I was looking at a resume that said something very different!

I knew then that I wanted to be able to make a bigger impact for these individuals and that it was going to take going deeper than just basic communication skills to get to the root of the issue.

During this time, I coached 100s of students on how to improve their communication skills and on-the-job skills (presentations, feedback, difficult conversations, and business writing) and eventually learned that a large portion of people's struggles came from communicating while navigating their job search. 

I also developed standardized resources and course content to cover basic communication topics, so our entire team of consultants could go deeper in their 1:1 support with students, and provide resources for them to continue their learning after sessions. 

The experience, insights, and lessons learned in effective communication, improving your communication confidence, building your personal brand, and public speaking I leverage with clients every single day.

And, the mission I created for myself back then of building people's confidence and helping them see their unique value is still my mission today.

Assistant Director, Business Communication Center 

After learning about the field of Organizational Behavior, I knew it was where I wanted to take my career next, but wasn’t sure how to break in without the experience and expertise. 

I started networking and building relationships with notable individuals in the field, volunteering my time, and learning about faculty’s pain points to see where I could add value. 

After several months of persistence and demonstrating where and how I could add value, I was able to break into the field and quickly climb ranks into my ideal role. 

I spent several years in this role and loved every single second of getting to work with world-class faculty, advising them on process improvement for research design, mentoring business students, and wearing multiple hats across multiple departments. 

This position was one that helped me open the door to many further career opportunities and it would have never happened without understanding how to get in front of the right individuals and communicate a compelling personal brand story, things I teach my clients today.

Manager Organizational Behavioral Research Lab

As I was working in Organizational Behavior Research and considering a PhD, I was feeling a little hesitant about my knowledge, interest areas, and how to be a good teacher, so I decided to become a TA to bolster my skillset. 

I was a lead Teaching Assistant for multiple world-class professors, across multiple semesters, for Organizational Behavior, Leading and Managing, Negotiations, Ethics, Team Dynamics, and Entrepreneurship. 

I learned valued science-based strategies and insights, effective teaching philosophies and approaches, and significant knowledge in the field of Organizational Behavior that I’ve leveraged in my career and bring into my client work.

Teaching Assistant for Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship Studies

Harvard Business School

Research Consultant/Administrator for Organizational Behavior

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

Research Associate for Duke’s Fuqua School of Business

Various Companies and Industries 

Prior to my higher-education career, I had an entirely different career comprised of various management roles across a wide variety of industries from retail, to hospitality, to real estate, to food and beverage, and law. 

I loved being able to come into an organization (or help build one from the ground up) and improve operations, business processes, and employee development programs, as well as directly interact with customers to improve the customer experience.

Some of the greatest management lessons in my career were in these early days of learning and growing on the job, it was a steep learning curve that I enjoyed and have been able to now refine over my career.

Manager

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 people clarify what they truly want out of their careers and then build a roadmap to get there. 

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 launched my own company to help others own their career with clarity, authenticity, and intention.

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 personally 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,
✔️Communicate more effectively
✔️Make a greater impact, 
✔️and get the most out of their lives and careers.

You can hear so 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 what to do, 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. 

My favorite clients are the ones who aren't in a rush. They want to feel like they are running towards something versus running away from something.

They are ready to slow down, step back, and take an intentional look at where they have been and where they are heading next.

If that sounds like you, I'm here to help. 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.

MJL Projects LLC

Partnering with clients on staffing needs.

Principal Recruiting Consultant

Employeeze

Recruiting:
2023: Direct placement for a healthcare research non profit; 2 offerable candidates w/in 4 weeks, one hire. 
2021- 2022: 5 mo. contract RPO services for a healthcare analytics platform for all open roles (SmartRecruiter)
-Write/edit job descriptions; interviewer training; sourcing; RPO/direct placement. 

Career Services: resume reviews; career coaching (interviews, salary negotiation, job search roadmap planning; 1:1 hourly consulting.) Check out my client recommendations. 

Freelance writer: Seattle Times/NWJobs.com -weekly columnist/blogger; University of WA Continuing Education; Jobscan; Do My Resume. RFPs for staffing SMBs.

Senior Recruiter, Employment Strategist, Freelance Writer

Zscaler

Here is the Zscaler careers website - please apply online. https://lnkd.in/grCj7iG4

Overview of roles covered:

-Helping build a greenfield AI analytics platform w/ AI Data Scientists (LLM/BERT/Llama, RAG, LangChain), Staff UI/backend software engineers
-Various software roles including (Senior/Staff/Principal/Architect levels): Python/PySpark, Android (Architect, Staff, Automation); enterprise back end, UI/front end, Security
-Building out our FEDRAMP SRE organizations and supporting roles including SWE/SRE/devops and Sr./Director roles
-Increasing our Managed Threat Hunt Team with Staff Security Researchers
-Partnering with our Customer Compliance & Trust organization to build out the team
-Supporting our ZPA and Android product teams with Architects, Principal and Staff Software Engineering talent

Senior Technical Recruiter -  via Akkodis (full cycle)

Ibotta, Inc.

Sr. Tech Recruiter for Ibotta focused on Analytics & Infosec roles. 
70% diversity hires (predominantly senior roles including including Staff Data Scientist, Sr. Information Security Analyst, Sr. Fraud Analyst, Staff BI Engineer, Sr. Decision Scientist)
Manage university intern recruiting for client group

Sr. Technical Recruiter (Remote)

Twitter

A member of the Platform TA team supporting the customer experience. 
-2 international hires in my first quarter for Kubernetes SDEs
-Partner with multiple hiring managers on best practices; average 10-12 TPS and 2-5 IV's per week during growth periods
-Expand knowledge of SmartRecruiters ATS
-Member of LGBTQ and Women BRG's.

Senior Technical Recruiter (RIF)

Swiftly Systems, Inc.

Premiere (first) recruiter for a growing startup providing brick and mortar retailers with the ability to reach millions of customers via white labeled mobile apps, and CPG vendors with targeted mobile adtech functionality. Worked on all corporate roles including tech, accounting/finance, sales, marketing, and HR. 
•	Premiere FT recruiter for a growing technical startup
•	Increased the size of the company by 69% in the first 6 months (from 45 to 65)
•	Researched, priced, recommended and implemented a new Applicant Tracking System (Lever)
•	Collaborated with Marketing to develop and release a branded presence on BuiltIn.com; increased candidate flow by 25% in the first 10 days of go-live date, spearheaded a social media recruiting campaign that increased candidate flow.

Senior Technical Recruiter (Remote)

Redfin

As a parental leave backfill contract, I partnered with the Analytics group to source and hire data analysts, data engineers, data scientists and analytics managers using LinkedIn, passive sourcing, employee referrals, and Workday. I filled 10 openings in 5 months across the org, and made several offer-generated HR referrals (including a Recruiting/Diversity Recruiting Manager and Senior Sourcer).

TalentReach

Boutique agency providing staffing, direct hire and unique RPO services for startup clients and traditional direct/contract to enterprise.
-Startups include areas such as martech, fintech, B2B analytics platforms/services, devops, eCommerce
-Enterprise included eCommerce, digital media, financial verticals

Senior Technical Talent Advisor (Recruiter) (RIF covid)

Zulily

Zulily, part of Qurate Retail Group (QRG), is an international e-commerce company specializing in flash sales and exclusive vendors. Client groups: Analytics (Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data, Product Management 2017-2019-position eliminated) and Store team (Enterprise Platform, Product Management, Mobile Apps iOS/Android – 2017-2018)
•	2-4 hires/month avg.
•	Hired brand new Data Science team of 5 (Mgr., Sr., mid/entry) in 6 mos. at 60% diverse candidates
•	25%-30% internal or employee referral hires

Talent Advisor/Senior Technical Recruiter (RIF)

IndieMentor

IndieMentor is working on providing direction for artists on the business of being in the creative industry. Our goal is to provide programming and direct access to industry professionals across the creative spectrum for artists (music, writing, film, visual & performing) to help them maintain momentum on the business side of their endeavors so they can keep creating. This is my passion project, one day we hope to become a non-profit.

Co-Founder

Are you a PM looking for work? I will be answering common job search questions for the Puget Sound PMI chapter (Zoom option also available) on 9/12.


https://pugetsoundpmi.org/meetinginfo.php?id=717&ts=1720988648

Recognized by Teal as a Top Voice for Jobseekers in 2023 - https://www.tealhq.com/post/the-top-job-search-experts. 

Check out my recent article for Teal - "How To Read A Job Description": https://www.tealhq.com/post/how-to-read-a-job-description

Dimfluencer ( n.): someone who gives out deliberate MISINFORMATION about job search/recruiting in an effort to convince job seekers to buy their goods/services. Common topics include “the hidden job market; ATS “compliant” resumes, “applying directly to jobs doesn’t work”; “robots” autoreject your resume; AI is screening and dispositioning your job application without human review. 

I don't accept messages that start with just "Hi" or "Dear Kristen". If you don't tell me what you are messaging me about, I'm going to decline and archive it. I also am not looking for any help with my resume, a job search, business coaching, website help, crypto/Forex investing. Those just get deleted and the sender blocked.

*I do not offer reverse recruiting services*.

Please, if we do not know each other, do not send me your resume/connection with a request “for a job” or to let you know if I hear of anything for you. 

I am not interested in franchises, commission-only roles from agencies or offers to “help me build my business”. I don't need to pay anyone for "exposure".

I am happy to introduce you to a connection at a target employer you have found and applied to in my network - please ask me for an introduction and include the job number/url you have already applied to, and the person you would like to be introduced to. 

Apparently I am an ATS guru based on conversations with my industry peers. I could walk into almost any recruiting role and be up and running in the ATS in a couple of hours. WorkDay, Taleo, Lever, Jobvite, SmartRecruiter, Taleo SMB, ZohoRecruit, Greenhouse. I have implemented several of those.

Leveraging extensive experience in recruiting to provide job seekers knowledgeable guidance in their job search in North America. Resume review; LinkedIn optimization; interview preparation (including mock interviews); navigating salary negotiation; developing and leveraging your unique brand; developing a road search roadmap (including research). 

If you are looking for resume/LI feedback, I am happy to provide my rates. 

*Note, I do not accept dating requests and will report you on this platform.

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