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 👩‍💻☕️

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Embedded Software Engineer

Amazon

- Engaged in a device bring-up on a secure x86 system using Coreboot in C with Bootguard to boot a Linux-based OS
- Developed test suite for manufacturing facilities to verify device functional operation using Bash, C, C++, Java and JavaScript
- Developed new tools in Bash and C to facilitate debugging certain classes of issues related to parsing raw binary data read from firmware chips and SSD images
- Used AWS Cloud Services (S3, API Gateway, Lambda, EC2 instances) to manage internal tools and deploy external services
- Worked on the development of a build system to build a secure Linux-based OS using Bash and Python

Software Development Engineer

Ericsson

- Developed in C in Real-Time OS MQX on ARM platform to maintain and develop radio features and configure FPGAs and RFICs
- Wrote and debugged C applications running on Docker in Linux to control a radio over a network connection
- Updated Makefiles for C projects to add new features and improve build efficiency
- Lead an initiative to redesign departments documentation strategy and delegated responsibilities among 4 teams
- Participated in System and Code Reviews in C/C++, leading to changes in critical components’ designs and in implementations

Indoor Radio Software Developer

Ford Motor Company

- Worked on embedded Linux applications and libraries in C and C++14 to manage network, diagnostics, and other configurations related to Cellular Data Services
- Resolved architecture and tooling issues to fix race conditions, reduce code base by thousands of lines, and reduce unit test times
- Designed new CLI-tool in C++ to test, configure, and evaluate status of wireless daemon for testing and compliance purposes
- Participated in software design lifecycle (requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, maintenance)
- Designed a service and APIs to expose local Bluetooth hardware capabilities with remote devices over a network connection
- Domain-owner for IPC and SOA communication layer used in multiple applications
- Developed new Makefiles and modified existing BitBake recipes
- Used Valgrind, GTests, gdb and post-mortem debuggers to diagnose and fix bugs and race conditions
- Agile development, extensive use of Jira

Systems Software Developer

Leonardo DRS

- Developed and wrote test procedure for Electronic Warfare (EW) unit based on existing procedures for similar products and tests
- Stress tested various units to determine cause of intermittent issues
- Trained a team of 2 from sister company during a contract transfer
- Worked as a tester on the manufacturing floor with assembly line workers, testing circuit components and assemblies to MIL spec

Hardware Engineer, Electronic Warfare Summer Student

Communications Research Centre

- Worked on team to predict spectrum channel usage to facilitate spectrum sharing
- Analyzed data and developed tools to help analyze, tune and visualize big data in R
- Algorithms used included LightGBM, XgBoost, ETS, ARIMA
- Data was visualized in a GUI made with plot_ly and Shiny

Information Processing, Coop

- Awarded a Spot Award for extra effort in analyzing older Electronic Warfare program problems
- Tested incoming products to provide advice and suggestions for repair
- Prepared internal and external reports documenting the testing process and results
- Learned how to use various lab equipment, read electrical schematics, conduct proper and consistent measurements, various stress test methods

- Tested 6000+ units on the manufacturing floor, including functional tests for CCAs and ESS testing for end units
- Assisted simple duties on assembly line such as torquing to requirement and cleaning contact areas

- Supported others with administrative tasks such as gathering RFQs or determining specs and compliance

Hardware Engineer, Coop

I take a systems approach when analyzing problems and designing solutions. I'm passionate about low level code, networking, and real-time systems; they are easy to visualize and difficult to work with, which makes a worthwhile challenge.

Quality is not just a priority - it's a necessity.

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