Sarah Friedell's guest appearances

Sarah Friedell

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Work From The Inside Out

Be Brave at Work

John Neral

Megan Leatherman

Carol Parker Walsh

Tammy Gooler Loeb

Mac Prichard

Dawn Graham

Laura Gassner Otting

Vicki Lind

Albert Qian

Jeff Weiss

Nella Barkley

Amanda Augustine

Sherri Thomas

Ray Bixler

Aubrie DeClerck

OwlTail

If you’re a job seeker in the current market, you know how crowded that market is. Excellent references and a professional resume are no longer enough to get you the job you want. To stand out to an employer, you must be strategic about communicating your unique skillset, says Find Your Dream Job guest Sarah Friedell O’Connell. How do you do that? Sarah says you start by developing your personal brand. Get clarity on the positions you’re interested in and on the value, you bring to a company. Sarah also recommends using branding exercises to build your confidence in what you have to offer.  About Our Guest: Sarah Friedell O'Connell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfriedelloconnell/) is an executive coach and the owner of ChangePoint Advisors. (https://www.changepointadvisors.com/) It’s a firm that helps senior executives navigate career changes.  Resources in This Episode:  Are you a senior executive working through a career transition? Find out how Sarah can help you by visiting her website at www.changepointadvisors.com/. (https://www.changepointadvisors.com/) From our Sponsor: Find Your Dream Job is brought to you by TopResume.(http://macslist.org/topresume) Top Resume has helped more than 400,000 professionals land more interviews and get hired faster. Get a free review of your resume today from one of Top Resume’s expert writers. (http://macslist.org/topresume) 

If you’re a job seeker in the current market, you know how crowded that market is. Excellent references and a professional resume are no longer enough to get you the job you want. To stand out to an employer, you must be strategic about communicating your unique skillset, says Find Your Dream Job guest Sarah Friedell O’Connell. How do you do that? Sarah says you start by developing your personal brand. Get clarity on the positions you’re interested in and on the value, you bring to a company. Sarah also recommends using branding exercises to build your confidence in what you have to offer.  About Our Guest: Sarah Friedell O'Connell (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfriedelloconnell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfriedelloconnell/</a>) is an executive coach and the owner of ChangePoint Advisors. (<a href="https://www.changepointadvisors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.changepointadvisors.com/</a>) It’s a firm that helps senior executives navigate career changes.  Resources in This Episode: <ul> <li>Are you a senior executive working through a career transition? Find out how Sarah can help you by visiting her website at <a href="http://www.changepointadvisors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.changepointadvisors.com/</a>. (<a href="https://www.changepointadvisors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.changepointadvisors.com/</a>)</li> <li>From our Sponsor: Find Your Dream Job is brought to you by TopResume.(<a href="http://macslist.org/topresume" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://macslist.org/topresume</a>) Top Resume has helped more than 400,000 professionals land more interviews and get hired faster. Get a free review of your resume today from one of Top Resume’s expert writers. (<a href="http://macslist.org/topresume" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://macslist.org/topresume</a>)</li> </ul>

Why Your Personal Brand Matters More Than Ever, with Sarah Friedell O’Connell

Sarah Friedell O'Connell is an executive coach and the owner of Change Point Advisors, a firm dedicated to helping senior executives navigate career changes. She has been coaching C suite executives for over 10 years and has worked with hundreds of people across a variety of industries and functions. Sarah brings a unique perspective and deep expertise to her work advising senior leaders. Part of Sarah's uniqueness and success as a coach stems from the expertise she gained in her first career in corporate communications and later in public relations. Sarah has over 20 years of experience in communications, and public relations, serving as a spokeswoman at Fidelity Investments and also for the president of Harvard University. She brings her real-world business experience, as well as her expertise and communication strategy, marketing, branding and messaging to her work coaching executive clients. Sarah understands what it takes to work in a high-pressure environment. As the owner of her firm, ChangePoint Advisors, she partners with her clients to clarify their goals, create customized action plans, and teach them to communicate strategically and effectively to accomplish their goals. Whether they are seeking a new job planning for an active retirement, exploring Board of Director's seeds, or launching entrepreneurial pursuits, Sarah has a proven process to help her clients succeed. In this episode we discuss:   Sarah attended the College of William and Mary and knew she wanted to live in Washington D.C. after she graduated. How her early work experiences gave her the foundation she needed for future career success.  Sarah served as a spokeswoman at Fidelity Investments and subsequently for the President of Harvard University.  While serving as a spokeswoman at Harvard, Sarah was taking weekend courses to become a life coach.  When her work as a spokeswoman became increasingly demanding, she made the choice to take a brief sabbatical to get clear about her next career move. Sarah believed she would return to communications work, but discovered opportunities in the outplacement field. She took the entrepreneurial leap and now brings her business experience and her expertise in communications strategy, marketing, branding, and messaging to coach executives.  Listen, subscribe and read show notes at  - episode 060

060: Reflect on Your Success - Sarah Friedell O’Connell