Joanna is unlike any interview coach I have had before, the approach she has to her clients was something to admire, and I looked and researched a few interview coaches before I decided to go with Negotiation Geek. Joanna has experience working HR in a Fortune 500 company, offers great advice, and she puts forth the most solid effort I have ever seen from a career coach in getting to know her clients' needs before a session is established. This isn't a cookie cutter coaching session, I was very impressed when she helped me prep for an interview for a Fortune 500 company, she reached out to her network who worked for the company to give me advice on the hiring process, taught me how to search for clues in the job posting, and asked me some very tough questions in our mock interview session. As a result of her game planning and the preparation skills it left me, I was well prepared for the interview, and it wasn't nearly as hard as my mock interview with Negotiation Geek. I would recommend Joanna again and again to anyone who needs to prepare for an interview, and her salary negotiation skills are top notch and have helped me establish a better salary for the jobs I have been interviewing for. Joanna is awesome, and she even followed up with me after the interview to see how it went! Joanna is an amazing coach and I trust her because she's put in the work in corporate America HR and she truly cares about her clients' success. Go with Negotiation Geek and you will not be disappointed! read more

I would like to highly recommend Joanna for her extraordinary Coaching and Executive Leadership skills! I first met Joanna as a colleague at World Fuel Services. We both worked under the Human Resources - Talent Development business function and not only did I get to know Joanna on a business level, but on a personal level as well! I have been so privileged to have such a great friend and mentor to whom I can resort to for coaching, guidance, and advice :) Furthermore, she demonstrates exemplar entrepreneurial, motivational, and inspiring attributes. She is a thought leader and successful business woman!! She will listen carefully to your concerns and goals, will work with you to create a development plan, and will challenge you to see it through!!! I'll take Joanna on my team any day!! read more

It's somewhat rare for me to post a review of a person who's job it is to get more money from my company but I have to tell this story. A few weeks ago a candidate came into our company for a scheduled interview. This was a good prospect but not the most qualified. When she began the interview though her level of engagement, professionalism at such a youthful phase in her life, great questions, excellent answers to mine, and a clearly describable vision of what she wanted by way of her future, compensation, and current role. Her interview came across so top tier that I passed her information to the COO of our company. A few days later I found out she was offered the position. She ended up negotiating directly with the COO on her salary and benefits and now she has more vacation time than I do! Not exactly funny but more so interesting. I had to know how she prepped for what seemed like her first few interviews after graduation from Northwestern. So I emailed her. Here is what she said: "Hi John, While I have always found that good preparation for things I desire is good practice, I knew I could not land this job without some help. I enlisted a professional firm called Negotiation Geek that I was told about from a friend on Facebook. After a few minutes of conversation with them I knew they had much to teach me. I hired them, they helped me with a clear agenda and cost, and I hit the interview circuit. I was really thankful to them and especially the owner Joanna. She's a total pro. I'm sure I would have gotten through the interview process with little assistance, I never would have know the things to focus on without her help. I have to say that I am so proud to be working here now and cannot tell you how appreciative I am of the few concessions that Rick made based on my requests that I learned from Joanna and Negotiation Geek. Thanks for recommending me from our first meeting and I will assure you that I will be an asset to the company." She was so honest. She got help preparing by a service that focuses on just that. All I can say is WOW! I will be looking into this Negotiation Geek. Seems they created a really polished interviewee and I would like to know more. Kudos to you! Whatever you are doing, keep doing it. I interviewed one of your clients and she was excellent and clearly well prepared. read more

I am so happy to have found Joanna! I enlisted her help preparing for a salary negotiation I was nervous about. She helped me assess my market value, identify and prioritize the benefits that were most important to me and prepare my approach and talking points. She is a great listener and has a very calming and encouraging presence. I went into the negotiation confident and was thrilled with the results Joanna helped me achieve! read more

After a two-month coaching relationship, I cannot recommend Joanna to others who are seeking more than generic job search guidance. I am a mid-career professional who sought her help with pursuing roles that match my skill set but are outside of my specialized field. If you require more than cut-and-paste advice along the lines of "incorporate more keywords into your resume" and "the more resumes you submit the better", look somewhere else. While I was asked to identify my needs and set the parameters throughout the coaching relationship, I had to continually push to get a response to specific requests like feedback on my LinkedIn profile. Her recommendations were not strategic in any way or reflective of the preferences I expressed in our calls. Finally, it was difficult to schedule calls with her which is basically what her monthly fee covers. Multiple times, she asked to change the time for our calls and cancelled one unilaterally without contacting me first. I shared my career and personal goals at the outset of the relationship, but unfortunately trusted too heavily on her expertise and coaching skills to guide my job search. In hindsight, I should have asked for a detailed proposal before paying her fee, and highly recommend potential clients do not skip this important step. read more