I had never experienced a Life Coach or Career Consultant prior to teaming up with Sira. I wasn't sure what to expect but I knew that my professional transition required more than my own habitual faculties to navigate through. My case was pretty straight forward, I had an opportunity that made leaving my current employer worth it, but I wanted to negotiate a moderate salary counter offer. However, I am not one to handle potential "confrontation" and had ZERO experience in professionally selling myself.
Sira made a genuine effort to get to know me and started by asking me numerous questions about my personal and career experiences as well as current and future goals I had. She then road mapped how a potential negotiation conversation would flow. Within this, she worked with me on my communication skills to clearly and concisely present my "case" for the counter compensation I was requiring. We role played (which was incredibly valuable) as she helped me uncover the "why" to my "worth" so that it would naturally be part of the conversation. In addition, explicitly defining what my role(s) would be and the skill-sets I had to back them.
It can be overwhelming to unpack all of this when you are in the interview process and having someone assist you in doing so makes the end result so much more powerful and impactful.
After our sessions together, I was much more confident and prepared and as a result of this, was able to negotiate and receive what I wanted.
I will certainly work again with her in the future. She is like my very own personal HR support system. Thanks so much Sira! read more