Lead and Lift

Valerie Martinelli: Why You Need A Career Coach

Episode Summary

About Valerie Martinelli: Valerie Martinelli is a Career Leadership Coach and the CEO of Valerie Martinelli Consulting, an award-winning coaching and consulting business, since 2016. VMC helps mid and senior-level executives land new roles, cultivate careers, and earn massive salary increases between $15K- $60K using 1:1 and group coaching strategies. VMC has helped numerous professionals achieve and advance their dream careers and crush their salary goals. Valerie is a current member of SheSource, CT Women's Business Development Council Connect, and DWEN. She has authored numerous articles in which her insights have been featured, including publications such as Careers in Government, Forbes, Fairygodboss, PayScale, Vault Careers, Terkel, and NYE Editorial. Valerie is a co-author of the #1 International bestselling book “Ready Connect Grow: Grow Your Business Through the Power of Your Connections”, an anthology featuring stories of why building a dynamic and profitable network are the easiest and fastest way to grow a business, career, and income. In this episode, Chabidaye and Valerie discuss: Networking and connecting consistently Building your brags Investing in yourself Claiming your power Key Takeaways: Build your network. Don’t wait until the last minute to do this, start now and do it consistently. Building your network takes time and you’ll need to put work into it consistently throughout your whole career. Keep records on your computer or on a cloud system like Google Drive of emails, kudos, or even performance reviews, data, or metrics that show what you’ve done in your career. Invest in yourself. Find a good coach and take time to see what you can do outside of the organization. Don’t tie yourself to a company, no matter how solid it seems. You have the power to change your circumstances. You’re in the driver’s seat. All you’ve got to do is realize that and take charge, claim what’s yours, and get what you want. Don’t wait for a company to acknowledge that they should give you a promotion. "Claim your power, claim your confidence, and declare it to the world. Show them who is in charge." — Valerie Martinelli Organize Your Job Search With Valerie’s Ultimate Job Search Checklist, download it now for free: https://askvmc.com/organize-your-job-seach-with-my-ultimate-job-search-checklist/ Connect with Valerie Martinelli: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AskVMC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AskVMC/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askvmc/ Website: https://askvmc.com/ Post.News: https://post.news/@/askvmc YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@askvmc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askvmc/ CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chabidaye.ramnath.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/ Website: https://leadandlift.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chabidayejaglalramnath/ Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

Episode Notes

About Valerie Martinelli: Valerie Martinelli is a Career Leadership Coach and the CEO of Valerie Martinelli Consulting, an award-winning coaching and consulting business, since 2016. VMC helps mid and senior-level executives land new roles, cultivate careers, and earn massive salary increases between $15K- $60K using 1:1 and group coaching strategies. VMC has helped numerous professionals achieve and advance their dream careers and crush their salary goals. Valerie is a current member of SheSource, CT Women's Business Development Council Connect, and DWEN. She has authored numerous articles in which her insights have been featured, including publications such as Careers in Government, Forbes, Fairygodboss, PayScale, Vault Careers, Terkel, and NYE Editorial. Valerie is a co-author of the #1 International bestselling book “Ready Connect Grow: Grow Your Business Through the Power of Your Connections”, an anthology featuring stories of why building a dynamic and profitable network are the easiest and fastest way to grow a business, career, and income.

In this episode, Chabidaye and Valerie discuss:

Networking and connecting consistently
Building your brags
Investing in yourself
Claiming your power

Key Takeaways:

Build your network. Don’t wait until the last minute to do this, start now and do it consistently. Building your network takes time and you’ll need to put work into it consistently throughout your whole career.
Keep records on your computer or on a cloud system like Google Drive of emails, kudos, or even performance reviews, data, or metrics that show what you’ve done in your career.
Invest in yourself. Find a good coach and take time to see what you can do outside of the organization. Don’t tie yourself to a company, no matter how solid it seems.
You have the power to change your circumstances. You’re in the driver’s seat. All you’ve got to do is realize that and take charge, claim what’s yours, and get what you want. Don’t wait for a company to acknowledge that they should give you a promotion.

"Claim your power, claim your confidence, and declare it to the world. Show them who is in charge." — Valerie Martinelli

Organize Your Job Search With Valerie’s Ultimate Job Search Checklist, download it now for free: https://askvmc.com/organize-your-job-seach-with-my-ultimate-job-search-checklist/

Connect with Valerie Martinelli:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AskVMC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AskVMC/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askvmc/
Website: https://askvmc.com/
Post.News: https://post.news/@/askvmc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@askvmc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askvmc/

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chabidaye.ramnath.3

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chabidayejaglalramnath/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.