Sydney Ezratty

When I first started working with Nancy, I felt very lost. I didn’t feel fulfilled or challenged in my career and had no direction. I had been working in merchandising and buying in the fashion and jewelry industries catering to upscale clientele on the operations side of the business. Nancy quickly helped me realize that I had a solid skill set adding value in creative service – based industries which I enjoyed. Yet, what was missing was the lack of client facing engagement and not being able to work hands on with the products. Nancy emphasized and made me feel good about the fact that I’m a high achiever who wants to feel challenged and excited by my environment, which is exactly what she would help me to achieve. As someone who is extremely impatient, with Nancy’s prompting, I became willing to take a step back and trust the process. Her methodology of career coaching “from the inside out” required it for my success.  She was spot on from the start and I felt like she understood me and my goals and made it clear that we will get there. And, I knew I was going to get a lot more out of the process than just getting a new job. 

The career transition coaching process provided weekly assessment exercises for me to complete. I found this structure and accountability extremely productive, and paired with Nancy’s analysis, the results guided me towards identifying my biggest strengths (personally and professionally), my values, and my interests and how they can be blended together for a new career path. We made progress each week on my career assessment and each session brought more clarity ultimately leading me to delve further into the field of Interior Design. Nancy directed me to pursue my creative interests in concrete ways like taking online classes at the School of Interior Design in NYC and studying professional design publications. For me, these practical steps were incredibly helpful and gave me more purpose. She equipped me with the tools and confidence I needed to truly set things in motion including a networking strategy and plan, crafting my 2 minute pitch, redesigning my resume and writing cover letters. We also created success stories to prove during my interviews that I had the necessary skills to make this change and perform this new role. Learning how to network, conduct research and interview effectively was a key factor in getting to that next stage of job search.

With her belief in me and the resources to back it up, I engaged in active networking and interviewing which resulted in me securing a new job in my targeted industry, Interior Design. I couldn’t feel more motivated and excited. Nancy’s strategy has been incredibly empowering and impactful and I feel very fortunate to have worked with her. She is extremely insightful and creative and led me to explore those qualities in myself. Nancy has supported me in accomplishing so much more than I set out to achieve in my first session.