Overview
“The book shifts your job search paradigm. It puts you, the candidate, in the center of the job-seeking process, not the job. Doing so empowers you positively and focuses on seeking a job that allows you to bring the best version of yourself to the table. The book is helpful for HR managers too. It talks to the imperative of creating work conditions where people deserve better — where the duality (or multi-dimensionality) of their lives are taken into consideration and embraced. The book effectively allows people to design a process that makes them the producer, director, and lead character in their career adventure.”
—The Empowered Job Search is not your typical job search book. Our starting point isn’t with cover letters or resumes, but YOU. Because the process can feel so disempowering, we help you develop the psychological tools to manage your emotions and build an empowered mindset to have true agency in your search.
— The book offers powerful tools to navigate every step of your job search, from setting up your daily schedule and clarifying your ideal work, to creating a one-of-a-kind resume and cover letter.
—The book also includes interview tips, how to negotiate your offer, a framework for making difficult decisions, and how to start your new job from a place of power. Our approach is based in both theory and years of practice: we draw on positive psychology, Buddhist principles, and concepts of Nonviolent Communication.
—The Empowered Job Search is a call to action to humanize the job search and create a more compassionate, creative, and equitable workplace.
Why Us
We are women spanning two generations, who want to all upon our leadership and coaching talents to shift the paradigm of work. Over the 35+ years we have collectively worked, we have coached hundreds of job seekers and have created and managed several leadership development programs.
Cathy Wasserman is an LMSW, facilitator, trained mediator, organization development specialist who began her career as a community organizer at the National Organization for Women and program officer at the Massachusetts National and Community Service Foundation. She has worked as a management consultant at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management and has run her own business full-time since 2005. She is well-known for her Ask Cathy career coaching column for Idealist.org, has published works in Frontline Feminism and has been called on for her expertise by The Washington Post and other media outlets.
Lauren Weinstein is a graduate of the Georgetown Leadership Coaching program and the author of Coaching is Calling, a guide for aspiring coaches. She spent seven years as a management consultant at Accenture, worked at the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family foundation as an in-house career coach and at Marcum on nonprofit executive search and transition and organizational strategy. She is currently the Director of Leadership Development at Degreed.