About Suzanne Grossman

Suzanne Grossman is a job search coach and women’s leadership specialist. She is a founder of Love Your Job (LYJ) Search, a series of classes that support women in achieving fulfilling work at the compensation they deserve. She also advises graduate students, teaching them practical skills and sharing information on how to make the leap to satisfying careers. Suzanne has a BA in Psychology from Tufts University and a Master’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University. See testimonials on Suzanne’s success working with women jobseekers. Follow Suzanne on Twitter @LYJnow and @Suzanne_LYJnow. Contact lyjnow (at) gmail.com.

Affirmations for Jobseekers

In my LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Class, I like to provide participants with a list of affirmations to choose from while we’re working together. Affirmations can be powerful tools to make sure your inner mindset matches your external actions. If the voice in your head is telling you it’s a terrible economy, there are

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What’s Your Career Fear?

Do you know what thoughts and beliefs are unconsciously sabotaging your career dreams? Discover your career fear, the biggest free-floating anxiety churning through your mind. The scenario you want to avoid. Flip the fear around and create a powerful statement that affirms its opposite.

I recently asked LYJ client Marina to look five years into the

By |June 14th, 2011|Discovering Passions and Interests, Enhancing career skills, Goals, Success, Tools / Exercises|Comments Off on What’s Your Career Fear?

Need a Favor? Ask For It! Job Search Help From Your Network

Women love to help others, but often find it difficult to ask for help themselves. But if you’re looking for a new job, it’s time to get over that fear: Enlisting others in the hunt is much more effective than going at it alone.

The easiest way to begin is to send a friendly (read: not

By |June 6th, 2011|Enhancing career skills, Interviews, Job search, Networking, Tools / Exercises|Comments Off on Need a Favor? Ask For It! Job Search Help From Your Network

Secrets of My Success: From Unemployed in a New City to Social Justice Professional

Elizabeth, age 25,  moved to New York City in 2010 after working in the health care field, hoping to break into non-profit, social justice work. After almost a year of under-employment and freelance work, she landed a full-time job in her field of choice thanks to a lot of networking, self-care and persistence. Here are

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Five Questions for Emily May

Emily May is co-founder and Executive Director of Hollaback!, an organization dedicated to ending street harassment using mobile technology. Started in 2005 in NYC, Hollaback has grown to eight affiliate sites worldwide and has been featured on Good Morning America, MSNBC and in the New York Times. I met Emily on a panel on

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Guest Post: Top 5 Business School Admissions Mistakes

The following post is written by Sodany Sor, a graduating MBA student at the Wharton School.

As the workplace becomes increasingly competitive, more people are looking at an MBA as a way to distinguish themselves. The benefits of attending a top-tier business school are numerous: rigorous academic and leadership training, a powerful student and alumni network,

By |March 22nd, 2011|Enhancing career skills, Tools / Exercises|1 Comment

Your Dream Job Description

When my LYJ (Love Your Job) Search class starts on Monday, I will be asking participants to draft a description of their ideal job. The clarity that results from this exercise can be extremely helpful. It allows people to better articulate what they are looking for and creates a level of focus for their searches.

If

How to Decide if a Job Offer Is Right for You

A friend of mine is close to a job offer that would increase not only her salary but also her management and leadership responsibilities. However, the job would require her to relocate across the country and is not fully aligned with her longer-term career goals. She’d be leaving behind her relationship and creative side projects

Ingredients for Your New Job in 2011

Will 2011 be the year of your new job? After working with 7 cohorts of women jobseekers and dozens more individually, I’ve come to see what separates those who arrive at that magical moment of receiving an offer from those who don’t. Make sure the following are part of your job search this year:

1. Focus:

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Tiny Steps, Big Results for Jobseekers

Three women from my last LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Class had interviews this past week. How did they line them up? Not by painfully slogging through online job boards or agonizing over cover letters but rather with tiny actions that had immediate and big pay offs in surprising ways.

1. As I wrote about in

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