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.

Secrets of My Success: Laid Off to Fantastic New Job in Four Weeks

Melissa is a 27-year old professional with a brand new job at a progressive organization. Instead of resigning herself to the land of the unemployed when she was unexpectedly laid off, she got busy on her job search and the intensive focus paid off.

Here are the secrets to Melissa’s success for landing this fantastic new job:

1. How long

Play Your Free Square

During week one of my LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Class I like to read an excerpt from Victoria Moran’s book Creating a Charmed Life called “Play Your Free Square” which reads in part as follows:

“In the game of Bingo, every player starts with a bonus: the free
square in the middle. Because everybody gets one,

Secrets of My Success – Unemployed to Nonprofit Professional

LYJ is kicking off a new series of posts with individuals who recently secured new jobs to learn how they did it and what made the difference.

Joanna is a 25-year old nonprofit professional with a brand new job at a foundation where she is doing exactly what she had hoped to be doing – writing,

By |April 4th, 2010|Enhancing career skills, Interviews, Job search, Secrets of My Success, Success|Comments Off on Secrets of My Success – Unemployed to Nonprofit Professional

Next LYJ Class in NYC Begins April 5th!

I’m pleased to offer my next 5-week class for women jobseekers in NYC this spring. I’m always inspired by the participants and look forward to working with a new group of talented women.

The exact dates are:
Monday, April 5
Monday, April 12
Monday, April 19
Monday, April 26
Monday, May 3

Please see http://lyjnow.wordpress.com/lyj-search for more details or feel free to

By |March 25th, 2010|Enhancing career skills, Events, Job search, Networking|Comments Off on Next LYJ Class in NYC Begins April 5th!

LYJ Five Questions for Suzanna Tharian

Suzanna Tharian is an architect working in New York City who loves her job. She has worked at the mid-sized firm PM Architecture for over 10 years, focusing on residential projects from apartments to corporate interiors. She grew up in India where she completed her Bachelors in Architecture. She received her Masters in Architecture in

By |March 16th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Five Questions Q & A, Interviews, Job search, Purpose, Workplace|Comments Off on LYJ Five Questions for Suzanna Tharian

Treasuring the Future Now

Along the lines of my last post, I’m in the middle of a 30-day challenge of “Treasuring the Future Now”, an exercise proposed by Martha Beck in her book Steering by Starlight. I’m finding it to be quite relaxing and peaceful to sit in a space of meditative visualization. She talks about getting in touch

By |March 9th, 2010|Goals, Tools / Exercises|Comments Off on Treasuring the Future Now

Beginning of the Month Tip

Since it is March 1, I like to begin by writing a vision for the month. To do this, look at your goals or resolutions for the year. Then visualize the end of the month arriving and write down the joyful things you’d like to see take place as well as movement forward on your

By |March 1st, 2010|Events, Goals, Tools / Exercises|1 Comment

Ask for the Order

A mentor recently said to me, “Ask for the order.”

“What do you mean?” I asked. “What do you want? Go order it up,” she explained. “Where do you want to be in the next 30 days? Speak in absolutes. Tell people, ‘I need to do this. How do I do this? Can you help me?'”

One

By |February 19th, 2010|Enhancing career skills, Job search, Networking|2 Comments

LYJ Five Questions for Katja Kullander

I am pleased to kick off a new LYJ series with people who love what they do. We begin with Katja Kullander, a Swede who moved to New York a decade ago to pursue a career in music. Katja is the owner of Sing From Your Heart Music Studio where she teaches voice to people

By |February 7th, 2010|Discovering Passions and Interests, Five Questions Q & A, Inspirational Quotes, Interviews, Purpose|Comments Off on LYJ Five Questions for Katja Kullander

What I’m Reading Now

Ever since I renewed my Brooklyn library card I’ve been ordering tons of books delivered straight to my local library branch. It means I’m reading 5 books at once!

Here’s the latest:

Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern – This book is helping me to see all of the areas I can improve upon

By |January 22nd, 2010|Book Review|2 Comments