We were lucky to catch up with Tiffany Tanori recently and have shared our conversation below.

Tiffany, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you tell us about an important lesson you learned while working at a prior job?

My experience early on in my career as a recruiter began to lay the foundation for the type of Career Coach I wanted to become after interviewing several internal and external candidates, seeing how different candidates prepared for the interviews, and seeing what the successful candidates did well. It was also considering the challenges I faced as a Black woman and job seeker, and an internal employee who wanted to climb the corporate ladder and how best to do so. I wanted to share my learnings and lessons with other job seekers. For example, you can be qualified for the job, but you need to articulate that first on your resume by highlighting your experience to get an interview. So before creating the app “Get the Job” and launching the website blogging and coaching clients, it started with helping friends and family prepare for interviews and get jobs. It was always about how I could use my experiences to help someone else reach a destination faster so they would not have to make the same career mistakes I’ve made.

Tiffany, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I’ve always been passionate about helping people become their best selves and accomplish their goals! My original plan was to become a Psychologist, so I completed my Bachelor’s in psychology and wanted to do something to help people. Still, I wasn’t sure if becoming a psychologist was my path. So after graduating, I started to work in Education and Corporate to figure out what I wanted to do and quickly realized that there are people issues at every job. So I figured, let’s do something in HR, and I went back to school to get my Master’s in Business Management and then my certification as a Life Coach. I’ve used the knowledge I’ve gained to help clients prepare for the careers they want and how to create a career plan to get there. I’m a people-first leader and coach. I always do what’s best for the people as I consistently deliver the level of service to my clients I’d want and expect to receive. What I’m most proud of is helping the people I’ve coached and teams I’ve managed as a Leader see their confidence increase and realize that it’s possible to achieve their goals and do it by getting the job and or promotion.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

The first significant pivot I had was after I completed my Master’s Degree, and the company that I worked for at the time was relocating out of state. I was selected to relocate but decided not to go. I saw this as my opportunity to take a leap of faith and pursue a new role closely aligned with where I wanted to take my career in HR/ Talent Acquisition. After deciding not to relocate, there was a 4-month period before I landed my next role, and there were several times I began to question my decision not to go. Looking back, it was the best decision I could have made at that time, as that was the pivot that started my journey to launch my business!

Are there any books, videos or other content that you feel have meaningfully impacted your thinking?

There are several books, videos, and resources that have made an impact on my journey as an entrepreneur and leader. I’m highlighting three that made me have ah-ha moments to inspire me to dream and think differently about my career.

– Carla Harris’s speech at the 2017 Pennslyvania Women’s Conference – I highly recommend checking out this YT video as she shares so many gems on how to think about your power and career! My takeaway was understanding the value of being resilent as a superpower, not being afraid to make mistakes and looking at every mistake as a blessing or a lesson to learn and grow. As an entrepreneur you will make mistakes so it’s important to stop learn and use it as an opportunity to get up learn and grow.

– The Little Blue Book – By Neysha Arcelay – A great read on how to be intentional about your career. I had a leader that gifted me this book. A great leader can be life changing that sees your potential and is willing to help you grow. I was doing well in my career but after reading the book I realized that maybe I wasn’t as clear as I thought on my career goals. This book helped me to do an evaluation of what was next and how to have those conversations with manager about my career growth and development. Reading this book played a part in my decision to write a book to share my experience and wisdom that I can’t wait to share soon called the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Corporate America.

– Culture Building like a PRO podcast by Dionna Appling. This a great podcast to get weekly tips and tools as a leader! So if you’re a leader this podcast should be added to your list if you’re looking to continue to learn ways to grow as a leader.

Lastly, I will share one more resource an amazing group that’s been helpful to me as a leader called “The Healing Hour,” a group led by leadership coach Shanae Brown that provides a safe space for black women to help with providing tips and tools on building solid careers and having community.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.getthejobapp.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.gibson.tg/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-tanori-msm-38296714/
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@tiffanytanori?_t=8a5vRByRBLX&_r=1

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