Why do I coach?

In 2018, I quit my sales job to pursue a new passion I had recently discovered—recruiting. I love recruiting because it allows me to help others get into their dream companies, use my voice to advocate for other underrepresented talents, and make a positive impact in other’s lives. With that mission, I started my job search journey without any relevant experience. As you can imagine, it was a challenging journey. In a year, I was on the job market three times. I would apply for tons of jobs and get few (or zero) responses. I was regularly ghosted by recruiters and got used to receiving one rejection email after another. However, I never gave up. Eventually, I landed three recruiting jobs at top tech companies in the Greater Seattle area. In my recruitment career, I’ve supported various departments and recruited diverse roles in different regions, including Marketing, Project Management, Operation, Localization, Sales, and Engineering. At The Pokémon Company International, I partnered with 30+ business and marketing hiring managers to recruit top talent for roles ranging from entry-level to director-level positions. This experience gave me deep insight into the recruitment process and allowed me to master the behind-the-scenes strategies that companies use to identify and hire exceptional candidates. In 2020, the pandemic hit. The high unemployment rate in the job market made me realize that I needed to do something more than just my day job. During that challenging time, I conducted tons of calls with professionals who had been laid off, recent graduates, immigrants, and early-career talents to provide them with recruitment insight and job search strategy. Seeing the overwhelming need for people all over the world to suddenly secure new employment, I started to share daily job search tips and recruiters’ insights on LinkedIn. When I received hundreds of messages describing how my content made a positive impact in their career, I knew it was time to follow my passion for helping job seekers awaken their power and make their next big move. Now, as a Business & Marketing Career Consultant, I’m on a mission to empower job seekers with recruitment insights and personalized job search strategies, helping them awaken their full potential to land their dream jobs.

Work Experience

Business & Marketing Career Coach

Awaken Career

April 2021 - Present

➤ Coach 300+ diverse professionals to navigate their job search, including clients in marketing, sales, data analysis, operation, engineering, project management, etc. ➤ Develop curriculum and resources for the coaching program; deliver weekly 1:1 coaching sessions to educate clients. Service includes: Job Search Goal Setting, Resume Optimization, LinkedIn Profile Optimization, Networking Strategy, Interview Prep, etc. ➤ Partner with mission-driven organizations to assist diverse talents achieve their career goals, including female, underrepresented, and early-career talents. ➤ Create engaging social content and blog posts, resulting in 23K followers and an average of 15K views per post. ➤ Host educational webinars, industry leadership interviews, and live chats to share recruitment insights and promote brand awareness within the job seeker community.

Talent Acquisition Partner

The Pokémon Company International

June 2019 - April 2021

➤Managed full-cycle recruitment process from sourcing to offer stage for Marketing, Sales, and Business Development teams in the US and UK offices. ➤Sourced 1000+ passive candidates per month for hard-to-fill positions by using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean Search, internal referral, networking, social media marketing, and industry job boards. ➤Built a positive employer brand on LinkedIn platforms to attract and nurture a network of future candidates, including engaging the online community and creating daily social content. ➤Partnered with executive-level and senior-level hiring managers to recruit talents from entry-level to director-level for various business functions. ➤Coached hiring leaders on DEI hiring practices, talent market trends, new recruiting tools, and interview strategies. ➤Delivered top-notch candidate experience by coordinating with cross-functional HR teams and external vendors. ➤Created resources and guidelines to help streamline the recruiting process for business groups. ➤Led an Employee Resource Group to promote diverse culture awareness and retain diverse talents in the company.

Recruiter

Redfin

November 2018 - March 2019

➤Recruit Agents in Hawaii, Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix, Tucson, Louisiana, St. Louis, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Little Rock ➤Drive the full recruitment cycle including sourcing, screening, offering, and closing ➤Source 1,000 candidates per month through multiple channels to keep an active pipeline of candidates ➤Conduct 100 cold-calls per month to source candidates in low applicants markets ➤Close 20-25 job requisitions in multiple markets per month ➤Develop sourcing strategies with hiring managers and improved existing hiring process ➤Partner with hiring managers to understand the business needs and candidate qualifications ➤Build up a long-term relationship with potential candidates, hiring managers and cross-functional teams ➤Manage candidate pipeline and recruiting process by using Workday, Salesforce, Tableau, and Redfin tools Full-life Cycle Recruiting, Cross-cultural Communication Skills and +2 skills

Technical Recruiting Coordinator

Amazon

March 2018 - September 2018

➤Scheduled 300 phone interviews and 60 on-site interviews per month (manager level non-tech and tech candidates) ➤Sourced 200 candidates by using LinkedIn Recruiter and internal Applicant Tracking System ➤Reviewed resumes and candidates with sourcers to find tech talents for hiring managers ➤Created multiple strategic plans to facilitate the recruiting process and help the various team work more efficiently ➤Established collaborative relationships with recruiters, sourcers and hiring teams ➤Focused on creating a diverse interview loop to represent Amazon's diverse and inclusive culture. ➤Attended multiple networking events such as LeanIn Seattle, Young Professional of Seattle, InterNations to expand personal network and build up candidate pipeline Project Coordination, Cross-cultural Communication Skills and +3 skills

Sales Coordinator

Smartsheet

November 2016 - January 2018

➤Managed 200 inbound global partners and 100 internal sales reps per month ensuring quality customer service was delivered to global partners ➤Resolved at least 100 inquiries each day from global partners and internal sales teams via email and phone communication ➤Provided outstanding customer service to build up trusted relationship with internal sales team and external partners via in person, email and phone communication ➤Coordinated with different departments to plan strategic solutions to help various teams work collaboratively and efficiently ➤Worked and coordinated with employees across all levels of organizations to solve problems ➤Identified solutions to streamline the selling processes to help internal sales team close deals with Fortune 500 companies ➤Provided instructions to onboard new hires and trained them how to work with resellers in a timely manner ➤Utilized systems such as Salesforce, Tableau, OpsCon, Google Apps and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel) effectively ➤ Performed excellent multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment Sales and Cross-cultural Communication Skills

Education

University of Washington

Professional Certificate , Global Marketing

2015 - 2016

National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration

2009 - 2013