Bernie Frazier – Overcoming Barriers to Achieve Success

12/02/21 • 30 min

Bernie Frazier is a career coach at IMPACT Group; prior recruiter; and author of Your Success Is in You!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever!

In this episode Lauren and Bernie discuss:

Owning your own career success

Interview strategies

The negotiation process

How to work with internal recruiters as a job seeker, their role in helping you achieve your career goals, and how candidates can work through a recruiter to receive other opportunities

Key takeaways:

Determining what you want in your career is the foundation to achieving help from a career coach.

If your goal is to be on the revenue-generating side of the business, you must be careful in how you select opportunities and understand what is required to get you there.

Candidates should approach a job search by thinking like the person you are targeting, not by focusing on what sounds good to you.

For individuals to set themselves apart as a candidate, they should connect with a recruiter and create a relationship by understanding the recruiters needs and offering referrals to other candidates for jobs that may not be a good fit – this will make them want to help the candidate out as well.

Practice before interviews to ensure that you have quality answers to questions in a succinct manner.

Make sure to provide examples focused on your personal efforts (instead of team efforts) and talk about results of your actions to showcase the impact that your efforts had.

For negotiations, make sure that you are compensated adequately based on skills that you bring to the table and complete research to gain understanding of fair compensation.

“Act like a candidate, think like a recruiter.” – Bernie Frazier

Reach out to Bernie at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berniefrazier/

Get the book, Your Success Is in You!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever! here:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pF6WpV

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5

Bernie Frazier is a career coach at IMPACT Group; prior recruiter; and author of Your Success Is in You!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever!

In this episode Lauren and Bernie discuss:

Owning your own career success

Interview strategies

The negotiation process

How to work with internal recruiters as a job seeker, their role in helping you achieve your career goals, and how candidates can work through a recruiter to receive other opportunities

Key takeaways:

Determining what you want in your career is the foundation to achieving help from a career coach.

If your goal is to be on the revenue-generating side of the business, you must be careful in how you select opportunities and understand what is required to get you there.

Candidates should approach a job search by thinking like the person you are targeting, not by focusing on what sounds good to you.

Practice before interviews to ensure that you have quality answers to questions in a succinct manner.

Make sure to provide examples focused on your personal efforts (instead of team efforts) and talk about results of your actions to showcase the impact that your efforts had.

For negotiations, make sure that you are compensated adequately based on skills that you bring to the table and complete research to gain understanding of fair compensation.

“Act like a candidate, think like a recruiter.” – Bernie Frazier

Reach out to Bernie at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berniefrazier/

Get the book, Your Success Is in You!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever! here:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pF6WpV

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5

Previous Episode

Susan Brennan – Innovation & Sustainability

Susan Brennan is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Romeo Power, Inc., and previously served as Chief Operations Officer at Bloom Energy.

In this episode Lauren and Susan discuss:

How women can focus their careers in sustainability
The importance of sustainability in operations and manufacturing
The women in leadership gap and how women can move forward in their career
Supporting people who are early in their careers in moving up through the organization

Key takeaways:

The opportunities in manufacturing and operations are endless when you pursue the education; put yourself out there; and take risks.
Take on new opportunities for career advancement - your previous experience can be a safety net to go back to if things don’t work out.
When you think you are an underdog – don’t just focus on your circumstances, but how you can better the world and take advantage of new opportunities.
If you want to grow your career in sustainability, put yourself in a company that truly cares about sustainability and then find the roles, problems, and projects that are aligned in that space.

“Put yourself where you think you should fit, and the fit may come to you.” – Susan Brennan

Reach out to Susan at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-seilheimer-brennan-153a047/

Learn more about the Southern Automotive Women’s Forum: http://www.southernautomotivewomen.org/

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5

Next Episode

Denise R. Russo – Finding the Center of Your Purpose

Denise R. Russo is Global VP, Head of Customer Enablement & Readiness at SAP for CE&X Success Centers; Executive Coach; Leadership Expert; and Forbes Contributor.

In this episode Lauren and Denise discuss:

Finding and understanding your deeper purpose as a leader and in the everyday moments

Leveraging HR and coaching skills to support customers and put your feet in the shoes of those you are serving

The Great Resignation and how you can determine what you really want in the next phase of your career

The concept of ikigai (生き甲斐), pronounced ee-kee-gah-ee, which means "reason for being.”

Key takeaways:

As a coach and leader, it’s important to be a good listener; ask good questions; both know and show others the way; and be able to relate to other’s thoughts/ideas even if they differ from your own.

It’s up to you to determine the things that matter most to you and you should evaluate the conditions around you to achieve growth.

You can always pursue a new path and take the steps forward with the option to turn back.

Drawing on ikigai can help you feel centered and define your purpose based on four elements in the work setting – things that you are good at; things that you love doing; things that change the world; and things you can get paid for.

“Life is all about continuous learning.” – Denise Russo

“Diversity is what makes us different, inclusion is what makes us the same... at the end, it should be around how do we belong and how do we belong on this Earth and in this world together.” – Denise Russo

“There’s a difference between being the best in the world and being best for the world and I’m hoping that my legacy will be that I can be known as somebody who is for the world and for people” – Denise Russo

Reach out to Denise at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniserusso1/

You can find the books mentioned during this interview here:

Know What You're FOR: A Growth Strategy for Work, An Even Better Strategy for Life by Jeff Henderson: https://amzn.to/3l2jVyy

The 6 Stages of Cultural Mastery by Ricardo González: https://amzn.to/3CFsZPZ

Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow's Success by John Maxwell: https://amzn.to/3r6puA9

Do What Matters Most: Lead with a Vision, Manage with a Plan, Prioritize Your Time by Rob and Steve Shallenberger: https://amzn.to/3xqGylz

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: https://amzn.to/3l22oql

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring