Career Switch Podcast: Actionable advice for your career change

36: How to be more confident with your career change

July 11, 2023 Lixandra Urresta Season 3 Episode 36
Career Switch Podcast: Actionable advice for your career change
36: How to be more confident with your career change
Show Notes

You need confidence to make a career change. Public speaking and confidence coach Sammie Walker Herrera  shares how you can be more confident with job interviewing, networking and negotiating.

In this episode of Career Switch Podcast,  we cover how to look and sound confident when answering some common interview questions in-person or virtually, how to ask people for their salary range without cringing, and how to use silence to get the upper hand when negotiating a job offer.  

As the founder of Speak Y'All, Sammie works with senior leaders at companies such as Amazon, Oracle, and Microsoft. And she coaches these executives on their impromptu speaking and interviewing skills to build confidence. 


Episode Highlights:

  • How to be more confident verbally, vocally and visually 
  • Look and sound confident when answering interview questions 
  • Tell a story to show you can change careers
  • STARR method for storytelling 
  • Appear more confident virtually
  • Improve eye contact
  • Network with new people confidently
  • Ask others for their salary range 
  • Use silence to negotiate a job offer


Find Sammie Walker Herrera at:

Website: www.speakyall.com

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakyall/

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


Find Sammie's seminars at:
Latina Professionals LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/latinaprofessionals

Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay


Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.