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The College and Career Ready Podcast | empowering students for the careers of tomorrow
Join your host Sonia Cacique on a transformative journey preparing high school and college students for real world careers, equipping them with practical skills, professional experiences, and career guidance.
As a dedicated career guidance counselor, career coach, and education leader, Sonia has spent her entire career empowering the next generation for the future workforce. With her expertise, she helps students develop self-awareness, motivation, and career guidance, building the essential skills needed for success in both their educational and future professional journeys.
Coach Sonia is ready to shift the focus from GPA, class rank, and grades to career connections, self-identity, character development, and real-world skills. She aims to challenge the traditional narratives and provide students with a comprehensive approach to education and career readiness. Changing lives for our next gens, one student at a time.
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The College and Career Ready Podcast | empowering students for the careers of tomorrow
Finding yourself and your career when things don't go as planned -Courtney Wendzicki (Career Spotlight)
Today we have Courtney Wendzicki as our guest speaker. In our conversation, Courtney shares her own personal career journey with us. After graduating with a Bachelors in public relations, a business minor, and excellent recommendation letter from an internship that she held at a well renowned company, she quickly became disappointed when doors were not opening as quickly as she would have hoped. Her authentic transparency in our conversation will hopefully encourage you to be your child’s greatest cheerleader and coach to not give up and keep on knocking on doors. Sometimes, they may give up when that very next door was the one with an opportunity! If there is something Courtney will offer all of us is her transparency about her journey. Not many people will do that, and I think we all can learn from her experience. Looking back, she would have kept on persisting and not giving up so quickly but life happens and ultimately she has learned from her journey to ultimately land in her current position as a female-entrepreneur with Confetti Worthy Media. And friends, she is just now getting started!! Her small business aims to help others start their own businesses, assist with social media management, content creation and branding. Both of her parents were entrepreneurs and small business owners and although no fault to them, she wished they would have had a different reframe or point of view to what they had accomplished and done. Maybe she would have found this to be her true calling earlier in life. Parents, we have the power to limit or BROADEN the doors of opportunity for our children. So momfluencer’s out there, let’s pick the latter!!Other topics we discuss:·
The Forever Job. Really, Sonia? Haha or not.·
A small discussion and review on the book You Turn·
Finding your niche and expanding from there·
Women and career optionsOne of the many tips you will hear on this episode is to encourage yourself and your children to enjoy the process or journey because you may not ever get to your destination But in a good-sense…because as human-beings we are always constantly evolving and changing and that next job opportunity might just be the stepping stone to something bigger and greater for you.A big shout-out to our mutual friend @kaciaghetmeri who has been an inspiration, a mentor and a friend to both of us! You can connect with Courtney on Instagram @courtney_wendzicki.
DiscoverU Career and Leadership Empowerment is designed for women and moms just like you—navigating the challenges of career, family, and personal growth. Whether you’re re-entering the workforce, craving more purpose in your career, stepping into leadership, or simply ready to reclaim your time and energy, DiscoverU provides the tools, coaching, and support to help you rise with confidence. Visit www.CollegeCareerReady.org
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