Her Story
About Sabrina
As a career coach with Merit America, I work with learners across all segments, currently focusing on human resources and project management. I help people get certificates in those areas and work on resumes, LinkedIn posts, and help them build their professional brand. I coach every Tuesday and Wednesday nights, leading coaching sessions where I facilitate different activities for learners to grow their professional skills. Throughout the day, I have one-on-one meetings where I have intentional conversations about their next steps and goal setting, managing the one-on-ones, weekly meetings, resume reviews, and LinkedIn reviews. When I have time, I provide resources for them, looking up different groups in HR so they can connect and network with people, and I find job leads for them in their areas, see what jobs are hiring, and help them apply. My most notable achievement was last year when we launched a new hybrid track stationed in Austin, Texas, where learners completed a 14-week semiconductor and advanced manufacturing track. We started with around 29 people, and out of that, 20 of them landed roles in the field, which was a huge success for the organization and showcased the growth and opportunity in this growing field.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Sabrina
01What do you attribute your success to?
I just had a really strong village. I think my mom was a single mom that definitely pushed me to just continue to grow in each aspect, continue my education, and I had a lot of great mentors along the way that supported me and really stood by my side, so a strong village for sure.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I received was to not sell yourself short. I think that helped me a lot, because I applied for roles, I didn't get them, or I thought I was underqualified, but I still would land roles and just really persevere, so really just not selling yourself short. I think that was something that really stood out for me.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
The best advice that I can give someone that's entering into this field is to be creative. I think there's so many limitations to what we can do, and I think when you have a creative mindset, go for it, try to figure out new things that haven't been done before, and always try to be innovative.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Just the aspect of AI, how it's advanced over the years, and how it is going to impact the job market for the next couple of years, that's just an opportunity, but also a challenge in itself, because people are losing jobs, but people are also getting jobs, so it's just a strange time to just really navigate the AI scheme of how technology is continuing to advance. I think it's just important to dive in and learn more about how you can use it to your advantage, but also still focus on the humanities side of things, and how it's still important that we keep that human touch.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
One of the top values for me is being authentic. I think a lot of times we try to pretend to be someone else just to be in spaces, but it's important to just show up as who you are, and if a place is gonna accept you for that, let that be the reason, and not for someone else that you're trying to portray yourself as. So just showing up authentically, and just showing respect to others the same way you want to have respect shown to you.
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