Sara Collins

Current

Career Management Coach at www.sarakcollins.com

Past

Career Management Consultant at Right Management Consultants
Senior Product Manager at Capital One
Consultant at Organizational Behavior and Marketing Consulting

Assistant Branch Manager and Loan Officer at First Virginia Bank, now part of BB&T

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Education

The College of William and Mary - The Mason School of Business
The College of William and Mary

Recommended

2 people have recommended Sara

Connections

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Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

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Sara Collins’s Summary

Career management coach with over a decade of experience in marketing and human resources with an MBA and a background in financial services. Experience as a consultant for a global career management firm. Expertise in interview and networking skills and strategies. Featured career expert in The Wall Street Journal online and numerous career web sites. Dynamic speaker delivering high content presentations on networking and aspects of the job search process.

Sara Collins’s Specialties:

Networking strategies, job search strategies, behavioral interviews, interview skills, time management

Sara Collins’s Experience

Career Management Coach

www.sarakcollins.com

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2003 — Present (6 years )

Provide job search and career management coaching for managers and professionals. Speak and write on career-related topics, such as interviewing and networking.

• Featured career expert in The Wall Street Journal Online and Fins.com
• Created The Hiring Room Blog, a new job search blog which reveals how hiring managers make behind-the-scenes decisions.
• Received highest satisfaction rating of all speakers by participants at The CFA Institute's Career Day when presenting "Acing the Interview"
• Featured career expert in the book Finding Your Inner Ugly Betty: 25 Career Lessons for Young Professionals Inspired by TV Shows by Tanner Stransky
• Published career development articles selected by Ideamarketers.com for internet syndication
• Served as Community Leader for iVillage.com’s Getting Ahead at Work message board
• Created time management seminar for Computer CORE, a non-profit training organization
• Delivered workshops on topics such as “Setting SMART goals” and “Contacting and Networking” to low income adults at Computer CORE
Career Management Consultant

Right Management Consultants

(Public Company; MAN; Management Consulting industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )

Job Search Coaching - Outplacement

Delivered workshops and provided individual coaching on the job search process to recently laid-off professionals. Presentation topics included Self-Marketing, Interviewing Skills, Negotiation Skills.

Consistantly received highest marks from workshop participants on presentation skills and job search knowledge.
Senior Product Manager

Capital One

(Public Company; COF; Financial Services industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years )

Led new product development efforts with credit cards co-branded with charities, managed profit and loss of new product line with $10 million marketing budget.

• Managed two layers of direct reports from diverse job families
• Exceeded prospect recruiting goals by creating and delivering full-day training program to 30 non-profit CEO’s
• Served as behavioral interviewer for company; made internal and external hiring decisions
• Served on job family development committee to create career path and training requirements for product managers
Consultant

Organizational Behavior and Marketing Consulting

(Management Consulting industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Projects Included:

• Analyzed and made recommendations, with team, for the U.S. Army’s recruiting web site, www.goarmy.com. Site was overhauled, based on recommendations.
• Interviewed and made hiring recommendations for boutique law firm.
• Provided behavioral interviewing practice and training for first year MBA students.
• Designed processes, created job descriptions and marketing plan, and made hiring decisions for start-up business.
Assistant Branch Manager and Loan Officer

First Virginia Bank, now part of BB&T

(Public Company; BBT; Financial Services industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years )

Managed staff of nine; responsible for sales goals, regulatory compliance and operations of branch with $39 million in deposits.

• Developed and delivered training programs to over 70 management trainees as president of young managers association.
• Coached employees to develop new skills and successfully apply for promotion opportunities.
• Interviewed potential employees and made hiring decisions.

Sara Collins’s Education

The College of William and Mary - The Mason School of Business

MBA , Organizational Behavior, Marketing , 1998 — 2000
The College of William and Mary

BA , English , 1992 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, William and Mary Choir