Melanie Kramer

Melanie merges 11 years of recruitment experience, a natural tenacity for sales and marketing, and an avid interest in emerging technologies into her drive to help technology job seekers.Working side-by-side with CareerMind founder Dale Lee for nearly 12 months to create Career Launch for Design and Technology has inspired Melanie. She now draws from her recruitment roots, operations management, and sales and team coaching experience to share CareerMind’s goal of imparting career intelligence and job search know-how to as many students, graduates, and early career professionals as possible.As we developed and wrote the course and Udemy description, a statement emerged that resounds with Melanie, and that is:“SKILLS TRAINING ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH - You’re a great designer, engineer, digital marketer, or analyst, but that doesn’t mean that as a job seeker, you know your value, know how to create and use your personal marketing collateral, and spontaneously perform at your best in job interviews.”From an early age, we’re taught academically. As we get closer to entering the world of work, sure, we have some form of careers education, but it’s often careers coaching that’s very generic. Usually, we’re not taught to understand our own skills and strengths, how they match with employers and their expectations, or to be confident in seeking the career we desire.This deficit in career intelligence can permeate our entire careers, and it can prevent both individuals and employers truly benefiting from technology talent.Career Launch for Design and Technology is the first meticulously crafted industry-specific course by CareerMind. It’s one that Melanie has a particular affinity with, having researched and written extensively about emerging technologies.As Learning Manager and Senior Job Search Coach with CareerMind, Melanie’s aspiration is to ensure our courses reach and empower job seekers, that our students get the most out of Career Launch courses, and that we make a real difference to job seeker’s career success and achievement of their life goals.