COMMUNITY TIP
People want to be heard. I am always working on listening more than I talk, and when I am my best listening self, community members can tell and it's impactful.
Wendy Saccuzzo
Intro:
My work is in career development, recruiting and hiring. I connect members of Tech Ladies to resources, ideas, and opportunities with our Hiring Partners to help them achieve their career goals. In 2022, I'm focused on scaling the Tech Ladies Candidate Database and Retention. 📈
Fun fact: I have more than 75 houseplants. My faves are Pilea, spider palnts, fiddle leaf fig, and a variety of succulents. I propagate them regularly so I always have plants on hand to give out to friends and family. 🪴
In 2017, I was laid off from a job where I had already gone through a traumatic acquisition, and while recovering from all that, Tech Ladies became my number 1 resource. I joined Founding Membership, grew my private practice as a career counselor specializing in women in tech, and rapidly realized that connection and community have always been my drivers. 🌲
Expertise:
Career development, customer success, career coaching, and diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.
Grow Together
Contribution to Evergreen
Tech Ladies Hiring Partnerships Slide Deck
Enjoy this brief presentation about the Tech Ladies community and how a hiring partnership works.
Building Belonging
More People from
Operations, people ops/HR, hiring, no code tools, automatization, process development, online education, strategy, forecasting
Always make time to regularly talk to members 1:1
Hi! My name is Carly and I'm the Head of Sales at Tech Ladies. I'll be helping the team build out our sales process while creating content and helping women take over the tech industry 😃.
I found Tech Ladies through another online community I was part of so communities are near and dear. I'm passionate about bringing people together while also pushing myself outside of my comfort zone and saying 'yes' to most experiences. When I'm not working you can find me surfing, scuba diving, planning my next trip, or looking at pictures of my dog 🐶.
Sales
My education is in international business, and I've worked in customer success and admin for logistics, education, and, for the past 9 years, tech, with a focus on supporting women in getting the great careers they deserve.
At Tech Ladies, I support our partner companies, from getting started with us to hiring lots of terrific Tech Ladies candidates for their roles.
A fun fact about me is that, while I grew up in the U.S., I've lived in Finland for almost 27 years. (Came for work and never wanted to leave!)
Besides my work, I'm most passionate about my dance hobby. I practice every day and, whenever possible, travel to dance events all around Europe.
Community is key for me. It's been so wonderful to get to meet - and, in my career, also get to work with and/or help! - so many amazing people from around the world. And it's all thanks to the communities I've gotten to be a part of. Can't and wouldn't want to imagine life without them!
customer success, career support, admin
Talk with - and listen to, of course ;) - the community members. They ARE the community so understanding them and want they need/want is so important for building a strong and thriving community.
Howdy! Cheryl here ~ I'm a native New Yorker, traveler, music lover (emo forever), skincare connoisseur, and costume enthusiast. If you love to chat about art, anime, ren fairs, martial arts, or left-leaning politics feel free to message me. :)
I manage the Tech Ladies Founding Membership community by helping to create an educational and supportive environment for our group of amazing ladies. My focus this year is on reducing churn and creating a new leadership development cohort program.
Interest-based communities played a major role in my life by increasing my sense of belonging in the various environments I found myself navigating as a young adult. Now that I'm older, I'm excited to give back by creating positive experiences for our members.
Get to know the folks in your community and focus on building a strong rapport; people are more likely to support you when there's a real connection
I've spent the bulk of my career in alcoholic beverage sales in the distribution and supplier tiers. After needing an industry change, I transitioned into a business development role with a SaaS company. I am currently working on the Tech Ladies team to help develop an outbound sales development strategy to generate new leads.
Community is important to me because they not only give you feedback and advice, but also support you through tough times and bad days.
Fun fact: I graduated from culinary school.