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Dream Job in Tech Even During COVID-19 At Apple (From Finance) – Michelle’s Testimonial

Have you ever had such a vague title that you never knew what role is the right fit in tech[...]

Caitlin: Dream Job at Facebook During Coronavirus (from Consulting Background)

Step 2: Understand Your Strengths In a recent global survey, Gallup actually found that 1/3 of professionals strongly agree that[...]

Find Out What Career In Tech is The Right Fit For You (Part 3 of 3)

Step 2: Understand Your Strengths In a recent global survey, Gallup actually found that 1/3 of professionals strongly agree that[...]

Find Out What Career In Tech is The Right Fit For You (Part 2 of 3)

Step 2: Understand Your Strengths In a recent global survey, Gallup actually found that 1/3 of professionals strongly agree that[...]

Find Out What Career In Tech is The Right Fit For You (Part 1 of 3)

Step 1: Find Out What You Want I didn't always know what I wanted Especially when I felt stuck and[...]

From Finance to LinkedIn – Ebony’s Story

Ebony knew she wanted to get into tech but didn't know which role or company she should go for. With[...]

From Real-Estate to Facebook/Netflix – Lucy’s Story

Laurie knew she needed to make a change when she wasn’t looking forward to going to work anymore. She approached[...]

How to Productively Manage Your Job Search While Working Full Time

Job searching is probably one of the hardest things to do while you're at your current job. On one hand, you're[...]

Need Experiences for Your Next Dream Tech Job? No Problem!

Have you ever struggled thinking "I don't know how to get into tech. I don't even have experience in the field,[...]

ONE Small Job Search Tweak That Landed Me Google (Against 50+ Candidates)

It hurts. You didn’t get your dream job and you’re wondering why?!You KNOW you have the right credentials.You KNOW you[...]

30 Smarter Questions You Can Ask the Interviewer (and Why)

Interviewing is like playing a friendly game of tennis. You get served the ball by your friendly opponent hoping that[...]

VIDEO: The Perfect Cover Letter

Original question on Quora: Why do I find it so hard to communicate and be friends with millennials? Here’s what I’ve[...]

VIDEO: 6 Questions To Ask In An Informational Interview

Informational Interviews are important is because you want to use this opportunity to not only get a foot in the[...]

VIDEO: Why you didn’t get the job & what to do about it

It hurts. You didn’t get your dream job and you’re wondering why?!You KNOW you have the right credentials.You KNOW you[...]

From Non-Profit to Tech – Siobhan’s Story

Bessy's help has been tremendous. I couldn't be happier with what my resume looks like right now and I can't[...]

5 Unconventional Ways I Achieved Work-Life Flexibility in Tech

Work-life balance, the concept of splitting time and energy between work and other aspects of life, is a challenge that[...]

How to Ace Your Interview at a Tech Company in 5 Steps

Interviews for tech companies can go 1 of 2 ways: It can feel like a nice catch up with a[...]

From Travel to Sortable then SalesForce – Laurie’s Story

Laurie knew she needed to make a change when she wasn’t looking forward to going to work anymore. She approached[...]

Meet Amy

Amy* went from receiving no responses throughout several months of applying to getting 4 tech interviews from Lyft, Google, Mckinsey[...]

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ABOUT BESSY TAM

Bessy Tam is a career coach who helps busy professionals (like you!) get your dream non-tech job in tech. She’s helped dozens of clients get interviews and offers from companies such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Lyft, Amazon, Alibaba, Startups, & more.

She currently works at Google and plans to helps as many people as possible to get their dream job in tech.

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Tips and Tricks to Negotiate What You Want in the Interview Process

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