Vicki Lind & Associates

Vicki was just the person I needed to consult with about my career earlier this year. Within two sessions, she helped me to realize that I needed to leave my job and embrace a remote, contract-based career path. Three months into this new journey, I feel happier, healthier and better aligned with my passions and skills. I'm grateful for what an empathetic, well connected and knowledgeable career counselor Vicki was throughout this process. Don't hesitate to make an appointment with Vicki or one of her colleagues – they are an excellent team!

I had excellent results working with Vicki Lind & Associates. After an initial consultation with Vicki that was positive and helpful, I was able to decide on just the right services for my needs. Leslie turned out to be the perfect job coach with her warm and thoughtful approach. By faithfully following the job search book, I was able to effectively update and tailor my resumé for my next position. Leslie was attentive and responsive throughout my process, and I benefited from a session with her before my final interview which landed me my dream job. I strongly recommend the firm and the book to anyone searching for a job in Portland.

I have used Vicki's help over 20 years of career-building and career transitions, with great results. She stays up to date with the latest job-search trends and technologies, remembers my quirks, strengths and weaknesses, and is savvy about how to nail my resumes and cover letters and ace my interviews. I am an idealist, and Vicki helps me ground and focus my energy into good jobs. I recommend her to anyone seeking a Portland job or career.

I started working with Vicki a while back, but now that I've finally landed a new job, I wanted to express how helpful she was during the course of this journey. Vicki has a background in social work and does a wonderful job of listening to your needs and wants in a career and job environment. One of the most helpful skills she taught me was how to refine my online search, setup proper filters, and alerts in a way that is useful. Additionally, she teaches her clients how to translate job postings and identify what skills are most desirable in order to properly tailor your resume and cover letter. I am glad I went with a package as I started the process unsure of what I was looking for exactly. Over multiple sessions I was given a set of tools that make me feel confident in my ability to land a job and reach my goals in the future. Finally, it's very convenient to schedule appointments online, and there is free on site parking for weekends! Take the time to seek out her services, you won't be disappointed!

I had my first session with Vicki and Joanie and I couldn't have been more pleased. Every interaction I have had with Vicki has been positive, she is warm and compassionate. I feel that she really genuinely cares about my concerns. She is extremely intelligent, she was able to understand implications after I expressed myself in only a few sentences. I didn't need to spell much out for her, she catches on very quickly. Her recall about facts that I have shared in past interactions amazed me. She was able to take a somewhat complicated situation and whittle down the details to focus on what was important. Our meeting was quite efficient and accomplished more than I had hoped for. She and Joanie make a powerful team. While Vicki led the meeting, Joanie put her suggestions into action in a clear and efficient manner. I am rarely take the time to write an online review, to date I've only posted one other. However, in this case, I was impressed to the extent that I felt moved to do so.

I've been working with Vicki as part of a practice marketing group for therapists and healers for a couple of years and can't say enough good things about her. She has an uncanny ability to balance accountability with support--knowing when to push and when to explore the underlying resistance to action. She is organized and clear with expectations and goal setting. I am so grateful to her for my growth both financially and personally.

Vicki helped me gain awareness around my strengths and areas of opportunity. She has helped me navigate what's involved in my career areas of interest so I have an idea of the market, and the skills and experience needed to be competitive in those fields. Her compassion, ideas, examples, and follow up have made my career transition process more sustainable and strategic.

My friends look at my radical change of careers in my forties with envy. "How did you find the courage to do it?" they ask. Working with Vicki gave me the moral strength to completely change direction. She helped me clarify what was really important to me in a career and in the workplace through conversations and assessments of my strengths. Together we explored career options that matched those desires. Although I initially thought that I didn't want a career that required a lot of additional education, I ended up realizing that going to school was an important part of realizing my goals. I only needed four visits to get clear about what I wanted. Two years later I am well on the way to completing my journey toward a new career. Whenever someone asks me how I found the courage, I send them on to Vicki.

Vicki Lind helped me focus my job search and make my pitch much more effective, in person and online. She told me things I didn't want to hear but that she felt would help me grow. Vicki is principled and she works quickly. Because she specializes in two special areas, creative people and people who want to make a difference, Vicki not only coaches but can also introduce people with synergistic interests to each other.

In my first six months with Vicki's Advanced Marketing Group for Creatives, I accomplished an incredible amount, including multiple goals I'd pondered for years. Since then, Vicki's group has continued to provide me with the support I need to make thoughtful decisions to improve my business and thus my life. Both in a group setting and one on one, Vicki has the incredible ability to slice right through any seemingly cloudy circumstance to focus on the heart of the matter. She consistently provides much-needed clarity, quickly and with enthusiasm. She is truly a treat to work with.