There is an overwhelming amount of information about how to get a job.  Countless videos and articles tell you what you need to know about everything from “keyword optimizing” your resume to “behavioral-based interview” techniques. All of this can feel like what a manager told me when I first joined J.P. Morgan as an Executive Recruiter: “Heather, your first few weeks here will be like drinking water from a fire hose.” 

For students seeking internships and recent college graduates with enough on their plates already, going online and doing a simple search about job searching will generate a tidal wave of information.  Information is great.  But information without knowing more specifically what has been – or what might be — holding YOU back is all but worthless. Until you gain insight into how you’re falling short on your resume or about how the way you’re answering interview questions isn’t hitting the mark, all that generic information about “the job search” isn’t going to help you.  

I see it the same way I see reading the countless recommendations you can can find online about how to do a triathlon. If you don’t work with someone who can help you understand where your diet may be falling short, why the current pair of running shoes you are wearing could be causing shin splints, or how your weekly training regime is failing to build key strengths, then you’ll never know why you’re not performing at your optimal level. 

Gainfully helps you better understand your own strengths and weakness, setting you on the path to success.