Before you can find the right opportunity, you need to know exactly what you’re looking for and what you bring to the table. This week, you’ll identify your non-negotiables, priorities, and preferences, explore the type of family you want to work for and the work environment where you’ll thrive, and take inventory of the skills, experience, and strengths that set you apart. By the end of the week, you’ll have a clearer understanding of both what you need from a position and what makes you a standout candidate.

Action Steps: Complete your Position Wanted Statement and define your top strengths and skills.

Learn how to successfully work with agencies and use Facebook groups, job boards, and online platforms strategically while positioning yourself as a top candidate and avoiding common time and energy wasters.

Action Step: Create your custom search strategy.

Before you ever speak with a family or agency, your documentation is already telling your story. This week you’ll create or update the materials that support your search, including resumes, profiles, portfolios, cover letters, agency applications, and other candidate documents. We’ll focus on presenting who you are as both a person and a professional in a way that strongly resonates with families and agencies, helping them quickly understand what you bring to a role and why they should take the next step in the hiring process.

Action Step: Create your search documentation.

Great candidates don’t just answer questions; they help employers understand who they are, what they bring to a role, and why they’re the right fit. This week, you’ll learn how to communicate your experience in ways that connect with parents, highlight your strengths, and share meaningful examples that demonstrate your skills in action. We’ll focus on helping you tell your story, showcase your value, and stand out in a competitive market while remaining authentic and professional.

Action Step: Develop your Interview Talking Points, including key stories, examples, and responses that highlight your value.

A successful job search isn’t just about showing the family you’re the right fit for them; it’s about determining whether a position is the right fit for you. This week, you’ll learn how to evaluate parenting approaches, employer styles, work-from-home dynamics, household expectations, communication patterns, and the overall work environment. We’ll dive into the questions to ask, the information to gather, and the signs that help you identify positions where you’re most likely to be successful and happy long term.

Action Step: Create your Fit Evaluation Checklist, including interview questions, green flags, red flags, and decision-making criteria.

Before you can successfully negotiate an offer, you need to understand what you’re asking for and how the pieces fit together. This week we’ll look at wages, benefits, employment terms, and job responsibilities, helping you identify your bottom line and understand where you have flexibility. We’ll focus on how compensation packages work as a whole, how job expectations and compensation influence one another, and how to evaluate tradeoffs and make informed decisions in real time as conversations unfold.

Action Step: Create your Offer Evaluation Worksheet.

Bring your questions, challenges, and roadblocks for a final discussion. We’ll troubleshoot any issues you’re still working through and help you identify your next steps so you can move forward toward your next great opportunity.