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Kanika Tolver is a Senior Product Manager by day and the founder of Career Rehab. She's also the author of a book of the same name, "Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work" Kanika's hot take? That some project managers out there are actually product managers in disguise. Their responsibilities have changed, their job titles have yet to catch up, and it's up to them to seize the opportunities of the new world of product management. Find Kanika on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ or check out her website: https://kanikatolver.com/.

Kanika Tolver is a renowned career coach, author, and speaker known for her innovative and empowering approach to career transformation. With a background in technology and a passion for helping individuals achieve their professional dreams, she has become a leading voice in the realm of career development - or career rehab.In this episode of the security clearance careers podcast, we discuss her journey to federal employment, her experience in the security clearance process, benefits of the federal goverment, and how to increase your earning potential in GovTech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our community is very special to us and our software releases bring a lot of innovation. In this episode we combine the two with a live on-stage conversation celebrating our MVPs and Washington DC release. Topics 00:00 Welcome 01:21 Intros and Thoughts on Washington DC release 04:31 Thoughts on AI 07:16 ServiceNow career storiees 12:29 Advice for people starting their ServiceNow journeys 15:41 Outro Links Video: Full keynote Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our community is very special to us and our software releases bring a lot of innovation. In this episode we combine the two with a live on-stage conversation celebrating our MVPs and Washington DC release. Topics 00:00 Welcome 01:21 Intros and Thoughts on Washington DC release 04:31 Thoughts on AI 07:16 ServiceNow career storiees 12:29 Advice for people starting their ServiceNow journeys 15:41 Outro Links Video: Full keynote Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, your host Tareka discusses with Kanika Tolver, the esteemed CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC based in Washington, D.C.  Drawing from her acclaimed book, 'Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work,' Kanika shares invaluable insights on navigating the intricate pathways of professional growth. Kanika also emphasizes the significance of cultivating one's Professional DNA, underscoring the vital role of personal branding and networking in today's competitive landscape. She delves into the essence of rehab, not merely as a career transition but as a profound journey of self-reflection and emotional healing. Our conversation embarks on a journey of self-discovery and professional reinvention, emphasizing on ways to prepare for career transformation and choosing a fulfilling career path. So, join us as we delve into the depths of career transformation and get ready on a quest to realign with your true calling. Tune in!  KEY POINTS: - Kanika's Professional DNA on how she connects with people - The importance of personal branding and networking - On using ‘brag sheet' for career advancement  - Kanika's definition of rehab and its importance - Some challenges in career transformation and personal growth  - The pivotal role of self-reflection and emotional healing  - On prioritizing self-care and having boundaries  - Steps: Be ready for transformation, identify career path, and create a plan  - Personal and professional branding in digital age  - Rebranding with 3M's: Clear messaging, marketing, and monetization - Choose a career path that aligns with personal goals and values - On having a shift from employee mindset to brand mindset QUOTES:  “If you don't have one — a brag sheet, a brag notebook, a brag post-it — you need a place where you are constantly documenting your successes, your wins, [and] the things that you are accomplishing big, medium, small. You need that. I think you need it to help you build and maintain confidence.”  — Kanika Tolver “If anybody has read my book, I don't start the book off talking about jumping into career rehab advice. I talk about self-reflection and career rehab diagnosis.” — Kanika Tolver GUEST RESOURCES: Kanika Tolver  Website | kanikatolver.com LinkedIn | @kanikatolver Grab your Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work book here!  RESOURCES: - Visit The Professional DNA Podcast  - Schedule a Free Discovery Call! Let's talk about where you are and where you want to be in your career or business - Ask a Career Question! Have a career development or work-life harmony questions? Email Tareka at @infoyourprofessionaldna.com and use the subject line "Career Question". - Learn More! Visit https://twstrategicsolutions.com/ to download free resources and explore her career development services.  - Be sure to sign up for the Achiever Community email list to get weekly affirmations, career strategies, notifications about upcoming trainings, and so much more. Sign Up Today!  Follow Tareka on social media: LinkedIn | Tareka Wheeler _PMP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tareka-wheeler-pmp/  IG | @tareka_thestrategist - https://www.instagram.com/tareka_thestrategist  FB | @ProfessionalDNA - https://www.facebook.com/ProfessionalDNA  --- Send in a voice message here  DNA of a Professional is produced by EPYC Media Network

Do you know what your brand is? No matter who you are or what field you work in, you have a specific brand and can market yourself to find new opportunities. In this episode, Kanika Tolver shares valuable advice for making career changes, nailing the job interview process, defining your personal brand, and much more. She also explains why confidence is key to reaching new levels of career success. Kanika is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab LLC and author of “Career Rehab: Build Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.” Episode Recap: Today we'll learn how to unlock your career branding with Kanika Tolver (1:01) Can you tell us how you ended up in this industry? (4:06) What is a career brand, and why do people need it? (7:45)  Avoid these common mistakes on your resume (10:08) How to market yourself when changing careers (14:06) Can you share some tips for building confidence when making a change? (20:11) What is your process for setting realistic goals? (24:36) What does it look like to market yourself? (31:02) How to ace the interview process (38:40) How personal should you get in an interview? (47:09) What steps should someone take to rebrand themselves? (51:28) Where to learn more from Kanika (55:23) Resources: Find every episode of The Fiscal Feminist podcast Watch The Fiscal Feminist episodes on YouTube Sign up to join Kimberlee on the podcast “The Fiscal Feminist” book “Career Rehab: Build Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work”  Follow Kanika on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube

Kanika Tolver, CEO and Author of Career Rehab discusses how to take charge of your career and learn valuable tips on diversifying your education and navigating tech layoffs.

Are you sharing your podcast, showing up on Clubhouse and other “free” audio mediums as marketing, or are you actually getting paid from them? After today's episode, you'll realize you've been missing out if you're not monetizing your audio. This week on Speakernomics, we brought on Kanika Tolver to share her experience of her career rehab and how she's not only growing her business but making money off social audio spaces. Drop us a line! Head over to www.Speakernomics.com/voicemail and leave us a voicemail answering the following question and we may use your recording on an upcoming episode of Speakernomics! Question: Do you and your audience prefer video podcasts or audio podcast shows? Key idea: You do not need to be seen to be heard Who is Kanika Tolver? Kanika is a career rehabber who helps others create epic lives by being confident about their changing seasons. She's a professional speaker, coach and a native of Washington, DC. She has a best selling book and worked in the tech industry for 17 years.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cybersixgill Presents an encore episode of George McPherson's Blak Cyber podcast. Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS | DownloadListen in as Blak Cyber's George McPherson is joined by Kanika Tolver, a decorated technology Federal Government employee, author, and CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, LLC.  In her book Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work, she helps readers strip away what's holding them back to create the career of their dreams. As an in-demand coach, consultant, speaker, and thought leader, Kanika has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur, and the Washington Post. Kanika shares how she started her career in technology and why she got into career coaching. Learn how the blueprint of entry into the IT industry has evolved, how certifications can help you get the job you want, and why you need to dial into a niche. Find out how you can maximize and market yourself to get ahead in your IT career.Originally aired on April 5, 2020 ABOUT THIS EPISODE: I sit down with Technology Professional turned Career Coach Superstar, Kanika Tolver! We discuss strategies to start or re-vamp your IT career, and how to re-invent yourself into a Brand during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Kanika has also been featured in the Washington Post, LinkedIn, CNBC, Black Enterprise, CNN, Govloop, Entrepreneur, Dice, Tech Republic, CompTIA, Glassdoor, and on the CBS Radio Network. Kanika is an extremely motivated Certified AWS Solutions Architect and ServiceNow Project Manager with agile software development, cloud computing, and cybersecurity experience. Well-versed in gathering business requirements, performing security reviews, and deploying cloud applications. Prepares project timelines, design architectures, and release management plans.

Are you ready for a career change? Have you been thinking about it for a while? Meet Kanika Tolver, the CEO and founder of Career Rehab. She focuses on helping career transformations for students, professionals, and retirees, and provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. Her book is called Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.To Dine For is part of the Adweek Podcast NetworkOfficial Website: ToDineForTV.comFacebook: Facebook.com/ToDineForTVInstagram: @ToDineForTVTwitter: @KateSullivanTVEmail: ToDineForTV@gmail.com Thank You to our Sponsors!MastercardAmerican National InsuranceSpiritless - Use promo code TODINEFOR for free shippingTerlato Wine Group - Use promo code TDF20 for 20% off first purchase Follow Our Guest:Official Site: KanikaTolver.comTwitter: @KanikaTolverLinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/KanikaTolver See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Black Power Moves, part of the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network, we're speaking to Kanika Tolver. She is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, D.C., where she helps clients transform their careers with coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals.  An in-demand coach, consultant, speaker, and thought leader, she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo!, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post, and a variety of radio interviews and podcasts.  Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, 'Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.'  http://kanikatolver.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Kanika Tolver, speaker, CEO/founder, and author of Career Rehab. Kanika is a tech program manager who has build a business around helping people find and get the jobs they really want and will really love. Kanika inspires people around the globe to pursue their dreams, build their personal brands, and she is part of our tribe of people urging people to be the CEOs of their careers. In 2014 Kanika was unhappy in her job as a project manager at a Federal agency, and she decided to check herself into Career Rehab and work on her skills, revamp her resume, and check out what it was like working the private sector. She had experienced toxic management and she was done being in an environment where her ideas weren't heard. To make the big change from government to private sector, Kanika learned what private sector employers are looking for. She revamped her Linkedin profile, learned new skills like Agile/Scrum, and built her resume around skills to show her fit. She made sure she would be found, her skill gaps were filled, and posted her resume -- and the jobs came to her. Kanika's first private sector role was in consulting servicing the public sector. She was recruited by Deloitte to be a Senior Consultant, and started "dating jobs." Kanika told people to date jobs -- get what you need from the job, and get out as soon as you see yourself tapped out. At Deloitte, Kanika learned the power of building a professional network. Kanika quickly built a network internally and externally- not only with other black women, but with all types of professionals so that she could get a well-rounded picture of what success looks like and what she needs for success. It was important to Kanika to get all sorts of perspectives to have a holistic view of success, and in her words, “network like a hustler.” An architect designs a house based on what they need in the house, how many rooms, what features, and how it will fit on the land. Kanika tells people to do the same thing with their careers. What do they see themselves doing and then what skills or experience do they need to get to get there. She builds a personal goals list and a career goals list and then figures out how to make both work together. At the beginning of careers, we think more about money and getting a job vs on a must-have or nice-to-have list, but having clear goals and understanding where you're going and where you want to go in your life and career - that will help you to assess opportunities. Who needs career rehab? Kanika wrote her book for three personas: - cool geeks (people with < 5 years of experience) who are ambitious and energetic but don't know what they don't know - corporate rebels (mid-level or senior professionals) who are ready to be promoted, and are rebels for their own causes - career dropouts who are making a big career change and switching careers. Kanika teaches us that we need to market ourselves and build personal brand. She talks about millennials being the masters of personal brand. She talks about building ourselves and doing things to be able to market. A degree is a foundation, but focus on accomplishments and branding to showcase how you can be an asset to an organization. She encourages people to create content: blogs, podcasts, tweets, etc. We asked about introverts: How do they brand themselves authentically and comfortably? and Kanika advises to build authentic and deeper relationships. If you're shy and scared to go to networking events, bring an extraverted coworker or friend to push you. Stress, anxiety, and depression can get in the way of us finding our path in our career. Finding career clarity through any of those times is really hard, because it's so hard to see ourselves as strong when we're not feeling our best. Kanika tells people to focus on personal goals first, and that will often shed some of the baggage and help create career goals to find personal clarity. After we identify the mental barriers, identify what you enjoy doing and align them to your talents and strengths and build your skill set and learn what you need to move forward. Kanika on Twitter: @kanikatolver (https://twitter.com/kanikatolver) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanikatolver/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CareerRehab/ and https://www.facebook.com/KanikaRTolver Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ Email: coachkanika@gmail.com

In today's episode, Kanika Tolver talks about what every woman should know about her personal brand and why a personal brand is important.  Kanika is a career coach and the owner of Career Rehab, a career coach practice in the Washington , DC area. She's focused on helping people transform their careers. Kanika is also in the government tech space for more than 15 years.  Personal brand and leadership   As a person that leads a technology team and with career coaching clients, it helped her become more of an active listener.  It also helps her hone her skills in understanding what people really need.  Leadership means having the skills to help people and support them with whatever they need. Leaders should learn how to listen and to encourage.  For Kanika, personal branding is not about being heard, putting her brand out there, and becoming successful. It's more of helping others attain success.  As a career coach, it's about Kanika helping others transform their personal branding to land their dream jobs.  It's important to be an active listener to help equip them with the information that they need to be successful.  Ways to step up your personal brand Understand your why. Journaling is helpful to help you map out your why. You need to figure out what you want to do and write down your goals.  When you know what you want, you can start aligning your goals into actionable steps.  After that, you need to lay the foundation of your brand. This includes revamping your resume, redoing your LinkedIn profile, re-evaluating your website, and more.  The next thing is to figure out the people you are marketing to. Create a marketing strategy around reaching your target market, identifying where they are, and how you're going to connect with them.  Lean in to what you are passionate about and where your strength lies.  When you've hurt your personal brand, what you can do is to be honest and apologize. Be genuine about your intent.  Rise against the challenges It's important to take ownership of our lives and our choices.  We can turn our anxieties into accomplishments when we start voting for us.  You need to set up a team of people who can help you win.  Kanika's book was a fruit of her choice of putting herself first . Her previous career wasn't making her happy and upn evaluation, she decided to drop it and start her own private practice.  “What Every Woman Should Know About Her Personal Brand” episode resources Connect with Kanika Tover on LinkedIn. You can also check out here book Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink The Way You Work here.  Do you have more stories to tell? Talk to Linda Yates here. This podcast is produced by TSE Studios. Check out other podcasts by the TSE Studios including The Sales Evangelist and more.  This episode is sponsored by The Sales Evangelist, helping new and struggling sellers close more deals and smash their quotas. Int-HER-rupt Podcast is produced by the team at TSE Studios,  If you haven't already, please subscribe to the Int-HER-rupt Podcast so you won't miss a single interview. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and Stitcher. You can also leave comments, suggestions, and ratings for every episode you listen to.  Audio created by Ryan Rasmussen Productions.

A few days ago, Kanika Tolver broke all sorts of barriers and records by speaking to over 2,000 listeners across 6.5 hours on her impromptu Twitter Space launched to connect job seekers with employers. What has happened since is even more remarkable. [Powered by hirerunner.co] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yfm/message

Episode 58 of The Career Tipper podcast features Tech Leader Kanika Tolver and the author of Career Rehab. During this episode, Kanika shares strategies to rebuild your brand. In addition to rethinking the way, you work by dating your job and insight into launching a career in the tech industry. Michele dedicates this episode to the job seekers and career changers she met at the 2021 Diversity Career Fair hosted by OrlandoJobs.com. After her session, she enjoyed chatting and coaching with those she met about keeping their stride and skills recharged, competitive, and hire-ready. The career strategy gems shared in this episode can be applied to industries beyond tech, and Michele's wish is that you find them helpful as you navigate your search. During this episode about dating your job: [00:49] Kanika shares why she wrote her book, Career Rehab [01:56] Kanika explains the difference between the difference of being brand versus being a full-time employee [04:18] Kanika chats about overcoming career heartache. [06:11] Kanika shares how to market yourself like an ad. [8:12] Kanika advises the mature career changers who perceive they need to become tech-savvy. [11:00] Kanika educates on how to network during a pandemic. [13:37] Kanika suggests the starting point to launch a career in tech. [16:02] Kanika informs about the breakdown of each persona featured in her book, Career Rehab. [20:11] Kanika teaches how to date your job. [25:19] Kanika educates about the difference between being a contractor versus being a full-time employee. [26:56] Kanika addresses mental health by overcoming being career s.a.d. [36:04] Kanika speaks of the importance of collaboration. [36:47] Kanika teaches how to measure the success of dating your jobs. [40:26] Kanika shares the game-changing meme that kept her being a successful woman in tech. [43:05] Kanika informs on how to demonstrate career ownership and rehab your career. [43:53] Kanika shares her contact details. Connect with Kanika and order her book, Career Rehab: https://kanikatolver.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/career-tipper/support

Today's discussion is about we as an African Community Globally need to become brands not employees on how we need to work together. https://www.pcworld.com/article/551528/microsoft-will-unlock-xbox-games-on-the-pc-to-allow-mods-and-possibly-backups.html https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-reveals-18-severe-flaws-fixed-in-recent-gpu-drivers-so-dont-forgot-to-update --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ben-uko/message

On this episode of the Pub Date podcast, Jen Dorsey and Vanessa Campos talk with Kanika Tolver, CEO and founder of Career Rehab LLC and author of Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. Kanika shares: How she side hustled a book while working full time Her decision to date jobs in order to pursue her dreams Tips for carving out time to write, edit, and market your book When you know it's time to divorce the job for the dream ________________________________________________________   Kanika Tolver is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, D.C., where she helps clients transform their careers with coaching programs, events, webinars and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. An in-demand coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader, she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo!, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post and a variety of radio interviews and podcasts. Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.   Connect with Kanika on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  Get a copy of her book here https://amzn.to/3k3brXM

On this episode of the Pub Date podcast, Jen Dorsey and Vanessa Campos talk with Kanika Tolver, CEO and founder of Career Rehab LLC and author of Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. Kanika shares: How she side hustled a book while working full time Her decision to date jobs in order to pursue her dreams Tips for carving out time to write, edit, and market your book When you know it's time to divorce the job for the dream ________________________________________________________   Kanika Tolver is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, D.C., where she helps clients transform their careers with coaching programs, events, webinars and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. An in-demand coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader, she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo!, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post and a variety of radio interviews and podcasts. Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.   Connect with Kanika on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  Get a copy of her book here https://amzn.to/3k3brXM

Keith and Author/Career Coach Kanika Tolver talk about the current state of people empowering their careers; the mindset that employees and candidates are approaching the job search, and the level of control they are taking with their respective jobs. Kanika's book can be found here: Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way [...]

Episode SummaryI love a good book. Reading is one of my favorite things to do. Fun Fact about me: I always have a book on me at all times. The airport, the grocery store, the doctor's office. I am never without a book. The truth is that reading these books have been therapy for me. There are books on this list that I've read multiple times and the pages are marked and tabbed. They were just that impactful for me. I hope they are for you also.These books are all written by women and the majority of them speak to women and women of color. I hope you enjoy them.Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones (https://amz.run/4ysm)Career Rehab by Kanika Tolver (https://amz.run/4ysl)Letters to My Sisters in Engineering by Brittany Wilkins (https://amz.run/4ysk)You're More Than a Diversity Hire Women in STEM by Angelique Adams, PhD. (https://amz.run/4ysj)Maybe Its You by Lauren Handel Zander (https://amz.run/4ysi)The Memo by Minda Harts (https://amz.run/4ysh)Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper (https://amz.run/4ysg) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/stemminginstilettos)

Have you met a Black woman who made the six figure club in tech before they turned 30? Have you seen a Black woman dominating the tech industry in various ways? Well let me introduce you to episode 044's guest, Tanika Tolver. Tanika is a project manager, career coach, and author who is showing us how to run game in tech. On this episode we talk about her 15+ year journey in tech, she schools us in how to get to six figures (spoiler alert: it's hard work!), and she talks to me about why it's important to "date" jobs. If you want to win in tech in 2021, get into this Black Tech Unplugged episode! Full show notes for this episode can be found here: https://blacktechunplugged.com/2021/04/15/ep-044-kanika-tolver-unplugged/ Connect with Kanika: Twitter: twitter.com/kanikatolver Instagram: instagram.com/kanikatolver LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver ————————————————————————- Stay Connected with Black Tech Unplugged: Twitter: twitter.com/blktechunplged Instagram: instagram.com/blacktechunplugged Facebook: facebook.com/blacktechunplugged Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/blacktechunplugged Email: blacktechunplugged@gmail.com ————————————————————————- Use the hashtag #BlackTechUnplugged on IG & Twitter to discuss this & other episodes!

Episode Summary:1) Kanika Tolver is somebody you want on your side. She's smart and she wants to help you. 2) Career Rehab isn't just a book. It is a way of life. This book was birthed from her personal journey and it can be used to heal yourself and give you good practical knowledge for when you are "on the market."3) She had to re-invented herself. How many of us have heard this story? Who was she now after she had left a job. That's the big question for many of us. 4) Good advice: You are going to have to network for your network!! True tea!! Get out there!5)Utilize the job/career to leverage the dream!!! This one blew my mind!!!!Kanika Tolver Bio:She is a highly decorated information technology Federal Government professional, rebel entrepreneur, and Certified Professional Coach is a serial innovator who’s fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own “epic lives.” She is the CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, DC. Career Rehab focuses on assisting career transformations for students, professionals, and retirees. Her company provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals.She is the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. In Career Rehab, she helps readers strip away what’s holding them back to create the career of their dreams. As an in-demand coach, consultant, speaker, and thought leader who’s often tapped as an expert source for the media she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post, and in a variety of radio interviews and podcasts.Website: https://kanikatolver.com/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Career-Rehab/dp/1599186519/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/stemminginstilettos)Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

My guest is Kanika Tolver, founder and CEO of Career Rehab, a coaching company that helps people renovate themselves and find their dream jobs. She’s also the author of “Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work,” a fantastic book where she outlines her approach to helping others be the architects of both their careers and their lives. Listen to hear Kanika talk about what Career Rehab is all about, what it means to be a corporate rebel and how she sees the future of work for women in 2021 and beyond.

Happy Black History Month! In this SWE Diverse episode, Bralade Koroye-Emenanjo, FY21 SWE African-American Affinity Group Lead, speaks with Kanika Tolver, an engineer, speaker, author and coach. Kanika is a highly decorated information technology Federal Government professional, rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach who's fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own "epic lives." Listen as Kanika and Bralade discuss the challenges faced by Black women in STEM, how to overcome those obstacles, and how we can all work to create a more inclusive and equitable environment in our workplaces.

What Every Woman Should Know About Her Personal Brand In today’s episode, Kanika Tolver talks about what every woman should know about her personal brand and why a personal brand is important.  Kanika is a career coach and the owner of Career Rehab, a career coach practice in the Washington , DC area. She’s focused on helping people transform their careers. Kanika is also in the government tech space for more than 15 years.  Personal brand and leadership   As a person that leads a technology team and with career coaching clients, it helped her become more of an active listener.  It also helps her hone her skills in understanding what people really need.  Leadership means having the skills to help people and support them with whatever they need. Leaders should learn how to listen and to encourage.  For Kanika, personal branding is not about being heard, putting her brand out there, and becoming successful. It’s more of helping others attain success.  As a career coach, it’s about Kanika helping others transform their personal branding to land their dream jobs.  It’s important to be an active listener to help equip them with the information that they need to be successful.  Ways to step up your personal brand Understand your why. Journaling is helpful to help you map out your why. You need to figure out what you want to do and write down your goals.  When you know what you want, you can start aligning your goals into actionable steps.  After that, you need to lay the foundation of your brand. This includes revamping your resume, redoing your LinkedIn profile, re-evaluating your website, and more.  The next thing is to figure out the people you are marketing to. Create a marketing strategy around reaching your target market, identifying where they are, and how you’re going to connect with them.  Lean in to what you are passionate about and where your strength lies.  When you've hurt your personal brand, what you can do is to be honest and apologize. Be genuine about your intent.  Rise against the challenges It’s important to take ownership of our lives and our choices.  We can turn our anxieties into accomplishments when we start voting for us.  You need to set up a team of people who can help you win.  Kanika’s book was a fruit of her choice of putting herself first . Her previous career wasn’t making her happy and upn evaluation, she decided to drop it and start her own private practice.  “What Every Woman Should Know About Her Personal Brand” episode resources Connect with Kanika Tover on LinkedIn. You can also check out here book Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink The Way You Work here.  Do you have more stories to tell? Talk to Linda Yates here. This podcast is produced by TSE Studios. Check out other podcasts by the TSE Studios including The Sales Evangelist and more.  This episode is sponsored by The Sales Evangelist, helping new and struggling sellers close more deals and smash their quotas. Int-HER-rupt Podcast is produced by the team at TSE Studios,  If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the Int-HER-rupt Podcast so you won’t miss a single interview. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and Stitcher. You can also leave comments, suggestions, and ratings for every episode you listen to.  Audio created by Ryan Rasmussen Productions.

Happy New Year and welcome to Secure The Seat. This week I chat with a friend of the podcast, Kanika Tolver. We discuss how to shift your mindset and vote for a better life. You can also watch the live episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnJZVCjhV5U&t=3s Kanika is no ordinary “social-preneur”. She is a highly decorated information technology Federal Government professional, rebel entrepreneur, and Certified Professional Coach. Not to mention, the CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, DC. Career Rehab focuses on assisting career transformations for students, professionals and retirees. Her company provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. Make sure to buy her book and follow her on social media: https://twitter.com/KanikaTolver

In this episode of Tech Intersect, I chat with CEO & Founder of Career Rehab, LLC, Kanika Tolver. She is a highly decorated information technology Federal Government professional, rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach. Kanika is a serial innovator who's fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own “epic lives.” Through her business and acclaimed book of the same name. Kanika is deeply committed to assisting career transformations for students, professionals and retirees. Career Rehab, LLC provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. Finally, Kanika has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post and in numerous radio interviews and podcasts.***SPONSORED BY ADVANTAGE EVANS™ ACADEMY There's a more cost effective and time-efficient way to reach your leading-edge learning and earning goals, to put you ahead of the stiff competition to create opportunity and generational wealth in this fast-paced, tech-driven economy. You need skills. Credentials. An advantage. And I can help! I empower underestimated life-long learners traditionally locked out of tech and finance to take control of their financial futures and participate in the new digital cash economy safely, legally and confidently in a welcoming space so they can stay ahead of the curve and create autonomy, opportunity and generational wealth in the fast-paced, tech-driven world. Ready for your advantage? Learn more about From Cash to Crypto™ at AdvantageEvans.com. ***I love all of the advice and resources Kanika shared in this information-rich episode. I hope take a lot of notes! Bottom line? The future of work is now and it's time to take a breath, take an inventory of your expertise and goals, take charge, take some courses and take a leap into the next exciting and enriching stage or phase of your career in this tech-driven world, even if you consider yourself “tech adjacent”, like me. Guest social assets: www.kanikatolver.comCareer Rehab Book Episode Links:15 Tech Certifications with Highest Average Pay: https://insights.dice.com/2020/11/16/15-technology-certifications-with-highest-average-pay/  Tech Skills to Add in 2021: https://www.psci.com/tech-skills-to-consider-adding-in-2021/ Contact:Questions and requests: hello@techintersectpodcast.com Follow: Twitter @AtTechIntersect Instagram @TechIntersect Web: http://www.TechIntersectPodcast.com  Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/gKqDyP Rapternal Music (Regulate and The Rabbit Hole) by Notty Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Produced by Tonya M. Evans for FYOS Entertainment, LLC, and Stephanie Renee for Soul Sanctuary, Inc. Support the show (https://tinyurl.com/techintersectvip)

Are you an employee or are you a brand? How can you leverage your amazing accomplishments to create a brand? Join the ‘career rehab’ expert, author, speaker, and tech diva Kanika Tolver on this episode to learn how to create a successful brand. We discuss success secrets on how to grow your career in technology or how to transition into the field. It’s all about going above and beyond to put your knowledge and expertise out there in different formats. In the conversation, we start with basic advice on job searching, resumes, and LinkedIn. We continue the great conversation around building a network and creating a complimentary marketing strategy. Learn usable tips on how to level up and turn any anxiety into accomplishments. Visit us online at TechDivaSuccess.com for more links from this episode. New episodes released Tuesdays.

Zach chats with Kanika Tolver, founder and CEO of Career Rehab LLC and author of Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work, on this special Saturday episode themed around rehabbing your career. A senior project manager with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Kanika is no ordinary "social-preneur" - she's a rebel entrepreneur and certified professional coach, a serial innovator who's fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own "epic lives." True to her book's name, she outlines the importance of rebuilding your personal brand and rethinking the way you work, and she lists some of the telltale signs she experienced when she realized she needed to undergo a career rehab of her own.Find out more about "Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work" on Amazon.Connect with Kanika on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Check out her personal website.Donate to the Justice for Breonna Taylor GoFundMe by clicking here.Find out how the CDC suggests you wash your hands by clicking here.Help food banks respond to COVID-19. Learn more at FeedingAmerica.org.Visit our website.TRANSCRIPTZach: What's up, y'all? It's Zach with Living Corporate. Now, look, man, y'all know what it is. We're coming to y'all with real, authentic conversations every single week. So we're having these conversations talking about that real real, okay? We're having conversations that center underrepresnted, marginalized, underestimated, oppressed voices, experiences and lived identities in the workplace, and today is no different, man. We have a great guest. Her name is Kanika Tolver. Kanika Tolver is no ordinary socialpreneur. She's a highly decorated information technology federal government professional, rebel entrepreneur and certified professional coach and a serial innovator who's fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own epic lives, not to mention she's the CEO and founder of Career Rehab in Washington, D.C. Career Rehab focuses on assisting career transitions and transformations for students, professionals and retirees. Her company provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their goals. She's the acclaimed author of Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Professional Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. In that book and in the conversation today we're going to be talking about, amongst a wide array of things, what's holding you back from taking the next step in your career. She's been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post--she's been all over the place, you know what I'm saying? So without further ado, welcome, Kanika. What's going on, now?Kanika: What's going on?Zach: All right, so look, I read the bio, but let's talk about, like, the why behind the career coaching and things that you do and really how you transitioned from tech and the public sector and, like, this social entrepreneur work that you're doing now. Like, how did that come together?Kanika: It came together because I was just really at a place where I felt alone at work, and I felt like, you know, I was growing professionally and I was making a lot of money, but I really felt like I wasn't being my true, authentic self, and I really wanted to help people. Like, I wanted to help people get to the places that I was able to reach in my career, and not having a lot of support at work just kind of--you know, my passion was doing career coaching and helping people with resumes and stuff like that, so that's kind of how I moved into the career development space. Zach: So then let's talk about, like, what were some of the key differences as you transitioned from working in the public sector, doing tech work to now going into personal career coaching? Kanika: I mean, I still work in the technology industry for the federal government, so I still have my day job as a federal government employee, but what it kind of looks like as far as being an entrepreneur and having a full-time job, it's pretty much me kind of been just building my career coaching clientele over the last three to four years. So I started off as a resume writer. I was helping people get a lot of good federal government job, a lot of good, high-paying tech jobs 'cause I was already in the industry, so I kind of started to do that and I started to kind of market myself online, and then I kind of transitioned into wanting a book deal and wanting to be an author and wanting to showcase a lot of the clients that had success with me in my book, but also I wanted to make sure that I was telling a true story of, you know, how my career life has gone for the past 10 years. I've had my own personal challenges. So that's where Career Rehab kind of came into play, 'cause I felt like we all need career innovations. You know, we all need to take our career to the next level in some way, so. Zach: You're absolutely right. I also think it's easy--when you consider, like, the history of America and, like, progress for Black and brown folks in the workplace, of course Black and brown people had jobs in corporate-like settings before the '60s, but when you talk about that, like, real influx, we really haven't been largely represented but for some less than, like, 50 something odd years, and we've only had all of our rights on paper--on paper--since, like, 1965, so... when you think about that, like, you and I, we're like the first generation of folks born with all of our rights--or we're the second generation. It gets kind of hairy, right, 'cause you think about, like, really Gen X, they're the first generation of people who were coming into the professional space with all of their rights on paper, and even still today, right, there are still folks who are, you know, 30 or in their late 20s who are first-generation professionals, folks who graduated from college. So when you think about, like, career rehab, the concept of career rehab or just needing to, like, really assess where you're at and what you're doing, those things--that's a novel concept for a lot of people who really just started getting into this space, you know what I mean?Kanika: I agree. I think me being more of a millennial, I think the Gen X'ers, they were the ones that really set the tone for, you know, helping to establish good--I would say the baby boomers established work ethic, right, being loyal to jobs. That's my parents' generation, and then you have the Gen X'ers who they started to get educated, they started to get jobs, but the millennials I think are the game-changing generation because we wanted more than just the education and the job. We want passionate work. We want work that matters. We want people to know our worth, and I think that Gen X'ers were a little bit more like "I'ma just do what I'm told to do and this is my job, I got it, I got my papers, I got my college degree, I got my education," but they didn't really rock the boat the way millennials and the newer generations are rocking the boat within the workplace. Zach: No, I agree with that. I think it's interesting because when you look at, like, the research that continues to come out, and then you look at social media that continues to, like, really be a game changer in terms of democratizing information and making things just really accessible, when you talk about just the reality of inequity, right, when you talk about, like, from pay inequity to opportunities to promote and rise within the ranks, to hiring and, like, the exclusivity of some of these social circles and how a lot of even these technology pipelines and things like that are really closed off. I do believe that we're in a different generation now than we were, you know, 15 or 20 years ago where we just didn't--people knew, but now we know we know, you know what I mean?Kanika: Right, yep.Zach: So when you talk about, like, career rehab and rebuilding your personal brand and rethinking the way you work, like, can we talk about some of the core tenets of that? Like, what does that mean, and where were you in your career that made you say, "I need a rehab?" Like, what were some of the telltale signs that you needed to rehab? Kanika: So rebuilding your personal brand was kind of, like, for me at a point where I was leaving my good federal government job to go into private sector, and I was scared. I was like, "Oh, my gosh. Like, I've been in the federal government space. This is comfortable," and I went to go work for a company by the name of Deloitte. I didn't know anything about the company, so I had to rebuild my personal brand as far as my resume and my LinkedIn profile to be able to talk the talk of private sector, because the government talks totally different than private sector. So that was a time where I was really going through a transition of being unhappy in my government job, and I was like, you know, "I have to rebrand myself if I'm gonna be able to get into a very innovative company. I'm gonna have to shift the way my brand has been looking as far as my resume and as far as, like, my LinkedIn profile." So that was kind of how I started to shift my mindset about how I thought about personal branding, because in government you just don't think about personal branding like that, right? You think about "This is a good government job, and I worked for this, and I'ma be here for 30 years," and my family and my aunties and my mom, everybody pretty much around me, was like, "Get a good government job," and I'm like, "This is not even really necessarily me, but I'm gonna do it." So that's kind of the shift that happened in my personal career.Zach: So let's continue to talk about this. I'm trying to understand when we talk about rethinking what it is you need or really what you want out of your career, like, what would you say are some of the biggest kind of, like, traps or patterns in your coachees that you see that lets you know that they need to be coached or that they need some help?Kanika: Rethinking the way that you work is a career mindset shift, because so often we don't really focus in on talking about, like, getting paid now, getting the money, power and respect. That's one of the things I coach people on, is it's not just about getting the job offer, it's about getting the money, power and respect, and the power and respect comes into play when you become a subject matter expert. You have the power and respect to be marketable. I think a lot of times in our community of people of color we just get so validated by "Oh, I'ma get this, like, nice-paying job," that we still don't get the power and respect at work, so that's a mindset shift. Another mindset shift that I see, that I have even applied to myself and even applied to my coaching clients, is things like "commute's worth the coins." It's okay to have a realistic commute. It's okay to ask for remote options from home. I think we so often are scared to ask for the work-life balance component of things in the workplace, and it has made us feel like we kind of, like, have a slavery mentality towards the job instead of the job offering us the things that we need in order to have balance.Zach: Yeah, and I think that also comes though from, like, a very real fear of loss, right? Like, you know, the system that we live in today, you need money to survive, and if you have people who maybe they've interviewed at fifty 'leven jobs and this is finally the job that said yes, it's hard to then, if you see you making those requests as a risk to keeping your job and then by relation keeping your lights on, you know, it's tough, right? So it's kind of like, you know, when you talk about that self-assessment to understand how to ask and then even facing those fears of asking. Like, what does it look like for the people that you talk to to help them get over some of the fears that they have in advocating for themselves?Kanika: I think one thing that I want to touch on when we talk about personal branding is that we have to continue to try to the best of our ability to align our personal brand of who we are as individuals with an employer brand that will make us feel like we feel good about this job situation, right? So it's important that when we're looking for jobs and interviewing for jobs that if there are things on our list that we desire to have in addition to our annual salary, if it's work-life balance, if it's paid time off, if it's remote options from home, I think it's important to do research on the job just as much as they're doing research on you as you come into interview with them. I think we apply blindly and we go on job interviews blindly not really looking at all of the other things that the job may or may not offer from a culture perspective or from a benefits perspective.Zach: And so then what does it look like to, like, assess a company to make sure that their personal brand does align with yours? Like, how does one go about that type of research?Kanika: So that type of research can happen through websites like Glassdoor.com. You can also--what I've done and what I've coached my clients to do is it's important to reach out to--what I usually do in the past is I reached out to Black and brown folks that worked at the company and I connected with them on LinkedIn and I either, you know, had a Zoom call with them or coffee chat or we met up for lunch, or we just talked on the phone, and I just wanted to get their insight on how the company culture is for them and how things have been working out for them, 'cause sometimes Glassdoor, it has some good, consistent information about the companies, but it's also good to talk to the people that already work for the company.Zach: Absolutely. I have folks hit me up on LinkedIn, Black and brown folks hit me up often. Let me, like, not even exaggerate. Like, a lot. A lot asking me about "I know that you work here now," you know, "Would you recommend this being a place for me?" What would be your recommendation or advice on how to ask and how to network, you know, in terms of asking people who currently work there and, like, how to reach out? What are some of the best practices for you?Kanika: Some of the best practices for me have been just developing a standard direct message template through LinkedIn and introducing yourself. The first thing you want to do is edify them, edify their profile, make them feel good, make them feel comfortable for them coming in to talk to you as a stranger. So I try to make the person that I'm interviewing like, "Oh, hey. I see you work at This Company and I see you have an awesome profile and you're an expert at this particular subject," and then I go in and I say, "Well, hey, I just wanted to reach out to you just to connect with you to see how you've been enjoying the company, and I'm interested in applying or I have applied to X job, and I would love to chat with you to see how your experience has been." So I try to send out maybe close to 10 messages, because not everybody's gonna respond back. Some people are scared to talk about company culture with a stranger, and some people just don't care--some people just don't really use LinkedIn and they don't respond, and a lot of people would be willing to share their experiences, and I try to get a diverse perspective. So I don't just say, "Let me just reach out to all the Black folks." I'm looking to reach out to a diverse set of people. So, you know, Asian, white, Black, female, male, you know what I mean? So I don't get just one perspective.Zach: Right, right. So let's talk a little bit about your work with [?] and your work with Entrepreneur, right? Like, how did you create that relationship, and what does it look like to maintain that, and how does it help the work that you do today?Kanika: I pretty much got a book deal with Entrepreneur a year ago, probably maybe December 2018ish I should say. Maybe a little bit over a year ago, but going into 2019 I got a book deal, and that relationship is really good. I was pretty much trying to get a book deal for a while with Career Rehab. Career Rehab actually got turned down by a lot of other publishers. So Career Rehab was pitched to Entrepreneur. They loved the idea. At first they had a lot of--if anybody knows Entrepreneur's brand and their magazine, they have a lot more entrepreneur, business-based authors on their roster, so they were looking for opening up an arena for more career topic-type authors, so I came in right on time for this particular time that they were looking for people, and they were looking for more minority women authors because Entrepreneur has a lot of white male authors. So that's kind of how that relationship happened. I got on the phone with them. I pitched them the idea. They really liked it. We started writing in January 2019, and then the book came out a year after that, this year, 2020. So it was a really good relationship. What I like about the platform and I like about what they're allowing me to do is they're allowing me to re-use a lot of the Career Rehab content in the book through articles. We're gonna be doing webinars. They're also allowing me to highlight other things that I want to talk about, like we featured Minda Harts. We're featuring Netta Jenkins with Dipper. So I'm using the platform to also highlight us in a way. You get it? So I'm using mainstream media, things that they've never seen from an African-American woman who's an author, but I'm saying, let's shed light on all of these awesome people that I know in my network as well.Zach: Yeah, I'm just really honored, you know what I'm saying, that you came on our platform to talk about your book, to talk about just some basic tenets on some of the things we don't know and how we build, and I do think I talk to folks--'cause I'm 30 years old, and most millennials, at this point they've been at their jobs for at least 5 or 6 years, right? Like, they've been working for 5 or 6 years, and a lot of us, we'll get hired somewhere after we do undergrad and then we do grad school, a lot of us will then be at our jobs for, like, 5 or 6--and those of us who didn't do any type of post-grad, you know, we've been working for 7, 8 years, you know, if not a little bit longer, and so I think it's important for us as we look at a new decade, like, what does it look like to do an assessment and make a determination of "Am I really where I need to be, and if not, what does it look like for me to create a path either at my current employer or to seek opportunities elsewhere?" Before we let you go--this has been a dope conversation--let's get some shout-outs in here. Where can people learn about you? I want you to plug your stuff. And then any parting words you have for us.Kanika: You definitely can find the Career Rehab book on Amazon.com. You can find me KanikaTolver.com. I'm pretty much on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn all @KanikaTolver. Those are my handles. They're all pretty much the handle, KanikaTolver. And, you know, you can just find me on, like, a lot of other podcast shows. I've done a lot of interviews, so yeah.Zach: Man, I appreciate you. Kanika, this has been fire. Y'all, this has been Zach. You've been on the Living Corporate podcast. You know, we everywhere, okay? You can check us out on Google or whatever your search engine is. Firefox, you know? What's another one... Edge?Kanika: Chrome. Safari.Zach: Chrome, whatever, you know what I'm saying? You out there. Just Google us - Living Corporate. You know, we out here, but if you're into domains, living-corporate--please say the dash--dot com, and then we're also at livingcorporate.co, livingcorporate.us, livingcorporate.net, livingcorporate dot... shoot, all of the livingcorporates except for livingcorporate.com 'cause Australia owns livingcorporate.com, okay? So when y'all go to livingcorporate.com and y'all see corporate apartment rentings, don't be like "What happened?" No, I told y'all. It's living DASH corporate dot com, please say the dash, or you can do livingcorporate dot any other thing besides .com and we're gonna pop up, okay? Now, make sure you follow us on Twitter @LivingCorp_Pod or Instagram @LivingCorporate, and, you know, our DMs are wide open. If you have a question, a listener letter, you want to send in something for us to read on the show, we can do that. Until next time, this has been Zach. You've been listening to Kanika Tolver, CEO and author of Career Rehab, VIP entrepreneur with Entrepreneur, career coach, speaker, educator, technology consultant professional. 'Til next time, y'all. Peace.

Will Deyamport, III, Ed.D. is a District Instructional Technologist for Hattiesburg Public School District, serving grades K-12. He is also a digital transformation strategist, writer, and podcaster. Prior to taking on a full-time instructional technology role, Dr. Will was a social media strategist for a career development company. He is best known for his work in assisting educators in going digital and has helped teachers leverage the power of technology to reimagine the learning experiences of their students. In 2016, Dr. Will was one of three educators selected as a Mississippi Spotlight Speaker at the Mississippi Educator Computing Conference and served as a Schoology Ambassador from 2015 - 2018. Dr. Will speaks and presents often at conferences about the effective use of technology in the classroom. In addition to his speaking, Dr. Will has written for Schoology Exchange, District Administration, EdSurge, iNACOL, and TechEdge magazine. He holds bachelor's degrees in Radio, TV, and Film and Child and Family Studies from The University of Southern Mississippi and a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership and Management from Capella University. Dr. Will is the director of The Edupreneur, a documentary that explores the lives and careers of educators who have become educational consultants.

Kanika Tolver, author of How to Rehab Your Career is our special guest on this extra special edition of the Tech After Five podcast. Kanika Tolver says this is a great time to "Turn your Anxiety into Accomplishments." Yep. She opens strong. If you are in IT or wanting to get into IT or pivot your career, this IS the time to do it. She is a practicing IT professional herself who also offers career tips and coaching on Linkedin and to her private clients. She opens with her own experiences of moving from the Federal government IT to commercial practice. She gives us specific, actionable advice on how to make a career change, especially in IT. In addition to our regular crew of Carol Hamilton and Scott Pfeiffer, we've got a guest questioner with Chris Lockhart, host of the Consultants Saying Things podcast. It's a special crossover with lots of great advice. Grab a pencil. You're going to learn something about making a change in your mindset, life, and career. Looking to learn more about Kanika, her book, and booking her for speaking? Check out her website at https://kanikatolver.com/. Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhj Looking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/) Scott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind Your Own Business. Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five. And you should really go looking for Chris Lockhart on the Consultants Saying Things podcast at http://www.consultantssayingthings.com/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message

Kanika Tolver, CEO & Author of Career Rehab, comes to the Shontavia Show to drop ALL the knowledge about how to build your personal brand while working full time. As a career coach and full-time tech professional, Kanika is walking the walk and talking the talk. In this episode, she is very transparent about how she got a book deal with a major publisher while working full-time, how she shifted from an employee mindset to a branding mindset, and how becoming a "networking junkie" helped her land a job at one of the best places to work in the world.Kanika also shares her best tips for employees who want to level up in their careers and with their brands. If you have any dreams of expanding beyond the job you currently have, this episode is a must-listen! Visit https://shontavia.com/episode38 for more. // Show Summary02:59 Why Kanika ignored the advice of family, friends and co-workers and quit her "good government job" for a job at Deloitte08:38 How Kanika found her value and worth in her career11:07 Why finding "virtual mentors" is important for your career12:25 How Kanika decided on her side hustle idea while working in the corporate sector17:03 How to build an authentic brand online20:00 How Kanika found an agent and landed her first book deal with Entrepreneur Press27:42 Why people are so unhappy at work right now29:18 The two things you need to do to create a personal brand at work32:53 How to turn your knowledge and expertise into a product or service35:37 Why you should be dating jobs38:43 Why Kanika highlights other people's successes in her latest book, Career Rehab44:00 Why you should fight for the way you want your personal brand represented by others// Show NotesWhere to find Kanika Tolver:Website: https://kanikatolver.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/KanikaTolverBuy Career Rehab: https://amzn.to/2EIFaTPRead Kanika's articles on Entrepreneur.com: https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/kanika-tolver// Internet + Social Media Website: https://shontavia.com/Work with me: http://brandandbusinessacademy.com/ YouTube: https://www.shontavia.tvTwitter: https://twitter.com/ShontaviaJEsq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shontaviajesq/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shontaviajesq/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shontaviajesq/ Tumblr: http://shontaviajesq.tumblr.com/

We speak with Kanika Tolver, author of "Career Rehab", about career changes, setbacks, and finding out what drives us to succeed.

Barry O’Reilly welcomes Kanika Tolver to this week’s Unlearn Podcast. Kanika is the bestselling author of Career Rehab and founder of a consultancy business of the same name. She has coached hundreds of clients, helping them discover opportunities to do their best work and to find higher performance roles that are better suited to them. How To Break Up With Your Job Despite fear and anxiety about job security, especially in this COVID-19 pandemic, Kanika says, that you shouldn't be afraid to seek the right job or to break up with the wrong one. She and Barry discuss practical advice:  Turn your anxiety into accomplishments. For example, you can upskill by getting a new certification, and expand your network. Connect with recruiters or hiring managers who can help you get a new position. Join a new online community. Apart from learning new skills, you may be able to connect with experts. Fearlessly resign when you know you’re prepared. To prepare, think about what you need to do to get ready, what you can learn, and who you can connect with or who you know that can refer you. Taking these small steps builds your confidence to fearlessly resign. You Are The MVP Whether you're thinking of changing careers or starting a business, think of yourself as the product. The first step is a Career Rehab Diagnosis, a self-assessment of what is and isn't working in your career. Make adjustments based on what you discover. Next, Kanika says, list your career, education and personal goals. The next step is to think about financial goals and culture fit. Barry comments that it takes so much unlearning for people to recognize that they deserve to have a fulfilling career in a place where they’re recognized for who they are and what they bring to the table. Kanika cites Barry’s book about reevaluating past behaviors. We need to stop thinking that we should conform to fit the company culture. Instead we must recognize that we’re the MVP (minimum viable product), and negotiate job offers with this mindset. She remarks, “They should be just as happy to have you as you are to have them. So I think when we shift our mindset to looking at ourselves as products and services - we have unique offerings - then it changes the direction of the conversation. Instead of you just praising the company, no - praise yourself and then get with the right company.” Divorcing The Job For The Dream Innovating your behavior is imperative to live your dream. Incorporate continuous feedback as it helps you to continuously improve. Another key point is that you should never settle in your career or your business. You have to be resilient in order to be successful. Kanika also shares the following advice: You have knowledge and skills from your job that you can transfer into your new business. Start creating your personal brand: you need a track record before you can divorce your job and marry your dream. Don’t overthink it. Just do it. Consistency is all it takes. Looking Ahead  Kanika is excited about the future of the workplace. The current crisis has proven that workers can still add value working remotely, so she expects more companies to transition into remote. She is also looking forward to more virtual events so new speakers can get an opportunity to spread their message. Information sharing and online networking is being normalized, she believes, and she is looking forward to seeing how businesses and careers pivot during this period, as people develop new communication skills. Resources Website: KanikaTolver.com  Book: https://www.amazon.com/Career-Rehab/dp/1599186519/

I am speaking with Kanika Tolver about her book Career Rehab. We talk about creating your own brand and no longer having the employee mindset. How to have a healthy relationship with your job you first have to have a healthy relationship with yourself. If you don't love what you do, then it's time to re-think your daily grind and renovate your career. It's time for Career Rehab.This book has the tools you need to go from the job you're in, to the career―and the life―you want.Show Links:Book: Career RehabKanika Tolver Career CoachingKanika Tolver on InstagramKanika Tolver on TwitterFollow us on Instagram @breaking_backs Email me here: info@breakingbacks.co.uk

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With all this time spent social distancing, you may have taken some time to take a magnifying glass to your business or career choice. Is it right for you? Do you want to go back? Are you able to be a stay at home parent who just might home school their kids? Dealing with Covid-19 has greatly shifted the definition of "Career" but today's guest has some great motivation to help you with some of the heavy choices that are ahead of you. First things first! Before you begin to go skipping through the grassy field with your kids like some 2020 Mary Poppins, Tanika shared a few tips on where to start when you are ready to rehab your career. Rehab evaluation Ask your self the hard questions Self-reflectionDo I have the skills needed?Should I do this as a side hustle until I get some stability? Making the decision to become a full-time entrepreneur is major but that is not the only career rehab that it is referring to. This list relates to our seniors as they prepare to go into a much different senior year and college experience. It speaks to the parents who are preparing to go back to a job while their children's schools are closed. Oh and we can not forget about the many people all over the world who lost their job when the quarantine began. There are many who has some hard decisions to make about their career journey within the next few weeks. In this episode, Kanika also hit on some key points like:Traditional vs. non-traditional education Online learning programs Internships Where seniors and college students should focus nextVirtual career fairs and more. You are in a great position to turn any anxiety that you may have into accomplishments by learning new skills. Looking at how much the tech industry has shifted you can create a plan of action for a career shift no matter what level you may currently be on. Take some time to tap into your creativity and look at your setback as a setup for success. Fail forward! Kanika shared a gem that I believe that many can relate to as we enter into our more mature years. Learning to receive constructive criticism and advice is wise on our part. Seeking out experts who will share about building wealth, real estate, credit, or investing will serve you well. Don't get overwhelmed by the information. You can focus on one area. Listen in on today's episode and let us know in the free group how you plan on rehabbing your career. KANIKA TOLVER is the CEO and founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, DC, where she helps clients transform their careers with coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help professionals reach their career goals. An in-demand coach, consultant, speaker, and thought leader, she has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo!, Black Enterprise, Glassdoor.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post, and a variety of radio interviews and podcast shows.Tolver is also the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. In Career Rehab, Tolver helps readers strip away what's holding them back to create the career of their dreams. Readers learn how to create an online brand presence, market an authentic personal brand, and sell their brand-offering expertise and skills. It's time to take stock and renovate your life by making strategic professional changes that help you achieve not only the job but also the life you want.Kanika Tolver, who graduated from Bowie State University in Maryland, currently hails from Washington, DC, where she has lived for most of her life. She enjoys spending time with her husband, family, and friends.Social Media Handles (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)https://twitter.com/KanikaTolverhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/https://www.instagram.com/kanikatolver/

Today is all about personal brand. We have an amazing repeat guest for today's podcast episode. Author Kanika Tolver will be joining us today to discuss brand and mindset during the COVID-19 era. Kanika is a career coach and author of the book, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. In Career Rehab, Tolver helps readers strip away what's holding them back to create the career of their dreams. Readers learn how to create an online brand presence, market an authentic personal brand, and sell their brand-offering expertise and skills. She has been featured on CNN, CBS Radio, Glassdoor, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post and in a variety of radio interviews and podcasts.Today, you will learn how to see your education, experience, and expertise as a brand. You will also learn how to let go of the employee mindset by valuing your professional relationships and stop undervaluing your work tasks. This mindset shift will help you build a solid personal brand and make you highly marketable, both within your current organization and as you attempt to seek new opportunities.Resources for this episode:Get Career Rehab on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Career-Rehab/dp/1599186519Connect with Kanika on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/Join Austin Job Seekers Meetup Group: https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Job-Seekers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I sit down with Technology Professional turned Career Coach Superstar, Kanika Tolver! We discuss strategies to start, or re-vamp your IT career, and how to re-invent yourself into a Brand during the Coronavirus Pandemic. ***Kanika's Social Media Links*** Kanika's Official Website: https://kanikatolver.com/ Kanika's Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Career-Rehab/dp/1599186519 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blakcyber/support

Making a shift in your career is never an easy undertaking, but Kanika Tolver has created some tried and true strategies and how-to's that make the process more manageable. In today's episode of Mindset 2 Mastery, Kanika joins our host Keisha A Rivers of The KARS Group LTD to describe what led her to write her book, what advice she would give those who are facing a career shift and how to take charge and create new opportunities for you that will bolster your success.

Kanika Tolver is no ordinary “social-preneur”. She is a highly decorated information technology Federal Government professional, rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach is a serial innovator who's fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own “epic lives.” Not to mention, Kanika is the CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, DC. Career Rehab focuses on assisting career transformations for students, professionals and retirees. Her company provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals.Kanika is the author of the acclaimed title, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work.  In Career Rehab, she helps readers strip away what's holding them back to create the career of their dreams.As an in-demand coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader who's often tapped as an expert source for the media Kanika has been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post and in a variety of radio interviews and podcasts.

In an ever-changing world of technology, many job seekers are now being asked to do video interviews. But if you only have experience with face-to-face interviews, how do you prepare for an on-camera meeting? Find Your Dream Job guest Kanika Tolver says you need to prepare in two ways: technology and practice. Make sure you install the technology you’ll be using to conduct the interview a day prior and that you understand how it works. Kanika suggests asking family and friends to practice with you. She advises that setting up a distraction-free environment will allow your true personality to shine through.  About Our Guest: Kanika Tolver (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/) is a professional coach, author, and speaker. She believes that a satisfying, successful career requires fulfillment, self-awareness, and determination. Resources in This Episode: For more information on Kanika’s new book, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work, visit kanikatolver.com. (www.kanikatolver.com) Nail every behavioral interview question in your next interview by learning how to prepare for them. Download 100 Behavioral Interview Questions You Need to Know. (http://www.macslist.org/questions)

Kanika Tolver joins us on the show today. Kanika is an Information Technology Federal Government professional, Entrepreneur, Coach and Author. Her company Career Rehab LLC, focuses on assisting career transformations for students, professionals and retiree’s. She does this through coaching, events and webinars with the ultimate goal of helping others create their own “epic lives” and reach their career goals. In her book “Career Rehab” Kanika helps you strip away the fear that’s holding you back from living the life you want and gives guidance on how to brand, market and sell yourself into jobs that are in alignment with your values. Values like work-life balance, good pay and on-going self-development are at the top of her list. In today’s episode Marcus and Rich sit down with Kanika and discuss her baby steps into entrepreneurship as a resume writer, what it’s like working for the Federal Government, the power of LinkedIn, building a professional network, and how thinking of yourself as a brand will get your more opportunities in life.     Highlights:   Side hustling as a career coach/resume writer Building a business from home while taking care of her sick mother Balance as the key for success in business and personal life What it’s like working in Washington DC “Don’t sleep on LinkedIn” Investing in a good head shot Leveraging LinkedIn groups Employee mindset vs. being a brand Beefing up your 401k contributions at work, once you get a raise How your personal values change from your 20’s to 30’s Bringing a dose of your personality to your job The importance of prepping for work meetings A “referral is the fastest way to an interview”     Key Takeaway: You have to leverage your skills and your network to sell yourself into a job that is in alignment with your life’s vision.     Paychecks & Balances   Website: https://paychecksandbalances.com/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paybalances   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paybalances/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paychecksandbalances   Twitter: https://twitter.com/paybalances?lang=en     Kanika Tovler:   Website: https://kanikatolver.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KanikaRTolver/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanikatolver/ Book: https://kanikatolver.com/book/      

Successful careers are built on manual control rather than autopilot. Your ability to recognise when things need attention and make the right adjustments is crucial to building a meaningful career with more time, money and freedom. Today’s guest, Kanika Tolver, specialises in helping professionals repair, or as she would say, “rehab” their careers. If you’re looking to advance in your industry or make a transition this conversation is for you.    Who is Kanika Tolver?   Kanika is a highly decorated information technology Federal Government professional, rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach. Kanika is a serial innovator who’s fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and helping others create their own “epic lives.” She’s also the CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, DC.    Career Rehab focuses on assisting career transformations for students, professionals and retirees. The company provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals.   What’s inside? A glimpse into Kanika’s latest book, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. Building and leveraging your personal brand How to be a brand, not an employee Navigating corporate spaces with your brand How to Get Paid Now and earn money, power, and respect Power tips for women and minorities in business … and much more!   Connect with Kanika   Website: http://kanikatolver.com https://twitter.com/KanikaTolver https://www.facebook.com/KanikaRTolver/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ https://www.instagram.com/kanikatolver/ https://www.youtube.com/user/ktolver/   Get the new book Career Rehab: https://amzn.to/30Ad2sS    Other book recommendations from Kanika:   21 Laws of Leadership - John Maxwell | https://amzn.to/2RanhRG   The Gifts of Imperfection - Brené Brown | https://amzn.to/2NEcTiU   Daring Greatly - Brené Brown | https://amzn.to/30B3HBf     Question of the day: What part of your career needs the most rehab?  (Comment below or on twitter)   Essential career advice for ambitious young professionals.    Full show notes and other resources available at www.focusthefire.com   Connect with host on twitter @dalanv www.twitter.com/dalanv   Connect with show on twitter @focusthefire www.twitter.com/focusthefire       Help us create more great content: patreon.com/dalanv

In this week’s episode of Secure The Seat, I interview Kanika Tolver. We discuss how to rehab your career and her new book Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. It's a new year and you might need to rethink your next ten years. Kanika Tolver is the CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, LLC in Washington, DC. Career Rehab focuses on assisting career transformations for students, professionals, and retirees. Her company provides career coaching programs, events, webinars, and digital resources to help people reach their career goals. Tolver is an in-demand coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader who's often tapped as an expert source for the media, having been featured on CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, Black Enterprise, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post and in a variety of radio interviews and podcasts. Pre-order her new book which hits the shelves on January 21st. Connect with Kanika at https://kanikatolver.com

Sign up for our New Year, New Job 6-email-series: https://mailchi.mp/letseatgrandma/new-year-new-jobToday, we’re going to talk about rebranding yourself for your career and your job search. Our guest, Kanika Tolver, is a career coach and author of the book, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work. In Career Rehab, Tolver helps readers strip away what's holding them back to create the career of their dreams. Readers learn how to create an online brand presence, market an authentic personal brand, and sell their brand-offering expertise and skills.She has been featured on CNN, CBS Radio, Glassdoor, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post and in a variety of radio interviews and podcasts.Here's what we cover:Let’s talk about what rebranding actually is. What would this look like in the context of someone’s career?Getting clear on what you want next:How can I build my career floorplan? (Salary, skills matching, ideal location, where you want to live). Career Rooms and Spaces: (Company type, company culture)Career Appliances: What are the incentives that you want? Paid time off? Remote opportunities?The emotional part: How can we deal with stress and anxiety during this time of intense transition? What are ways that I can ensure that companies take me seriously (as a career transitioner) during the application stages?Resources Mentioned in the Show:Order Career Rehab on Amazon KindleFollow Kanika on Instagram,Twitter, and LinkedInSign up for our New Year, New Job 6-email-series: https://mailchi.mp/letseatgrandma/new-year-new-job See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does it take to rehab and rebuild your career? Whether you are stuck or think it’s impossible to do new things, Kanika Tolver has insight and knowledge on how to both rebuild your personal brand and change the way you think about your career. Kanika is a career coach, consultant, author, and technologist who […] The post “Career Rehab” with Kanika Tolver (GWTW374) appeared first on Chris Martin Studios.

As a professional coach, Kanika Tolver gets her greatest joy from helping people realize who they are and where they wish to be. She does her work as CEO of Career Rehab, LLC. She’s also a speaker, whose topics include how to make a career change into tech, how to make 6 figures in tech, and A Game-Plan for African Americans in the Tech Industry. She’s quite qualified to speak on tech, as she has a bachelor’s in computer technology and master’s in information technology. You can reach Kanika at kanikatolver.com. IG: @kanikatolver Twitter: @kanikatolver LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KanikaRTolver/

Gone are the days when you are supposed to stick to one job or one organization all your life. Your education, experience, and exposure can unlock a different career possibility if you allow it. In today’s episode, Kanika Tolver, author, certified professional coach, CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, talks about how you can shift your mindset, rebuild your personal branding, and be perceived as the CEO of your own career. Kanika shares her formula for getting a six-figure salary because she has done it before turning 30. Catch her tips on interviews and LinkedIn profile optimization so you can find your dream job or contribute to the organization you admire. She also introduces her book, Career Rehab: Rebuild Your Personal Brand and Rethink the Way You Work, that’s coming out soon. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Game Changer Mentality Community today:rodneyflowers.comGame Changer Mentality FacebookGame Changer Mentality InstagramGame Changer Mentality LinkedInGame Changer Mentality TwitterGame Changer Mentality YouTube

Gone are the days when you are supposed to stick to one job or one organization all your life. Your education, experience, and exposure can unlock a different career possibility if you allow it. In today's episode, Kanika Tolver, author, certified professional coach, CEO and Founder of Career Rehab, talks about how you can shift […]

This episode's guest is author, speaker, career coach, and IT Product Manager, Kanika Tolver. If you're interested in quitting your job, changing careers, working from home, or becoming a digital nomad, this episode is for you! In this video, we talk about: • Why people are so unhappy and stressed in their 9-5 jobs and what they can do about it • Why you DON'T need any technical skills to work remotely online • How to re-invent yourself and your career when changing from a traditional job to a remote job • What to do if you have NO IDEA what you want to do as a remote career • Where to find the best work-from-home and remote jobs in 2019 • The main skills remote employers are looking for in remote job candidates • Underrated places and strategies to find remote jobs and which remote job sites are a waste of time • What to put on your resume and LinkedIn profile to stand out to remote recruiters and remote employers • Which tech tools and apps you need to work remotely • How to leverage your existing skillset and experience to find the best remote jobs for your interests, talents, and passions • Why you don’t have to wait for permission to transition to a remote job • How Kanika quit her job and why she will ONLY apply for remote jobs from now on • What the book, Career Rehab is about (Available for pre-sale this summer through Entrepreneur Press and on Amazon) How to connect with Kanika: • LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanikatolver/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanikatolver • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KanikaRTolver/ • Website: https://kanikatolver.com/ About Kristin:  Kristin Wilson is an online entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and content creator who has lived and worked in 60+ countries. She coaches people who want to work online and travel through her courses, workshops, and two YouTube channels. She also consults companies in adopting remote work policies. Kristin is a Top Writer on Quora and Medium who has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, ESPN, The New York Times, Huffpost, HGTV’s House Hunters International, and more. ........................................................................................................ Support the Podcast: NEW: Become a Patron and access exclusive content Shop for your travel and remote work accessories in my Amazon Store Connect With Me on Socials:  Follow on Instagram Subscribe to Badass Digital Nomads Podcast Check Out DIGITAL NOMAD TV on YouTube Subscribe to Traveling with Kristin on YouTube  Join the Badass Digital Nomads Facebook Group

Deciding to start over again and begin a new career path can be overwhelming and stressful. We chat with Kanika Tolver, founder of Career Rehab and senior project manager for the US Department of the Treasury, about some of the most important things to consider and some of the best resources to use to help you along with your career shift. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) MongoDB (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) TwilioQuest (sponsor) PayScale glassdoor LinkedIn Blacks in Technology Career Rehab

Welcome back to Tech Forward, listeners! This week, I spoke with Kanika Tolver, IT professional and founder and CEO of Career Rehab. Through her career coaching business, Kanika helps students, professionals, and retirees transform their careers via 1-on-1 services as well as events, webinars, and digital resources. She’s also the author of Life Rehab: Don’t Overdose on Pain, People, and Power. Kanika and I will be discussing different strategies for Black women and other underrepresented groups to set themselves up for career success, how to navigate career setbacks, and so much more.  Career Rehab grew over the last four years as Kanika noticed that many of the women and minorities in her community weren’t getting the jobs and salaries they deserved. As part of her desire to share her knowledge, she began coaching people on resume building, career branding, job interview techniques, and job search strategies — all of which are now primary services in her business. While the bulk of her clients are in the DC area, she also offers virtual career coaching to people all over the US. Having recently started a new project management role, she goes into detail about how she approaches her first 90 days, and the importance of developing relationships with her team members beyond that. Kanika acknowledges that the entrepreneurial path can be a difficult one, especially for women of color, who often face significant challenges in securing funding. With that in mind, her advice for women of color considering entrepreneurship is practical and multifaceted. She recommends building up savings before striking out on this path, especially for women with families and mortgages to consider. During this time, however, women can continue to build their brands and clientele while working their traditional jobs. “Leverage the career you’re in, for the business that you want to make. So many skills will be transferable, so be mindful of that. Ask yourself, what do I do every day that I could sell, or build a product off of?” When it comes to career setbacks, Kanika suggests looking at jobs as relationships, even framing parts of her own journey as “career heartbreaks.” She shares some of her own experiences in this area, from pitching her book, to staying in a job she disliked for five years. While setbacks, failure, and hearing no are all common, Kanika has this to say to anyone in a toxic job relationship: “Please don’t stay. Don’t feel bad every day for eight hours. You’re worth so much more than feeling like you have to be miserable for a paycheck.” She also encourages people to seek other professionals in their industry for sound advice. Kanika, thank you so much for sharing your keen insights on the show this week. Thank you also to everyone out there listening, reviewing, and sharing the show. See you next week! Connect with us Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

I'm Brian McCumber and we have a very special episode release to help you prepare for 2019. I'm excited to let you know that we have an awesome person that has been helping people "Secure The Bag" in Tech. I'd like to introduce you to the Queen of Careers in Tech, Kanika Tolver. Kanika is a recognized professional coach, author, and public speaker at major tech events. She has over 15 years experience working with the federal government and Fortune 500 companies. She's been featured on CNN, CBS Radio, Glassdoor, Entrepreneur, and the Washington Post. She mastered the art of finding a satisfying career, showing many people how to get a Six Figure income, with the option to work from home. Very Exciting!! "Secure The Bag" is a slang term that a lot of people use in Pop Culture, the Hip Hop and Entertainment Community, celebrities, rappers, actors, even professional athletes. They talk about securing the bag all the time. Think about it... "as Tech Professionals and people that want to get into the Tech , we can secure the bag too!" We can make a lot of money in Tech. We can do it, being passionate about what we're doing. So, to "Secure The Bag" in Tech, it's all about getting the money as you are advancing your Tech Skills. You can follow Kanika Tolver at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KanikaRTolver/ Twitter https://twitter.com/kanikatolver LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanikatolver/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kanikatolver/ Website https://kanikatolver.com/ Spread the love! Be a friend. Share this with someone that would benefit from this. Sincerely, Brian McCumber @techmoneytalks Leave some feedback: * What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. * Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with me: Follow me in Instagram, Facebook, Twitter: @techmoneytalks Brian@TalkingTechJobs.com www.TalkingTechJobs.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techmoneytalks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/techmoneytalks/support

Career coach and founder of Career Rehab, Kanika Tolver, shares her advice for transitioning into tech later in life. See the full show notes on the Learn to Code With Me website.

Diva Tech Talk interviewed Kanika Tolver, Washington, D.C. native, Founder and Product Manager at BrandDMV Inc., (http://branddmv.com/), a digital transformation agency that creates Digital Mobile Visuals. With a fascinating career in our nation’s capital, Kanika has consistently focused on improving U.S. government effectiveness.  Along the way, she has developed impressive technology proficiencies, while consistently connecting those skills to improving the “human experience.”  Kanika is also a career coach, author and mentor. From high school, Kanika was fascinated by the interconnectedness of the world.  “Initially my mom wanted me to be a pharmacist,” Kanika said. “But I said ‘no’ I want to go into computers! It was fun, to me, to be on the Internet.”   Kanika went to Bowie State University (https://www.bowiestate.edu/ where she majored in computer science, with a focus on Internet technology, programming in CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.  “That’s when I started to say, ‘wow, I really love creating Webpages and Websites’.” She worked part-time at the U.S. Department of Urban and Housing Development  (https://www.hud.gov/) , while attending university. After college, Kanika’s first opportunity was at Verizon (www.verizon.com/ ) as a leader at their network control center in Virginia. Then she returned to government service, first working for 2.5 years as a SaaS developer for the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/  and then moved to the U.S. Department of Transportation (https://www.transportation.gov/ ). “That was where I really got into digital strategy,” she said. With a considerable tenure in the public sector, Kanika left in 2014 because “I had such an entrepreneurial spirit; I had an innovative way of thinking.” She was excited to take a role at Deloitte (www.deloitte.com/ ) and “learned the global aspect of business. “  In the private sector, for the first time, she faced the challenge of working in predominantly white male environments.  “I learned I had to ‘boss up’ “, Kanika said. “I had to come to the table with subject matter expertise. If I was going to have a seat at the table, I had to merge my personal brand as a woman of color with my technical experience.” Kanika has formed strong opinions about digital transformation. She believes it is less about the technology tools and “more about  people, processes, and structures.” She sees digital transformation as pervasive. “It encompasses social, cloud, security, data, and governance. As a tech community, we haven’t caught up with digital transformation.  It’s hard to get it right, because it’s so many pieces. And we work in silos, a lot.” Evaluating her own success, Kanika’s credits her penchant for collaboration, laser focus on her goals, fortitude, and fearlessness.  She also has changed her perspective, along the way. “Now I look at failures as accomplishments, rather than defeats,” she said. “If I learned something, and was able to move forward, it makes me a conqueror.” In addition to founding her company, Kanika is also the author of LIFE REHAB: DON’T OVERDOSE ON PAIN, PEOPLE, AND POWER written in 2013.  To assist others, Kanika authored this journey of self-discovery, which catalogued “letting go” of relationships which didn’t work, pain that was unnecessary, and superficial things which didn’t matter. Kanika is a strong proponent of in-person networking, supplementing online connections.  “For people who want to maximize their opportunities, it’s so important to go out and meet people at conferences, workshops, seminars” Additionally, she meets people regularly online, using tools like LinkedIn, including the LinkedIn Groups function. She also gives back often through mentorship. “Mentoring shouldn’t be looked at as a job; it should come from a place of passion and purpose.”  Her advice for potential mentees is to concentrate on creating a meaningful relationship with potential mentors, before asking for assistance. In her own life, Kanika’s “dream team” of mentors are diverse, spanning fields, ages, races, and talents. Kanika is a champion of diversity in the tech field.  In 2014, she expressed her candid opinion of tech hiring in a CNN MONEY ECONOMY column entitled “Google Should Hire Me” and said that Silicon Valley companies, in order to diversify, must “come out to where the people are,” including universities with large minority populations.  Kanika is planning to develop a diversity roadmap and publish it in a blog. It would include other diversification recommendations like companies should join alliances dedicated to diversity (like Black Girls Code); create a database of HBCU’s and aim recruiting campaigns there;  and also make investments in early childhood STEM education programs focused on girls and minorities. Kanika recommends tools for keeping up-to-date in the fast-paced technology world.  She reads a minimum of one tech book per month. Her other tools include podcasts which focus on tech, Udemy, the technology learning site (https://www.udemy.com/ ), tech information sites like Tech Republic (https://www.techrepublic.com/) and meetups which connect a variety of diverse tech experts, in a networking environment. Kanika’s advice for other women is: “DEMAND respect in a respectful way. You want to be firm in who you are. You have to take the high road.” Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses; capitalize on your strengths. To keep up, read a minimum of one or two focused articles per day. “Look for ‘virtual’ mentors,” if you can’t find the right kind of mentor, in-person. Her overriding message to women is “just strive toward equality --- with pay, and opportunity. Keep moving forward; keep evaluating what culture fit is good for you.”  Her philosophy is “We need to evaluate what kinds of organizations work for us, so we can thrive.” Make sure to check us out on online at www.divatechtalk.com, on Twitter @divatechtalks, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/divatechtalk. And please listen to us on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher and provide an online review.

On this episode, I Zoom in Kanika Tolver and we chat about getting to the next level in your career. We also delve into ways that people of color sell themselves short in the job market, especially within the ranks of leadership. Kanika Tolver is no ordinary “social-preneur.” This former highly decorated government employee turned rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach is a serial innovator who's fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and to helping others create their own “epic lives.” As an in-demand coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader who's often tapped as an expert source for the media, Tolver helps individuals establish themselves at the “architect of their own life” to realize career, business, life and spiritual success—all in a way that promotes restoration, balance and nurturing one's authentic self. Her services include career coaching and technology coaching. A self-professed “tech geek” and career technologist enamored by the latest and greatest gadgetry, Tolver is also an advocate who also promotes “people of color” getting more involved in science and technology. Tolver is also author of the acclaimed title, “Life Rehab: Don't Overdose on Pain, People and Power” (Paperback, ISBN 978-0615797939). In this lauded book, which boasts nearly a 100% five star rating on Amazon.com, Tolver not only talks about her own personal experiences with self-identity issues, painful relationships, managing her weight, and bad career experiences, but also provides a step–by-step plan for your own bona fide “Life Rehab.” Tolver is a highly regarded source often tapped by the press, having been featured on CNN, CBS Radio, Yahoo, Glassdoor, Entrepreneur, the Washington Post and in a litany of radio interviews. Kanika Tolver, who graduated from Bowie State University in Maryland, currently hails from Washington, DC where she has resided most of her life.

Today's featured guest is another amazing DMV blazer, born and raised. I was blessed to have Kanika Tolver on the show.   Kanika Tolver is a former government employee turned rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach.   We had a great conversation and I'm excited to hear your thoughts on it, so hit me up as you're listening. You can tweet us up @tbpod and let me know what you're enjoying most in this conversation.   That said, let's get set to receive some mission fuel from today's featured guest Kanika Tolver.   Enjoy!

On this episode of the Blacks In Technology #BITTechTalk podcast we are joined by Kanika Tolver, engineer, entrepreneur, career coach, speaker and author. Kanika offers her insightful wisdom on a variety of topics focused on Women in tech including tips on personal branding, career progression, being your authentic self, and achieving the pay and role they deserve.

On this episode of the Blacks In Technology #BITTechTalk podcast we are joined by Kanika Tolver, engineer, entrepreneur, career coach, speaker and author. Kanika offers her insightful wisdom on a variety of topics focused on Women in tech including tips on personal branding, career progression, being your authentic self, and achieving the pay and role they deserve.

If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again. Failure is the other F-word, but how do you bounce back? Today's guest is Kanika Tolver. Kanika is no ordinary “social-preneur.” This former highly decorated government employee turned rebel entrepreneur and Certified Professional Coach is a serial innovator who’s fueled by an extraordinary commitment to social change and to helping others create their own “epic lives.” To learn more about her work go to http://kanikatolver.com/ and purchase her book Life Rehab.

Willpower with Kanika Tolver author of "Life Rehab: Don't Overdose on Pain, People and Power"