Presented by Dedian Community Events
FROM SETBACK TO COMEBACK: MASTERING CLARITY, CONFIDENCE & SUCCESS IN YOUR JOB SEARCH
A FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR JOB SEEKERS!
📅 Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
⏰ Time: 10 AM to 1 PM PT (1 PM ET to 4 PM ET)
📍 Location: Online (Registration link to the right)
🎟 Limited Spots Available – Secure Yours Now!
🔹 Feeling stuck in your job search? Struggling with rejection or self-doubt? It's time to shift from frustration to fulfillment!
🔹 Want to overcome job search anxiety and stress? It's time to build unshakable confidence to land the right opportunity!
A successful job search requires more than just a polished resume—it demands resilience, clarity, action, and support. Join Dedian Group and Special Guest Speakers for this free community event designed to help you find new success in your job search.
What You'll Learn:
✅ Strengthen your confidence and overcome job search anxiety
✅ Gain clarity on your long-term career goals
✅ Learn non-traditional job search tactics to have an advantage
✅ Protect yourself from job scams and fraudsters targeting applicants
✅ Leverage the power of community & accountability
What you'll gain:
✅ Proven strategies to reframe setbacks and stay motivated
✅ Mindset shifts to reduce stress & boost confidence
✅ Insider tips from industry leaders on navigating career transitions
✅ Interactive exercises & guided visualization to keep you focused and empowered
Meet Your Expert Speakers:
(See speakers' bios at the bottom of the page)
✨ Derinda Gaumond, Your Host – Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
✨ Michelle Perchuk – Certified Career Transition Coach (ICF-PCC) and author of "Swimming in the Talentpool"
✨ Cheryl DeDecker – Board Certified Hypnotist and Hypnocoach
✨ Anshuma Mukkamala – Certified Mindset Coach (ICF-ACC)
✨ Roman Smolgovsky – Engineering Leader
THE EVENT!
🧠 Step 1: Cultivate a Strong, Confident Mindset
Your internal mindset plays a key role in how you navigate uncertainty and setbacks. Our experts will help you regain confidence and focus.
- Overcome limiting beliefs, build self-awareness, and alleviate anxiety so you can bring your best self to the job search.
- Learn how hypnosis is an empowering tool for maximizing your brain power, and experience a guided self-hypnosis session to connect with your inner strength, confidence, and vision for your amazing future!
🎯 Step 2: Gain Career Clarity
With a clear understanding of your values and aspirations, you can make informed choices about job opportunities and take actions that align with your long-term vision.
- Define and pursue a career that aligns with your passions rather than just searching for a job.
- Identify your core strengths and values to build a career that brings fulfillment and long-term success.
🚀 Step 3: Accelerate Your Job Search with Smart Strategies
Learn about non-traditional job search techniques can help you access a wider range of opportunities, stand out in a crowded market, connect with potential employers in new ways, and find roles that might not be visible through traditional methods.
- Learn tactical strategies to refine your resume, boost networking, and find hidden job opportunities through non-traditional sources.
- Avoid job scams! Learn how to spot fraudsters targeting applicants and protect yourself from common schemes.
🤝 Step 4: Tap into The Power of Community & Accountability
Be empowered by developing and staying active in a community of professionals with the like-minded goals of job searching.
- Surrounding yourself with the right support network can make all the difference. Learn how to build accountability, find encouragement, and stay positive during your job search.
- Plus, get access to an optional accountability network of peers to stay on track.
📢 Share this free event with anyone in your network who could benefit!
EVENT REGISTRATION
This free online workshop will give you the refresh and reset you need to succeed in the current job market.
Register below for this event. We will send a Zoom link the day before the event.
The Speakers
Your Host: Derinda Gaumond, Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
Your Host: Derinda Gaumond, Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
Your Host: Derinda Gaumond, Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
Derinda Gaumond, Founder of Dedian Group, is a seasoned procurement leader with over 15 years of experience in building high-performing teams and driving procurement excellence. She has successfully developed procurement functions from the ground up, including sourcing teams, streamlining procurement operations, and implementing ERP, P2P, and CLM enterprise applications.
Beyond her technical expertise, Derinda is deeply passionate about leadership and team development. She applies emotional intelligence and strengths-based coaching and training to inspire growth and foster empowered, collaborative teams that consistently deliver outstanding results.
Derinda holds a B.S. in Decision Sciences from San Francisco State University and an M.S. in Organizational Leadership at the University of Denver.
Michelle Perchuk, Career Transformation Coac h (ICF-PCC)
Your Host: Derinda Gaumond, Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
Your Host: Derinda Gaumond, Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
Michelle Perchuk is a certified career transformation coach. She founded MTV Coaching, a company that helps professionals across all industries achieve their career aspirations. Michelle addresses the changes in the job market and today's troubling trends. Her approach is unique and based on over twenty years of experience in the recruiting industry. She has placed and coached over 3,000 applicants and plans to continue to help job seekers, especially now.
She is the coach who will help you discover, design, and realize your career dreams. Her book "Swimming in the Talentpool" was voted a top-10 read about recruiting.
Michelle is a graduate of NYU Steinhardt School of Culture and Human Development.
Cheryl DeDecker, M.S., Board Certified Hypnotist and HypnoCoach
Your Host: Derinda Gaumond, Procurement Leader, EQi-2.0 Facilitator
Cheryl DeDecker, M.S., Board Certified Hypnotist and HypnoCoach
Cheryl DeDecker, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and brings 18 years of experience as a Professional Counselor to her work as a Board-Certified Hypnotist. Leveraging her deep understanding of the conscious and subconscious mind, Cheryl provides a holistic, full-brain coaching approach to help clients achieve meaningful and lasting transformations.
Certified in HypnoCoaching, Complementary Medical Hypnosis, HypnoOncology, and HypnoFertility, Cheryl supports individuals in overcoming fears, adapting to change, improving sleep, and pursuing their lifestyle and career aspirations. Through her HypnoCoaching program, she guides clients in developing their "inner compass," delivering personalized insights to help them live their best lives.
Anshuma Arora-Mukkamala, Certified Mindset Coach (ICF-ACC)
Anshuma Arora-Mukkamala, Certified Mindset Coach (ICF-ACC)
Cheryl DeDecker, M.S., Board Certified Hypnotist and HypnoCoach
Anshuma Arora-Mukkamala is a certified mindset coach and mindfulness expert. As the founder of Your Purposeful Life, she empowers professionals and entrepreneurs to navigate change, reimagine possibilities, and craft a future that’s both impactful and fulfilling.
Her coaching approach combines cutting-edge neuroscience, positive psychology, and timeless wisdom to help clients overcome mental blocks, uncover hidden strengths, and build sustainable habits for lasting success.
With over 15 years of Corporate HR experience, she understands the challenges leaders face while managing uncertainty and navigating transitions. While working with her, her clients achieve measurable improvement in their confidence, resilience, and overall well-being, unlocking their full career potential.
Anshuma holds a M.S in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a Leadership Coaching Certification from Rutgers University.
Roman Smolgovsky, Engineering Executive
Anshuma Arora-Mukkamala, Certified Mindset Coach (ICF-ACC)
Roman Smolgovsky, Engineering Executive
Roman Smolgovsky is an accomplished engineering leader known for designing scalable solutions, building high-performing teams, and driving predictable delivery. With deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and decisioning systems, Roman has developed mission-critical systems for the U.S. Secret Service and Federal Air Marshals.
His innovative strategies include modernizing legacy systems, optimizing engineering workflows, and cultivating a culture of ownership and accountability. Under Roman’s leadership, teams have achieved transformative outcomes such as faster deployment cycles, improved scalability, and seamless alignment of technical strategies with business objectives.
Roman holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and is the author of multiple patents in real-time data visualization and advanced system architectures.