Plan, manage and organize individualized career campaigns with Linda.

Linda Van Valkenburgh is the owner, CEO, and 5x certified executive career coach of My Executive Career Coach, LLC.  She has great business experience in many corporate environments, including marketing, advertising, engineering, entrepreneurial partnerships, financial markets, private equity, startups, industrial manufacturing, and full-time career development work experience.

Linda partners with clients to purposefully and deliberately approach today’s challenging job market to plan, manage and organize individualized career campaigns.  She helps clients define career goals and identify career options utilizing proven and comprehensive career planning techniques and systems; provides opportunities to improve decision-making skills; incorporates executive leadership and development; teaches job search and research strategies; and supports clients experiencing the stress of job loss or career transition.

Linda assists clients to discover their skills and strengths; develop their value proposition and strategic plan; target opportunities that advance their careers to the next level, and supports them through a skillful negotiation process.

Recognized by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Linda’s credentials include Emotional Intelligence EQ  Certified Coach (ISEI Certified), Certified Career Management Coach (CCMC), Certified Job Search Strategist (CJSS), Certified Social Media Career Strategist (CSMCS), Certified Executive & Leadership Development Coach (CELDC), and REACH Certified Social Branding Analyst. Linda’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Education and Psychology from Marymount College and a Master’s degree from Fordham University with additional advanced degree credits from Purdue University. Linda has presented to MBA students on career strategies at the Yale School of Management and the UConn School of Business.  She is a “Trusted Advisor” for the CEO TRUST; an  International Speaker for Career Development Institute (CDI) in Cardiff, Wales, UK; a Career Industry speaker for Career Thought Leaders (CTL) annual conference in Denver and Baltimore; has been a Career Expert on NBC Connecticut’s WVIT Channel 6; and has spoken at many conferences as well as networking and professional groups across the region.  These groups include Executive Forum (NYC & Greenwich); Westport Group; Financial Executives International (FEI), Greenwich, CT; Gray Hair Management Society, Chicago, IL; Mondays@7, Weston, CT; Fairfield Library; Wilton Library; Russell Library; New York University Media Industry & Design/P3 IDEAlliance; Fairfield University; Schmoozers Job Network, West Hartford, CT; MENG-CT; PMI, White Plains, NY; Professional Services Group New Jersey Department of Labor; SCORE/Norwalk; UJA/WJCS Connect to Care; Bronxville Career Network; BlogTalkRadio; and local Comcast TV. Linda organizes and facilitates monthly networking meetings for the 200k+ executive.