# Her World Her Story
41/60 FROM FEELING LOST TO FINDING HER DREAM JOB, THE SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE SHARES CAREER TIPS WITH YOUNG JOB-SEEKERS.
“In times like these, it’s even more important to future-proof yourself.”
I was always an average student. When I graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies in 2014, I didn’t have my career track planned out. While my peers had a high GPA, mine were just average.
I only got a job two months after graduation, while most of my friends were hired before the school term ended. I had no idea what I wanted to do in life.
It took me about one and a half years to figure out what I wanted out of my career. In 2016, I decided to change my personal blog, jeraldinephneah.com, to a career and finance-focused one because I wanted to help millennials to be better prepared when they entered the job market.
There, I share my personal experiences (good and bad) and useful tips like salary negotiation, best job portals for millennials and lessons learnt from the corporate world.
I don’t wish for anyone to feel alone during this journey of adulting. In times like these, I feel it’s even more important to future-proof yourself.
I speak from experience: I was anxious about my future at one point... wondering if I would be lost forever, and whether I could provide enough for my parents, buy my own home or retire comfortably one day.
I tried my best to learn and plan my career. Things started to turn around for me in 2017 when I was working as an account manager at my second job.
I won the Rising Star Award at the Women Leading Change Awards. I was also one of the top three commercial account managers globally. I’m grateful to the seniors who guided me at work. Last year, I landed my dream job as a senior account executive with a cloud computing service company.
Besides my blog, I also connect with young professionals through Ask Me Anything sessions on my Instagram Story.
The common questions are: How to have a secondary income, and how to convince employers that they have valuable skills in a weak economy?
I always encourage fresh graduates to take a proactive role and leverage on career platform LinkedIn to connect with
