LaToya SharmaineCOACHING & CONSULTING
Career coaching for women of color

Done proving yourself?
Ready for what’s next?

Career coaching for women of color who are done proving themselves and ready to find the right direction and land the role.

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LaToya Sharmaine working at her laptop with a Career Strategist mug and planner
15+ YEARS IN HR & TALENT ACQUISITION • A PERSPECTIVE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE HIRING TABLE

Ma'am. Let me stop you for a moment and remind you....

You are enough. I need you to stop doubting yourself every time a promotion goes to someone else or an interview ends in “we’ve decided to go in a different direction.”

You’ve worked hard. You have the experience. The only thing missing is someone who actually sees it, and I do.

LaToya Sharmaine smiling and holding a Real Talk with LaToya mug

Welcome. I'm LaToya.

I help Black women and women of color figure out which career direction actually fits them, and then get hired for it, so you can stop proving you belong and start choosing where you go next.

I know this matters to you because you want more than a bigger title. You want work that fits what you're good at, pay that actually reflects it, and a seat at the table you don't have to earn twice.

You've done everything you were told to do.

You took on the extra work. You got the credential. You believed the people who said they'd advocate for you. But you're still getting overlooked, sitting in a job you've outgrown, and starting to wonder if the problem is you.

  • You know something has to change in your career, but you can't say what (and you're not sure you're even qualified for whatever that change is).
  • You keep making it to the final round, then hearing "we've decided to go in a different direction."
  • You've been working two, three, sometimes four times as hard just to be seen as qualified for the job you already have.
  • You can't afford to jump from the pan into the fire, so every move feels like a gamble.

Here's what I wish every woman of color knew: it isn't always your résumé, another certification, or a lack of hard work.

Sometimes it's the wrong company, the wrong role, or leaders who were never taught how to hire, manage or develop people. Sometimes it's what's being said about you in rooms you're not in.

And when you keep not landing the role, you start to doubt yourself. But doubt shouldn't be the one defining your next career decision.

Your skills and experience should.

And it’s time they started leading the way.

But making a big change is hard to do on your own. You're too close to it, and nobody tells you what gets said when you're not there. There are so many factors at play that determine whether you get the role… or not. And that's where I come in.

I've sat in those rooms.

I'm a Black woman who has been underestimated, discouraged from applying, and told I wasn't a fit. Early in my career, a supervisor told me she was going to fight for me. A colleague later pulled me aside and told me what she'd actually said behind closed doors.

I know a thing or two about what it’s like to be continuously underestimated.

I've also sat on the other side of those conversations, with 15+ years in HR and talent acquisition, so I know what gets said about women of color when they're not in the room.

That's why I don't start with your résumé (you've already updated it a hundred times with ChatGPT). I start with you.

To figure out your career and land your next role, I believe you have to understand the person, and the environment she's been in, before you can find the path forward.

More of my story

Two ways to work together

I work best with women of color who are leveling up and want to move beyond what’s been assumed about them.

01 / Find your direction

Breaking Out the Box

A 6-week career clarity program for women who know they want to level up, but aren’t quite sure where yet.

Identify the direction that fits your talents, passions and skills, with a completed résumé and LinkedIn guide that point toward it.

Find my direction
02 / Go after the role

Land the Role

A 6-week program for women who know what role they are going after, and want help landing it.

Positioning, visibility, networking, interview practice and salary negotiation, built around the opportunity you want.

Land the role

What my clients say

“...I thought I was crazy for even wanting to pivot into a different industry.”Victoria P., Public Health Professional
“Oh my God, I was settling! I didn’t even realize when I wrote that.”Danielle H., Human Resources Professional

You don’t have to keep proving yourself.

You’ve worked hard. You have the experience. It’s time to go for what you want (and give yourself the best chance at getting it).

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