How to determine your number

How to determine your number May, 2022 Video Talent Management and Inclusion Read time: Octavia Goredema on how to negotiate the return to office following a resume gap, and how to determine what you're worth when you're talking salary. Returning to the workforce following a gap in a resume can be a daunting prospect, particularly for women of colour who are already at a disadvantage in terms of career trajectory and salary. How do you explain the gap, how do you ensure you’re being paid fairly, and when do you simply walk away? Career coach and best-selling author Octavia Goredema joined Nadine Spencer, CEO of both Black Business and Professionals Association and the Brand EQ Group Inc., to share some tips and tricks from her latest book Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women on breaking back in, negotiating salary and determining your worth. Octavia Goredema is a career coach and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency. Her mission is to help underrepresented professionals advance their careers. Goredema has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike and Dow Jones. Nadine Spencer was recently appointed as the Black Business and Professional Association’s acting CEO, a secondment from BrandEQ, her global agency specializing in social change marketing, communications, and public relations. Founded in 1983 and celebrating its 40th anniversary in the year ahead, the BBPA, a charitable organization, advocates for Canada's Black business community by facilitating the delivery of programs that support business and professional excellence, higher education, and economic development. Keywords: diversity employment gender equality inclusion networking talent management teams work and family balance

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Octavia Goredema on how to negotiate the return to office following a resume gap, and how to determine what you're worth when you're talking salary.

Octavia Goredema, Nadine Spencer

Returning to the workforce following a gap in a resume can be a daunting prospect, particularly for women of colour who are already at a disadvantage in terms of career trajectory and salary. How do you explain the gap, how do you ensure you’re being paid fairly, and when do you simply walk away?

Career coach and best-selling author Octavia Goredema joined Nadine Spencer, CEO of both Black Business and Professionals Association and the Brand EQ Group Inc., to share some tips and tricks from her latest book Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women on breaking back in, negotiating salary and determining your worth.

Octavia Goredema is a career coach and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency. Her mission is to help underrepresented professionals advance their careers. Goredema has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike and Dow Jones.

Nadine Spencer was recently appointed as the Black Business and Professional Association’s acting CEO, a secondment from BrandEQ, her global agency specializing in social change marketing, communications, and public relations. Founded in 1983 and celebrating its 40th anniversary in the year ahead, the BBPA, a charitable organization, advocates for Canada's Black business community by facilitating the delivery of programs that support business and professional excellence, higher education, and economic development.