Career Coach Reviews – Sarah Burgess

I used Sarah's services to provide insight into how best to use Linkedin for job searching. It's fair to say she has shown me functionality I never would have dreamed existed. It has definitely made me more confident in using Linkedin to find roles. Additionally, Sarah also has a lovely manner, which made the sessions very comfortable and engaging. Can't recommend using Sarah's services enough you are searching for a new role.

I can highly recommend a session with Sarah whether you are a job seeker or looking to raise awareness of your organisation to extend your network of opportunity. Sarah provided me with hint and tips that are simple but effective. Sarah listens and effectively responds with her vast knowledge and something I found extremely effective and easy to work with.

Sarah definitely knows her way around LinkedIn. 
I’ve been a LinkedIn user for many years now, and I thought I’d figured most of it out, but Sarah showed me quite a few things I’d missed completely. Most importantly of all she was able to offer me great advice on how I could optimise the content on my profile, how to use search more effectively and ensure that recruiters found me in their searches.
 Her style is friendly and straightforward and so easy to follow. 
If you’re not getting regular approaches from recruiters, you need to talk to Sarah.

I had the pleasure working with Sarah. She is a great coach and having not used LinkedIn before, she gave me a lot of support, advice on helping me to set up my LinkedIn profile, as well as my CV and cover letter and did not mind to help to check my tailored CVs and cover letters. Sarah is also very patient, kind, encouraging, built my confidence and thanks to her excellent coaching I have found a new role. I feel very lucky that I had Sarah and I would highly recommend her.

I recently had a 1-2-1 session with Sarah with a view to improving my LinkedIn profile. Sarah was incredible and showed me so many ways of how to improve it and use some of the key functionality the website has. Within a short space of time I’ve seen a vast increase in the amount of searches I have appeared in due to having had more than double the amount of recruiters contacting me with some very exciting opportunities. Thanks again Sarah for all your help - I can thoroughly recommend her to anyone looking to understand how better to use LinkedIn and improve your profile!

Illuminating session with Sarah on using LinkedIn - lots of helpful hints and tips, lots of creative ideas, my head is buzzing! Anticipated a lot of my questions and has given me lots of ideas on how I can use LinkedIn now and in the future. Thank you!

Just had an hour of in-depth LinkedIn mentorship with Sarah. Wow, she's fantastic! I thought I was a LinkedIn expert myself, but Sarah taught me so many new things and gave me so much incredible insight and tips & tricks to elevate my LinkedIn content and reach. I cannot recommend Sarah enough for her super detailed LinkedIn knowledge. She's great!

Sarah offered an incredibly valuable session: when you think you know everything there is to know about LinkedIn, she steps in and sheds light on multiple dark spots that you didn't know about - at least that was my case. As an outcome I will be better able to develop a more effective strategy in my job hunt.

I had a very helpful session with Sarah to learn how to make the most out of Linkedln to help me with my job searches. Sarah offered some very useful hints and tips, specifically I learnt how to add companies you would like to work for on your interested list. This would mean you come up higher on their searches. Sarah provide a very good follow up document on all the points we discussed. Would highly recommend!

I had a really insightful session with Sarah and couldn’t recommend her enough! It was really useful to learn more about job searching on LinkedIn, how to find recruiters and why the skills are so important!

Highly recommend working with Sarah to upgrade your LinkedIn appearance and search behavior. She helped me to get a good overview of how to best leverage LinkedIn and gave me the confidence to now step out of my box and start restructuring my profile and the way I look for new opportunities - all thanks to her expertise and sympathetic way of servicing my needs! Thanks Sarah!

Sarah has helped me with my LinkedIn profile and presence: she’s patient, very clear and extremely knowledgeable. I’d highly recommend her to anyone who’s looking for a job or wanting to boost their visibility

Sarah helped me with updating and improving my LinkedIn profile massively. The additions and improvements made my profile more appealing to my network and to recruiters. I realised the importance of having an up-to-date LinkedIn profile after meeting with Sarah. She showed me a lot of cool features I never knew were there! I would recommend Sarah to anyone who is willing to improve their LinkedIn profile.

Sarah helped me demystify all the most important areas of LinkedIn that help my profile shine and ensure I'm appearing in the right searches and that I'm seeing relevant content in my feed. Sarah took the time to get to know my profile, recent career history and future aspirations which allowed he to target the advice she gave. In our 1 hour session I managed to take 5 pages of actionable notes! Each one tailored to my own career path and I discovered how individual bits of profile content drive the LinkedIn searches and how it affects my network. I'd recommend Sarah to anyone looking to finetune and supercharge their LinkedIn profile!

Sarah is very knowledgable and well versed with all things related to LinkedIn. I had a recent tutorial with her and was able to navigate each section with a greater understanding and importance of how much additional detail was necessary for my profile. She has agreed to be available if I need further help or clarity once I have completed a first draft. She has been incredibly helpful and having viewed her profile, I now understand the importance of how much work I need to do. I would highly recommend Sarah should anyone require advice on updating their profile. Many thanks Sarah

Sarah was enormously valuable in helping me update my LinkedIn profile. Highly recommended. Thx Sarah

The Linkedin session with Sarah was very insightful- I learned lots of tips, that I will apply to my own Linkedin profile, as I feel like I have been underutilising it until now. Thank you Sarah!

Before my conversation with Sarah , I hadn't updated my LinkedIn profile for 5 years. Thanks to her input and knowledge about the latest on the platform I was able to fine tune my profile and become more up to date. This helped me look more professional, helped me to sell my experience better and position my profile higher up in recruiters' searches. She also gave me invaluable tips and recommendations around my career development ideas and how I can use LinkedIn to support those ideas best. Sarah is very thorough, knowledgeable, kind and caring when she gives advice. She puts the client's needs and wished 1st, making sure every detail is addressed and well explained. I would definitely recommend her expertise!

I recently had a very helpful session with Sarah to explore how to make the most out of LinkedIn to help me with my future job search. Sarah offered some very useful insights particularly in relation to key word searches, adding other services to help with ad hoc project work and generally tips on ways to try and customise applications to make my profile stand out more. Sarah was very thorough and immediate in her follow up and kindly offered to connect further so we could delve deeper into any particular areas of interest once I had a chance to work on the pointers she shared with me. Would highly recommend!

I have had a LinkedIn profile for a number of years with limited on no information. Sarah opened my eyes to the capabilities and best practice to elevate my profile. Within days, I have gone from zero views to over a hundred per day. Sarah is very knowledgeable on all areas of LinkedIn and provided a very comprehensive resource document that I have referred to on numerous occasions. Thank you Sarah

Sarah has been instrumental in helping us think through, develop and manage our presence on LinkedIn both at a corporate as well as individual partner level. The team seminars were hugely constructive and real eye openers. This is something we now realise we should have done a while ago but would not have succeeded without Sarah's leadership. Would highly recommend.

Sarah provided me with amazing insights and suggestions to improve my LinkedIn profile as I was transitioning through an out placement process to help me develop a new career. I had, up to that point, thought that my LinkedIn profile was pretty good and just needed some mild finessing. How wrong I was! Sarah has massive expertise in LinkedIn functionality which helps to tailor and improve your profile to fit the future roles you want to be considered for and which also help you to market yourself by including for example a video elevator pitch. She also has value added insights into how recruiters will use the LinkedIn site and what they are searching for when tailoring a focused search on a particular role. Overall Sarah added a lot of value in support of my LinkedIn profile improvement activity and did so with an engaging style that made what could be a very dry subject extremely interesting - she managed to keep my attention for a solid hour which doesn't happen very often!

It was recommended that I connect with Sarah to improve my LinkedIn Profile and it was an extremely beneficial session. Sarah helped show me that there's so much more to LinkedIn than I realised and also how I have more to do than I thought on my profile!

If you are reading this - Sarah was extremely helpful re her knowledge and understanding regarding LinkedIn and how to gain a lot of information. I had a profile on LinkedIn which was fairly basic. Sarah was able to assist highlighting so many things more around LinkedIn for many situations such as general profile, seeking a role and just looking at general business engagement. Sarah pitched the session we had at a great level and if you are looking to get more out of LinkedIn I would recommend you pick up with Sarah. Whilst we went at pace in the time we had together Sarah was able to send great notes following our meeting - ideal !

I have had the pleasure of a linkedin session with Sarah - highlight recommend Sarah’s skills, way of communication and followup up - highly well spend time and improved my insight in to the way of working with LinkedIn.

I have been on LinkedIn for a long time and have never really understood what the platform can do and how I can use it as a tool for discovery and furthering my career. In the short amount of time I have worked with Sarah I have been able to make LinkedIn start to work for me and I actually feel more confident about myself. Thats has been really important because looking for a job can be a depressing experience. She gave me loads of tips for things I can do to improve my profile and showed me lots of things I had no clue even existed. LinkedIn should be paying her. Thanks Sarah.

I had a very good coaching session with Sarah. She is very knowledgeable about LinkedIn, and she drove me through quite some features I was not aware of. Those new tricks will certainly help me improve my LinkedIn profile and tailor my job search.

I had seen Sarah’s work on LinkedIn and wanting to improve my own skill and knowledge on the platform and so I reached out and booked a session with her. I could not have been happier with her input, feedback and desire to make my profile, postings and use of LinkedIn as good as it could be. Sarah is a skilled coach who took time to understand my needs and then flexed her own style to meet mine. I have been able to engage much more clearly with an much increased following and have not just widened my own circle but been able to share much more about the hidden world in which I work. This has not just increased my own profile but also my professional connections and helped me do my job just a little bit better. I could not recommend Sarah highly enough!

Hi Sarah, Thank you for the comprehensive and well thought out LinkedIn primer. I feel like you've just taught me the principals of how to drive a Lamborghini and I can't wait to get behind the wheel. Thank you so much! Best regards, Harold

I booked Sarah to run a LinkedIn session focused on how to grow your business on LinkedIn for a group of 20 people. The whole session was gold dust! Packed full of insights into what people could be doing as well as practical tips on some of the many new features that Sarah highlighted. The group was engaged throughout and Sarah welcomed questions throughout to make it as interactive and relevant as possible. Feedback already in from participants to say how impactful the session was! Highly recommended!

I love collaborating with Sarah. What a powerhouse and source of knowledge she is for everything to do with Linkedin! I have worked recently with Sarah on LinkedinLive thought career and leadership discussions. She puts her audience at ease to draw out some great conversations and manages the platform extremely well to engage clients.

Sarah is a true subject matter expert with detailed knowledge of the LinkedIn platform. I found our session together extremely helpful and thanks to her insight and expertise, I'm now navigating the platform in a considerably more efficient and effective manner. I would not hesitate to recommend her.

Sarah is extremely knowledgeable on how LinkedIn works and gave me some excellent insight on how to set up my account. Since her coaching session I have had better targeted roles shared with me and more views of my profile. I highly recommend a session with Sarah if you wish to use LinkedIn more effectively.

I had a wonderful and fruitful session with Sarah. In just one hour she reviewed my linkedIn profile and made significant comments to elevate it. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who needs help with their linkedIn profile!!!!

Working with Sarah was invaluable to me as I reached a point in my work life when making the decision to take a career break. Sarah put a planned structure according to my requirements over the sessions booked. I enjoyed the homework and preparation as this really challenged me to think about all the skills and achievements over my career (and uncovered others that I had not considered). At conclusion I had prepared a number of different CV's that can be adapted depending on the role. And importantly felt confident that I could step out of my career and step back with the skills and experience I have.

I cannot recommend Sarah highly enough to anyone wanting to get a valuable insight into their online LinkedIn profile. I thought my profiles was a reasonable representation of what who I am and the services I offer but the time with Sarah was insightful and inspiring. I had two pages of actionable notes that will make a huge difference to my online presence. I learnt so much in our session and I honestly wish I had done this much sooner. Thank you Sarah for your patience, support and range of knowledge. It has really helped me to focus on how to promote myself and my new business.

It has been a pleasure working with Sarah. She is very professional, took the time to understand where I had been and where I would like to take my career going forward. Sarah guided me through the 'intricacies' of LinkedIn and has been invaluable coaching and advising me with both my profile and the do's and don'ts of LinkedIn!

Sarah's advice and guidance on how to update my LinkedIn profile was invaluable. She shared functionality that I was just not aware of. She is an absolute master and all done with constructive feedback. I would highly recommend anyone who is looking to improve their profile to seek advice. I can only say "Thank you Sarah"

I approached Sarah after my maternity leave. I was not sure if the career I have chosen was the right one. Sarah helped me to take stock, establish what really matters to me and where I might want to be. She helped me to gain perspective and re-evaluate past successes as well as picking up on patterns. I found our sessions very motivating. Sarah helped me to realise what I would like to do but also how I would like to work. I would recommend her to anyone looking for a career coach.

Sarah was highly knowledgeable about LinkedIN. She came across in a professional manner, happy to answer any questions and always had the correct answer. Her follow up was useful and I will definitely recommend her to my colleagues if anyone requires assistance.

Sarah's knowledge is a must for anyone looking to spruce up their LinkedIn, as was my case. I found the 2 remote sessions we had together insightful and effective, and very much enjoyed our collaboration.

I've recently completed a LinkedIn session with Sarah, to go through my LinkedIn profile to review it and make it fit for purpose for my needs and my career. Sarah was very thorough at going through everything and explaining all the nuances and things and relating them specifically to my needs. Her expertise is without doubt, she also gave me several pages of written feedback and I would have no hesitation in recommending her.

Sarah designed and delivered 5 webinars for our team which ran once a month, covering profiles, company pages, social selling, networking, and writing content and engagement. They were very well received, generating lots of positive feedback, and had a positive impact on both our LinkedIn stats and individual behaviours. Sarah also ran 1:1 sessions for a number of our team, tailoring the sessions to each individual's needs and providing comprehensive feedback.

I've just completed my second session with Sarah to review, update and improve my LinkedIn profile / presence. Sarah made a fairly daunting process easy to understand and enjoyable. She navigated me through the numerous steps and nuances explaining the rational and implications of each decision with patience and understanding. Sarah's expertise in this field is unquestionable and she is easy and a joy to work with. I have already recommended Sarah's services to my partner and I'd have no hesitation in recommending her to others.

Sarah delivered a LinkedIn coaching session for Newcastle University graduates and students, and it was absolutely excellent. From concept to delivery Sarah was brilliant to work with, answering many questions and showcasing how her expertise would enhance our community’s knowledge of the platform. On the day itself the session was dynamic and well presented and we have had feedback from attendees that they thoroughly enjoyed the session and will be utilising Sarah’s wealth of knowledge. I’d recommend Sarah for anybody looking to deliver a similar session.

As a LinkedIn Coach, Career Coach, and Running Coach, Sarah Burgess helps people move forward with the quality content she publishes on LinkedIn and how she supports her network. In 2021, I was thrilled to be a guest on “Friday Live with Sarah.” I learned first-hand just how professional she is at facilitating her weekly LinkedIn Live Events. Sarah was well organized, professional, and cheerful host. This past month Sarah was a guest on my weekly LinkedIn Live. During the show we discussed the pros and cons of using LinkedIn’s Premium services. I was so impressed with the depth of Sarah’s expertise on this topic. And I so appreciated her dedication to engaging in the comments with audience members who attended live and those catching the replay.

Sarah came to speak to recent graduates on managing their career progression and profiles. Those attending were almost all in work but everyone appreciated the inside edge on LinkedIn. We look forward to seeing you back on campus at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster in the near future.

I have only known Sarah for a short time, but I have to say that she has impressed me from the very beginning. She is one of the most knowledgeable people I know about LinkedIn (and I have been on LinkedIn a long time)! Sarah does an outstanding job of spreading her knowledge around as well. She consistently hosts LinkedIn LIVES that walk folks through the detailed "how-to" of creating a complete and optimized LinkedIn profile. In addition, she understands that having a profile is just the beginning of the process on LinkedIn. She also helps her network to understand how to build meaningful relationships with LinkedIn and maximize their time by using LinkedIn to network effectively. I have come to know Sarah as a fellow #LinkedInGeek (and believe me, that's one of the highest compliments I could ever give)! Do yourself a favor and follow or connect with Sarah on LinkedIn. You will learn something and you will be glad you did. I certainly am! Namaste 🙏 🖖

I cannot express my gratitude enough, working with you gave me the confidence to explore the potential of another field, I know now I will have no regrets that I didn't go in that direction. Also, when the right role came along your reassurance and guidance made it possible. Without exaggeration it is life changing work that you do. I wish you all the best for the future and thank you for sticking with me during this epic year. There aren't enough thank yous.

Sarah is a really excellent career coach and has provided invaluable support to me over a number of years, particularly around the transition out of "private practice" in to "in-house" legal practice. I would highly recommend her services, particularly to lawyers and more generally to those planning significant career shifts. Sarah's agency can also support with research about specific companies which is great for interview prep to help you secure your dream role. Thanks for all of your help, Sarah!

Sarah worked in my L&D Team in the corporate environment some time ago, and was heavily involved in technology based learning and engagement surveys back then. When working with one of my clients more recently, I needed to gather some information and thought of Sarah. My client was the MD of a distillery who wanted to get feedback from a slice of his employees. I wanted to do it electronically and subcontract that formatting to an expert - and I thought of Sarah. She quickly wrote, sent and analysed the feedback based on our discussion. The report was impressive - really clearly presented and was a good start to my development conversation with the client. The report landed really well and led to a fruitful conversation.

I’ve never met Sarah Burgess. Not in person. However, I’ve seen, heard, and read her words on LinkedIn as she’s offered guidance, expertise, and support to total strangers struggling with career changes. Not surprisingly, I’ve also seen the outpourings of grateful relief and celebration from her clients who have achieved their goals with her help. I understand that LI recommendations are typically provided by former coworkers who sat a couple desks away from us. Still, when I see someone who consistently, compassionately, and thoughtfully provides real value to people around her in this virtual community; it is definitely worth mentioning. Fred Rogers – an American hero – used to say that when things go bad, you should “look for the helpers.” In some pretty trying times for so many, Sarah is definitely one of the Helpers.

Sarah has been a fantastic support during a period of massive career change. Her empathic listening, understanding and transition to bitesized practical actions ensured I retained a secure connection with my skills set. Sarah helped me make friends with Linked In and build a refined profile I was really proud of, giving me with the confidence to hold my nerve and attract the role of which I was worthy. Sarah also gave me invaluable support in finalising the detail of my new employment contract and also guidance on how to enter the new organisation in a manner of my choosing. 12 months ago I was very unsatisfied with my career positioning and I now have the opportunity to start afresh and make this next stage of my career what I want it to be. For that I am so grateful and would recommend her offering emphatically.

Sarah was such a great help and support! I was so lucky to receive Sarah's help with creating my LinkedIn profile. I am an undergraduate student and did not know where to start and she offered to help me and guided me through how to make the best out of LinkedIn. It was amazing how she could accommodate my career aspirations so easily and give me some great tips on finding an internship within my field of interest. It's really amazing to have someone as sincere and open as Sarah where you feel like you can ask any question! She would be the perfect candidate to support students at University who are trying to set up a LinkedIn profile and who are just as lost as I was.

Sarah was a source of encouragement and support to me throughout my job search. Being made redundant in the middle of a global pandemic was not fun! Thankfully Sarah was there with me every step of the way through the highs and the lows. She helped me prepare for interviews many times!! and listened to me and really took the time to connect with me personally which in a virtual world is an achievement. We have a shared love of anything “LinkedIn “ and if you want to know anything about LinkedIn and how it works ask Sarah! She is the oracle. Thank you for you support it meant a lot and it got me through. It was a pleasure to work with you and to get to know you. If you’re looking for a career coach and someone with high emotional Intelligence who will invest in you look no further than Sarah!

Having retired for 5 years I was enticed back to work and asked Sarah to help me navigate LinkedIn efficiently and in a timely fashion. I also wanted to find the best ways to use LinkedIn as a marketing tool. Sarah was immensely helpful in many ways and taught me how to get the most out of linkedIn from a networking and sales perspective. I would have absolutely no hesitation recommending her to help you positively increase all areas of your business life.

I found Sarah via a LinkedIn recommendation and I can highly recommend Sarah for her assistance with CV writing, cover letter creation and LinkedIn overview/profile feedback. Sarah helped by re-writing my CV and provided useful advice for adjustments going forward. I particularly found the LinkedIn overview and profile feedback session very useful. A big thank you to Sarah for her time and advice

I was recommended Sarah by an ex work colleague, and I too now also highly recommend Sarah for CV writing and advice on LinkedIn usage. I thought I already had a pretty good CV, but it was not winning me any interviews. After Sarah captured by details via a Zoom meeting, she quickly transformed, what I thought had been a pretty good CV, into a much more effective tool to capture the interest of both recruitment agencies and companies. Within a couple of weeks, it has already earned me one interview, as well as friends and family saying my CV is much improved. Sarah’s LinkedIn session has also been very insightful, and well worth trying out.

Sarah spent an hour with me on LinkedIn and I can thoroughly recommend her. Despite being on LinkedIn for a number of years, I really didn't use it much and she shared tips and techniques to get more out of it and raise my profile. Her approach is direct and engaging and she is generous with how she shares her knowledge. I've become much more of a fan of social media because of my interaction with Sarah. Thank you!

Having been frustrated with a lack of success in job searches, and not getting anywhere with applications despite having plenty of experience, a friend recommended Sarah to me. I had been a LinkedIn member for many years, but Sarah took me through all the features that would vastly improve my chances of not only finding a job but being found by recruiters. In addition she tweaked my CV to make it more succinct and give it more impact. Also, she kept a lookout for opportunities that were slightly left field but were aligned with my dream role. Within a few months of her involvement, and during the pandemic, I managed to land my dream job. I cannot thank her enough for her skill and encouragement through a very difficult process.

Having met Sarah as part of an outplacement I can throughly recommend her services. Over several sessions we reviewed my CV and how I wanted to pitch it as well as how to get the most out of linkedin. Having thought that I knew how to do that I was amazed at all the little nooks and crannies you can mine! And finally when I did have some interviews in the pipeline Sarah offered help and guidance through the interview process in a constructive and thoughtful way.

Sarah Burgess is wonderful to work with and extremely knowledgable in all things ‘Linkedin-related’. Her support and coaching to use all the functionalities available to enhance LinkedIn profiles is an invaluable service that I highly recommend to all those who take their image and career seriously.

Sarah is the utmost professional, genuine, very personable, and an absolute pleasure to work with. She is an expert in her field and has an acute and personalised way of interacting with others. She is very quick at discerning what is important compounded with an energy, pragmatism and insight to help you achieve your goals. Most importantly she has all the qualities required for success in a business where trust is everything. Her attention to detail is only surpassed by her professionalism. Thank you Sarah, women who support other women are more successful and you are proof of this!

The interview preparation we went through was invaluable. It really helped me relax. She very quickly read the job specification & came up with some spot on questions based on her wealth of experience & intuition.

I have had the pleasure working with Sarah for over a decade and witnessing first hand her quiet, confident and professional approach, often on complex assignments. I believe with Sarah you are working with a professional who will generate excellent results, every time.

I have known Sarah since 2003 and have always found Sarah to be very personable and professional. Sarah is highly regarded within the organisation too and has delivered a number of projects across a number of different areas. I have always found the standard of work that Sarah has delivered to be of the highest standard. I would have no hesitation in recommending Sarah for either Talent Management or Outplacement related projects.