VIDEO : Our Qualifications

Laura Hill founded Careers in Motion to provide career coaching to individuals at all stages of their business careers – from college students and recent graduates to senior executives. Careers in Motion is focused strictly on your career and in providing customized career planning and job search assistance to move your career forward. Not surprisingly, as a by-product of an effective career coaching experience, our clients usually do experience personal growth, and often achieve improved performance in their next job.

Laura brings a rich mix of corporate, outplacement and executive search experience to her practice. Her unique credentials include: 

• Extensive outplacement expertise with the premier career management boutique on the east coast where she advises CEOs and senior executives
• More than 12 years as a recruiter for dozens of industry sectors and virtually every business function
• A corporate perspective gleaned from an upwardly mobile career at a global financial services organization
  
• An MBA in finance from the Stern School at New York University and a marketing degree from the University of Texas
  
• Qualification to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and experience in interpreting Johnson O’Connor Aptitude Testing results

Before starting Careers in Motion, Laura was the managing director of client services with Crenshaw Associates, a boutique career management firm for CEOs and senior executives. At Crenshaw, she coached executives from more than 20 billion-dollar organizations through all aspects of behavioral assessment, development of personal marketing plans, and job search execution.

Laura’s extensive corporate knowledge came from her years as a manager and executive in various wholesale, international and retail businesses at JPMorgan Chase, where she led teams of up to 100 people. This role gave her deep insights into career pathing in large, multi-national organizations. She has recruited extensively for mid-sized companies and venture-funded startups, including serving as the vice president of human capital at MobileSpring, Inc., a startup developer of wireless technology solutions. 

Laura’s 12+ years of experience as a recruiter came from positions at Korn/Ferry International and Redwood Partners, as well as from her own successful recruiting business. In the course of her career she has reviewed thousands of resumes, interviewed hundreds of candidates, conducted research in a wide variety of corporate organizations, and observed first hand the career paths of hundreds of successful executives. Laura is well positioned to help job seekers maximize their exposure to recruiters and give sound advice on a wide variety of jobs and careers.

Laura has been a featured career expert on CNBC’s “Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo” and in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, and the New York Times.  Laura is a frequent speaker for professional groups including Financial Executives International (FEI), The Association for Corporate Growth, The Financial Executive’s Networking Group (FENG), Financial Women’s Association and Technology Executives Networking Group (TENG). She is a volunteer with Upwardly Global, a non-profit organization that helps qualified immigrants continue their professional careers in the United States.