Founder Bruce J. Crowley

The firm’s founder, Bruce J. Crowley, is nationally recognized for providing the highest quality advice to individuals eager to enhance their careers.

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Many students begin working with the firm while enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs.   These students come to the firm to gain a substantial competitive edge in pursuit of the position they seek and feel the need to go beyond the advice and counsel available on campus.

Professionals

Experienced executives also seek the firm’s advice as they begin to implement a career change.

The Program

A typical client engagement begins with an in-depth self-assessment of the client’s core interests, preferred working styles, organizational strengths and underlying motivational needs. This information is derived through The Birkman Method, an online personality profile assessment recognized as the most advanced instrument of its type, and a follow-up, in-depth discussion and debrief of the assessment results.

The firm is committed to heightening client self-awareness. A candid and honest appraisal of interests, skills, experience and network informs the career exploration path. The Birkman results are also presented in the context of leadership development. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing client insight into the importance social adaptability, empathy, motivation and self-regulation (managing emotions) play in one’s career advancement.

The Frieda program builds upon the insight gained through the Birkman Method and proceeds to address all aspects of improving one’s presentation beginning with developing the best elevator pitch. Specifically:

  • Developing a concise and memorable elevator pitch
  • Resume preparation
  • Human capital valuation metrics
  • Writing persuasive cover letters and e-mails, “executive” in tone and content
  • Arranging and conducting effective informational interviews
  • Building and sustaining a network of people enrolled in your success
  • Closing the loop – enhancing communication and courtesy
  • Networking protocol
  • Preparing for the employment interview
    • The five questions one must answer in any job interview
    • Interview rehearsal
    • Body language
    • Interview follow-up protocol
    • The importance of thank you notes that make a lasting positive impression
    • Editorial review of thank you notes
  • Obtaining the offer
  • Negotiating salary
  • Closing

A representative list of organizations that have hired individuals who have worked with the principals at Frieda include:

Accenture; Facebook; Twitter; Square; Morgan Stanley; Goldman Sachs; Barclays; J.P. Morgan Chase; Credit Suisse First Boston; BlackRock; Citigroup; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Mercer Consulting; Bronxville Public Schools; Teach for America; Abernathy Macgregor Group; The Webster Group; The National Holocaust Museum; Sotheby’s; Pizza Hut; Mansfield Oil Company.

A representative list of the schools from which current students or recent graduates have sought advisory services from Frieda include:

Cornell University; Cornell Johnson School of Management; Columbia University; Columbia Graduate School of Business; Colgate University; Davidson College; Dickenson College; Fordham University; Harvard Business School; McGill University; New York University; New York University Stern School of Business; University of Denver; University of Richmond; Skidmore College; St. Lawrence University; Swarthmore College; Trinity College; Tufts University; Vanderbilt University; Washington and Lee University; Wesleyan University; and Williams College