Chris Fontanella founded Encore Professionals Group is a previous Division Director for Robert Half International and Client Service Director for Resources Global Professionals.

Chris has authored multiple books on careers and is here to help us take control of our job search and careers.

https://chrisfontanella.com/

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Andres Lares is the managing partner at Shapiro Negotiations Institute and co-author of Persuade: The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions

Andres has led the development of SNI’s award-winning interactive negotiation training, mobile applications, and virtual reality-based applications, and in doing so has multiple patents pending.

Andres also lectures at Johns Hopkins University on sports negotiations. He has been featured in Fox Business, MarketWatch, Business Insider and CNBC.

Connect with Andres Below:

https://www.amazon.com/Persuade-4-Step-Process-Influence-Decisions/dp/1119778514

https://www.shapironegotiations.com/who-we-are/andres-lares/

Darrian Mikell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Qualifi, a SaaS platform that powers the fastest phone interview experience in the world and helps recruiting teams hire great candidates.

Darrian joins us to discuss the future of phone interviews, common mistakes, and how Qualifi is changing the game.

Teneshia Jackson Warner is the founder and CEO of one of the nation's most successful multicultural marketing and communications firms, EGAMI Group.

Her book, The Big Stretch: 90 Days to Expand Your Dreams, Crush Your Goals, and Create Your Own Success, a soul-searching, life-transforming, 12-week boot camp that reveals how to get from where you are to where you dream to be – in life and in business.

http://www.thebigstretchbook.com/

Teneshia founded The Dream Project Symposium, an annual empowerment conference that helps thousands of entrepreneurs, creatives, and career Dreamers plan and achieve their goals.

She is the recipient of a number of career awards, including the coveted Black Enterprise Rising Star Award, Black Enterprises Forty Under 40, AdColor MVP and, The Network Journals Forty Under 40 Award.

Teneshia has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, Essence magazine, and Black Enterprise.

Teneshia joins us to discuss finding purpose, being stretched over the last several years, and taking back control over your dreams.

https://www.instagram.com/teneshiajwarner/

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