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Hanna Goefft
B2C Integrated Marketing Strategy at Hired
Hanna Goefft is a marketing professional and content creator known for her career advice and job search tips. Here are some key details about her:
Professional Background
Hanna currently works as a B2C Integrated Marketing Strategy professional at Hired, a job search platform.1 Her career path has included:
- Marketing Manager at TikTok
- Student Advisor at BUILT BY GIRLS
- Recruiting Associate at SPMB Executive Search
- National Leadership Conference Attendee at Deloitte
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Accounting (Honors) from University of California, Santa Barbara
- Studied International Business and Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra1
Content Creation
Hanna started creating content on TikTok in 2022, sharing career advice and job search strategies. Her TikTok account @hannagetshired grew rapidly, reaching over 200,000 followers in less than a year.2 She leverages her experience as a job-seeker, recruiter, and hiring manager to provide valuable insights to her audience.3
Expertise
Hanna specializes in:
- Job search strategies
- Resume optimization
- Interview preparation
- Salary negotiation
- Career pivoting
Her unique perspective comes from experiencing all sides of the hiring process, allowing her to offer comprehensive advice to job seekers.3
Personal
Originally from the Bay Area, Hanna now lives in New York City. She chose NYC for its energy and opportunities, which also inspired her to start creating content.2
Hanna's journey from accounting to marketing, coupled with her success as a content creator, showcases her adaptability and entrepreneurial spirit in navigating the modern career landscape.
Highlights
What is the most demoralizing and still rewarding career experience?
Embracing being a beginner.
After solidifying my social media foundations, I've been focused lately on growth in new areas. "New" is actually a euphemism for having no idea what I'm doing.
It's TOO easy to get frustrated when things don't work as planned, or I fumble my way through projects that take twice as long as expected.
But I'm trying to remember all the good in my life and career that has come from letting myself struggle through the experience of a beginner. The discomfort never lasts as long as my brain expects it to, and almost always opens an exciting new door.
At every stage of your career, feeling like a beginner is a good indication that growth is around the corner.
Here’s why getting promoted should not be your goal.
And after earning 4 promotions in my early career, I had to learn this one the hard way.
We grow up with a deeply engrained mindset of linear growth (please ask me about the concept of circular growth, it fascinates me): we move through the education system focused on test scores, grades, and graduations - always thinking about advancing to the next level. To literally no one's surprise, when we enter our first jobs, the easiest mind trap to fall into is that our goal should be to climb the corporate ladder.
The reality is that, especially as you become more senior, promotions don’t ~just~ represent linear advancement. I mean they do, but it's also more than that - in many cases, a promotion leads to a different job entirely.
If you’re not careful, you could end up in a job that you dislike, overloaded with work that doesn’t excite you, managing a team you don’t want.
Or maybe you won’t.
Before you put everything you have into going above and beyond for that promotion (because that is usually what is required to get a promo), make sure you are crystal clear of what’s important to you in your career. Consider:
- The type of work you want to do
- The work that puts you in a flow state
- The type of people you want to work with
- The weekly structure you want
- The salary and benefits you want
- Whether you want to manage a team
- The problems you want to solve
I grew tremendously as a professional because of the work I put into getting promoted, and don't regret that effort, but it took me many years to do this reflection exercise and realize that the aimless advancement wasn't the thing bringing me fulfillment (and depending on the job, it sometimes took it away).
The point is, getting promoted should not blindly be your goal, because there are many more ways to advance in your career than a promotion. Your time and energy is finite, and when deciding what you want to work towards, ask yourself: Will this new role align with the values I know I have for my career?
~ If this resonated, follow Hanna Goefft and @hannagetshired across socials as I explore and share ways to build happier, fulfilling careers that don't burn us out in the process.
