“Even if they have an interview with Google, Facebook, Apple, Netflix, or even Tesla or PayPal, they will always have Amazon in the mix.”

— Holly Lee

 

Holly Lee is a recruiting leader turned career coach with 20 years of industry experience. From Facebook and Google to Amazon and Microsoft, Holly has worked for some of the biggest and most innovative companies in the world today. 

 

She spent a large chunk of her career at Amazon where she helped recruit for the Kindle and Alexa teams. Holly also developed and later served as a trainer for Making Great Hiring Decisions, the e-commerce giant’s behavioral interview training process.

 

In 2019, she decided to leave corporate behind and forge her own path as a career coach. And since then, she’s been able to help thousands of senior to executive-level professionals land the tech jobs of their dreams. Through YouTube, Holly’s been able to build a loyal audience of job seekers who’ve landed opportunities in software, hardware, operations, and data science.

 

In this episode of The Videocraft Show Presented By Video Husky, Holly joins Jon Santiago to discuss:

• How she built her career in recruiting.
• How her work in recruiting translates over to being a content creator.
• The business model she’s developed around her YouTube channel.
• Helping people land lobs at Amazon.
• Her process for pricing her products and services.

 

And much more…

 

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Relevant Links

• Holly Lee on YouTube
• Holly Lee’s Website
• Cass Thomspon on The Videocraft Show
• Amazon Interview Tips (former Amazon Recruiting Leader + interview trainer for Amazon): 3 TIPS!
• itsJudysLife on YouTube

 

Chapters

• (00:00) Intro
• (03:25) Start of conversation with Holly Lee
• (05:09) Moving to the US as a child
• (07:22) Getting her first big break at Microsoft
• (10:14) Getting a job at Google
• (11:09) The power of networking
• (14:24) Be a great communicator through listening well
• (16:38) Getting anxiety before livestreaming
• (20:00) How Holly became a recruiter
• (24:41) What she learned from each big tech company she worked for
• (28:37) How she found her niche on YouTube
• (31:27) What inspired her to start her YouTube channel
• (33:50) Being able to meet people you admire on YouTube
• (35:39) How she stopped caring what other people think of her
• (36:55) How she started strategizing for her YouTube channel
• (40:31) Helping people land a job with Amazon
• (42:20) Common questions that her clients ask her
• (46:25) Knowing where her online audience is
• (49:03) Building her coaching business using YouTube
• (50:53) How she created her courses
• (53:30) How and why people flock to her YouTube channel
• (56:30) When people recognize her in Seattle
• (01:00:23) How she practices digital privacy for her family
• (01:02:48) Her process for pricing her products and services
• (01:06:27) The diversity of her clientele
• (01:08:03) Challenges to overcome for her YouTube channel and business
• (01:10:35) Where to follow Holly Lee

 

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Production Credits

• Producer: Nikki Vicente
• Editor: Ingrid Sarayba
• Graphics: Paolo Lopez