Samina Virk on Why You Should Start Career Mapping

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

9 to 5ish will be back in your feed in January. Samina Virk is the CEO of North America for Vestiaire Collective, the rapidly-growing luxury fashion resale site. And Samina told us she attributes her rise in the fashion industry to strategic career mapping. Whether it’s engaging in a personal brainstorming session or proactively discussing career plans with mentors and higher-ups, Samina explained how setting intentions can yield big results. In this episode, Samina shares: Her approach to negotiating for what you want How to get leaders and higher-ups thinking about your career path Why you should lean on your friends more for career support Her decision to return to Vestiaire, having previously worked at the company How she conducts her personal brainstorming sessions

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0:00.0	The way that I've approached negotiation, I've approached it more in the direction of sharing
0:05.2	where I want to be and where I'd like to be, and this is where I am now.
0:10.3	If you can help me understand, how do I go from where I am now to where I am there?
0:16.0	And if you can walk out of that conversation with some actionable next steps,
0:20.0	then you have a plan.
0:21.0	It also forces a person on the other side of the table
0:24.0	to think about what is my answer going to be to the sass.
0:28.0	I'm Carly Zaken, and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:30.8	Welcome to Nine to Fiveish with the Skin. We've
0:33.7	we've run into nine to five is with the skin.
0:33.2	We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many
0:38.0	moments where we needed advice and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:43.4	And that's what we're bringing you at this show.
0:45.5	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career
0:48.7	by talking to the smartest leaders we know.
0:51.0	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:55.0	All right let's get into it.
1:00.0	Hi everyone it's Danielle 9 to 5 is going on holiday break and will be back in
1:05.0	your feet in January. Happy holidays and we hope you enjoy this episode. Today our guest is Simina Verk.
1:15.0	Simina is the CEO of North America for Vestier Collective,
1:20.0	the Goldman Sachs and Soft Bank backed luxury fashion resale site.
1:26.0	Resale fashion is a rapidly growing industry, which I am very acquainted with,
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