Sherry Sims

Founder/CEO | Career Strategist | Speaker in the United States

Sherry Sims

Founder/CEO | Career Strategist | Speaker in the United States

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Founder of Black Career Women's Network, Career Coach, and Speaker with a passion for educating people with the knowledge and tools essential to achieve full potential in their careers. After working 12 years in the Human Resources industry as a Corporate Recruiter and HR Generalist for corporations such as CVS Pharmacy, AT&T;, and AOL/Time Warner. Sherry had a strong desire to make a career change. "I wanted do something different, where I could take all of my experience in HR and Recruiting and utilize it in a different way." says Sherry.

When she made the transition in 2011 from Corporate Recruiter to Career Coach, she discovered a new passion for helping people strive for career success. Inspired to create a network due to a lack of access for peer support and mentoring in her own career; she founded Black Career Women’s Network, a networking platform to support African-American women in with career development. The platform was originally established in 2008 through social media as a sounding board and forum to provide support and encouragement and career advice " In the beginning, I did not work on building the network and it laid dormant for a long time. However, once I became a Career Coach, it took off and has been rapidly growing ever since." says Sherry.

Black Career Women's Network has now expanded to become a national organization with 35 online communites, ans Mentors, Coaches and Experts to further develop relationships in addition to providing local support. BCWN has been featured in Black Enterprise.com and cosmo.com. Sherry also appears on FOX19 and was recently honored by Who's Who in Black Cincinnati in January 2015.

"My vision for BCWN is to be an inspiring premier network that every Woman of Color can utilize to find the level of support she needs to achieve her definition of success in her career. As professional black women, we can learn from each other and we need this. I did not take a traditional path to establish my career. I've experienced career setbacks during my journey, then found career fulfillment later in life and that is ok. This too is part of my purpose for this network. I want women to know there is not a magic formula for achieving success in your career. However, armed with the right strategies you are never too old to achieve your professional goals."

  • Work
    • Black Career Women's Network
  • Education
    • Xavier University