Meet Mandy Farricker
Mandy Farricker is a thoughtful, strategic career coach and the founder of NextUp Careers, LLC, where she helps college graduates and young professionals discover—and confidently pursue—their career paths. After 20+ years in the corporate world, Mandy found her true passion: empowering others to land meaningful jobs through mentoring, resume writing, job search strategy, interview preparation, confidence building, and more.
Her coaching journey began organically—she was frequently invited to speak to interns and new hires during her corporate career. That spark evolved into a mission to support the next generation of professionals.
Prior to founding NextUp Careers, Mandy spent over 15 years as a top sales leader at Harvard Business School Publishing’s Corporate Learning division, where she partnered with Fortune 100 C-suite executives to develop high-impact leadership and training programs. She later brought her expertise to two early-stage companies, expanding executive relationships and helping solve complex business challenges through people and talent.
Mandy holds a BFA from Syracuse University and has earned numerous accolades throughout her career. But what she finds most fulfilling is hearing from clients who’ve been promoted, found confidence, or are simply thriving in their roles. She currently lives in Northern Florida with her three cats and frequently travels to Connecticut’s Shoreline and New York City’s Upper East Side.
To learn more, visit www.nextupcareers.com.
About NextUp Careers
NextUp Careers came about organically after I was asked on many occasions to coach graduating college seniors with the express purpose of learning how to find a job.
With the benefit of a strict schedule, assessment and strategic advice, along with the best practices and the access to Mandy’s network, anyone can get started on a new career journey. Many clients often come back with great success stories once they are fully integrated into their new work environment. Through a custom and comprehensive plan developed individually for each customer, the time together allows for clients to learn new skills and behaviors and to put these immediately into action with continuous support and encouragement.
NextUp Careers also helps with the skills needed after day one, as the newly employed realize the needs of becoming a valued employee once on the job.
NextUp Careers Client-Expectations:
Show up and be 100% present
Be open to change and to trying new things
Be respectful of time
Respect the process
Aim high
Do great work
