Julia Erickson

Julia (Julie) Erickson is an executive and career coach who helps people find and excel at their “right fit” work. A survivor of being fired, she has coached many people who have experienced job loss which led to co-writing Betrayed By Work: Women's Stories of Trauma, Healing and Hope After Being Fired. Julia also wrote an eBook, Your Right Fit Job: Guide to Getting Work You Really Love based on her system of "right fit" work, and has contributed essays to two other books, one of which is the best-selling Success from the Heart. She was Executive Director of two non-profit organizations in New York City over twelve years, one of which was the anti-hunger organization City Harvest. Prior to that, Julia led public/private workforce development initiatives in NYC government. A graduate of Smith College, Julia has an MBA in Leadership. Among her awards are the James Beard Foundation’s 2003 Humanitarian of the Year and Woman’s Day Magazine’s 2002 “Women Who Inspire Us.”