Lauren McGoodwin

Lauren McGoodwin, CEO, founded Career Contessa in 2013 after working in recruiting for a tech company and experiencing the gap in career development resources available for women who were job searching, soul searching, leading and managing, or trying to find new ways to advance within their careers.

Lauren’s goal was simple: create a career resource site completely dedicated to women which, unlike the average job database, took into account the unique challenges women in the workplace experience including the wage gap, career breaks and minority representation in leadership positions. After identifying the void in career development services available for women, Lauren knew that Career Contessa needed to be more than just a portal to apply for jobs and, rather, a place where women could gain a competitive edge in the workplace through original career advice, job opportunities and an inside look at companies hiring, e-learning courses and access to expert career coaches.

Career Contessa now helps over 1 million women navigate their careers each year and has partnered with a number of leading brands including SquareSpace, FabFitFun, Apple and EdX, to provide their subscribers with an insider’s look at job opportunities with some of the country’s most exciting and fastest growing companies. Lauren's career expertise has been featured in Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Forbes, goop, Refinery29 and many other leading business and lifestyle publications.