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In this episode, Ada Offonry demystifies negotiation and explains why it’s a critical skill for reinventing your career.
Drawing on two decades of experience negotiating offers in tech and finance, she shares a clear framework for evaluating job offers, negotiating with confidence and recognising when walking away is the smartest move. This episode is a powerful reminder that negotiation is about strategy, self-worth and long term impact.
She discusses:
When to negotiate (and why you should)
How to evaluate the whole offer
Clear signals to walk away
Data Sources:
Negotiation rates (37% negotiate, 85% get something): Salary.com Negotiation Report 2024Average salary increase (7-12%): Glassdoor, PayScale Negotiation Studies 2024-2025Money left on table (10-20%): Your proprietary data + LinkedIn Talent Solutions
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About your Host: Ada Offonry
Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology.
She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory.
Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.
4 Mar 2026
0209 Career Pivots That Actually Work (And Why Most Don’t)
In this episode, Ada Offonry breaks down why most career pivots fail, and what successful pivots actually have in common.
Drawing on two decades of experience placing professionals through career changes, she explains why adjacent, strategic moves consistently outperform dramatic leaps. Ada walks through real examples of pivots that work, highlights what truly transfers between roles, and shares a practical framework to help you change direction without burning your credibility, confidence or income.
You'll Learn:
That adjacent beats dramatic
What really transfers (and what doesn’t)
A realistic pivot timeline
Data Sources:
Major pivot success (29%): LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Career Pivot Study 2024Lateral pivot success (67%): Harvard Business Review, "The Adjacent Possible" 2024Average pivot timeline (18-24 months): CIPD UK + Payscale Career Transition Report 2025 • • Comp data: Your proprietary placement data + eFinancialCareers 2025
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About your Host: Ada Offonry
Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology.
She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory.
Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.
25 Feb 2026
0208 The Career Moves You Aren’t Considering (But Should Be)
In this episode, Ada Offonry challenges the idea that midlife career change means either staying stuck or starting from scratch.
She explores increasingly mainstream career paths such as sabbaticals, fractional roles and consulting, showing how experienced people can gain more flexibility, autonomy and income without blowing up their lives.
You'll learn all about:
Career paths hiding in plain sight
High income without full-time roles
Pivoting without quitting outright
Ada breaks down who these options are really for, how to test them safely, and how to pivot strategically rather than impulsively.
Data Sources:Fractional/portfolio work (47% increase): MBO Partners State of Independence 2025UK non-traditional income (1 in 4): IPSE (Association of Independent Professionals) 2025Sabbatical outcomes (38% better roles): Harvard Business Review, "The Sabbatical Effect" 2024
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For more from Ada: https://adaoffonry.com/
Follow Ada: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adaoffonry/
Find out more about Ada's new venture: https://www.inferencesearch.ai
About your Host: Ada Offonry
Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology.
She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory.
Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.
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