How to Overcome Your Insecurities - Gladys Williams, Facebook

Gladys Williams is a Sales Operations Manager at Workplace from Facebook. She shares her career journey to getting a job at Facebook and what it’s like to work for Facebook, the largest social network in the world. Workplace from Facebook is a similar platform to the classic network but specifically for work teams to communicate, collaborate and connect. Gladys shares what her job role at Workplace entails, what the Facebook work culture is like and her career path from studying at university up until the challenges she still faces today as a working professional. In this video, she gives her career advice for young people and young black women especially.

Some of the areas discussed include:

  • Having vision and focus from a young age
  • The university experience and why your degree choice isn’t overly important
  • Challenges in her career; overcoming insecurities and doubts, and finding guidance in others
  • Being a minority in the workplace and her advice for young black women
  • Advice for young people whose plans haven’t worked out as they expected

The Circl Interview Series asks leaders of the UK’s most exciting businesses to share their career paths and advice with the next generation of talent. Check out our other interviews with professionals from organisations such as Bulb Energy, Uber and Arcadis.