Award-winning Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Chair and Investor
ABOUT SOPHIE MILLIKEN MBE
Sophie Milliken MBE is founder and CEO at Moja Group. Moja work with entrepreneurs and senior executives to amplify their personal profiles and become known authorities in their industries.
In her first business, Sophie led recruitment and employability experts, SRS, to become the leading provider of assessment-centre simulations for universities and trained over 30,000 students at these events. Sophie also worked with employers such as M&S, JP Morgan, Expedia and AXA to design and deliver their graduate recruitment campaigns.
Sophie has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development since 2013 and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in 2019. Her first book, From Learner To Earner was published in August 2019, becoming a best seller in October. Sophie’s best-selling second book, The Ambition Accelerator was published in February 2021 and includes advice from Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies MBE and The Apprentice’s Linda Plant. A podcast accompanies The Ambition Accelerator and includes interviews with the women included in the book.
A multi award-winning businesswoman and proud mum, Sophie also enjoys supporting the North East region. Sophie is a supporter of Northern Power Women and co-founder of City Ladies Networking. She is Chair of Smart Works Newcastle and has achieved huge success delivering the aim of doubling the number of unemployed women supported with interview clothing and coaching across the North East and securing Sara Davies MBE as the charity’s ambassador. In June 2021, Sophie became a Founding Ambassador for Every Child Needs a Mentor.
Sophie was awarded an MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours List for services to Business and to Education.
BOOKS
Whether you’re travelling the corporate route, on an entrepreneurial journey, or forging your own path, The Ambition Accelerator will inspire and motivate you to achieve your career goals. Featuring advice from successful businesswomen, including Dragons’ Den’s star Sara Davies MBE and The Apprentice’s Linda Plant.
Read this book and you will:
Feel energised and excited about your future career
Understand what it takes to be successful
Be inspired by the words of women who have achieved their ambitions
Gain practical advice that will empower you to smash your goals
Take action to make your aspirations a reality
Whatever stage in the job search you are at, From Learner to Earner will show you exactly what you need to do to secure the graduate job of your dreams. Recruitment insiders share their secrets so you can impress at every stage of the application process. This updated updated reflects the latest employment statistics and research, to guide you on your job hunting journey.
Read this book and learn how to:
Find job opportunities that suit you and your degree
Get through the early stages of the assessment process
Make sense of application forms, CVs, online tests and video interviews
Impress employers at assessment and interview
Successfully navigate virtual recruitment
Be brilliant in your new job and get your career off to a flying start
GETTING KNOWN STARTS WITH GETTING OUT THERE
Sophie founded Moja with one simple mission: to let everyone in their industry know who they are. It’s time to get known.
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TEDx
Sophie Milliken MBE tells the tale of the truth behind the Showreel and highlights that what you see presented at surface level, isn't always the reality. A successful business woman, winning award after award. All hugely flattering but it is not the full story. Find out what motivated and inspired Sophie on her journey to success and hear how she got to where she is now. Inspirational.