Breaking Work

"They don't want to take a risk" - Richard Eisenberg on employers' hiring process

Richard Eisenberg is the Managing Editor of Next Avenue, a site that is geared towards baby boomers in the workforce where the slogan is "where grown ups keep growing." Throughout his career, Richard has been an editor at Money Magazine, Yahoo! Finance, and Good Housekeeping. He has also authored two books: How To Avoid A Midlife Financial Crisis and The Money Book of Personal Finance.

In this interview Justin and Richard break down what it means to be a baby booming job seeker, and how being an employee has plausibly changed forever in a post pandemic world. Richard gives examples on what his own team does to cope with working remotely, talks about the ideality of phased retirement, and focuses on the importance of referrals for job seekers and the stress that comes with the job seeking process.

Side note* You don't have to be a baby boomer to come away with actionable job searching tips from this episode. However, if you are a baby boomer you will get a little extra sympathy throughout the episode.

"We say people don't have habits, habits have people" - Andrew Sykes

Andrew Sykes knows a thing or two about habits, and after listening to this interview, you will, too. An accomplished author, and lecturer at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business, Andrew has made a name for himself over the past several decades by getting people to perform at optimum levels by helping them recognize different habits in their lives. He's so good that companies like Google, Pinterest, and Microsoft have enlisted his services.

Andrew's personality really shines through in this episode, and you can tell that he is coming from a genuine place. He uses the analogy of his own experience with probably the most notorious bad habit there is; smoking, and how he coped with it. He talks about how your surroundings have a great impact on the habits that you form, and how habits are a result of your priorities in life.

If you're looking zero in on making an impact, either in your job, or while you're on a job search, this episode will help.

"Anything and everything that you do has to be about making someone successful" - Anjana Karumathil

Anjana Karumathil is a fresh perspective for the show. She hasn't been featured on any media outlets (she doesn't try to) and the interview is being conducted from Bengaluru, India. Rather than getting an interview from the perspective of a career coach, or resume writing expert, Anjana gives the point of view of a job seeker. She has successfully gone through the interview view process in the past, and gives examples of what you can do in order to boost your chances once you're in the interview phase, with a touch of her background in academia.

Always learning, and always striving to be better being the underlying focus, you will get advice on how to differentiate yourself from others and how and why you need to bring value to potential employers.

"When you're solid on your commitments, it makes decision making easier"

Going from "stuck to unstoppable" is what Tracy Timm specializes in, and she speaks from experience. Now a successful career coach, and author, Tracy realized she wasn't being fulfilled early on in her career and decided to take a step back so she could find out what would.

This interview is enlightening because it probably resonates with the majority of people who listen to it. You often hear the term "follow your passion," and Tracy explains how this is easier said than done. She breaks down exactly what "follow your passion" means and gives actionable advice and examples how to find out what will really do it for you. This is difficult, and often scary for many who are seemingly be at a crossroads in their life, but it's comforting to hear that others have been faced with the same dilemma.

"As the fairy Godmother of job seekers, like a pumpkin to a carriage, I write resumes and LinkedIn profiles, and transform them into job seeker tools" - Lynne Williams

Lynne Williams is a resume and LinkedIn extraordinaire. If you're looking to make a superfluous LinkedIn profile, just use Lynne's as a template. She helps with resumes, too, specifically how to tailor your resume for a specific position, and get past the ATS, which more and more companies are starting to use.

In this episode Lynne dives into her niche and walks you through specific steps (with examples) that you can and should take for both your resume and LinkedIn profile. If you could sum up this interview in one word, it would be "prepared." Perhaps her most eye opening piece of advice is shedding light on the fact that it is easier to get a job, if you already have one, and exactly what you can do today, if you currently don't have a job, but are seeking one.

"The more you learn about someone else's culture, the more you learn about your own" - Marc Miller

Marc Miller, of CareerPivot.com specializes in his companies namesake. Marc can talk the talk, because he's walked the walk - and as we learn in the interview, he's walked further than most.

This could very well be a two parter, but we kept it as one, meaty episode. The first part is for those of you thinking about living abroad, and Marc gives you a first hand recollection of what it's like to live abroad and gives you tips for doing so successfully. He practices what he preaches, too, currently living in Mexico, and renting out his condo in Texas.

The second part gets into our current pandemic, and Marc talks about the trickle down effect and how the upswing or downturn of one industry can affect another. Marc also gets into what you can and should be doing while so many companies and industries are rethinking the way they do business.

If you like this episode, we encourage you to check out his website where Marc hosts his own podcast and continually posts relevant and timely articles in the realm of career transitions.

Chrisa Boyce is an Executive Coach at Handel Group, a renowned corporate consulting and life coaching company. Her experience building brands, working alongside executives from a variety of different sectors, and managing large teams have helped Chrisa to serve as an executive coach at Handel where she leads workshops and corporate retreats, and works privately with individuals and teams.

In part II, Justin and Chrisa get into the three actions people take when they experience fear, and how they adapt to it. Chrisa also discusses goal setting by answering 'how high do you want to set the bar' when you look back on your life? And once you have laid out what you think are achievable goals she discusses the proper steps to take in order to fulfill them.

"I get to help people figure out how to reframe change and how to act in spite of being scared" - Chrisa Boyce

Chrisa Boyce is an Executive Coach at Handel Group, a renowned corporate consulting and life coaching company. Her experience building brands, working alongside executives from a variety of different sectors, and managing large teams have helped Chrisa to serve as an executive coach at Handel where she leads workshops and corporate retreats, and works privately with individuals and teams.

In this part 1 of this two part episode, Chrisa talks about two words that happen throughout many people's careers: react and pivot, and how you should be navigating accordingly. Adapting your career to the pandemic, dealing with diversity in the workplace, and coping with change are also highlights.

"Don't think of it as "I'm trying to find a job," think of it as "I'm trying to make friends"" - Ramon Santillan

Ramon Santillan got his start as a tax consultant working for some of the largest companies in the world. From there he founded Persuasive Interview, a one-on-one job coaching service that breaks down the process into five steps, the last of which is accepting a job offer.

Ramon has been featured on numerous media outlets that include Yahoo! and CBS, he reads about a book a week (which he discusses in the interview), and is a graduate of University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.

Ramon's specialty is working with recent graduates, and young professionals, but he has also carved out a niche working with people with aspergers and autism helping them get jobs at companies like Google, Diebold, and GE.

In the interview Ramon breaks down the entire job searching process and what you can do to separate yourself at the very start of it. He challenges the definition of experience, and explains why most people sell themselves short when they think about how much experience they actually have. He explores creative ways to go about contacting companies you're interested in applying to, and explains why you need to be comfortable bragging about yourself in a job interview.

All in all this is a great interview for job seekers. It will give you the confidence you need to really go after the positions that you desire.

Ashley Stahl is one of the more accomplished career coaches we've had on Career Cloud Radio. She offers both private coaching and online courses through her website, ashleystahl.com, in addition to a continually updated blog, and podcast. She's been featured on just about every media outlet and even given a Ted Talk. As of this writing she has 516,000 subscribers to her weekly email, over 6,300 clients spanning 31 countries, and 341+ private clients.

In this interview, Ashley breaks down the job interview into four parts: story, cuff, skill, and goal. If you've got a job interview coming up, this is an episode you'll definitely want to listen to in preparation. By giving numerous examples from her own life, as well as hypothetical ones, Ashley gives practical advice like being able to tell an employer "what your superpower is" and or how to successfully explain gaps in your resume.

If you listen to this episode you won't be nervous going in for a job interview, you'll be excited for it!