We'd all like to short cut our careers. Advance faster than seems humanly possible. But how do we get those opportunities? In this part 2 episode, we talk with Kelsey who quickly took on more responsibility with Beeya until earning the coveted title of Cheif Operating Officer. If you have not heard it already, go back and listen to Beeya Founder in part 1. Otherwise, enjoy this followup interview with Kesley to learn how she was open to networking while in school. Her professor was right, "There are three

Guest Ladan Davia founded an online recruitment company. She shares some hard-earned wisdom for Job Seekers. Setting out to start a company is hard enough but Ladan also strives to change the recruiting industry. Edited by Cameron Barret Stewart, Produced by Omar Elkoton, Host Justin Dux. Recorded in 2018.

Unemployment is at a 10 year low, It's time to bring up salary negotiations. In this episode, Kate White gives us the tips she learned from her career becoming a powerful female executive. She offers advice about how to approach your boss, or a hiring manager, with a higher salary request. Whatever you get out of this episode, whether you're a woman or a man, just take away that you have to ask. If you didn't ask for a raise in 2018, you're definitely not alone; it is not too late to ask in 2019. Guest Kate

Allie hall is a linguist and data scientist for Textio. Employers use this tool to write better job descriptions and emails to candidates. You may have seen one of their client's postings or replied to one of their emails already! In this episode, we discuss how her findings from the employer perspective can be used by us job seekers to find the best postings possible. Host Justin Dux, Producer Omar Elkoton, Edited by Charles Dike

Guest, Scott Anthony Barlow from Happen to Your Career podcast shares what his team calls designing career experiments. These low risk tests help you try-out a new skill. Get the sense of a completely different role. Or even just form new relationships without the performance pressure that your actual job demands. Listen to this episode to get inspired with creative ways to find a path that fits you without quitting your day job.

Host; Justin Dux. Producer; Omar Elkoton

Guest, Scott Anthony Barlow from Happen to Your Career podcast shares his philosophy to prevent clients from settling on their next role. Of course, figuring out what you want is still the first step but Scott brings a unique clarification to the discussion by explaining that part of relieving stress and getting more of what you want is being okay with the roles you start to ignore because they are just not good enough. Host; Justin Dux. Producer; Omar Elkoton

Sorry, no magic in this episode, instead a highly structured thinker with a love for optimization determined the most effective, quickest path to career clarity through her work with hundreds of professionals. Host Justin Dux asks guest Alison Cardy to share her journey, insights, and offer advice for the modern job seeker to find their best career. Favorite moment: "I have a lot of smart people try to think themselves in circles. Hoping that if they think about it long enough the answer will just come to t

Hatem Hanoun works for Bayt.com the #1 job site in Dubai and surrounding region. He shares with us his advice for the job hunt. Since that region is facing 20-30% unemployment for young people we focus on strategies for gaining experience that you can leverage in your job interviews. It may be an unpaid, volunteer, experience but if it gives you relevant experience to talk about in an interview then it may be worth it. For Some in the middle-east, volunteering might be the only way to gain valuable experien

In the first episode of 2018, Guest Evangelia LeClaire and, Host, Justin Dux explore the concept of Dissonance. Holding two thoughts that seem contradictory can be fine in everyday life but disastrous in a job interview. Evangelia is a Career Coach with experience helping clients rock their career and Justin brings in some audio help from a couple musicians to help demonstrate how dissonance sounds. The reason Dissonance is used in music is the same reason we need to address it in our careers. Dissonance ca

Machines reading resumes sounds like the beginning of a science fiction thriller but most of us job seekers know the truth. Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are a reality we all need to master in order to get resumes seen. James Hu founded JobScan.co , a web service that reads your resume as an ATS would so that it can provide you feedback about what a machine sees when it compares your resume to a job posting.