This episode of Career Intelligence brings forward a conversation with Anita Bruno, who is redefining what it means to build a career in the trades. Through her work with Rhode Island Women in the Trades, Anita is helping to shift mindsets, break stereotypes, and create real access points for women to enter and thrive in these opportunities. She built a nonprofit focused on advocacy, training, and access for women at every stage, from middle school students to those reentering society. Her story sheds light on both the challenges and opportunities within an industry facing a major workforce gap.

Whether you’re a parent, educator, or someone considering a career change, this episode offers valuable insights into the earning potential, career mobility, and long-term stability the trades can provide.

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About Today’s Guest

Anita Bruno, CEO RI Women In the Trades

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https://www.riwomeninthetrades.org/

Anita is a union carpenter, entrepreneur, and workforce development leader dedicated

to expand opportunities for women in the construction industry. She is the founder of Rhode

Island Women in the Trades (RI WIT), an organization committed to preparing women and

girls—particularly those from underserved and justice-impacted communities—for careers in the

skilled trades.

Since launching RI WIT in 2019, Anita has developed innovative pre-apprenticeship and

workforce development initiatives that provide hands-on construction training, safety education,

and direct pathways into union apprenticeships and careers. Her work includes leading the

ReBUILD Her Pathways program in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of

Corrections, which equips incarcerated women with construction skills and workforce readiness

training prior to reentry.

Anita currently serves on the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts of Southeastern New

England and is a member of the Providence Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Advisory Committee, where she helps strengthen workforce pipelines connecting education

and industry. She also contributes to nationwide policy and workforce discussions through her involvement with the National Taskforce for Tradeswomen and is a lifetime member of the

NAACP.

AI is everywhere in the headlines,  but what’s actually happening inside companies?

In this episode of the Career Intelligence Podcast, Betsy Jewell talks with Liz Moran, Director of Academic Programs and Certification at SAS, about the gap between AI hype and the reality of adoption inside organizations.

Liz brings a unique perspective, having spent more than two decades working across both higher education and industry. Before joining SAS, she served as Assistant Dean of Academic Programs at North Carolina State University, giving her insight into how universities and employers are both trying to prepare for the future of work.

In this conversation, Betsy and Liz explore why curiosity and learning agility may be more valuable than specific technical skills, how companies are actually approaching AI adoption, and what that means for early-career professionals entering today’s job market.

They also discuss the growing role of micro-credentials, the importance of data ethics and AI governance, and why professionals at every stage of their careers will need to rethink how they learn and adapt.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

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Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz

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About Today's Guest

Liz Moran has spent more than two decades working across higher education and industry, focused on how people learn, teach, and apply technology in real-world settings. She is currently the Director of Academic Programs and Certification at SAS, where she leads teams supporting students and educators in data science and AI education. Before joining SAS, she spent 15 years in public higher education, including serving as an Assistant Dean of Academic Programs at North Carolina State University. Through this work, Liz has become increasingly interested in workforce development and transformation—particularly how education systems, employers, and learners are navigating rapid change without clear playbooks.

Liz Moran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moranliz/

Welcome to the Career Intelligence Podcast, where we explore how work is changing and how people can navigate their careers in a world shaped by AI, technology, and rapid workplace transformation. I'm your host, Meredith Dinitz, career coach and founder of Your Career Happiness Professional Coaching.

My guest today is Jeremy Schifeling, author of Unbreakable: How to AI-Proof Your Job Search, Career, and Future.

Jeremy has spent his career helping others succeed in theirs. From teaching kindergarten in Brooklyn to recruiting top talent at Teach For America to leading education marketing at LinkedIn, he has worked with people at every stage of their career journey. He has authored the best-selling LinkedIn and AI job seeking books on Amazon, coached military veterans and MBA students, and produced the most-viewed video in LinkedIn's history.

What makes Jeremy's perspective so valuable for our audience is that he sits at the intersection of AI, career strategy, and human potential. In this episode we talk about what professionals are getting wrong about AI, what it actually means to be AI-proof, and why mid-career professionals may have more of an advantage than they realize.

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Kathleen Dohoney

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About Today's Guest

Jeremy Schifeling has devoted his career to helping others succeed in theirs. From teaching kindergarten in Brooklyn to recruiting top students at Teach For America to leading education marketing at LinkedIn, he’s touched the lives of millions of people at every stage of their journeys. Along the way, he’s published the best-selling LinkedIn and AI for Job-Seeking books on Amazon, served as a career coach for military veterans at Shift.org and MBA students at the University of Michigan, and produced the most-viewed video in LinkedIn’s history.

Jeremy Schifeling https://www.linkedin.com/in/schifeling/

Why do strong candidates sometimes get overlooked?

Many professionals experience hiring from the outside. They submit resumes, prepare for interviews, and try to present their experience clearly, but they rarely get visibility into how organizations are actually evaluating candidates and making decisions internally.

In this episode of the Career Intelligence Podcast, Meredith Dinitz is joined by Melissa Cluver, a Senior Talent Business Partner at Kimberly-Clark who partners closely with senior leaders on talent strategy, leadership development, and organizational design.

Together, they explore what organizations are really looking for beyond skills and experience, why strong candidates don’t always move forward, and some of the biggest misconceptions professionals have about how hiring decisions actually get made.

By the end of the episode, you’ll have a clearer understanding of how organizations evaluate candidates and how to position your experience more effectively in the process.

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Kathleen Dohoney

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About Today's Guest

Melissa Cluver is a Senior Talent Business Partner at Kimberly‑Clark, supporting the Global Growth and R&D organizations. She works closely with senior leaders on talent strategy, organizational design, and leadership development, bringing a strong global perspective shaped by experience across South Africa, Bahrain, and the United States. Melissa is currently completing her Professional Coaching Certification and is deeply passionate about executive coaching, inclusive leadership, and building future‑ready organizations. Outside of work, she is a proud mother of two daughters, Emily (7) and Madison (4). When she’s not spending time with her family, she enjoys caring for her indoor plants, hiking, pottery, and yoga.

Melissa Cluver on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-cluver-03647891/

On this podcast, we often talk about hiring trends, market shifts, and tactical career strategy. But today, we’re talking about something more foundational - clarity. The kind that changes how you walk into an interview, how you evaluate your role, and how you decide what’s next.

As we were recording, what really stood out to me is how similar the patterns are. Whether someone is just starting out or twenty years into their career, the details look different - internships versus leadership roles, first jobs versus restructures, but the root issue is often the same.

When you don’t have clarity, you second-guess yourself.

When you do, you move differently.

So today, we’re each sharing a real client story and unpacking what was happening beneath the résumé, beneath the title, beneath the frustration.

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In this episode, Dr. Anna Stumpf and I dig into a question we both keep coming back to:

Are we witnessing the death of the resume economy and moving into a proof-of-work economy?

Listen in as we talk about what a “portfolio” really means (hint: not just for artists), how to show how you think, not just what you’ve done, and why the human premium is increasingly found in your process, judgment, curiosity, and reflection.

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Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz

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About Today's Guest

Dr. Anna Stumpf is an organizational coach and leadership strategist who helps professional services firms develop the next generation of confident, collaborative leaders. With more than 30 years of experience spanning corporate leadership, higher education, and organizational coaching, she partners with firms where performance expectations are high—but leadership support is often limited.

Anna specializes in working with technically skilled managers who were promoted for their expertise but were never fully equipped to lead people, projects, and clients effectively. Through coaching, real-time application, and assessment-based insight, she helps leaders move from reactive to strategic and from overwhelmed to impactful.

She is certified in multiple MHS assessment tools, including EQ-i 2.0®, EQ360, Hardiness Resilience Gauge™, and Change Style Indicator™, and conducts in-depth 1:1 360 interviews that provide leaders with clarity, language, and practical direction for growth. Anna also created the Double Skills Gap framework to address the unique challenges faced by technically brilliant managers stepping into leadership roles.

As the founder of Collective Energy Coaching, Anna works primarily with organizations of 50–500 employees, often coaching multiple managers across year-long development engagements. Her approach goes beyond traditional training, aligning individuals and leadership layers to drive performance, strengthen culture, and create lasting behavior change.

Anna is committed to helping organizations unlock their full potential through strategic leadership development—building strong, connected leaders who elevate teams, serve clients well, and position their firms for long-term success.

Dr. Anna Stumpf on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amstumpf/

Collective Energy website:

https://www.collectiveenergycoach.com/

In this episode of the Career Intelligence Podcast, host and Career Coach Kathleen Dohoney tackles the often-dreaded idea of networking. For many mid-to-late career professionals, the idea of networking conjures up images of exhausting event meet-ups and transactional small talk. However, Kathleen and her guest, Cynthia Maria Estalilla of CME Beyond Career Success, break down practical strategies for those who feel overwhelmed, starting with the inner circle of family and friends before moving toward more strategic outreach. 

Drawing from Cynthia’s 30 years of experience in HR and talent consulting, the conversation explores how to shift networking from a burdensome task to a habitual practice built on trust. Whether you are navigating a layoff or seeking career clarity, this episode provides a roadmap for building meaningful connections that move your career forward by design, not by chance.

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Kathleen Dohoney

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleendohoney1/

Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz

yourcareerhappinesspc.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-pasekoffdinitz/

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About Today's Guest

Cynthia Estalilla

website: https://cmebeyondcareers.com/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cynthia-maria-estalilla

Email: [email protected]

Cynthia Maria Estalilla is the founder and owner of CME Beyond Career Success, LLC  with more than 30 years’ experience working across small, mid to global, brand-name organizations to include financial services, apparel, hospitality, and technology and talent consulting with roles in human resources, client service management and career services.

Cynthia holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. She is a Certified Professional Career Coach and Consultant, Career Management Strategist, Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®, and a Certified DISCstyles™ Communications Consultant.

Cynthia is a career coach to the Project Management Institute San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and PMI-Arizona Chapter, conducting résumé writing, LinkedIn, and interview clinics through their mentorship/professional development programs. She has been a panelist, conference and podcast guest speaker, and facilitator on various career topics through global organizations, professional associations and her alma mater.

Today, we’re diving into a career strategy that is powerful, underused, and honestly hiding in plain sight: your alumni network.

Whether you’re a college student, a recent graduate, or someone mid-career navigating a transition, today’s conversation will completely change the way you think about networking.

Alumni connections aren’t just for homecoming week, they’re one of the most effective, trust-based ways to build relationships, gain insight, and open doors across your entire career.

I’m joined today by Michelle Stepp, an expert in alumni relations with nearly 30 years of experience. Michelle works in alumni engagement at Western Governors University and by her own admission, is alumni obsessed. And after this episode, you might be too.

We’ll talk about why alumni networks are such a secret weapon, how to actually reach out without feeling awkward or salesy, the do’s and don’ts that so many people get wrong, and how alumni connections can support you far beyond just job searching.

If you’ve ever felt unsure about networking or wondered how to build real, meaningful connections, this episode is for you!

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Betsy Jewell

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Kathleen Dohoney

celticcareerpros.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleendohoney1/

Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz

yourcareerhappinesspc.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-pasekoffdinitz/

About Today's Guest

Michelle Stepp (she/her)

Regional Alumni Network Manager - Southeast
Western Governors University

Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellestepp/

Michelle brings nearly three decades of experience in alumni engagement, community building, and philanthropy to her work at Western Governors University. As a natural connector and lifelong learner, she's passionate about transforming alumni relationships from one-time transactions into meaningful, lasting partnerships. Michelle specializes in cultivating engaged communities and demonstrating the ongoing value of education whether she's planning opportunities to network, creating authentic content that celebrates achievements, or finding creative ways to keep alumni connected to their alma mater and each other.

In this episode, Jeremy Shifeling and I talk about how to build real, authentic connections in an AI-driven world.

Whether networking makes you nervous or you’re not sure how AI fits into your job search, Jeremy shares practical strategies and fresh ways to think about career-building in 2025 and beyond.

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*Betsy Jewell*
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*Kathleen Dohoney*
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*Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz*
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Connect with Meredith on https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-pasekoffdinitz/

Ann Nakaska shares her insights on how these three pillars are shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution and what young professionals, career changers, and lifelong learners alike need to know to stay ahead. From AI and automation to building an entrepreneurial mindset inside and outside traditional jobs, this episode is packed with practical advice and big-picture thinking.

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*Betsy Jewell*

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*Kathleen Dohoney*

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Connect with Kathleen on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleendohoney1/

*Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz*

http://yourcareerhappinesspc.com
Connect with Meredith on https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-pasekoffdinitz/