Career Warrior Podcast

Should your LinkedIn Match your Resume? What if you have an employment gap? How do you write your resume if you’re entering a new field? These are some of the questions we answer in today’s episode, and we’ll be giving you tactical advice with 15 year HR Professional and resume writer Matt Warzel.

Resources Mentioned in Show:

• Check out MJW Careers to learn about Matt’s services
• Connect with Matt Warzel on LinkedIn
• Combatting Age Discrimination

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Today I brought on Matthew Warzel, Founder of MJW Careers. Matt CPRW is a certified resume writer, career coach and outplacement expert with over 15 years in Human Resources and career advancement techniques. He provides assistance to companies in transition from downsizes to buyouts as well as individual job seekers needing to advance their careers. Matt has a long history working in Human Resources and on recruitment/staffing teams across a variety of industries. He fashions resumes that allow employers to review the applicant's assets while highlighting his or her accomplishments, showcasing impacts on employer's bottom lines using quantitative verbiage, and maintaining brevity. He has over 705 LinkedIn recommendations, over 8,000 followers on Linkedin, over 100 Google recommendations, and over 100 Facebook recommendations. 

What few items are essential for job seekers to include in their resumes?

• Experience
• Summary
• Buzzwords

Resources Mentioned in Show:

• Check out MJW Careers to learn about Matt’s services
• Connect with Matt Warzel on LinkedIn

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For today's minisode, I brought Kris Holmes back to discuss practical tips and considerations for rocking your next video interview. We cover mistakes as well as strategies that job seekers can use for their next video interview.

Kris is an executive recruiter and partner at O’Connell Group, a leading executive search firm in consumer marketing and market research. She also wrote the newly released book, Ignite Your Career: Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential.

With more than twenty-five years of experience, she is also a member of the Pinnacle Society, the premier consortium of industry-leading recruiters in North America. Kris has placed over 1,000 candidates in new jobs, and counseled more than 20,000 others at all stages in their careers in setting goals and leveraging their strengths. Before shifting to recruiting, Kris worked for a decade in consumer marketing with major corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, and Ralston Purina. She’s a graduate of Tufts University and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.

Resources:

• Buy Ignite Your Career: Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential
• Check Out the Book and Evaluate Kris' Services: https://www.igniteyourcareerbook.com/

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Today, we’re going to talk about your strengths. 

Listen: I don’t care who you are or where you’re at in your career. You have so much value to offer the world--and an incredible amount of potential based on your gifts. You have the chance to step into a role that fits you, one that you love, and one that you can thrive in. If any of that interests you, then you need to learn from this episode, where we tap into the concept of professional strengths.

Today I brought on a legendary individual by the name of Kris Holmes. Kris is an executive recruiter and partner at O’Connell Group, a leading executive search firm in consumer marketing and market research. She also wrote the newly released book, Ignite Your Career: Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential.

With more than twenty-five years of experience, she is also a member of the Pinnacle Society, the premier consortium of industry-leading recruiters in North America. Kris has placed over 1,000 candidates in new jobs, and counseled more than 20,000 others at all stages in their careers in setting goals and leveraging their strengths. Before shifting to recruiting, Kris worked for a decade in consumer marketing with major corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, and Ralston Purina. She’s a graduate of Tufts University and has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.

 Kris is going to be just awesome, and this episode is going to really help you become the best professional version of yourself. 

Resources Mentioned in the Show:

• Buy Ignite Your Career: Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential
• Check Out the Book and Evaluate Kris' Services: https://www.igniteyourcareerbook.com/

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Today, we’re going to talk about how a thank you note can help you win your interview.

How to write a good thank you note

• Create your short and sweet template.
• Go back before the interview and make sure to flip the script a little bit
• Call back to one specific thing that only could have happened in your interview

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Today I brought on James Sinclair, CEO and Co-Founder of EnterpriseAlumni. As the market leading Alumni and Retiree Engagement Platform, EnterpriseAlumni powers the corporate alumni networks of the world’s largest companies, leveraging this vast untapped pool of people for talent, sales, marketing and community. James has a background in large enterprise innovation, having worked for companies including IBM, SAP & EDS. Outside of his day job, he is a contributor on the future of work, large enterprise innovation and entrepreneurship.

James is the ultimate spokesperson for this topic, and this episode is going to really help you rethink what the word “networking” means so you can have an even more fulfilling career. 

Resources Mentioned in Show:

• Connect with James on LinkedIn
• Check out Enterprise Alumni

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Today, I’m choosing to support those who feel like quitting their jobs. I’ll be covering how to gracefully quit your job, and I’ll also cover some special considerations about quitting during the pandemic.

• So how do you do it?
• The pandemic: to quit or not to quit?

Resources Mentioned in Show:

• Why Do People Quit Their Jobs, Exactly?
• Entrepreneur.com article featuring Kanika Tolver
• Career Rehab by Kanika Tolver
• Our Podcast: When Should You Quit Your Job?

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Today I brought on Kris McGuigan, founder of Professional Courage. In founding Professional Courage, Kris translated 15 years of corporate success into a targeted mission: empowering high potentials to step up and stand out in the marketplace. Kris is distinguished as a Board Certified Coach with 200+ hours of training alongside some of the industry’s top experts. She also holds the prestigious ACRW designation, making her one of only a handful of Academy Certified Resume Writers across the globe to also hold an MBA. With a brand formed by courage and constancy, Kris uses her own story to guide clients and audiences to success in an ever-changing job market. 

So as you can see, Kris is going to be just awesome, and this episode is going to really help you take control of your career and boldly move forward.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

• Connect with Kris on LinkedIn
• Check out Professional Courage for Job Seekers
• Podcast episode on when you should quit your job

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Today’s discussion is all about what experience to include on your resume! How far back should your resume go? What should you include? What about ageism? Chris tackles these questions in this short and sweet minisode so you can increase your chances of landing the interview.

Closing:

• Follow Chris on LinkedIn
• Read the blog mentioned in the episode

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Today, we’re going to talk about boosting your mood for your job search. 

Today, I brought on the magnificent Matt Zinman. Matt is a difference-maker devoted to personally enriching the lives of at least 100 million people by 2025. His new book, Z-isms: Insights to Live By, is based on his experiences as an entrepreneur, athlete, single parent, caregiver and nonprofit founder. Matt is also the host of "Insights to Live By," a podcast that invites guests to share their own pearls of wisdom. He is also CEO of The Internship Institute, which he established in 2007 to ‘Make Experience Matter.

Resources mentioned in show:

• Learn more about Matt and Z-isms
• Order Z-isms today
• Connect with Matt on LinkedIn

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