Careers & Coffee

Dan and Liz discuss what's trending in the Eastern Iowa Corridor and how to enter a field with no experience.

• What career paths are available right now in Cedar Rapids / Iowa City
• How to get alerted when new jobs are added in your categories of choice
• How to get into marketing, with no marketing experience

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What questions should you ask during an interview?

Curious about culture, or day to day activities? Ask. The Careers and Coffee team delves deeper into what questions to ask an employer during the interview.

More interview questions

In this episode of Careers & Coffee, Liz and Dan discuss communicating with employers, and give some advice on cleaning up social profiles when looking for a job fresh out of high school or college.

LinkedIn tips

Finding your first job out of college

Dan and Liz are no strangers to feeling overwhelm. We took a practical approach to today's question, 'What to do when you are feeling overwhelmed?'

Some resources: https://www.thegazette.com/health-wellness/getting-enough-sleep/

Cedar Rapids Parks

Iowa City Parks

North Liberty Parks

Job seekers do have some power - making positive choices

Looking for a job in Eastern Iowa? Check out corridorcareers.com or ask Alexa to “open corridor careers” to hear the latest job listings from Corridor Careers.

In this episode of Careers and Coffee, Liz and Dan discuss educational opportunities in our area and creative ways to advance your skill set even if you already have a job you like.

Resumes, always back to resumes? The team goes into resumes, keeping it short and snackable. Welcoming our developer, Josh Hlibichuck, Careers and Coffee talks about 'what should be in a resume that get's a manager's attention' talking keywords and objectives.

Show notes:

To use the free resume builder on Corridor Careers, simply create a user account and start building yours today: https://www.corridorcareers.com/users/new

All our blogs about resumes are here: https://www.corridorcareers.com/job-tips/topics/resumes

You can find resources about basic building blocks, keyword optimization and much more.

Career Week Ask the Expert went in depth on this- see that panel on this channel!

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What do you do when you have a gap in employment? How do you network and have a plan to respond to employer questions? Re-entering the workforce can be tricky without the right tools.

In this episode, Dan & Liz chat about a gap in employment and opportunities to bridge that gap.

Ask the Expert panel

Kirkwood Displaced Worker Program

Kirkwood Career Services

Resume Lab

Live Job Coaching

Careers and Coffee is about all things careers. From finding that perfect job, to learning from our mistakes. Dan Holterhaus, Liz Kennedy and guests will keep things moving in these quick weekly chats covering jobs in Eastern Iowa. A career podcast for right here.

This week the team discussed what we learned from Corridor Careers' Career Week 2021. Our Ask the Expert Panels and Monday Motivation with Bobby Stanley were some highlights and offered some great resources to job seekers.

Career Week Archive & Resources

In this episode Dan & Liz answer a job seeker question about how to get into video game design or other very specialized job paths.

They explore this question and share how job seekers can use the tools available to all in O*Net, the occupational database of the United States to determine what skills are needed and how you can take steps to get to the job you want.

Onetonline.org