Recently a former client of mine reached out to tell me that he started his internship a month ago, but all he has been doing so far is watching tutorials and waiting for a tool licenses to be issued. He wanted some advice on how to still make this a valuable experience and find some tasks of his own.

Since this is not the first time I heard this happening, I thought it makes sense to share my ideas on what to do in this scenario. SO today you will find out how to add value to a company, create your own projects and turn yourself into a an employee that they will never want to leave again.

Enjoy!

Should I talk about wanting to become pregnant during the application process?

How can I best include my years of parental leave in my CV?

If you have been wondering how to handle those questions, this Episode is the answer!

While you should always keep in mind that integrating family & career is a highly personal and individual matter with no definite "right" or "wrong", in this Episode I'm sharing my personal take on:

I hope you enjoy these topics! Please share this Episode with everyone it could be relevant for in their situation.

Thank you,

Yours Sarah

Since I announced being pregnant some time ago on LinkedIn, I have naturally also received more questions about founding a family or moving your family to Germany from my international clients. With this Episode, I am aiming to give you a quick overview about the most important topocs if you are thinking about founding a family in Germany or moving here.

We will cover:

Please note that I am not an expert in these fields, but as I mention in the Podcast, we have several places in Germany where you can specific advice for your situation. Here are some helpful links for you:

Official government website "Make it in Germany": https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/living-in-germany/family-life/

Pro Familia counceling: https://www.profamilia.de/en/topics/becoming-a-parent/financial-and-social-assistance

You will also find more information about health insurance in my previous interview Epsiode 8 with financial planner Alicia Aswani.

A client of mine was asked to become a team lead after working for only 2 years in total. After thinking it through carefully, she decided to decline the offer, because she did not feel ready for this new challenge yet. So another team member got the role and she did not get on with his leadership style at all and frequently kept thinking how much better she would have filled the position. She ended up leaving the company - regretting that she did not have the courage to simply accept this new challenge. 

With this episode, I would like to give you some impulses and strategies to firstly decide, if a new challenge is right for you or not. 

If you are keen on accepting a new role, project, client, job offer, etc., but do not feel quite ready for it - tune in to learn about easy steps to take to make sure not to miss any exciting chances in your career. 

Enjoy and don't forget to leave me a rating and/or a review on your Podcast platform of choice!

Yours,

Sarah

A career vision is a powerful and inspiring tool on your way to figure out who you want to be in your life & career and which impact you want to make on the world.

A career vision serves as your guiding star with making career decisions and choosing your next steps.

Convinced that you need it?

Tune in to find out more!

And before you go:

Please do not forget to leave me a rating or review on the Podcasting platform of your choice.

Thank you so so much for this!

Meetings are a crucial scenario if you want to be seen and heard in the workplace and eventually have a great impact on your career progress. Therefore, we really want to make sure that you feel comfortable in meetings, frequently contribute and this way manage to stand out in the workplace.

In this new Episode, I have 4 specific strategies for you that will help you with the following meeting scenarios:

Enjoy the Episode!

By the way: If you would like to book me as a trainer for your company, university or other organizations, just reach out via E-Mail: [email protected]

Lucky you…and welcome to the world of luxury problems :)

Several of my clients have recently found themselves in the state of receiving more than one job, thesis or internship offer.

In this Epsiode, I'll talk about 3 specific criteria that will help you make the decision, but I'm also going to let you know what to do when you have accepted an offer, but then receive an even better one.

Tune in if you need guidance with your decision making process!

Can you believe it? The Empower to Grow Career Podcast is already 1 year old!!! 

So Happy Birthday to me in that case :) and thank you so so much to everyone who has been and is listening!

For this birthday episode, I have decided not to talk about one very specific topic, but to share some of my learnings and decision making processes along the way along with a few very personal insights into my life.

Topics included are:

Tune in for the most personal episode I have ever recorded so far!

Here's also the link to my Podcast accountability partner's Podcast Sabine Menzyk I mention in the beginning of this episode: Leading Why

If you would like to grab one of the last available coaching sessions with me for the next months, send me an E-Mail or book a Discovery Call with me. 

This is an Episode dedicated to all my listeners, who are planning to come to Germany from their home countries.

I'm exploring 10 of the most common mistakes that internationals make, but of course also give you different ideas for each of them about how to fix them.

The topics I cover include:

Tune in if you want to save yourself a lot of time and effort by avoiding these common mistakes from the beginning and please share this Episode with any friend or family member in the same situation to help them, too!

Help me to grow the Empower to Grow Career Podcast

You also have the amazing chance to win a FREE 30 minute 1:1 session online with me until February 15th 2022 by simply writing a review for this Podcast on the plattform of your choice and sending me a screenshot of your review to my E-Mail address: [email protected]

On February 15th I will draw the winner. So be quick and help me to grow the Empower to Grow Career Podcast! 

What is this Hidden Jobmarket that everyone is talking about and how do I access it?

If you are also among those people, who has had enough of the mystery that is being created around this and just want to know the facts, this Episode ist for you!

Today you will find out:

But let me assure you: If you would like to successfully create your next job opportunity, you definitely need to tap into this Hidden Market full of possibilities!

In Episode 9 I already introduced a part of the LinkedIn strategy, that will help you to do just that. Feel free to go back to it. 

If you are keen to join my upcoming course that explores the strategy to access the Hidden Jobmarket in detail, please sign up for my newsletter to be amongst the first people to be informed. The 4 weeks course will be entirely for free the first time I rund it - so you probably do not want to miss out. Sign up here.