Job Tales - I interview professionals to help you become who you wish to be

Welcome to another episode of Job Tales: the podcast that shares personal accounts of professional pathways taken by people like you and me throughout the world. Sara Debora is a musician, in particular she is a violinist. She started playing when she was 4, and has been a musician ever since. Listen to Debora's personal story.

Here is a sample of Sara's work:
https://fb.watch/dptXMOL-KF/ Handel Sonata
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2278612722377369&id=100006859906318 Tartini Sonata 'Didone Abbandonata'
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2278611312377510&id=100006859906318 Biber Sonata in A 1681
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2573859122852726&id=100006859906318 Biber Sonata La Crossifissione

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJsvN2D2hOU&feature=youtu.be From the Premio Bonporti in Rovereto. Extracts from Tartini Violin Concerto

There are many jobs that fall under the category of software engineer. Today I am talking with Julian Kent: he is a software engineer specialised in robotics. He studied at the university of Cape Town. Today he is a core technology team lead at PXL Vision in Zurich. 

Welcome to a new episode of Job Tales. 

Today I want to talk about fragrance, flavors and perfumes. Corinne Monod is a Fragrance development Manager at one of the world’s largest fragrance and taste companies. A lot of things in our every day life - things we eat, smell or wear - are enhanced with highly engineered fragrances : not only perfumes, but also food, drinks, household cleaning products, even animal products like cat litters.

Working in this field is being like a sommelier of fragrances. I thank Corinne for her contribution to Job Tales. Definitely a job you won't come across very often. And yet there is a whole ecosystem of professions linked to fragrances and taste... more than we know. 

Let’s listen to Corinne’s incredible job tale! 

Welcome to a new episode of Job Tales!

We often hear about Coaching: in our day and age this has become a sought after profession, for customers who want a guide to take care of their mental and physical health. Debora Accola is in her thirties and after a difficult phase in her life decided to help others find their optimum in life. She is a nutrition health coach.

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Welcome back to Job Tales. Nina Lauterbach works for a company that specializes in Transplantation Immunology. She is a biologist by education. If you like science studies and want to be working in a team that applies that knowledge on the field then this is a job to consider.

Nina is a Field Application Specialist, a.k.a. FAS. Here’s what a job description for a FAS looks like:

Field application scientists are responsible for designing the scientific equipment and tools required for experimentation, calibrating the tools accurately, offering support services to customers regarding the usage, and troubleshooting the issues arising in effective usage of calibrated information. 

Most know what a Film Director does, but not everyone knows about the First and Second Assistant Director do on a film production.

I met Darren Mackie on the production of the TV Series Black Sails, he is an incredible Second AD and shares his experience with us on the 50th episode of Job Tales!

Darren summarises in a sentence the essence of being a 2nd AD: the only constant in this job is change. You want to know more? Listen to the full episode.

Be strong in your heart and mind : this is Sydney’s advice for whoever wishes to become a professional basketball player. Sydney tells us his story, from his early days at Princeton University to his professional years in Italy and the life lessons learnt playing sport. 

Sydney, it's a pleasure to have you on my show!

She studied architecture and design; on a sabbatical to New Zealand she discovered she wanted to match her love for travel with her future work. 4 years in the making, she made a mobile hostel out of a school bus. It is called the magic bus.

Lisette tells us her story of how she created a very original business.

you can find the magic bus here:
https://www.magicbusworld.com/en/

Maria started her career as an interpreter and translator over 40 years ago. 

Of Italian origin, she spent over 50 years in the UK and during this episode of Job Tales she talks about her specific work as interpreter in the UK court. Maria is still working and she is over 80 years old. Career has no age, and passion neither.

If you want to work in an office environment, you might want to aim for executive assistant. It’s a challenging and rewarding job at the same time. Like any other profession, it requires hard work etc. Gaby is a very fun lady, and she accepted to tell us her story as Executive Assistant. I look forward to your comments.