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Narelle is the CEO of Skillset, who are a Group Training Organisation and the largest employer of apprentices in western nsw.

In this episode with we discuss:

• Narelles journey from PR, working with brands like McDonalds to discovering her jam in the not-for-ptofit sector.
• Taking ownership of your career.
• Choosing work that makes a difference.
• Being apart of setting up the first Headspace in western nsw.
• How she got into leadership and her advice to anyone considering leadership.

You can head to the skillset website if you want to see more about what they do.

https://skillset.com.au/

Alex Cuttiford details:

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources:

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Joe Mckay is an Aussie LinkedIn Ghost writer for executives and business owners.

In this Episode Joe shares about his career journey having worked within government departments, over seas and with large sports agencies before starting his own business.

We talk about:

• Thinking you have built your career the wrong way.
• Letting your values dictate your career journey as they shift and evolve.
• Using LinkedIn to build your personal brand not just 'pitch slapping' people.

Connect with Joe:

LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmckay89/

Book a Call: https://calendly.com/joemckay/tl?month=2024-04

Alex Cuttiford details:

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources:

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Rebekah is a career coach in Melbourne Australia who is passionate about supporting mothers to navigate their careers through all the change that come with motherhood.

In this episode we get into thing like:

- Her running away from home at 16

- Becoming a manager at 18

- Vulnerability in leadership and the importance of building relationships

- The challenges women face in their carees when becomeing a mother.

- The complexity of the gender wage gap.

You can connect with Rebekah on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekahdiblasi/

or head to her website: https://www.designyourbestworklife.com/

Alex Cuttiford details:

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources:

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Tegan Winters is a recruitment manager at Rarekind. Tegan is not only a recruiter, but a leader in her community. She grew up in the upper Hunter and later moved to Newcastle. In 2023 she was awarded the HunterNet Future Leader of the year.

She shares in this episode:

• Her own career journey to becomeing a recruiter.
• The challenge of moving away from home at a young age.
• Her experience participating in the HunterNet Future Leaders Program.
• What a typical recruitment process will look like when being done by an agency.
• And advice and tips on how to standout through that process.

You can find Tegan on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tegan-hardcastle-newcastle/

Alex Cuttiford details:

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Kim Kerton is host of the popular podcast Unemployed and Afraid. She is known for her authenticity and extreme openess about the realities of running a small business.

Kim is a podcast consultant with a vast history in audio following a successful career in Radio. You can access her services through her business Good Side Of The Bed.

https://goodsideofthebed.com.au/

https://www.instagram.com/goodsideofthebed_

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-kerton/

Alex Cuttifords details:

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

In this episode Yaz shares her journey of moving to Australia to study, how friends and family often don't see the value in creative careers, and she turns it back on me and asks me some questions to help her and other university students learn how they can progress their career using the skills they have learnt throughout their courses.

Yout can find Yaz in Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmina-el-mrabet-251799212/

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Joel Whittle founder of WIM Media and Spunkii.

In this episode Joel shares hie caareer journey from completing his plumbing apprenticeship, traveling, turning his passion for photography and video into a business and launching a sex and wellness chocolate brand, Spunkii.

Joel is passionate about story telling because of the way it helps people connect through emotion. He believes story telling is the greatest marketing tool a business or individual can use.

Joel shows that anyone can embrace opportunities, exemplified in him launching a chocolate brand that is designed to promote connection, intimacy and fun for couples.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-whittle-%F0%9F%8E%A5-49212412a/

https://www.instagram.com/wim.media/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCenj9RRD6kuKLnpYHdWO3hQ

https://wimmedia.com.au/

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Laura Allen founder of Career and Wellness coaching and Your Wellbing day.

Laura was very generous in sharing her career journey and the challenges that have shaped it and her as a person.

She talks about dropping out of college, how beeing a perfectionist helped her advance her career but that it also took a toll on her mental health, how the loss of her mum made her reevaluate her priorities and how it lead to launching her coaching business.

Laura worked in HR for a number of years and is passionate about corporate training that people actually get sonething of off, she isn't interested in tick box activities. This has lead her to launch an inovative training business called Your Wellbeing Day which gives people numerous options that they can pick and choose which workshops they participate in. Options range from doing a yoga session to Menopause & women's nutrition to EFT Tapping.

make sure you reach out to her and connect on Linkedin and let her know if you were ecouraged by this episode.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lallencwcoaching/

https://www.youtube.com/@LauraAllenCoaching

https://www.instagram.com/lauraallencoach/

https://www.careerandwellnesscoaching.com/

https://www.yourwellbeingday.com/

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Lisa Stockman is a Personal Stylish based in Melbourne, Victoria. She travels throughout Australia and the world helping people develop their personal style through work shops, one-on-one coaching and curated shoping experiences.

In this episode we talk about:

• The way our clothing commuicates
• Body shapes, and more positive ways of framing the conversation about our bodies appearance.
• Dress codes in the workplace, when they have been done well and when they have been done poorly.
• Australian Men's resistance to styling.
• How Lisa would coach someone in various scenarios: a first time mum returning to the work force, a university student going for an internship interview, a male moving from a trade roll ro a corporate possition, someone thats recently gotten a promotion.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-stockman-b488b8a9/

https://www.instagram.com/lisastockmanstylist/

https://www.lisastockman.com.au/

If you want to get in touch find me on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cuttiford-103a881a0/

If you want to shout me a coffee follow this link

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcuttiford

Or head to my website for more free resources

https://www.brandmycareer.au/

Welcome to the Brand My Career Podcast!

I'm excited to be sharing this journey with you.

I'm passionate about your career. I want to help you find clarity and build confidence.

I believe the way to do this is through self, others, and actions.

Let's connect

Website: www.brandmycareer.au

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