I know, I know friends. I left you with a BIG cliffhanger last week when I told you I was leaving career coaching. 

So today I want to tell y’all the back story of how I came to this decision. We go deep into what my thoughts and heart and emotions were going through during this time. 

But I don’t want to just sit and monologue it to ya. 

Sooo…..

For this special episode, I wanted to bring my friend (and office roommate), Elizabeth Evans to interview me all on this big life and career transition. Let’s dive in!

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LinkedIn // Instagram // Grab a copy of the Career Journal

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Today we’re talking all things recruiters! What it’s really like to work with a recruiter and what to expect (and what NOT to expect) while working with a recruiter. We’re going to tackle some common misconceptions and how best to use recruiters… All from the mouth of an actual recruiter! You don’t want to miss this episode if you’ve ever wondered what it would look like to work with a recruiter!

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LinkedIn // Career Sidekick Website

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I know what it feels like to hate going to work on Mondays. 

I call it...The Sunday Scaries.

Are you exhausted? ✔
Are you burnt out? ✔
Do you hate your job? ✔
Do you live for Fridays? ✔

I hear you shouting YES to all of the above!

So how do you do it? How do you stop dreading Mondays if you can’t stand your job?

Before I dive into some action steps, let’s stop for a second and evaluate…

Why do you hate your Mondays in the first place?
Why do I hate going to this job?
What about this job isn’t fulfilling to me?

To help you get clarity with these questions, I highly recommend journaling your way through these questions. (You can get our career journal here)

Okay, now let’s get into some things you can do to start bringing joy into your Mondays again!

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We’re flipping the mic for our 100th episode! Today, I’m going to be the guest and my good business friend, Elizabeth McCravy will be the host interviewing me! 

Today we’re going to be talking about a subject that isn’t talked about a lot but that is very important to me - incorporating your faith at work.

Faith at work is such an important topic for me because of how I became a believer (which you’ll hear about in the episode). I incorporate the topic in some of my LinkedIn posts, and of course it ends up coming out in some of my podcast episodes, but I’ve never had an entire episode dedicated to this topic. 

So when I was thinking about what I wanted to talk about during my 100th episode, this is naturally what came to my mind. I’m super excited to dive into this topic with you all!

If you’ve ever had questions on how you could incorporate your faith at work and what that looks like, then you don’t want to miss today’s episode!

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Elizabeth McCravy Designs // Instagram // Take the Website Personality Quiz

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a C-Suite leader?

Today’s conversation is with my friend, Laura Weldy. She is an amazing leadership coach for women who are in corporate who are looking to take ownership of their careers and really understand what it takes to be a successful leader and rise to the top of the industry.

Having confidence in your work is so important because it will have a ripple effect in every other area of your life. But how exactly do you gain that C-Suite confidence?

That's exactly what we're talking about today! You can learn how to walk confidently as a C-Suite leader before you actually become that leader. 

Join us in this episode as we talk about the 5 secrets to become a C-Suite female leader.

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Instagram // Laura’s Website // Laura’s Coaching & Courses

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If you’re thinking of launching your own business, you just need to do it!

You can’t see true results if you’re sitting in safety.

You’ll never make progress if you just ingest all the free blogs, podcasts, videos, and never take action.

Instead of asking yourself “What if it doesn’t work out?”, I’m going to ask you this question…

What if it does?

Listen to today's episode as I pull back the curtains and show you the 3 things I did in my career coaching biz to make over $100k.

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LinkedIn // Instagram // Free Workshop

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With COVID and everything going on in the world today, we know that there’s been an interest in starting your own business. With this in mind, we want to make sure that we dive into this topic and bring in experts who know their stuff!

Today’s guest is Katie Wussow, a business coach for people who want to build a profitable business around their skills and their passions!

Are you thinking right now that you have nothing to monetize?

NEWS FLASH!!

What you’re doing in your corporate job...you can monetize in a solopreneur way. 

In today’s episode, we talk about how to go about starting a business and actually make money using your current skill set.

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Instagram // Podcast // Free Workshop

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LinkedIn // Instagram // Free Workshop

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Do you have a nagging feeling to start a side hustle that you can’t shake?
But how does that look when you’re in the middle of searching for a job or making a career pivot?

When one of my Recruit the Employer clients reached out to me interested in starting a coaching side hustle but was also in the middle of a job search, I knew I wanted to make this an on air coaching call because I feel that this conversation would be really beneficial to people.

So today in this on air coaching call, we talk all about figuring out what side hustle my client, Wilma, could offer and why she’s struggling to actually launch it. I give her actionable steps to launch her side hustle while she’s job searching for a corporate career!

If you’re interested in launching your own business and what that actually takes, you don’t want to miss this episode!

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LinkedIn // Instagram // Free Workshop

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Mentors.

If all you know about mentors is everyone says you need one, then this episode is for you! 

Mentors have walked where you are wanting to go. They have a wealth of knowledge to share with you!

If they can share all the lessons that they’ve learned along the way that would save you years, why wouldn’t you want to listen to that?!

There are times, however, that you will have to walk the long way and make mistakes as you go. But consider those as times that you can pay it forward and mentor someone who is a few years behind you so they don’t have to make the same mistakes you did!

But where do you even start?
How do you find a mentor?
Does a mentor need to be older than you?
How do you start a mentor relationship without being weird?

Find out the answer to all of these questions and more as I talk with Kelsey Chapman all about mentors!

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Website// Instagram // Kelsey's Book: What They Taught Me

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Here’s how most job searches go:

• You need a job, so you start looking online for jobs.
• You find one you like.
• So you tweak your resume and put in your application.
• Then you pray to the recruiting gods that your application will be picked for an interview.

This is a very ineffective way to get your resume and experience seen. You can’t just apply online and hope something sticks to the wall. 

But here’s the thing…

Networking is responsible for 85% of all jobs.

85%!

I’ll let that sink in.

You can’t ignore this statistic! Networking is VITAL for getting a job. 

In today’s episode, we talk about why networking is so important and the steps you need to take to start networking the right way.

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LinkedIn // Instagram // Free Workshop

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