In this two-part episode, we talked with Una Knowling, Section Leader for Reliability, Fuels, and Efficiency at Black & Veatch Corporation, Licensed Professional Engineer, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UMKC. Una is also an intersex and transgender person who as walked the walk as a woman for a decade.

Part 1 consists of conversations around what it means to be intersex, Una's experiences coming out at work, what it looks like to be transgender in the STEM field, how to travel safely internationally as an LGBTQIA+ person and professional.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ-๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐˜€๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ:

- ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐˜€๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฐ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ

- ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿณ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿด๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ

- ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ

We discuss the Rachael Cady's career, experiences as an LGBTQ+ professional, and how to break into the entertainment industry and thrive.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฐ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ.

We discuss toxic organizational culture and how to identify and overcome it with Dr. Kevin Sansberry, successful Behavioral Scientist, Founder of KEVRA Consulting, Host of the Toxic Leadership Podcast, and UMKC alumni.

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In this episode we invited Paige McLean, UMKC Career Services Career Coach, and Jonaie Johnson, current UMKC student athlete and creator of Interplay, the world's first interactive dog crate, to discuss the unique challenges of marketing yourself to employers as a student athlete and tips for how to showcase your career skills, leadership, and academic or professional experiences.

Woah! It's Equal Pay Day (or 'Month') & we've partnered up with the UMKC Women's Center to bring you the very first episode of our Diversity in Professionalism series.

In this episode, we discuss the gender pay gap and Equal Pay Day with Dr. Brenda Bethman, Director of the UMKC Women's Center and Assistant Teaching Professor within Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Step 1 in creating change is getting informed, so tune in and learn alongside us!

Our launch of the Diversity in Professionalism series is loooonnnngggg overdue. We are excited to bring you this series and all the truly amazing guests we have lined up. Daniel Folk, our Manager of Employer Development and Engagement will host these episodes along with our Peer Career Coach, Taylor Michl, and some other special guest hosts!

If you 'd like for us to discuss any specific topics through this series, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We want to know your thoughts!

Ashley Nance, Manager of Professional Development at the Bloch Career Center pops by to talk mentorship for students and professionals.

So, you've got a job offer.... now what?

In this episode, we discuss what to consider when receiving a job or internship offer. Should you negotiate salary? What can you negotiate aside from salary? What about benefits? And what are all of the possible benefits you can be offered anyway?

We invited the Bloch Career Center's new Manager of Employer Relations and Outreach, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, to cover all of these questions and more!

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ/๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!

It's time to start thinking about the possibility of graduate/professional school and get those applications together. But, what is that you need to prepare exactly? And how do you navigate this process efficiently?We've brought our UMKC Career Services Career Counselor, Daniel Folk, back via a Zoom call to provide advice about starting the process, gathering references, the financial considerations, and the materials you will may need for applications.

Do you know when your industry will be recruiting? Are you ready for the internship/job search process? Have you prepared for a virtual career fair?It's been a long two months since our last episode, and we are ready to get you up-to-date on recruiting, industry timelines, and UMKC virtual career fairs. We also threw in some other fun bits of information that can help you land an internship or full-time position. So, listen in!

Summer break isn't over, so how can you finish it out strong? Well good news - we brought on Daniel Folk, our UMKC Career Services Career Counselor to provide some unique advice!