Smart Career Planning

By Helen Chao

This is a podcast about career planning. Similar to investing for retirement, you don't want to start planning when you actually need it. This podcast will share tips and ideas so you can a land bette... more

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The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.

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June 07, 2017 Interview with Michelle Augenstein - Corner Office Image
Welcome to Smart Career Planning, episode 34. I came across Michelle Augenstein's work on LinkedIn, and I was immediately drawn to her. Michelle's company, The Corner Office Image, helps professionals identify their personal brands, teaches them tools to be their authentic selves and helps propel their career forward.
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30min
May 24, 2017 Is it really a candidate's market?
Welcome to episode 33 and our third DearRecruiter Series. The Dear Recruiter series aims to explain why the decision-making process of a recruiter or hiring manager or debunk some of the outdated beliefs about interviews. In this episode, we will be commenting on the following articles: 1.) Single interview question to end all interview questions 2.) Here's how to get a sales job If you have questions you want to ask our future guest speakers, please email me at [email protected].
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37min
May 10, 2017 How to be story driven
Hi everyone, welcome to Smart Career Planning, episode #32. Many of you really liked my podcast with Pamela Prather addressing the technical part of “Presence.” For those of you who missed it, you can listen to it here. Our speaker today, Michael Collins, has a background in acting, improv and sketch comedy. His company, Be Story Driven specifically coaches individuals and groups on being a better storyteller. Here's a Michael Collins introduction of what he does and how he gets here.
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42min
April 26, 2017 To talk numbers or not to talk numbers?
Welcome to Smart Career Planning, episode 31. For this month’s DearRecruiter podcast, we have two wonderful speakers, Vivi Fenwick and Alan Bailey. If their names seem familiar, it’s because they were guest speakers for two of my earlier podcasts, episode 9 and episode 7.

The two questions we'll discuss today are: 1.) The best and worst things you can do following your interview and 2.) How to skillfully answer "what is your desired salary" question? If you have a personal interview or career-related questions for my future guest speakers, please send them to [email protected].
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59min
April 12, 2017 The Career-Changing Magic of Presence Coaching - Pamela Prather
Welcome to Smart Career Planning episode #30. I recently posted an article titled “Three books to read this quarter for professional growth.” One of the books I highlighted was “Presence” by Amy Cuddy. One of Cuddy’s beliefs is - fake it until you become it. In her book, Cuddy shared a lot of examples as to how to tweak simple things such as posture to project more confidence and even come across more present. To me, charisma and presence are two things I know I cannot perfect on my own. And that’s why I reached out to Pamela Prather. Pamela is a professor, coach, workshop facilitator and public speaker. Not only does she work with directors and actors to design voices and dialects for productions, she also works with executives both individually and in groups to help them access their sparkle and use the presence and gravitas to further communication goals. Here are links to the coaches Pamela mentioned in the podcast: 1.) Doug Honoroff from dialectdoug.com 2.) David Ley from vibrantvoicetechnique.com. Here's Amy Cuddy's TED Talk
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35min
March 29, 2017 Negotiate or not negotiate?
Welcome to our first monthly #dearrecruiter podcast series. I know some of you listened to my "teaser" episode about a month ago, but this is the inaugural podcast in which I have two guest speakers with me, Tim Hansen and Keith Halperin. We recently came across two articles. The first one is an article from Glassdoor about salary negotiation and the other one is a "dear Abby" type column in which a reader asked "should I hire someone who's over-qualified?"
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37min
March 15, 2017 Episode 28: Dear Recruiter
As I mentioned in my previous episode, I’m putting together a monthly recruitment and hiring trend podcast series and have recruitment professionals join me to talk about those trends. I’ve already recruited several recruiters and headhunters and we’ll start recording soon. But just to give you a little taste of what I’m hoping to do, I will kickstart this monthly series with the following two trendy topics
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14min
March 01, 2017 Risk, Passion and Career Growth
For episode #27, I am going to replay of one of the most popular podcasts titled “The Benefits of a Side Gig” with Amanda Wowk from AmandaWowk Creative. The reason I decided to replay this particular podcast is, in part, follow up with the challenge I shared with my listeners at the end of my previous podcast titled “Career Advice for the Emergent Professional.” The other reason is - I’m swamped!! I’m in the middle of creating an E-course that addresses silent killers in a job interview, redesigning my company website, interviewrightconsulting.com, while keeping very busy with a full-time headhunting business. So, I thought I could use this time to prepare for my next podcast series, which has something to do with with creating a powerful presence that will help you land a great job, feel successful as you are mapping out your career journey. I am also working with several other headhunters on a monthly podcast series. I don’t have a title yet, but the idea is - I follow closely job interviews, career development and hiring trends. A lot of times, writers for those columns have never spent a day hiring and recruiting people. The idea of my podcast is to discuss those trends with headhunters who are speaking with hiring managers, companies and candidates day in and day out, and see if those trends are true, and the rationale behind those trends. If you have specific questions you’d like for my speakers to address, please email me at [email protected].
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23min
February 15, 2017 How to stand out as an emergent professional
Welcome to Smart Career Planning, episode 26. I recently posted a whitepaper for the soon to be graduates on my social media channel. Many of you emailed me and asked me to talk more about this subject. So, I’m going to dedicate time to talk about career development for emergent professionals.
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8min
February 01, 2017 How to leverage performance review to advance your career
I am dedicating Q1 to discuss topics that will help you develop a powerful 30-60-90 day career plan. This particular podcast is specifically for individuals who want to leverage their existing experience to move up the ladder within their own company. There are probably several ways to do that, but I find the most legitimate way is using your performance review.
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8min

FAQs about Smart Career Planning:

How many episodes does Smart Career Planning have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.