Life as a creative can be a rewarding path, especially if you are telling stories that matter in a format that you love! In this episode, we sit down with Vinnie Petrilli, the founder and director at Third Space Studios. Vinnie is a filmmaker and creative who specialises in telling other peoples stories through film. We explore his journey so far both as a creative and running his own business. You can tune into his amazing updates and content on Instagram, Vimeo and his website. We highly recommend this episode to anyone who is wanting to start their own creative business and understand the day in the life of someone who works in film.

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Making a career transition as an AFL player, starting your own business and taking control of your finances.

Jayden Post has had a fascinating career journey. He shares his stories and insights on developing wealth and how this can support others in a career. Jayden explains key areas people need to consider when you think about your own finances and what it means to develop wealth on your own terms. You can follow his updates at Hard Line Wealth.

In this episode, we explore some of the misconceptions of career development and share our own views on what the future of career counselling looks like. We also share parts about our role that we love the most and some of the cool experiences you get to witness as a career coach. 

This episode is a complete mix of two themes including the journey of a job seeker and then the process of developing a team culture. Darby Dexter is a Learning and Development consultant and currently a Job Seeker. Darby's career plans were ruined due to COVID and over the last 6-4 months he been applying for roles and building connections. We sit down with him to unpack his experience, what has worked and how he has kept motivated. We also explore his transferable skills from his life as a facilitator in the leadership space as he shares his valuable insights on building a team culture from his experience as a soccer player and a facilitator. We recommend that you follow Darby's LinkedIn updates to gain access to his Let's Talk Series and his insightful updates and articles.

Making a career change, especially into tech-related fields, can seem daunting, but when you have people like Huon Latham from General Assembly and the Happiness Concierge on your side, the process is so much easier! In this episode, we talk to Huon about developing stories and telling them correctly to support a career transition and discuss what makes and creates amazing workplace culture. Her thoughts and insights are modern and refreshing. We highly recommend following her on LinkedIn and exploring the work General Assembly and the Happiness Concierge do to help and support individuals and workplaces.

Disability employment and neuroscience coaching, two huge topics, but we have the right guest! In this episode, we speak with Chardee McEwan, who is the Program Manager of Grad-Wise at Wise Employment and a Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist and all-round spiritual practitioner. She shares her insights on both juggling a side hustle business and her full-time employment, neuroscience coaching and unpacking the important steps we can take as a community to further support people with a disability in employment. You can follow her updates on Instagram for her spiritual work and tune into the updates of Wise Employment and the Gradwise Program on their website.

Why Arrive & Thrive?? We get this question so much, what does it mean and where did it come from? In this episode, we are joined by our marketing team as they interview us around the beginnings of Arrive & Thrive, what it's like running a business with a friend and our own personal experience of career counselling while we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do for our own career. 

The training process and life of a pilot is a huge commitment, throw a global pandemic in there and you have a huge challenge to overcome also.

In this episode, we sit down with James Heezeman, a commercial pilot at Qantas and a 2nd-year Electrician Apprentice. James is a great example of career adaptability, the importance of continuous learning, pushing your comfort zone all while following your passions & purpose.

We talk about the training process of becoming a commercial pilot, living overseas in Vietnam and then facing a global pandemic in an industry that was hit incredibly hard. We think you will find his story inspiring and perfect for any individual wanting to pursue the goal of becoming a pilot. You can follow James's updates on LinkedIn to see his journey continue to evolve. 

In this episode, our marketing team join us for a discussion about how to follow your passion in your career. We are constantly asked about the relationship between identifying your passion and making career choices. We discuss concepts like Ikigai and how to support people in making choices around their passions and achieving a great career.  

Working for a tech startup and hiring for a tech startup is an entirely different game. In this episode, we sit down with Mitch King, the Talent Acquisition Manager at Linktree & Bolster and talk about workplace culture, recruitment, hiring and the importance of respecting the job seeker. Mitch brings an honest account of his recruitment process and some of the critical parts that make up a remote workplace culture. This episode has so many valuable insights from Mitch that we highly recommend following him on LinkedIn and tuning in to his updates. Equally, Linktree is doing some fantastic work, so check their updates also!