In this LinkedIn Live, Claire Davis shares how people can bounce back after being laid off. Claire commiserates and empathizes with those who have been downsized, as she has been through five layoffs throughout her career. She advises job seekers on how they can successfully sell and market themselves.

The month of September represents a time of change. We segue from downshifting from work, leisurely summer vacations, and basking in the warm weather to a slight chill in the air, signaling the switching of seasons and getting back into the work groove.

September offers a combination of increased hiring due to pent-up demand, the return of key players and decision-makers, and workers itching to get their careers back on track and find new and better jobs.

If you want to stay ahead of the curve, you need to continually learn and upskill yourself. Fortunately, many progressive companies offer ways for you to learn new skills. This is especially prevalent as savvy business executives recognize that to win the war for talent and push back on the Great Resignation trend, companies are providing access to knowledge.

Udacity is an EdTech company offering massive, open online courses to help people learn tech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analysts and software development. These are the skills needed for the future of work.

In this episode, I will be speaking to Gabriel Dalporto, CEO of Udacity.

Looking for a new job sometimes feels like a lonely pursuit. The companies have talent acquisition teams, the latest software, internal recruiters, human resources and a plethora of other personnel. Job seekers have to basically go it all alone. The matchup doesn’t feel as if the odds are in your favor. However, there is a startup that can help level the playing field.

David Fano, founder and CEO of Teal, created a machine learning and AI- based CareerTech platform to help job seekers and people who want to advance their careers.

Teal members have found jobs with top companies, such as Google, Apple, TikTok, Spotify and Bumble.

Christine Cruzvergara is the chief education strategy officer at Handshake, a platform geared toward college-aged young adults and recent graduates. The company offers the tools and connections to find a new job. Handshake enables students on college campuses to find interesting job opportunities, internships and entry-level jobs.

Cruzvergara shares hot jobs for recent grads, as well as offers meaningful job-search tips.

When a close friend attempted suicide, Ariela Safira, a 2022 Forbes Under 30 alumna, found her calling. Shaken by her friend’s experience, Safira dedicated her life to helping with mental and emotional health matters.

She took the leap and founded her startup—Real. The company employs full-time therapists to lead group therapy sessions. It ranges from the exploration of sexuality, anxiety and managing anger with family members to an array of other important issues. Her goal is to deploy both scalable group therapy sessions and on-demand videos to help as many people as possible, in a cost-effective manner.

Richard Cho is a 20-year recruiting veteran. At Robinhood, he grew the team from 400 to 4,000 people. He is now the first-ever C-level recruiting executive at Gem, as its Chief Recruiting Officer.

Rich will share what his role as the CRO entails and how he will take what he has learned, leading recruiting in Robinhood's hypergrowth stage, and how he's going to apply it to meet Gem's goals. Rich will share the trends he is seeing in this market that is different than anything we have ever seen before.

Nick Goldberg, the CEO and founder of London-based Ezra, is on a mission to democratize leadership coaching. Historically, executive coaching was reserved for the rarefied C-suite executives. Goldberg holds the belief that everyone could benefit from the help of an experienced coach. To level the playing field, he founded Ezra, a virtual coaching app that offers help to people at all levels.

Ezra, part of the Lee Hecht Harrison family and parent company Adecco, leverages its 50 years of global leadership in 66 countries, to offer the best-in-class coaching and talent development to help build better careers, leaders and businesses.

Valerie Beaulieu is Adecco Group’s chief sales and marketing officer. She was previously the chief marketing officer for Microsoft in the U.S. and a longtime tech executive.

She is a firm believer that businesses need to actively empower women. According to Beaulieu, by offering upskilling, training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to keep up with the new digital economy, federal, state or company subsidies and financial assistance with childcare—the norm for many European nations—and providing flexible work styles, it would help promote positive changes.

JP Richardson, the CEO and cofounder of Exodus, a crypto wallet platform, believes that bitcoin will revolutionize the world of money and the way that people conduct commerce. Exodus is on a mission to empower half the world to exit the traditional finance system by 2030.

Richardson has a unique and progressive way of running his company. To update an old adage, Richardson is putting his bitcoin where his mouth is. Exodus pays its 250-plus employees in bitcoin. The company has opted for the bitcoin standard to both show commitment to the cause and streamline payroll for its global workforce.