When I Grow Up: Journeying Through Careers in Every Stage of Life

If you're like us, you've probably heard or seen advertisements for the online learning platform Outschool. If you haven't heard of it, Outschool is a way for students up to 18 years old to explore a variety of subjects from your basic school subjects of Math or English all the way to learning how to play D & D.  

On today's episode, we had the privilege to talk with Liz Ranfeld about her experiences both as a teacher on Outschool as well as being a parent of online learners. If you've ever been curious about this learning opportunity, give this podcast a listen. 

If you would like to contact Liz to ask her more about her experiences or her classes, reach out to her using the link below. We have also provided you with an outschool link that will give you $20 off your first class so you can try it out yourself!

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When it comes to career journeys, many of us can remember being asked as a child "What do you want to do/be when you grow up?" Today, we had an opportunity to talk with Licensed Psychologist Dr. Beth Trammell, PhD, HSPP.  Along with being a close friend, Beth is the creator of a parenting program called Make Words Matter For Good and an associate professor of Psychology at Indiana University East. We loved talking with Beth today about how to shift your conversations with your kids from identifying jobs or careers in their future into conversations about who they are as people. If you'd like to know more information about how to get in touch with Beth about her trainings, follow the links below!

Make Words Matter:
https://makewordsmatterforgood.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MWMwithKids

In this 12 1/2 minute episode, we take time to talk with parents about some of the key points we believe are helpful in beginning to explore careers with your teens. We know that these kinds of conversations can be difficult and uncertain so we want to begin by giving you some perspective on what your teen already may know versus how your own experiences may impact them. If you have a teenager or even a young adolescent who is talking through what they want to do when they grow up, we encourage you to listen in this episode. 

In a world of googling everything, I (Kali) want to provide you with some key websites that can assist you in career exploration. I love sharing these with people because of the extent of information and help I believe these websites can offer. If you want to follow along, pull up these websites while listening and I will do my best to walk you through a few pieces of these valuable career searching resources.

onetonline.org
careeronestop.org

Understanding our personalities is an important part to learning how we respond to and function within a career. And in a world of tests and quizzes, we know many people have likely heard of The Enneagram. In our podcast today, we are joined  by an Enneagram teacher and coach, Julie Short. Julie walks us through the 9 types we might lead with or default to and also helps us understand how to then take this information further as we explore careers. If you would like to know more information about Julie, please reach out to her through her facebook page (Awake Enneagram), instagram (@AwakeEnneagram) or through her website (juliekshort.com).  More information for resources will also be available on our facebook page: When I Grow Up: Journeying Through Careers In Every Stage of Life.

Most people have heard of Monster, Indeed, and Linked In. But many don't know how to use or navigate these resources. Join us as we share how helpful each of these websites can be and how you can use them to your best advantage on your career journey

We live in a world of quizzes and tests. From learning which Disney Princess you are to learning your communication style, we are constantly using assessments to find answers. Career exploration is full of assessments. For many, this can be overwhelming. "Which test should I take?" "Do I even need to take a test?" "How will this help me?"

Today, we will take time to talk with you about not only some of the better career tests out there, but we will also explore if taking an assessment is helpful for you. Join us as we journey through the world of career assessments.

Once you get to a place of getting into the interview, new questions arise. Our goals for this podcast are to lower the anxiety about interviewing, and provide you with both practical and personality tips to prepare you for the interview process. One of our key points is understanding is that you are connecting with people and we talk with you how to connect with the people interviewing you.

Sometimes the hardest part about getting a job is getting into the interview. Today, we had the privilege of talking with Amy Weflen about her creative ways of getting in to interviews and how she has explored her own career journey throughout the different stages of life. Listen in to hear how a single e-mail of hers circulated around a corporate office (reaching around 3,000 people) thanks to her creative strategies. 

Writing resumes and cover letters are one of those key parts to job applications that we often avoid. In today's podcast, we begin to give you a renewed perspective on how to create these key documents for your next job application. We hope that even if you have avoided these in the past, that this podcast gives you tools and confidence in writing that killer resume and cover letter. 

Also, because we are moms, we discuss how to include being a stay-at-home-mom on a resume.