Working Girls Don't Gatekeep

Makayla joins us today on WGDG to tell us about her job as as SEO Specialist for a corporate company and gives advice to Gen Z in the working world.

This position could be really good for introverts - at an agency, she worked with outside customers where now where she is working for a corporate company she mainly only works with coworkers not customers

Other topics we cover:

- Tips to grow your socials

- Tips to adjust your resume to match the SEO Search

- How she got this dream job of hers leveraging her networks and LinkedIn

- What it's like as a GenZ in corporate  

- Transition from college to the working world is very isolating and shocking so she gives advice for the transition

- Balancing work life balance with a full time job and going back to school to get her MBA

- Importance of mentors and mentorship. In Atlanta she recommends Atlanta Marketing Association to find her mentor and expand her network.

Makaela LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/makaela-woytek/ 

Cat is living a dream of so many people - she living abroad in Europe!

She shares her experience of being an Au Pair for a host family in Arezzo Italy - a place near Florence that she fell in love with at an early age.

She shares with us how you can apply for an Au Pair position abroad, what it is like to live with a host family, how much you get paid, and how to be selective on which family to choose. She was able to speak with the family's previous American Au Pair for a reference. While an Au Pair, she was able to travel with the family to their beach house, to other areas of Italy, and immerse herself in the Italian culture. Did someone say cappuccino? One thing she didn't expect to happen was how hard emotionally it would be to leave the family at the end of her stay.

As soon as she got home to America after her time as an Au Pair, she immediately started thinking of how she can get back to Europe. She quickly applied to be an English teacher in Madrid, Spain!

Cat shares with us her experience as an English teacher in Spain, the process of becoming a teacher, requirements to be a teacher, how much she gets paid, visa tricks, and ways she has made friends in her new town.

Check out Cat's life in Europe on her TikTok!

TikTok: catherinegee_

IG: catherinegee_

Kenzie is a Dental Assistant in Charlotte North Carolina who shares who went through a 12 week dental assistant program.

During her time in college, she was very intentional on taking a variety of classes and exploring different routes and options to understand and see what would be a good fit for her professionally.

Her career started after completing a fulfilling mission with her church as a nurse licensure specialist for a company that helped nurses get their license here in the United States. This showed her that she was able to make a difference in someone's life & she wanted to make sure her career was meaningful and impactful for the clients and customers she worked with.

This lead her to the dental industry as a dental assistant. In this episode, Kenzie shares the difference between a dental assistant and a dental hygienist because I was not sure!

For her, the dental industry is a perfect combination of a desk job and the medical space.

She loves that being a dental assistant allows a space for her to be a mom and raise a family with the job hours and days that is typical for this industry.  This career is very family friendly and conducive for having kids.  It can be 8 hour days, or 10 hour days, and 12 hour days.

A typical career path for a dental assistant could be to pursue becoming a hygienist, a dentist, or even a medical device sales rep in the dental industry which is very common.

I had to make sure I asked the question on everyone's mind: "IS IT GROSS TO WORK WITH RANDOM PEOPLE'S MOUTHS?!"

She let us know her thoughts !

Kenzie also shares with us her couponing tricks and tips!!

You can contact Kenzie on her LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenzie-sorensen-144377174/

if YOU want to be on the podcast, please email me and I would love to interview you!

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BYE!

In today's episode of Working Girls Don't Gatekeep, we sit down with Amy Edgren - the president of Woodhill Financial.

She is a financial advisor, corporate insurance advisor, and business owner!

We discuss the flexibility that this type of 100% commission type of role can provide, as well as strategies to find and retain clients.

To be an insurance advisor and to be a financial advisor requires you to take and pass tests, but doesn't require a specific education path.

We also discuss what it is like to work with family. Her dad used to own the business and had a list of requirements for her to complete before she started working for him. I liked this because it showed her dad the type of commitment that she had to the industry and to his business.

This is a very male dominated industry and women are really needed as advisors! When we think of who normally discusses money and financials and investing, we often think of men.

This narrative needs to shift to encourage women to be in the ballfield of this and having a female advisor could encourage more women to step into the arena.

This career path really allows for financial freedom, ownership of your schedule and time, and unlimited success as long as the passion is there.

She also shares the importance of having a professional network. She has joined an accountability network who are in different industries and she meets with monthly to make their goals known and accounted for.

Woodhill Financial is currently hiring another advisor in the Twin Cities area! Reach out to Amy if you are a fit and mention this podcast!

You can find Amy on her website below:

https://www.woodhillfinancial.com/

This episode was so fun! I posted on TikTok that I needed more people to interview for the podcast and Mary Ruth volunteered! 

Mary Ruth is a sales rep for a freight forwarding company. She is on the road meeting with customers face to face, giving the customers rates and solutions for their supply chain and shipping issues.

She shares what its like to be a sales person for international importing and exporting goods company. 

Other topics we cover:

Fashion Merchandising background brought Mary Ruth to Freight Forwarding.
Supply Chain and logistics is an industry that touches almost everything we do.

There really are not many women in this industry which is why this message is so important to share with other women..

There is a stereotype that this industry is very male dominated but there is a lot of space for women.

She suggests this job to people because this industry is never going away and almost every metropolitan area has freight forwarding.

Anyone can come in at the entry level to this and succeed and be promoted without any high level degree.

Mary Ruth has succeeded financially in this career and it was so fun to learn her career path and excitement for this. Her confidence has grown because of this.

Reach out to Mary Ruth Young for more information on LinkedIn below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ruth-young/

Kayla does NOT gatekeep today on this discussion! She gives us all of her tips on being a successful women in Corporate America.

She shares her professional story starting out of college in Corporate Retail Consumer Packaged Goods and how she got to where she is today.

She represents small consumer brands by using her connections to present the brand in front of buyers at large retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy and more.

Kayla also owns her own business by Curated By Kayla

Other topics we cover:
Creating a resume of experiences 

Category management definition

The future of Millennial Managers

Working in a retail store (like a Target or Lululemon) can prepare  you for a territory management career in the CPG industry in corporate.

Tips to get started in the CPG Industry and an example of a career path for recent grads

Adapting the learnings from each position to level up and create your new reality professionally.

As a manager, Kayla is someone who is open to seeing employees change careers and understands that sometimes a change is simply a better option for the individuals personal life. In the past generations, switching jobs can look so bad but it takes out the personal aspect of the reasoning behind the job switch.

Write down where you like to spend your free time. You may be surprised that there is a job position in that field.

Document your work efforts into a personal resume as a way to build your professional brand with real life examples.

Resources:

Her company Curated By Kayla: https://curatedbykayla.co/collections

David Bach  - Smart Women Finish Rich

David Bach - The Latte Factor

The E-Myth Book - Michael Gerber for Entrepreneurship

Mid America Marketing

Mary E. Roach is here today to tell us what it is like to be an author!

As mainly a consumer of books, this conversation really taught me a lot about the writing side of reading.

Mary has written over 20 books and her published book called "Better Left Buried" is coming out this August and is available for pre-order now!

We also talk about her time as a teacher before becoming a full time author. She taught an entire class of kindergarteners OUTSIDE during a school year in Minnesota! Mary explains the benefits of alternative learning environments and how today's school and education system is outdated. We get into the pros and cons of homeschooling as well!

Other topics we cover:

- How authors get paid

- How to pitch yourself as an author

- Recommendations and tips for your first book

- The importance pre-orders have on an author's success. Hint: if and when you can, always do a pre-order!

- Building a network of authors across the country or world

- GoodReads is a free way to support your author friends!

Links:

Link to Pre-Order Better Left Buried: LINK

Mary's Recommendations:  

DV Pitt - mentorship for authors

Made of Stars. Link 

Allie's Bio: Allie Mazur is the founder of Beyond Herpes, a company with a mission to bring hope, healing, and confidence to those suffering with a Herpes diagnosis. She is a coach and speaker who empowers people to overcome the fear and shame often associated with herpes.  As a world traveler, surfer, and nature enthusiast, she inspires others to embrace their one extraordinary life! To inquire about her 1:1 support sessions and group programs, you can reach out to her via her website at www.livebeyondherpes.com. 

Topics we cover:
-Tips for quitting your job to build a business + the preparation required to do so

-Tips to pitch yourself

-Yoga Retreat Preview! 
-Introductions and first jobs - we talk about the past theme that everyone used to say “we need to stay in a single job for a whole year”

-Pros and cons of starting a company for a long time rather than job jumping

Timestamps:
Minute 5: How she became a co-founder of a fitness company in NYC

Minute 12: Beyond Herpes - Building a business & The facts behind Herpes 

Minute 20: Herpes is common!

How to talk about Herpes with partners 

Minute 26: Pop Culture Moment 

Minute 27: Working Girls Advice

Allie’s Website: 
https://www.livebeyondherpes.com/

Recommendations: 
Sexless In the City Book 
My Life with the Miller Boys TV show

Today's solo episode is a guide to get started in searching for your next career.

I openly share some tips and things I have been doing to level up to land my dream job in 2024.

There are some journaling prompts and some ways to get your creative juices flowing and also some homework assignments.

I give real life examples (very vulnerably I may add) of what I am scripting and what I am writing. Hopefully hearing these examples can help you map out some items that can shape your dream career.

Finding a job is all about who you know and managing your mindset.

I am also searching for more people to interview! So reach out to me if you want to network or if you want to be interviewed for this podcast! 

Navigating the Job Hunt: Insights from a Recruiter

Taylor sits down with us today to discuss her career as a recruiter in the Minneapolis area.

If you are looking for a job, she is a great resource! And if you have ever considered becoming a recruiter, this is a great conversation to learn more about the career and learn how the process works.

She tells us how recruiters get paid

The benefits of using a recruiter - a surprising fact was that there are many companies who ARE hiring, but are not posting their jobs online. You have to go through a recruiter to get those roles.

I was also happy to learn that as a candidate, it is free to use a recruiter! Think of them as a matchmaker!

We also discuss how she is balancing working a full time job while she has 2 young daughters.

Listen in because I had a really great time connecting with Taylor and I learned a lot more about what Recruiters do!

Taylor's LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-dixon-b96753a6/