Your Career GPS

In this incredible episode back from a short hiatus Brad and Cassie waste no time in hitting the ground running to address such an important issue. What happens when your journey goes off course and the GPS reads "Recalculating". There is literally no one better to speak about the impact of this on our careers than job and workplace expert and New York Times Bestselling Author Lindsey Pollak. In this episode Lindsey talks about her book "Recalculating" and the art of it for young people who have had to deal with so many career detours over the last year and a half. Some highlights from this include: 

· Lindsey shares a few of the most incredible or surprising things that she learned in researching and writing the book "Recalculating". 

· How young people can embrace the art of recalculating when things have been chaotic. 

· How students and young professionals can develop a growth mindset even if it doesn’t come as naturally?

· She highlights what factors students who are re-starting or considering next steps, should consider before making any serious decisions?

· She discussed ways that young people can prepare and think ahead for inevitable detours and disappointments in their career journeys without getting stressed or anxious.

· The importance of having a personal advisory board, what it is and how can young people benefit.

· What is a valuable piece of career advice she wish she had when she started her career?

Guest Info: 

Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading career and workplace experts. She is passionate about helping individuals and organizations navigate and thrive in the everchanging world of work. Lindsey was named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, which honors the top global management thinkers whose work is shaping the future of how organizations are managed and led. Her next book is a response to the Covid crisis: Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work was published by HarperCollins on March 23, 2021. Her previous book, The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace (HarperCollins, 2019) was named a Book of the Month by both the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. She is also the author of two career advice books for young professionals: Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. Lindsey’s speaking audiences and consulting clients have included more than 250 corporations, law firms, conferences and universities, including Aetna, Citi, Estée Lauder Companies, GE, Goldman Sachs, Google, Pfizer, Verizon, Yale, Harvard, Wharton and Stanford. Her advice and opinions have appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR. Lindsey is a Cappfinity VEE Brand Ambassador and has served as an official ambassador for LinkedIn, a Millennial workplace expert for The Hartford and chair of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Millennial Advisory Board. In her philanthropic work, she serves as a board director of FourBlock, a national nonprofit that supports veteran career transition. Lindsey is a graduate of Yale University.

Website 

LinkedIn

Book

Recalculating Media Kit  

In this episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Tamara Raymond, a Certified Executive & Leadership Coach and the Founder of Innovative Management Consultants, Inc. to discuss all things leadership. Tamara has leveraged years of experienced working with some of the top leaders in the country and is now giving back to help youth through the early stages of their careers to ensure they become our next generation of impact agents. Highlights from this episode include:   

👉Tamara speaks a little about her work and how she found her way into her  current career 

👉 What inspired her specific attention to helping youth 

👉 What are some of the common personal traits that you see throughout her experience of working with top leaders 

👉How does she define effective leadership based on your experiences 

👉It’s not uncommon for many students and young professionals lack confidence in their abilities to advance to leadership. What advice she would give to those who doubt themselves 

👉In her book “Careering” a big takeaway for young people is to take action, and jump into different activities that expose them to careers of interest. Tamara discusses opportunities young people can jump into to help them start building leadership skills 

👉How she utilizes the Birkman method/assessment to help individuals gain clarity on their leadership style 

👉She talks about a valuable piece of career advice she wished she had when she started her career    

Guest Info:  

Tamara Raymond 

Website: https://www.imcleaders.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-raymond/  

Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073GFC9W1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

In this incredible episode Brad Minton and Cassie Spencer sit down with the Founder of Dream Career LAB and Author of the book "The Reverse Job Search Mehod" James Whittaker to talk about why job search in 2021 and beyond can't be status quo anymore and how job seekers need to think differently. Highlights of this episode include:    

👉James discusses where the motivation came from to start your company  to help people get hired and improve their chances of landing positions at top companies.  

👉 James' top three mistakes that you see people make when it comes to job searching  

👉What is the reverse job search method and how can people use it   

👉James expands on what the hidden job market is and why the big-name job boards aren’t the best route for a successful job search   

👉What words of encouragement or advice do you have for students, new grads and  frustrated job seekers  

👉James highlights the difference between “networking” and building relationships that unlock the hidden job market  

👉What current college students can do throughout their university experience to set themselves up for the most success when they are ready to start job searching   

👉James talks about a valuable piece of career advice he wish he had when he started his career   

Guest Info: 

James Whittaker 

Website: https://dreamcareerlab.com/home

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshwhittaker/  

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2892761537673865  

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Search-Method-Professionals-Career-Defining-ebook/dp/B08ZKYXPHX 

#jobsearch #podcast #yourcareergpspodcast #networking #hiddenjobmarket #jobseekers

In this amazing episode Brad and Cassie connect with the incredible Rosie McCarthy all the way from New Zealand and talk all things branding. Rosie is an ex-Corporate Recruiter and Human Resources professional turned online Career Coach for ambitious millennials and GenZ. She is specialized in helping corporate professionals to find their purpose, figure out what they truly want out of their careers, brand themselves, and then go out and get it. Main points covered in this episode include: 

Guest Info: 

Rosie McCarthy - Founder of Badass Careers 

Social media handles

Resources:

- Free Ikigai mini-course to find your career purpose: https://www.badasscareers.com/findmywhy

- Training video on strategically setting up your LinkedIn profile - https://youtu.be/v54Ymadz9Yc

In this amazing interview Brad and Cassie sit down with Liz Herrera, a Career Coach and the Director of Career Development and Major Exploration for the Liberal Arts and Science College of the University of Illinois at Chicago. We tackle the subject of how to take the stress and anxiety out of interviewing and get the the point where new professionals can even develop significant confidence. Here are a few major points touched on in this episode: 

· Liz speaks a little about her current work and how she found her way into her current career

· The steps individuals can they take to combat that anxiety and be less fearful of the process

· What steps our listeners can take to take it further and actually become confident their ability to interview

· What the best methods to prepare for an upcoming interview actually are

· What are the biggest missteps people make in their preparation

· Any special considerations that apply now to specifically virtual interviewing

· How can our listeners prepare for a vast array of behavioral questions that they will get

· What is a valuable piece of career advice you wish you had when you started your career?

Guest Info: 

Liz Herrera

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizherrera1/

Instagram: @lizcareercoaching 

Liz Career Coaching Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/liz-career-coaching/id1531395084 

This incredible episode maybe shorter than average but is powerful in content! The amazing Charlene Walters, MBA, Ph.D., helps our listeners tap into their inner entrepreneur and learn the ways that they launch their vision in a common sense way even while being a student. Charlene, is a business and branding expert and author of the book Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur. 

Highlights from this episode include: 

· Charlene discusses her journey and her current work and how she has achieved the success she has had now

· The words of caution for young people who have entrepreneurial spirits and have ambition to create their own paths and start their own businesses

· What personality traits or characteristics appear to be more common in people that pursue entrepreneurship

· what advice would she offer current students in particular that have a goal or a vision to start a business but still desire to complete their degree

· What the most common mistakes she's seen young ambitious people make when starting a business

· If our listeners are waffling on the idea of should I start a business and are in analysis paralysis, what she would tell them about WHEN they should pull the trigger?

· What is a valuable piece of career advice she wish she had when she started her career

Guest Info: 

Charlene Walters MBA, Ph.D

https://ownyourother.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenewaltersphd/

https://www.instagram.com/charlenewaltersphd/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JZFG31H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 

In the amazing compilation episode we are able to answer an incredible question not once but 26 times! 

"What is the greatest piece of career advice that you've received and that you could pass along to the next generation?" 

Here are the amazing past guests that we've had answering this question in the order they appeared on the podcast:

1) Linda Evans (episode 4), (2:10) 

2) Edythe Richards (episode 5), (3:49)

3) Julie Brewer (episode 6), (4:53)

4) Danielle Roeselle (episode 7), (6:31) 

5) Nii Ato Bentsi-Enchill (episode 9), (7:59)

6) Lynette Correa-Velez (episode 11), (10:10) 

7) Mike Bird (episode 12), (11:25)

8) Megan Collins Myers (episode 13), (12:40) 

9) Diana YK Chan (episode 14), (13:35)

10) Ariella Despins (episode 15), (14:09) 

11) Hanna Morgan (episode 16), (14:36)

12) Lezlie Garr (episode 17), (15:36)

13) Lisa Lewis Miller (episode 19), (16:35)

14) Kyle Elliot (episode 20), (17:54)

15) Brenda Zarate (episode 21), (19:02)

16) Andrea Yacub Macek (episode 22), (19:26)  

17) Faris Khalifeh (episode 23), (20:40)

18) Mark Anthony Dyson (episode 24), (21:51)

19) Paige Mitchell (episode 26), (23:26)

20) Jenna Zipf (episode 27), (25:40) 

21) Chelle Shapiro (episode 28), (26:08)

22) Austin Belcak (episode 30), (27:34) 

23) Blair Bloomston (episode 31), (30:45) 

24) Andrea Koppel (episode 32), (32:40)

25) Daniel Lorenzo (episode 33), (34:44) 

26) Krystal Hicks (episode 34), (35:50) 

In this incredible episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Krystal Hicks the Founder of JOBTALK, LLC a career counseling practice that provides one-on-one job hunting support to individuals in transition, as well as employer branding and RPO consulting to companies. Krystal talks professionalism for students and new grads and what they need to know in order to really be successful in their careers from day one. 

Some major highlights of this episode include:  

• What are some of the biggest misconceptions that soon to be grads have regarding their job search

 • Krystal's advice for young professionals when they want to make a good impression in their first few days

 • Krystal's advice for job seekers that are starting remotely or in the middle of a transition

 • What's most important for young people know regarding “professionalism”

 • What are common mistakes, myths or misconceptions about professionalism that are important for our listeners to keep in mind 

• What are some practical things that college students can be doing to help them gain the professionalism and work place skills they need to make that transition from college to career

 • Krystal's most valuable piece of career advice she wish she had when she started her career?    

Guest Info: 

Krystal Hicks 

 https://jobtalkllc.com/

Instagram: @jobtalk.llc  

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Daniel Lorenzo, the Marketing Director behind Let's Eat, Grandma where he helps ambitious professionals of all ages land their dream jobs by equipping them with better resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles. In this episode Daniel helps to bust so many misconceptions and mistakes that many students, new grads, and early career professionals make when developing their resume and cover letters in their job search. Some of the topics discussed in the episode include: 

Guest Info: 

Daniel Lorenzo

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellorenzo11/ 

Website: www.letseatgrandma.com/gps

Instagram: @letseatcommagrandma

In this incredible episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Andrea Koppel the Founder and CEO of Time4Coffee Podcast and College2Career Academy. Andrea, who has been extremely successful in not one or two, but multiple careers helps our listeners understand the importance of career adaptability and having a growth mindset early on. Several of the important topics discussed in this episode include: 

Guest info: 

Andrea Koppel

https://time4coffee.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-koppel-caffeinated-career-coaching/ 

Instagram: @andrea_koppel