In this amazing episode Brad Minton and Megan Vallee interview Lezlie Garr. Lezlie, a certified professional resume writer and founder of ResumeLezlie.com discusses her career journey and how she navigated through several shifts and pivots from her original plans. She breaks down for listeners the true nature of resume function in the job search today and how this document is being screened by employers and the software they utilize in their screening processes. She helps our listeners understand what are some of the most common resume issues that she has seen in her clients, as well as what are the key ingredients to a great resume versus a good resume. She highlights the steps that students and young adults can take in order to differentiate themselves to turn this document into a value proposition. She breaks down the importance of taking a solid inventory of all past accomplishments to drive the value of the document further. Finally she discusses the cover letter and how this document is generally underutilized, and how it can serve young job seekers. 

Guest info:

Lezlie Garr

www.resumelezlie.com 

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

Instagram: @resumelezlie 

#resume #resumewriting #careerdevelopment #jobsearch #coverletter #podcast

Hosts Brad Minton and Megan Vallee are joined in this episode by Hannah Morgan, Owner and Job Search Strategist with Career Sherpa. Hannah discusses her career journey and how she came to find career coaching and job search strategy as her calling in life. She talks about how social media has changed the landscape of personal branding, networking, and job search and is a powerful tool for career advancement. She highlights the ways in which young people and aspiring professionals can utilize various platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok, She highlights steps that students and new grads can take to shift from using this platforms in a personal capacity to a more professional way. Hannah reminds our listeners the areas of caution regarding social media including how employers view candidates pages, and the ways this can work against job seekers and those looking to break into an industry. Hannah many small, easy action steps that our listeners can take to maximize their brand through the use of social media including ways to engage with companies, employers, and employees in companies of interest. 

Guest Info: 

Hannah Morgan

www.careersherpa.net 

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

Facebook and Instagram: @careersherpa 

#socialmedia #personalbranding #networking #contentcreation 

On this incredible episode Megan and Brad sit down with Ariella Despins (formerly Coombs), who presently serves as the Director of Career Support at Work It Daily, a Private B2C SaaS career coaching platform with over 3,000+ monthly premium subscribers. Ariella talks about the concept of personal branding for young people and the core ingredients needed for an effective brand. She highlights the importance of establishing and taking control over your own personal brand or letting others control it for you. She lays out the core components that comprise a successful personal brand along with easy steps to consider,  Finally, she does remind listeners about how a personal brand can have setbacks and potential downsides particularly in the early stages. 

Guest Info: 

Ariella Depsins 

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

www.workitdaily.com 

#personalbranding #careerdevelopment #podcast #contentcreation 

In this incredible episode Founder of My Marketability and Career Coach Diana YK Chan sits down with Brad and Megan on an important topic: How to stand out from the traffic and move to the fast lane of your career! Diana provides background into her own unique story of moving to Canada as a child and how over time she came to accept and embrace her own awesomeness rather than running from it or trying to fulfill other people's fantasies of her own life. She talks about the many lessons she has learned as a job seeker, as a recruiter for Google, and now as a Career Coach in her own business. She helps listeners understand the pillars to moving to the fast lane: Marketability, Visibility, Credibility, and Likability. She helps listeners understand why it's important to stand out from the traffic in today's competitive job market as well as how to do so in a way that's easy for students and new grads to do even when they may be a little fearful. 

This is a can't miss episode with one of the best career coaches in the world today! 

Guest Info: 

Diana YK Chan

www.mymarketability.com 

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

#personalbranding #careerdevelopment #standout #authenticity #careersuccess #collegestudents #newgrads #collegetocareer #podcast

This is episode Megan and Brad have the opportunity to interview Megan Collins Myers, an amazing recruiter turned Career Coach and founder of Myers Career Coaching. Megan talks about her personal career journey in a way that is very relatable for most young professionals. She talks about her path to career coaching and how she leveraged her own natural curiosity and a love for people to use informational interviewing as both a career starter as well as a career accelerator. She talks about the best approaches to informational interviewing including who you should interview, what questions to ask, and how to follow good protocol. She highlights her best pieces of advice for students and young professionals to leverage the knowledge around them using informational interviewing and the payoffs to doing so. 

Guest Info: 

Megan Collins Myers

www.myerscareercoaching.com 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganmyers1010/

#informationalinterviewing #careerdevelopment #podcast #networking 

For this incredible episode Megan and Brad interview Mike Bird of CoachOiseau Career Coaching. Mike talks about his journey to career coaching by way of athletic coaching and how he fell in love with cultivating the development of young people. He talks about how creating content for young people is not a new activity, but one that they can center to enhance their career development. He outlines several important considerations including the type of content you produce, the audience it's meant for, and how to deal with fear and even writers block. Mike describes the journey all young content creators take and how ultimately they can use a variety of platforms to beat the job market traffic and gain the right attention! Don't miss this one! 

Guest Info: 

Mike Bird 

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

https://www.coachoiseau.com/ 

#careerdevelopment #contentcreation #careerjourney #findyourpath #overcomefear #authenticity #personalbranding 

In this episode Megan and Brad sit down with Assistant Director of Career Development at Northeastern Illinois University and Inclusive Career Coach Lynette Correa-Vele,z M.Ed. She discusses why setting clear and concise goals at a young age is so important. She takes listeners through her life and career journey and outlines the incredible impact of having a vision and passion had on her life. She helps listeners understand how they can still be effective in achieving goals despite adversity and despite not having everything figured out. She provides an easy framework of the difference between good goal setting and great goal setting and how young people can reach theirs. 

Guest Info:

Lynette Correa-Velez, M.Ed. 

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

#goalsetting #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #collegelife #studentlife #achievement #podcast 

In this episode Brad and Megan and joined by JP Michel of SparkPath. To this point, the podcast has examined the various aspects of self exploration and career identity that can greatly help young people form their career vision and find appropriate paths for themselves. JP has been working hard to redefine how we talk about career development in young people and that starts with mindset. He discusses his philosophy of using challenges in order to meet the ever evolving job demands of the 21st century to inspire students to address the ones they feel compelled to work on. He goes further in discussing what he called "aspirational identity" and how that can be extremely impactful for anyone discovering their career path. He talks about his company SparkPath and the vision they have for the future. This episode can greatly help listeners consider a way that they can create a path for themselves rather than simply following a job title. 

Guest Info: 

JP Michel 

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

www.mysparkpath.com 

#challengemindset #sparkpath #careerexploration #careerdiscovery #podcast

In this episode Megan and Brad sit down with Nii Ato Bentsi-Enschill an amazing holistic Career Coach. This episode covers the importance of looking at yourself holistically, what that means, and how you can find deep career fulfillment in the process. He describes how this process of being holistic greatly helped him in navigating personal career transitions, and how he now helps his clients understand how seemingly disparate traits can actually be used to see themes and how they intersect. He provides listeners with steps they can take, factors to explore, and advice he would give individuals just starting in their career. 

Guest Details: 

Nii Ato Bentsi-Enchill

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

avenircareers.com/ 

#careercoaching #careerdevelopment #selfdiscovery #findyourpath #findyourwhy #holisitic #careeridentity 

In this episode Megan Vallee and Brad Minton tackle the issue of skills development as a way to increase horsepower for your career journey. The acquisition and development of both hard/technical as well as soft/critical skills is directly correlated with career success. The hosts guide listeners into understanding the skills that are needed in the 21st century to land you the types of jobs you're seeking and to be able to stand out from the competition. Additionally, they provided several easy steps to identify you're existing skills, ways to cultivate them into power strengths and personal testimonies of how they can pay off. 

#careerskills #skills #careerdevelopment #podcast