In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Virginia Franco, the Founder of Virginia Franco Resumes to talk about how young people can write when so many employers and hiring managers aren't taking the time to read. So many great pieces of practical advice in this episode. Some of the major highlights include: 

· Virginia discusses her background and how she found her way to her current career as a resume writer/storyteller

· Effective writing and successfully telling your story is a big part of a job search. She highlights what advice she has for current students and young professionals who don’t feel strong with their writing skills

· Most of us have pretty short attention spans these days – She talks about how we cab attract a reader quickly with our writing, especially when thinking about application materials

· She breaks down practical steps of how listeners can keep the hiring managers attention

· She discusses the power of LinkedIn: Between the Headline, the summary section and describing your experiences there are a lot of places on a LinkedIn profile to showcase your writing and to draw in a reader she talks about practical steps to attract readers 

· Virginia talks about how to conduct more of a cold outreach to different people using LinkedIn and best practices

· There's so much these days about how “cover letters are dead”, she breaks down her thoughts and ways to use them the right way 

· She gives the best piece of career advice that you could pass along to this next generation

Guest Info: 

Virginia Franco

Website: https://virginiafrancoresumes.com/

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vafrancoresumes/ 

Job Search Journey: https://www.jobsearchjourney.com/ 

In this powerful episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Harleny Vasquez to discuss an important topic. How to navigate the early stages of a career  as a person of color. So many incredible topics were touched on this this episode to highlight some of unique challenges that many BIPOC students and new grads face as they start their careers. Highlights of this episode include: 

• Harleny discusses her background and how she found her way to career coaching and her passion for helping MSWs specifically 

• It’s common for all professionals but especially young professionals to experience imposter syndrome when starting their career or a new job. She talks about how this can impact people of color specifically

• What young people of color can do to work through these feelings of imposter syndrome 

• She highlights how to use LinkedIn as a source to showcase self-confidence, reflecting on your skills and value and validating everything what you have to offer 

• She talks about her advice she has for young professionals around brining their authentic identity to work and inclusivity in the workplace 

• How BIPOC new grads build and leverage their network to advance career opportunities and combat a lack of belonging

• Bringing our full selves to work also comes with challenges. She highlights some of the common challenges that she has seen and how new professionals can handle those

• What is the best piece of career advice that she could pass along to our listeners

Guest Info: 

Harleny Vasquez is a Licensed Social Worker and a Latinx Woman of color. She is the founder of her business yourEVOLVEDmind, where she is a career coach helping aspiring and social workers in all stages build their confidence level to market themselves effectively, while learning all the tools needed to secure their next opportunity using the Linkedin platform. She is an experienced social worker with over 8 years working in social services providing trauma-informed care and now social work recruiter and MSW Student Affairs Coordinator. She serves as a board member for The Latino Social Work Coalition and Scholarship Fund. Harleny is on a mission to uplift and elevate the social work profession.

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

Website: https://yourevolvedmind.mykajabi.com/ 

Instagram: @yourevolvedmind 

So many incredible topics relevant to young and ambitious professionals. In this great one Cassie and Brad bring Teegan Bartos on the podcast to discuss how easy it is for so many young people to discredit the value of their early experiences as well as elements of their personality that can greatly help them differentiate among the competition. Teegan highlights many great topics in this episodes including: 

Teegan discusses her background and how she found her way to your current career

It’s easy to discredit those early “jobs” we take for a paycheck. She discusses her advice for young people who are building a resume

What a student, new graduate who has very little experience all around can include on their resume or talk about in interviews

Should young people even apply to positions when they lack experience

A good example of how to turn lack of experience or a liability into an asset

How young people use LinkedIn the right way when they’re trying to break into a field and don’t know how to define themselves because they don’t feel like they have value

How young people change the narrative off their limitations and lack of experience

Lessons she learned from the Great Recession that now apply in the age of COVID

What is the best piece of career advice that she could pass along to this next generation

Guest info:

Teegan Bartos

Founder of Jolt Your Career 

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ1wgivKSdnGqd0PdfWe9hA 

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie host Lisa Plain the Founder of Career Balance Coaching to talk about an important concept for young people starting their careers. How to find balance when work is with us all the time. Several key highlights from this episode include: 

Guest Info: 

Lisa Plain

Website: www.careerbalancecoaching.com 

Podcast: www.careerbuilderspodcast.com 

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

This episode is all about thanks and giving in time for the holiday, Cassie and Brad highlight how gratitude can be a career game changer. They highlight what gratitude means in the context of early career development and how this shapes us from the start. Highlights from this episode: 

Enjoy what you're hearing? We want to hear from you! 

Email Cassie at [email protected] or Brad at [email protected] 

In this incredible episode Cassie and Brad bring Anil Ram, Career Coach and Founder of Grad-Coach about the common missteps that so many students and graduates make. In this episode we break down the amazing career lessons that we all wish we knew in university and concepts they're still not largely teaching today. Highlights from this episode include: 

Guest Info

Anil Ram

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-ram/ 

Website: https://grad-coach.com/ 

In this great episode Career Coach and Salary Negotiation Specialist Claudia Miller joins Brad and Cassie to talk about how young professionals can and should negotiate their starting salary coming out of school. She highlights many important strategies and considerations, Highlights of this episode include: 

Guest Info:

Claudia Miller

Website: www.claudiatmiller.com 

Podcast: "Roadmap To The Executive Suite" https://www.claudiatmiller.com/podcast 

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

Instagram: @claudiatmiller 

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie sit down with the Founder of Working Simply Carson Tate to talk all about how to exercise choice and control in our careers and not find ourselves trapped in a pattern of negativity and fear. In this empowering episode we discuss: 

· Carson discusses her background and how she ended up doing the incredible work she's doing in employee engagement and productivity

· She breaks down what are the signs that young people can look for to know that maybe they’re not in the right place mentally

· Students and recent graduates sometimes get into a role they thought they wanted only the realize their dream is becoming a nightmare. She highlights what a good first step would be if they are feeling regret about the role they decided to take

· What steps students/new grads can take if they are realizing they’re dreading the upcoming workday

· How can people resolve conflicts of personality with their supervisors without burning bridges

· How choice and control can apply to young people regardless of the circumstances of their first job

· Is there a point would you suggest they throw in the towel after all efforts have been exhausted

· She breaks down what is the best piece of career advice that she could pass along to this next generation

Guest Info

Carson Tate 

https://carsontate.com/ 

LinkedIn

Book: Own It, Love It, Make It Work 

In this incredible episode Sarah Johnston, Founder of Briefcase Coach and Co-Founder of the Job Search Journey talks about what the difference is for someone in a high performance job search versus a standard one. She walks through all phases from the mental game, the marketing materials, the applications, and the interviewing to outline how savvy job seekers stand out to get hired! Key highlights from this episode include: 

Guest Info:

Sarah Johnston

Website: https://briefcasecoach.com/

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

Job Search Journey: https://www.jobsearchjourney.com/

In this incredible episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Therapist turned Recruiter and Career Coach Brittany Ramsey. As the Founder of Bwell Mindset she uses her mental health background to help her client arm themselves with the best mindset to seek and land the careers they really aspire to have. Some highlights of this episode include: 

· Brittany talks about her background and how she found her current career

· How her counseling background has served her in her current career

· What an unhealthy mindset looks like and present for a student or young professional (in terms of thoughts and behaviors)

· What impact it can have on the early stages or their career and the long term impacts

· She's seen plenty of patterns of individuals who sabotage their growth from faulty beliefs. She discusses how can people start to recognize this and start changing course

· While it's understandable for young people to lack confidence, she discusses the steps they can take to gain it over time

· Failure is inevitable part of growing up and being successful but the wrong outlook can derail you. She talks about how young people can shift their mindset to cope with failure in a healthier way

· What habits and rituals young people can get into to cultivate a healthy belief system and mindset

· She discusses what is the best piece of career advice that she could pass along to this next generation

Guest Info:

Brittany Ramsey

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

Instagram: @bwell_mindset