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 

In this fantastic episode Blair Bloomston joins us to share perspective on how the power of game-based learning can help accelerate career success for students in transition. Put more simply, she’s got communication and networking tactics you can use to level up your job search. Game On has free resources and training available for podcast listeners, and you should definitely check them out.

Key highlights that Blair discusses in this episode: 

Guest Info:

Blair Bloomston

Blair is a Partner and Vice President of Business Development for the nationally acclaimed communication training firm, Game On Nation. She is considered a leading expert on the use of Game Dynamics and Game Theory to improve communication, leadership, team building, and culture. A few of Blair’s and Game On’s past clients include Deloitte, Hilton, NASCA, Honda and Acura, all branches of the US Military, and the U.S. House of Representatives. When she’s not coaching and consulting Blair is an avid lobster diver and permaculture practitioner, residing in Bradenton, FL with her husband and two young sons.

Social Media Handles

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn

Game On Nation: @gameonnation

Blair Bloomston: @blairbloomston

Free Tools

For students and alumni in career transition:

For Career Counselors and Workforce leaders:

In this incredible episode hosts Brad & Cassie have the incredible Austin Belcak on the show. Austin is the Founder of Cultivated Culture a leading platform to help job seekers get out of the stacks of resumes and implement innovative but effective strategies. Some of the main topics covered in this episode include: 

 - Austin's background and how he came to found Cultivated Culture from his own frustrations in the job search. 

 - The many mistakes that students and young job seekers make when starting their job search. 

 - How to get away from egocentric networking and consider how you can add value to the one's you're trying to meet. 

 - Easy steps that young professionals can take to network and find opportunities. 

 - How to overcome lack of experience when applying to first jobs or one's that are higher level. 

 - The best pieces of career advice he can pass along to the next generation.   

Guest Info:  

Austin Belcak

www.cultivatedculture.com  

https://linkedin.com/in/abelcak  

https://cultivatedculture.com/podcast   

https://www.instagram.com/cultivated.culture  

 #jobsearch #jobseekers #cultivatedculture #landajob #cultivatedculture 

In this episode Brad and Cassie go solo without guests to discuss one of the most important tools that students, new grads, and young job seekers can utilize: LinkedIn! They talk about what LinkedIn is and isn't and the misconceptions that so many young people have about the platform before they even start utilizing it. The guests highlight some of their favorite and most effective features of the platform along with how to use them. They discuss the multitude of ways that people can use the platform specifically for networking purposes along with an active and passive job search. They talk about some of the most important aspects of an optimal profile and how to attract opportunities. Finally they outline ways to use the platform to give back to their network and grow it at the same time. 

In this fantastic episode hosts Brad Minton and Cassie Spencer take a minute to slow down and reflect on an important topic for so many young people looking to make their first impression on the work world: Self care! They sit down with Chelle Shapiro, Author, Speaker, Career Development Coach and the Founder of Chelle Station. Chelle talks about her personal journey early in her career and how she dealt with many significant challenges in her work and the psychological and physical toll it took on her wellbeing. She discussed the importance for listeners to not "fake it until you make it" just to get along, and warns about the longer term ramifications of doing so. She talks about how it's easy to fall into a trap of negative self talk and how it's important to break the cycle. She provides many fantastic suggestions of how to improve emotional health and well being as a job seeker as well as after you start your career. Finally, she helps listeners by providing several important pieces of advice to be your own advocate and to live and authentic life and have an authentic career. 

Guest Info:

Chelle Shapiro

www.chellestation.com 

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

Book: Loving Yourself Isn’t Selfish: How to Stop Internalizing Emotions & Persevere Against All Odds

Instagram: @chellestation