Wow! We’ve finally arrived at the 100 mark. It seemed to take forever, but speed was never the point. I just want to say thank you to those of you listening now, and to everyone who has tuned into an episode in the past, or come back again and again. Making and evolving the Career Foresight podcast has been so much fun because of you.
Read MoreDiana is a career coach who specializes in helping women reconnect with their professional identities and navigate the job market after taking time away from the workforce to focus on raising their children. Her coaching business is Back to Work Roadmap for Mothers and she was kind enough to share her expertise and wisdom on this topic with us in today’s conversation.
Read MoreWhen it comes to career changing, we spend a lot of time talking about how to show that you are a right fit for the company or position. Landing a job offer is fun, but it’s only truly great when the company you’ll be working for is a great fit for you, too.
Read MorePrioritization removes mental tension by establishing boundaries about what actually deserves our attention. When practiced well, prioritization frees us from the constant negotiation and renegotiation of what’s important and worth our energy at that time.
Read More“Strengths” is a word that is thrown around a lot. You’ve probably used it before, and heard it used countless times. In fact, the concept of strengths probably feels quite familiar to you. But, when it comes to defining what exactly it means… it probably suddenly feels really ambiguous!
Read MoreOne of the biggest criticisms about the modern job market is that who people are “on paper” is prioritized over who they are in “real life.” As someone who has both hired employees and now helps people get hired--I don’t think this argument is worth the time. In this episode I show how to work with the "system" to get the job search results you want.
Read MoreWhether you see yourself as “techy” or not--if you’re driven, think outside the box and are motivated to make a positive change in your career and life, this episode will help you learn how to position yourself for your next role in tech.
Read MoreI am loving today’s topic because it’s diving into a question that takes a lot of foresight to answer correctly for yourself. It’s the question of whether a job change, or a career change would best resolve the tension you may be experiencing in your work life.
Read MoreJob searching is stressful. But making tweaks in how you approach your job search to be more strategic and focused can completely transform your experience, and success, when applying to jobs.
Read MoreThis episode dives into how you can integrate skills, knowledge and expertise developed outside of your work experience into your career. This is such an important element to building a creative career you love!
Read MoreThis is a question I’ve seen posed a lot on LinkedIn and in articles during the Covid pandemic. When the effects of the virus reached the economy, many people lost their jobs and many companies put their hiring plans on hold. However, while the circumstances of the pandemic economy are unique, the experience of applying to jobs and not hearing back is a problem that people have experienced, and will continue to experience, despite there being a pandemic.
Read MoreAs a way to both honor the hard work or this past year, and provide something of value to others building, or considering building their business, I decided to share a month-by-month breakdown of how I actually got to the point of earning the same income as my previous full-time job.
Read MoreDanielle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a podcast host, speaker, ballroom dance instructor and actor—to name a few of her titles. She fully embraces being multi-passionate and has built a diverse career. But it wasn’t always that way. In this open and honest conversation, Danielle shares her journey of chipping away at her own insecurities, limiting beliefs and comforts and how she has been able to step more fully into her personhood and built a career that she’s thriving in.
Read MoreRachel is the co-founder and CEO of Wethos, a platform that is transforming how freelancers find work, do work and earn a sustainable income. There are many things that make Wethos different from other freelancing platforms and networks, including their focus on working within teams, winning large contracts and how Wethos pays their freelancers. What Rachel and her team are building truly is revolutionary, and it makes me even more excited for the future of work.
Read MoreToday’s topic and episode is blowing my mind. There are pieces of it that tie into every past season of the Career Foresight podcast as well as providing insight for the future of work.
I’m going back to my podcasting roots on this episode by focusing the discussion on findings from a research article. In this case, it’s an article from the March-April 2020 edition of the Harvard Business Review.
Read MoreI’m talking about a very personal topic: financial decisions, and the poor ones I’ve made. I am primarily sharing about investments I’ve made for my business, but as a self-employed business owner, every investment I make is very personal, too.
Read MoreThere has been a lot of talk about what life will look like post-COVID-19 lockdown. Recently, what has been most compelling to me about the future is how this experience will shape our relationship with control.
Read MoreI’ve made a lot of voluntary career changes in the past five years. But the first career change I made after graduating college was anything but voluntary. I was let go instantly, without any notice. I can still remember the feeling of panic that hit me when I heard the news.
Read MoreI’ve talked with several people in the past week who when talking about their experience working from home have brought up the feeling of guilt. Immediately, I knew what they were talking about. I’ve felt that burden of guilt related to my work many times in my life, but especially so when I first started working remotely.
Read MoreI know this is a really difficult time, and everyone is being affected in some way by COVID-19 and it’s wide-ranging impacts. I have been creating specialized resources to help people during this time the best that I can. I’ll be sharing more about what those are later on in today’s episode.
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