The Career Contessa Podcast
By Dear Media, Lauren McGoodwin
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Katie
Dec 7, 2021
great podcast with actual tangible advice. Wish I had found it sooner.
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Try This Career Visualization Exercise to Uncover Your Personal Themes of Success
34:40
Today we’re going to get into the power of visualization. We’re pretty practical people, so it’s easy to question the effectiveness of things like manifestation and visualization work. However, after this episode, we’re no longer skeptics. We’re joined by Christine DiDonato, the founder of Career Revolution and author of Get There Faster to discuss what a career vision is and how you can start the work to discover yours.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Get There Faster Book: https://bit.ly/3xKZeN9 Career Revolution: https://careerrev.com Figure Out Next Career Move Worksheet: https://bit.ly/39Ggv2k
Sponsors: Gusto: https://bit.ly/39GgJGI
Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 28, 2022 |
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Negotiating a Job Offer? Here’s How to Get What You Want
36:45
If you’ve ever felt anxious about negotiating a new job’s compensation package, you’re not alone. The thrill of a new job comes with lots of excitement—you’re picturing your new role, new team, and probably relieved about the fresh start and getting to walk away from your current gig. But there’s usually one last important step before accepting and that’s negotiating your job offer. Today we are joined by some experts to teach you what to expect and how to get what you want with your next job offer.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Career Contessa Coaching: https://bit.ly/31cX10r Alyson Garrido Coaching: https://bit.ly/3MP9rh1 Rakhi Voria Coaching: https://bit.ly/ Heather Morgan Coaching: https://bit.ly/39lrspC Asking For a Raise 101: https://bit.ly/3q7GYKO
Sponsors: Brooklinen: https://bit.ly/3xMRNW3
Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 21, 2022 |
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What We Wish We Knew As a New Grad + How to Job Search As a New Grad
31:53
If you’re a new grad and feel anxious and nervous about your job search, you’re in luck. Today we have Dr. Ciera Graham, a Career Contessa Coach and a woman with over 10 years of experience in helping new or recent college grads discover their passions, leverage their strengths, and increase their marketability on the job market.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Book Dr. Ciera Graham for career coaching: https://bit.ly/3Mm3Qig Dr. Ciera Graham IG: https://bit.ly/3zjHz1z Dr. Ciera’s Website: https://cieragraham.com
Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 14, 2022 |
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How to Say "No" To Office Housework & Non-Promotable Tasks
33:21
Did you know that in the workplace, women are more likely to take on time-consuming tasks that are unlikely to drive revenue and won’t be recognized in performance evaluations? When you’re so busy doing non-promotable tasks and office housework, it’s easy to see why quitting your job feels like the only way out. We’re discussing the role of office housework, how to say no, and tips for renovating your current role.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The No Club Book: https://bit.ly/3NLGgwd The No Club Website: https://www.thenoclub.com
Chime: https://bit.ly/3m4vh5p
Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 07, 2022 |
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Is Job Hopping The New Promotion? The Pros, Cons, And What to Consider Before You Do It
33:10
If you’ve ever Googled “how to get a raise,” you’ve probably read how job-hopping is a surefire way to increase your earnings. Job-hoppers, or people who change companies every year or two, have credited frequent moves for significant pay bumps throughout their careers. But what are the pros and cons? Additionally, we’ll be discussing how common job-hopping really is and what to consider before you do it.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Job Search Academy: https://bit.ly/3OVB7mH Wanda McKenny: https://bit.ly/3LH5CKr
Sponsors: Clare: https://bit.ly/3J7kuRq
Produced by Dear Media. |
May 31, 2022 |
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How to Learn About Company Culture: 10 Questions to Ask (Solo Episode)
27:42
With so many people considering new jobs it’s natural to want to pick the “right” company. You know—the company that isn’t like your last toxic workplace, the company that cares about your wellbeing and their own revenue, and much more. So how can you ensure this when you know the interviewer is inclined to show off the best version of themselves? Ask detailed questions. On this episode, we’re sharing 10 ideas for questions you can ask to better understand a company’s real culture.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ CC Online Courses: https://bit.ly/3E0lFiJ Questions to Ask At The End of An Interview: https://bit.ly/3wfjXIs Candace Morgan Podcast Interview: https://apple.co/3FBSd54
Cozy Earth: https://bit.ly/39gpXJ3 Clare: https://bit.ly/3J7kuRq
Produced by Dear Media. |
May 24, 2022 |
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Building Powerful Relationships: Networking For Where You Want to Go
46:24
Do you feel like you’ve totally lost your ability to schmooze? In-person networking quickly turned virtual. Now, we’re emerging from our networking hibernation and we’re curious…what’s changed? On today’s episode, we’re joined by networking expert Kelly Hoey to talk about how we can get back into the networking game and how to be strategic about our efforts so we’re networking toward our next career move.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Kelly’s book: https://jkellyhoey.co/books/ Kelly’s website: https://jkellyhoey.co Kelly’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/ Networking Templates: https://bit.ly/3OWTBn5 Networking Webinar: https://bit.ly/
Brooklinen: https://bit.ly/361lEzV Athletic Greens: https://bit.ly/3EqYGPs Brooklinen: https://bit.ly/3J7kuRq
Produced by Dear Media. |
May 17, 2022 |
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New Job Regret? Here Are The Signs To Watch For And What To Do Next
35:07
Have you ever taken on a new job and started to have that sinking feeling that maybe you made a mistake? Like maybe this new job isn't exactly what you pictured and now you’re starting to wonder how long you’re supposed to ride this out? New job regret is unfortunately common. That’s why Gillian Williams, an experienced recruiter who now runs her own recruiting firm called Monday Talent, will share some helpful tips on what to do next—and the signs to watch out for.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Interview Red Flags Article: The Job Search Academy: https://bit.ly/3OVB7mH Monday Talent: https://bit.ly/3vXpdjx Monday Talent Instagram: https://bit.ly/3LCl3o4 Gillian’s email: gillian@monday-talent.com Red Flags Article: https://bit.ly/3qrIIMl
Cozy Earth: https://bit.ly/39gpXJ3 Chime: https://bit.ly/3DQAXIq Athletic Greens: https://bit.ly/3EqYGPs
Produced by Dear Media. |
May 10, 2022 |
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5 Money Mistakes Even #RichGirls Make—And How to Avoid Them According to Money With Katie
42:58
Today’s episode is a really fun one. We’re joined by Katie Gatti (Money With Katie) to discuss things like launching an online brand, the creator economy, and even some very important money mistakes that even us #RichGirls make.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Money With Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com Money With Katie Show: https://podcast. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Asking For a Raise 101: https://bit.ly/3q7GYKO
Cozy Earth: https://bit.ly/39gpXJ3
Produced by Dear Media. |
May 03, 2022 |
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Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay with @LizAndMollie
33:00
Between our emotion-phobic society and the debilitating uncertainty of modern times, we usually don’t know how to talk about what we’re going through, much less handle it. That’s why we’re excited to be joined by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy to talk about their new book Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay and get some actionable advice on how to handle oversized feelings.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Liz and Mollie website: https://bit.ly/3JVdhnx Instagram: http://instagram.com/ Big Feelings Book: https://www.lizandmollie.com/ First podcast episode: https://apple.co/38RgOpY Communication Guide Download: https://bit.ly/3Ojy5bI
MasterClass: https://bit.ly/3JKn5ky Athletic Greens: https://bit.ly/3EqYGPs
Produced by Dear Media. |
Apr 26, 2022 |
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What a Year of WFH Has Done to Our Relationships at Work
31:02
Do you remember a time when work included informal social interactions? There’s an official name for these interactions—social capital—or the benefits you get because of the people you know. Turns out workplaces thrive on it and can lead to lower turnover, increased performance, and an easier flow of information. So what does this mean for all us in the working world including hybrid, full-time, remote work, and returning back to the office? We’re thrilled to welcome back to the podcast Tess Vigeland to discuss the changes in work relationships and some advice for what to do.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Jobs Board: https://bit.ly/3DUwswk Tess’ First Interview: https://apple.co/30qwAV7 As We Work Podcast: https://on.wsj.com/38wbDM1 HBR Article: https://bit.ly/3jmHReO
Sponsors: Brooklinen: https://bit.ly/
Produced by Dear Media.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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The Big Lie of Corporate Feminism + What Happens Next For Working Women With Reshma Saujani
32:29
On this episode, we confront the “big lie” of corporate feminism and hear from Reshma Saujani, author of the newly released book, Pay Up, on a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America’s working women today. Get ready to feel angry, annoyed, but also hopeful and inspired with Reshma’s advice that’s not just a bunch of words—but an actionable plan.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Reshma Saujani: https://bit.ly/3j9YxpZ Pay Up Book: https://bit.ly/3DO6ZVt Marshall Plan For Moms: https://bit.ly/3uWL5uV Asking For A Raise 101: https://bit.ly/3q7GYKO
Athletic Greens: Athleticgreens.com/contessa Chime: https://bit.ly/3DQAXIq
Produced by Dear Media. |
Apr 12, 2022 |
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How to Map Out Your Next 90 Days (Solo Episode)
11:38
Today we have another solo episode for you all! Lauren talks about how she maps out her short-term goals, specifically in 90-days. Listen in to learn her strategy so that you can use the next 90 days to make real progress, capitalize on that forward momentum, and then repeat this practice in the future.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP New Manager Manual: https://bit.ly/3zpiYq3
Produced by Dear Media. |
Apr 05, 2022 |
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Why and How You Should Ask What Someone Earns
37:16
Did you know only 45% of workers feel adequately paid but 50% still aren’t comfortable discussing salary in the workplace? What’s more, research from Zippia also found that those willing to discuss their compensation with co-workers are more likely to say that they expect a sizable raise. This is why today’s episode is dedicated to these uncomfortable conversations. Today, you’ll learn from career coach Merete Fields why and how you should ask someone what they earn.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Merete Fields: https://bit.ly/3JtXwo4 Merete’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Asking For A Raise 101: https://bit.ly/3q7GYKO
Sponsors: MasterClass: https://bit.ly/3JKn5ky ShipStation: https://bit.ly/3rwZL2i
Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 29, 2022 |
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Salary Secrets: What's Considered a Big Raise, Reasons to Ask, & How to Ask for a Raise
55:50
Today’s episode is all about money! Specifically we’ll be spilling LOTS of salary secrets as we pick the brain (again) of David Buckmaster, a global compensation executive and author of Fair Pay. And if all this salary talk makes you think about your own, you’re in luck. We’ve launched a new online course this week called Asking For a Raise 101. The course is only $27 and gives you lifetime access to the video tutorials, workbook, and expert FAQ so you can re-watch it every time you need some negotiation help.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP David Buckmaster: https://bit.ly/3CIZkaa Asking For A Raise 101: https://bit.ly/3q7GYKO
Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 22, 2022 |
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Who's Making You Miserable at Work? Let's Talk Jerks and Toxic Coworkers
29:30
From open floor plans and Zoom calls to Slack channels, the workplace has changed a lot over the years. But there’s one thing that never changes: you’ll always encounter jerks and toxic coworkers. Our guest today is Tessa West, a social psychologist and the author of Jerks At Work. Tessa is a leading expert on interpersonal interactions including interactions between toxic coworkers and bosses. We discuss the different types of jerks, the behavior that drives them, and how you can get them off your back once and for all.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Mission: Motivation: https://bit.ly/3lghBFk Tessa West: https://bit.ly/3Kg8oWM Jerks At Work Book: https://bit.ly/3ttssxT Workplace Toxicity Quiz: https://bit.ly/3IFuMbr
Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 15, 2022 |
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Stop Procrastinating With These Quick Practices
28:08
Today we’re joined by Dr. Sasha Shokrian to discuss procrastination—an annoying label and behavior many of us probably struggle with. Turns out procrastination has a lot less to do with your time management skills and way more to do with your relationships as a child. Get ready for some therapy vibes that will be totally transformational.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Mission: Motivation: https://bit.ly/3lghBFk Dr. Sasha Website: https://bit.ly/3K4Bg40 Dr. Sasha IG: https://bit.ly/3C03Ctn Digging Deep Podcast: https://apple.co/3HthkpO
Clare: https://bit.ly/3J7kuRq
Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 08, 2022 |
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Corporate Natalie on TikTok Fame, Growing a Brand + The Myth About Influencers
37:30
Today we’re joined by Corporate Natalie, who you probably from TikTok or Instagram where she pokes fun at corporate workplaces. But what you may not know is that behind the humor is an incredibly hardworking and strategic businesswoman who’s managing her new fame, a growing side hustle, and a full-time job she genuinely loves. Get ready to learn about growing a brand, what people get wrong about influencers, and what’s next for Natalie. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Follow Natalie: https://direct.me/
Clare: https://bit.ly/3J7kuRq ShipStation: https://bit.ly/3rwZL2i MasterClass: https://bit.ly/3JKn5ky
Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 01, 2022 |
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How to Become a Creative Director
57:01
You’ve probably heard “Creative Director” as a job title but do you know what the job actually entails? On today’s episode, we’re interviewing three creative directors (two in-house and one freelancer) about how to become a Creative Director, the most critical skills to thrive in this role, how much creative directors make per year (or day), and so much more.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Kristen Steele Lewis: www.kristen-lewis.com and www.lewis-hayes.com Kristen’s IG: @lewisandhayes Greta Mantooth: https://www.
CHANEL: https://bit.ly/3IsFnGi
Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 22, 2022 |
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3 Signs You're The Sensitive One at Work—And How to Make It Your Superpower
32:45
Today we’re talking about sensitivity, including how to know if you’re the sensitive one at work and how this workplace trait can actually play a critical role in your influence at work—if you know how to use it correctly. To help us do this we’re joined by Melody Wilding, an executive coach and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking And Channel Your Emotions For Success at Work
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Melody Wilding: https://bit.ly/3LhyqtP Trust Yourself: https://bit.ly/3J7kelq
Issuu: https://bit.ly/3rwxMRj ShipStation: https://bit.ly/34pM8dJ Clare: https://bit.ly/3J7kuRq LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3rxWjpb
Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 15, 2022 |
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What’s Your Workplace Love Language?
21:16
With Valentine’s Day coming up, we thought it was fitting to talk about workplace love languages. You've probably heard of love languages in romantic relationships, but do they have a role in the workplace? We're here to identify our workplace love languages so that we can all work better together. Don’t worry—this is stil a totally professional episode.
Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Workplace Love Language Article: https://bit.ly/34eItiC Power Moves book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ
CHANEL: https://bit.ly/3IsFnGi
Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 08, 2022 |
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Chronic Overachiever? How I Dialed It Back To Find Balance
11:47
Thanks to the great feedback you all had about our first solo episode, Lauren is back with another. This time Lauren’s sharing how she’s learning to dial back the constant chase for accomplishments, the impacts that relentless drive has created, and the new habits she’s building now that she wishes she had earlier in her career. If you identify with being a chronic overachiever, this episode is for you. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Sponsors: CHANEL: https://bit.ly/3IsFnGi Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 01, 2022 |
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How to Become an Apartment Locator: Salary, Skills, & More
44:47
Today we’re bringing you another installation in our “How to Become…” series. We’re diving into the role of an Apartment Locator AKA real estate agents that specialize in rentals. Not only did we learn that apartment locators can make a lot of money (and I mean A LOT), but we also learned what it takes to become an apartment locator—what the job interview process is like, whether you need your real estate certification before getting hired, and the most critical skills to thrive in this role. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Smart City Locating: https://bit.ly/3rxQ97i Smart City Instagram: https://bit.ly/3tDCpul Job Interview Flashcards: https://bit.ly/3nF4Moa CC Career Coaching: https://bit.ly/31cX10r Sponsors: HelloFresh: https://bit.ly/3fIn8QJ Produced by Dear Media. |
Jan 25, 2022 |
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5 Career Goals to Set for 2022
25:54
On this episode we’re talking about 5 career goals to set for 2022 + sharing our own relationships with goal-setting in the new year. And in case you didn’t know, we are running our New Year, New Career online course sale right now. This is the ONLY sale we run on courses all year and right now you can enroll in any course and automatically get 25% off. We never discount our courses except for this one time of year. You have until Jan. 31, 2022 to enroll in any online course at 25% off during our New Year, New Career Sale. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP New Year, New Career Sale: https://bit.ly/3zUEymQ Sponsors: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3I14fVm ShipStation: stipstation.com code CONTESSA Produced by Dear Media. |
Jan 18, 2022 |
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How to Build Better Bosses
34:44
One thing we hear a lot about is how hard it is to be a boss—and how much people don’t like their bosses. And while there are a ton of leadership books and experts on this topic, we find the best teachers are the people who have been in the boss's shoes before and navigate through it. Enter today’s guest: Melissa Nightingale, now the co-founder of Raw Signal Group and co-author with Jonathan Nightingale on a new book called Unmanageable: Leadership Lessons From an Impossible Year. Melissa isn’t one of those fluffy leadership experts—she really freaking gets it and you’ll agree as you listen to this interview and her incredible advice on how we can build better bosses today—and in the future. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP New Manager Manual: https://bit.ly/3zpiYq3 Melissa Nightingale: https://bit.ly/3sU21TI Melissa’s Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HzCK5k Unmanageable: https://bit.ly/3ERPBxE Melissa's Newsletter: https://bit.ly/ Sponsor Issuu: https://bit.ly/3lk5x2j Produced by Dear Media. |
Jan 11, 2022 |
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How I Overcome Impostor Syndrome + Cultivate Confidence
11:53
Happy 2022! We made it to a new year! To kick the year off right, we’re sharing a solo episode with Lauren. Lauren talks about the times when she’s felt impostor syndrome creep in—and the specific things she does to try to cultivate confidence. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves Book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Produced by Dear Media. |
Jan 04, 2022 |
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The Top 5 Workplace Trends for 2022: Predictions + What They Mean For You
29:36
For our final episode of 2021 we’ll be making workplace predictions! To help, we’ve invited Career Contessa coaches Jill Jacinto and Jennifer Simmons to the show. In addition to career coaching Jill and Jennifer’s experiences also include recruiting and HR and HR consulting for companies so they are on the frontlines when it comes to hearing what’s on the minds of both employers and employees. Tune in to hear what we think will be the top 5 workplace trends next year. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves Book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Vox Media + Watermark Study: https://bit.ly/3DgNEKp Book Jill for Career Coaching: https://bit.ly/3lSQhMX Book Jennifer for Career Coaching: https://bit.ly/31tpwHD Career Contessa Courses: http://bit.ly/2vzyuDu Produced by Dear Media. |
Dec 28, 2021 |
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The Argument for the "Good Enough" Job
26:48
On today’s episode we’re discussing the argument for the “good enough” job including 4 reasons you should seek out a job that is good enough rather than a “dream job” that you feel pressured into. And a quick listener note, this is a recycled episode from January 2021 back when our show was called The Femails. We’re replaying this episode because it was both a listener favorite and because it is full of great lessons we can take with us into 2022. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves Book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Figure Out Your Next Career Move Worksheet: http://bit.ly/2SY4P04 R29 “Good Enough” Article”: http://r29.co/3qRzl9k Sponsor: HelloFresh: https://bit.ly/3nKiab0 Produced by Dear Media. |
Dec 21, 2021 |
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Quitting Your Job with No Plan B
42:38
On today’s episode we are re-sharing one of our favorite interviews with Tess Vigeland, author of Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want. Listen in for an honest conversation with Tess about leaving high status jobs without something impressive lined up. Seeing as many people are thinking about what’s next for them in their career, this conversation seemed timely to re-share. I also think it’s very timely to re-share this conversation as so many people are thinking about what’s next for them in their career. Maybe that means no job. Maybe that means pursuing the good enough job. Or maybe that means staying where you are but working on your attachment between your job title and self-worth. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves Book: https://bit.ly/3mosST1 Tess Vigeland Twitter: https://bit.ly/ Tess Vigeland Website: https://bit.ly/ Produced by Dear Media. |
Dec 14, 2021 |
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How To Make a Career Pivot + What Next Steps to Take (Live Coaching Call)
38:47
Sometimes your biggest work challenges need professional advice with tailored solutions. Enter the power of a Career Coach—trained and experienced professionals who help you get unstuck faster. And contrary to what you might believe, career coaching is not just for CEOs and executives. Today we’re inviting you behind the scenes to listen to a real-life coaching session with one of Career Contessa coaches and a listener who already knows her new job isn’t a fit and needs advice on next steps. And if you’ve been considering hiring a career coach, browse one of our 40+ pre-vetted experts on careercontessa.com. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Informational Interview Articles: https://bit.ly/2ZFunos Career Assessment Test: http://bit.ly/2FQLvub Career Contessa Coaching: https://bit.ly/31cX10r Tiffany Dyba Coaching: https://bit.ly/3oapkWx Sponsors: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2ZF8d5J NAPJITSU: https://bit.ly/3oXKesu Produced by Dear Media. |
Dec 07, 2021 |
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5 Warning Signs You Lack Confidence (And What You Can Do Instead)
27:30
Research shows that 79% of women regularly lack confidence at work. And that age 40 is when we can expect our confidence levels to match up with men’s. If that’s not depressing already, confidence is also one of the biggest factors in a person’s overall career satisfaction. So what the heck is going on here and what can you do about it? On this episode, we’re going to discuss the importance of confidence and 5 warning signs you might be less self-assured than you hoped. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/398IFzv Sponsor: HelloFresh: https://bit.ly/3nKiab0 Produced by Dear Media. |
Nov 30, 2021 |
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How to Create a Sustainable Side Hustle
43:51
Side hustles and entrepreneurship are often glamorized under a rose-colored “girl boss” lens. People are drawn in by the allure of working on your own schedule, following your passion, or being your own boss. However, it takes a lot of hard work and oftentimes the problem is knowing how to create a side hustle or business that won’t leave you feeling burnt out. Jess Joswick is the founder of Backbone Business. She is a business coach for online entrepreneurs and helps her clients earn the money they need with plenty of time to spare for happy hour, hobbies, and happiness. Jess will be joining us on the podcast today to give us her best tips for creating a successful (and most importantly sustainable) side hustle. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Side Hustle Quiz: https://bit.ly/3CkaGQi Jess Joswick Website: https://bit.ly/3cbhmFM Instagram: @backbonebusiness Sponsor: BetterHelp: https://bit.ly/3aCVgep Produced by Dear Media. |
Nov 23, 2021 |
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How to Request Medical Leave + What You're Entitled To According To An Employment Lawyer
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Today we’re discussing a topic that might be really intimidating—how to request medical leave. Many of us think of physical health as being the only reason why you can take medical leave but serious mental and emotional health conditions are absolutely included and something we need to talk about more. Julia Stephanides, a labor and employment lawyer, is joining us to share more about what your rights are as a worker, how to request medical leave, and what resources you’ll need. Julia is also sharing her incredible health journey. Quick disclaimer: This is general information provided as a courtesy to empower you at work. It is not legal advice and Julia is not (and cannot be) your lawyer. Julia is licensed in CA and her knowledge of other states’ laws is limited. Please consult a lawyer in your state or country for personalized legal advice. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Julia Stephanides: Website: https://bit.ly/3qlAjxA Instagram: https://bit.ly/3okowxc Workers’ rights fact sheets for CA employees from Legal Aid at Work: FMLA Certification Form from Department of Labor (DOL): FMLA Notice Requirements from DOL: Employment Lawyer Referrals: Menaka Fernando (practices in CA and can connect you with attorneys in DC and NY): Zoe DeGeer (practices in CA):
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Are You Being Manipulated at Work? Here's How to Deal With Toxic Colleagues
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Dealing with office manipulators is tricky. That’s why we invited Liz Kislik to the show. With almost 30 years of consulting, Liz has encountered countless examples of manipulation, bullying, and inappropriate use of power. Throughout her work, Liz has discovered proven-ways to respond that are consistently effective for confronting most manipulators, even if you have less rank, power, or status. At a minimum, they’ll help you assert yourself and regain a sense of control rather than suffering in silence while you figure out your long-term plan. Produced by Dear Media. |
Nov 09, 2021 |
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The One Minute Practice to Tame Your Wandering Mind with Dr. Amishi Jha
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Research shows we are missing 50% of our lives. Why? Because we aren’t paying attention. The answer is cognitive training—also known as teaching your brain how to tame your wandering mind so you can pay attention and focus on the things that are important to you. On today’s show, we’ll learn a one minute practice from neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha. She’ll teach us the three types of attention and why U-shaped stress is great for attention. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Mission: Motivation: https://bit.ly/3BXPIaL Learn More About Dr. Amishi: Website: https://bit.ly/3mfT2s4 Peak Mind: https://bit.ly/3GpddMg Produced by Dear Media. |
Nov 02, 2021 |
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Unfulfilled Ambitions: How to Realize Your Career Intentions + Find Your Cru
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Have you ever wondered what ambitious really means outside of Instagram memes and quotes? Have you ever felt like have unfulfilled ambitious even though you’re “successful”? Or maybe you’re wondering why setting (and hitting) your career goals each year doesn’t leave you more fulfilled. These tough questions are why we have Tiffany Dufu, founder of The Cru, on the show today. Get ready for some answers and to learn 4 ways you can realize your own career intentions. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Power Moves: https://bit.ly/3mosST1 Learn More About Tiffany: Website: https://bit.ly/3BXXcdx Email: tiffany@thecru.com The Cru: https://bit.ly/3AQkNLP Sponsors: BetterHelp: https://bit.ly/3aCVgep Produced by Dear Media. |
Oct 26, 2021 |
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How to Become a Recruiter: Salary, Skills, & More
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If you’ve ever wondered how to become a recruiter or what people mean when they say they just “fell into recruiting” you should listen to today’s episode. We interview three experts on what it takes to be a recruiter, a typical day in the life, skills to highlight on your resume, recruiter career trajectories and the best advice for people transitioning into the role of recruiting. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Power Moves: https://bit.ly/3mosST1 Resources Mentioned: Lou Adler Performance Based Hiring: https://bit.ly/3iZySk6 LinkedIn Recruiter: https://bit.ly/3oXH1ZY Entelo: https://bit.ly/2X8jlXo Eightfold: https://bit.ly/2YMNSus LinkedIn Recruiter Certification: https://bit.ly/3BGy0Ie Cornell’s Human Resources Certificate: https://bit.ly/2YExMCZ Society for Human Resources Management: https://bit.ly/3AJWMpW Experts: Darlene Castellanos: https://bit.ly/3j0GRgR Tyson Williams: https://bit.ly/3p0EvlY Ginny Cheng: https://bit.ly/388Zyc8 (P.S. Zillow is currently hiring recruiters!) Sponsors: Napjitsu: https://bit.ly/3oXKesu BetterHelp: https://bit.ly/ Produced by Dear Media. |
Oct 19, 2021 |
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Why Self-Compassion Works Better Than Self-Esteem with Dr. Kristin Neff
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More and more, psychologists are turning away from an emphasis on self-esteem and moving toward self-compassion in the treatment of their patients—and Dr. Neff’s extraordinary book, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind To Yourself, offers exercises and action plans for dealing with every emotionally debilitating struggle. On this episode, we’ll learn more about what self-compassion is, including what it isn’t, and why self-compassion works better than the high self-esteem we seem to always be chasing. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Power Moves: https://bit.ly/3mosST1 Dr. Kristin Neff: Website: https://bit.ly/3ivzm12 Practices and Exercises: https://bit.ly/2WO5hSU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3BfeaDW Produced by Dear Media. |
Oct 12, 2021 |
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Overtaken By Impostor Syndrome? How To Dial Down Your Self-Criticism
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Why are we so often the most negative voice in our own lives? Have you ever felt like you needed to pretend to be confident at work? This feeling is pretty common and it’s called Impostor Syndrome. On this episode, we are joined by a guest who’s experienced Impostor Syndrome, Tucci Ivowi, to learn more about her story, common misconceptions around Impostor Syndrome and 5 ways to dial down your own self-criticism and negative voice. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Power Moves: https://bit.ly/3mosST1 Tucci Ivowi: Website: https://bit.ly/3ohzmVZ LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3kO1P3A Instagram: https://bit.ly/3zMkSj7 Produced by Dear Media. |
Oct 05, 2021 |
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How to Give Effective Feedback at Work + Examples For What To Say
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When’s the last time you got critical feedback at a job? Feedback is a gift and yet research shows that there’s a mismatch between how much we, as employees, want versus what we’re currently getting from bosses. That’s why we’ve invited the expert on giving (and receiving) effective feedback, Therese Huston, a Ph.D. and author of Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower to share the three types of feedback, advice for approaching feedback talks, and even what to do if the tears start rolling easily. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Therese Huston: https://bit.ly/3zsjnGH Let’s Talk Book: https://bit.ly/3hUEefU Critique Crash Course: https://bit.ly/3ubjDHk Produced by Dear Media. |
Sep 28, 2021 |
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Want to Love Your Job? Here's the #1 Thing to Look For According to Chief Well-Being Officer, Jen Fisher
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We’re currently living (and working) through another pandemic. It’s the “I hate my job” pandemic that has many workers running toward the great resignation. So what happens when a company has a Chief Well-being Officer? How does a unique role like that help to solve our collective burnout with work and, dare I say it, help us to actually like work again? Today, we are joined by Jen Fisher, Author and Deloitte’s Chief Well-being Officer for an interactive discussion around how we can enjoy and engage with work and exactly what we need to focus on more as both managers and coworkers for a more positive future. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Job Search Academy: https://bit.ly/3z8uHHJ Jen Fisher: https://bit.ly/3hvzayl Work Better Together: https://amzn.to/3k7ElpP Sponsor: Betabrand: https://bit.ly/ Produced by Dear Media. |
Sep 21, 2021 |
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Employee Double-Dipping: Should You Work Two Remote Jobs at The Same Time?
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Double dipping is a new career trend in which employees balance two jobs at once. Over the pandemic, this trend has become increasingly popular as people experienced layoffs, downsizes, or loss of health insurance. But how sustainable is having two jobs? In this episode, we interviewed two anonymous employees who are living the double dipping lifestyle to hear about what made them take on two jobs, how they manage both jobs, when they have time to sleep and much more. So if you’ve ever contemplated taking on two (or more) jobs at once, listen in. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Produced by Dear Media. |
Sep 14, 2021 |
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How Much Are You Worth And How to Ask for a Raise from Nike's Global Compensation Director, David Buckmaster
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On this episode, we’re joined by David Buckmaster, Nike’s Global Compensation Director and author of Fair Pay to discuss...you guessed it...salary and compensation. Have you ever wondered how your company comes up with your salary number? Or whether it’s a good idea to name your salary range while you’re interviewing? What about the best language to use in your salary negotiation? We’re covering all of that and more on today’s episode around determining your worth and asking for a raise. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Fair Pay Book: https://bit.ly/2WEwiHQ The Salary Project: http://bit.ly/2LhpIQN Produced by Dear Media. |
Sep 07, 2021 |
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How to Become a Project Manager: Salary, Skills, & More
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On this special episode of The Career Contessa Podcast, Aliya (CC’s Video Producer) interviewed three project management professionals and a career contessa coach to hear their best project manager tips and tricks. So tune in if you want to know what it takes to be a project manager, the critical skills and certifications required, where to find project management jobs, what to do during the job search and job interview, and how to utilize resources to continue your education as you move further along in your project management career. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Experts: Kerry Hoffman Website: https://bit.ly/3y9eG44 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3DkKzun LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3yfPl8l Jen Dickson LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3mshxTw Carlie Farahani Ginny Cheng Career Contessa coach: https://bit.ly/388Zyc8 Instagram: https://bit.ly/2WaC9VH
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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5 Strategies for Overcoming Workplace Conflict: What to Do If You Hate Your Coworker
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There is no such thing as a conflict-free work environment. However, disagreements can actually be super helpful. The key is learning how to have healthy disagreements. That’s why we’ve invited mindset coach, Amina AlTai, back on the show to talk more about conflict—like the common ways it shows up and why our emotions around conflict are often reflective of our shadows. Plus, Amina gets me to talk about the things that annoy me most with people at work Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Frozen Middle Episode: https://apple.co/2W7czR2 Interpersonal Comm 101 course: http://bit.ly/2Pdu5yV Amina AlTai: https://bit.ly/3gdUUhs Amina’s Instagram: https://bit.ly/37P95oP Sponsors: Ana Luisa: https://bit.ly/3rm0vXs Produced by Dear Media. |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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How to Navigate Big Career Decisions With Values
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Welcome to the very first episode of our new show, The Career Contessa podcast! We will still be delivering helpful, actionable career tips every week but we wanted the name of the show to more accurately reflect the type of content we deliver today. This episode is focused on values and how you can use them to make big decisions. When was the last time you had to make a big decision? Did you use your values to help? We’re joined by career and life coach, Leigha May, who is teaching us the 3 steps to navigate big decisions with our values. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/ Leigha May Life & Career Coach: https://www. Leigha May Career Contessa Profile: https://www. Leigha’s The Values Workbook: https://bit.ly/ Sponsors: Ana Luisa: https://bit.ly/3rm0vXs Produced by Dear Media. |
Aug 17, 2021 |
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The Career Contessa Podcast - Trailer
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A weekly career advice podcast focused on women, work, and all the answers to your questions so you can be more fulfilled, healthy, and successful at work. Each Tuesday, we’re here to help you make progress in your career. We uncover hush-hush topics like how to talk about salary at work and we demystify common career advice that simply doesn’t serve you. Expect “aha” moments and step-by-step career advice in each episode you can implement today. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, follow @careercontessa on Instagram for daily career tips, and subscribe to our newsletter at www.careercontessa.com/newsletter Produced by Dear Media. |
Aug 13, 2021 |
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Steps to Embrace Slow Work
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Are you a person who likes to work FAST? Do you love to get a lot done and feel the satisfaction of crossing items off your to-do list? Despite our best efforts at working smarter and not harder, what many of us are missing is actually knowing how to slow down. On this episode, we are joined by Sophie Caldecott, a journalist and self-proclaimed enthusiast of slow living, a new trend that is sweeping across the internet and into our work and home lives. Sophie will teach us what slow living is, how it works and 5 steps you can take to embrace slow work right now. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Mission: Motivation: https://bit.ly/3lghBFk Sophie’s Website: https://bit.ly/3xfJmjm Sophie’s Article: https://bit.ly/3A7B0MX Sophie’s Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rK0Cfx Sponsors: Ana Luisa: https://bit.ly/3rm0vXs Conair: https://bit.ly/3yh2zTd Betabrand: https://bit.ly/3fgzIqF Produced by Dear Media. |
Aug 10, 2021 |
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How to Deal With New Burnout Symptoms When Returning to The Office
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As companies start to re-think how to bring employees back to offices—and employees start to re-think what they want out of work, managing employee burnout and anxiety needs to be a top priority. On this episode, we’re joined by Yu Tse Heng, a burnout scholar at the University of Washington, to share these new burnout symptoms, specific strategies for dealing with your unique burnout type, and what employers really need to do to help. Spoiler alert: it’s not a week off of work or free online therapy! Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Yu Tse Heng Email: yutse@uw.edu The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Sponsors: MZ Wallace: https://bit.ly/3xo8Qfl Safety Wing: https://bit.ly/34TV1sr Produced by Dear Media. |
Aug 03, 2021 |
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The Argument For a Four-Day Workweek—Exactly What to Pitch To Your Boss
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Are we operating on a five-day, 40-hour schedule for a good reason? Is 40 the magic number due to tons of studies and data? Are we actually working 40 hours a week or much more? Employees are burnt out and ready to quit. Something needs to change and so we’ve been wondering if the 4-day work week is the answer. On this episode, we are joined by Career Contessa’s Content Director, Caileen Holden, to discuss the pros and cons of a shorter work week + how to ask your boss to switch to a 4-day work week. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Power Moves: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Ask Your Boss For Anything: https://bit.ly/3hRnaYs 4 Day Work Week: https://bit.ly/2V0ImCk Kill The 5 Day Work Week: https://bit.ly/2TnoUPN Productivity Powerhouse: https://bit.ly/3g22VGS Sponsors: Ana Luisa: https://bit.ly/3rm0vXs Safety Wing: https://bit.ly/34TV1sr Produced by Dear Media. |
Jul 27, 2021 |
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Career Identities, Cancel Culture, + Moving Forward from 90210 with Shenae Grimes-Beech and AnnaLynne McCord
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Have you ever felt anxious when someone asked “what do you do” and you worried about your answer? Have you ever wondered what’s your “why” in life? If these questions around career identity strike a chord with you, you’re not alone. Today’s guests are actresses Shenae Grimes Beech and AnnaLynne McCord, hosts of the new podcast, Unzipped. In this episode we discuss career identities, egos, self-worth, cancel culture, and finding your why. Warning: This episode contains discussion related to suicide, depression, trafficking, sexual abuse, and adult language.
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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4 Proven Ways to De-Stress at Work And Improve Your Wellbeing
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Stress first creeps up in physical ways like when you can’t sleep or your heart rate starts to beat just a bit faster. And if you don’t learn how to relax and manage your stress, having the ability to calm yourself just gets harder and harder. Whether you’re a boss or employee, we all need to learn how to cope with today’s stressful events and understand the difference between our adaptive selves and our authentic selves. That’s why on this episode of The Femails, Dr. Audrey Tang will teach you 4 proven ways to de-stress that you can put into practice this week. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3pVC02l Dr. Audrey Tang: https://bit.ly/3hjh7vt
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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The Dos and Don'ts of Making a Mistake at Work
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Making a mistake is annoying at best. Making a mistake at work feels particularly anxiety-inducing because unlike disappointing a parent, friend or even yourself, disappointing a colleague or boss or customer can have immediate, rippling consequences for an entire business that depends on its employees to keep it running. And what if that mistake is made publicly...for all to see?! And even though making a mistake just means you’re human, we know it’s hard to remember that when you’re in panic mode at work. That’s why on this episode of The Femails, we’ll teach you 6 ways to recover from any work mistake Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3pVC02l Sponsors: Athleta: https://bit.ly/3gjTnWm Freshly: https://bit.ly/2SfF6Cd SafetyWing: https://bit.ly/3hSMkGA Produced by Dear Media. |
Jul 06, 2021 |
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How to Mold a Human-Centric Workplace
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Your workplace can have a huge impact on your quality of life, so it’s important that your work environment is focused on the needs of its people. One way to do that is to implement or adhere to a human-centric approach. That’s why on today’s episode we are going to talk about what a human-centric workplace is and how to mold a human-centric workplace culture. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Learn More About Angela: https://bit.ly/3zXp01h
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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What to Do When You Want to Stay Working Remotely
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Here in the U.S. many people are starting to return to work in-person. While some people are excited to go back to the office, other people are absolutely dreading it. But how do you navigate the awkward transition back when you know remote work has worked better for you? That’s why on today’s episode we are going to talk about the benefits of remote work and what to do when you want to stay working remotely. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Apple Employees Letter: https://bit.ly/3cKlEEK Sponsors: Athleta: https://bit.ly/3gjTnWm SafetyWing: https://bit.ly/3hSMkGA Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 22, 2021 |
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How to Escape Toxic Hustle Culture
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Hustle culture is our collective need to work harder and more efficiently. It idolizes early hours, late nights, and prioritizes productivity above all else. It encompasses a rise and grind culture that glamorizes leaving your 9-5 and diving into entrepreneurship all while feeling an urgency to compete with others doing the same thing. It’s exhausting and often leads to burnout. In this episode, we are going to discuss hustle culture and the reason people are fed up with it, plus tips on how to escape the toxic hustle culture mindset.
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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The Great Resignation: How to Quit Your Job
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The Great Resignation is a recent term that some of you may have heard floating around. It refers to the post-pandemic “quit your job” movement fueled by a lot of pandemic uncertainty and pandemic-related epiphanies. On this episode of The Femails we are going to talk about two things: 1) What is the great resignation and is it really happening? 2) How to know whether you should quit your job. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP CC Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3bpzfAP Remote Control: https://bit.ly/remote-control- Laid Off Article: https://bit.ly/3uIrI6C The Great Resignation: https://bloom.bg/3uHfDyT Sponsors: SafetyWing: https://bit.ly/3hSMkGA Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 08, 2021 |
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The Most Annoying Business Jargon We Need to Stop Using
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A couple of weeks ago we made a post on Career Contessa’s Instagram about some of our least favorite workplace jargon. Turns out, a lot of you had strong feelings about other workplace jargon that annoyed you. We read through so many funny and frustrating phrases that we were inspired to turn it into a podcast episode. That’s why in this episode we are going to talk about corporate workplace jargon—the phrases that you may constantly hear at your workplace. We are going to break down the meaning of 10 phrases and provide you with alternatives of what you could say.
Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP CC Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3bpzfAP Critique Crash Course: https://bit.ly/3ubjDHk Critical Problem Solving 101: http://bit.ly/2lDXLas Interpersonal Communication 101: http://bit.ly/2Pdu5yV Sponsors: Athleta: https://bit.ly/3u4ZT8i SafetyWing: https://bit.ly/ Produced by Dear Media. |
Jun 01, 2021 |
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15 Quick Career Fixes You Needed Yesterday
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Last week, we reached out to you all, the Career Contessa listeners and readers, to find out whether you had any specific career questions we could cover on the podcast. The response was overwhelming. So we decided to dedicate an entire episode to addressing your questions and providing some quick fixes and solutions to your career problems. That’s why on this episode we’ll be answering 15 career questions submitted by you, The Femails listeners. We’ll be covering everything from how to effectively job search, to how to deal with competitive coworkers, to knowing what salary to ask for, and much more. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP CC Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3bpzfAP The Salary Project: http://bit.ly/2LhpIQN Career Transition Road Map: http://bit.ly/30tXo2a Career Vision Resource: http://bit.ly/2XMxMQ0 When to Quit Article: https://bit.ly/3fyjGYr When Not to Quit Article: https://bit.ly/33XkS2j Toxic Bosses Article: http://bit.ly/hate-my-boss Toxic Coworkers Article: http://bit.ly/2M90Ee8 Working Mom Article: https://bit.ly/33XuJVT Success Article: https://bit.ly/2QCREms The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU Sponsors: Athleta: https://bit.ly/3u4ZT8i Freshly: freshly.com/femails Produced by Dear Media. |
May 25, 2021 |
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5 Red Flags to Absolutely Avoid in a Company
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Sometimes you know when a company is not a great fit for you. Whether you notice it in a job interview, 5 months into working at a company, or 5 years into working at a company, there’s one thing that’s definitely true: toxic workplaces can lead to stress, burnout, and serious disruptions in your normal life. On this episode we’ll be discussing our own personal experiences with toxic work environments and 5 red flags to absolutely avoid in a company. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP CC Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3bpzfAP Unfocused at Work: https://bit.ly/3f3yttW Kea: Hire Kea As A Mentor: https://bit.ly/3sj9DMb Follow Kea: https://bit.ly/3bSEv0n Connect with Kea on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2Q8H32k Get Kea’s Free Mini-Course for Overcoming Your Fears: https://keameyersduggan.com/ Produced by Dear Media. |
May 18, 2021 |
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Are You Languishing? Here’s How to Feel Better
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Languishing. Many of us are doing it without even being aware of what “it” is. Languishing is not burnout and it’s not quite depression, but it’s sort of like a cousin to both. Languishing is a feeling of stagnancy, emptiness, and aimlessness. The danger of languishing is that it can grow to become depression or an anxiety disorder. If this sounds familiar to you, listen up. On this episode we’ll be discussing why so many of us are languishing and why putting a name to a feeling helps and 5 pieces of advice on addressing your emotions both at work and in your personal life. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Follow Kea: https://bit.ly/3bSEv0n Hire Kea As A Mentor: https://bit.ly/3sj9DMb A Guide to Working With Me: https://bit.ly/3e2bBvI Adam Grant for NYT on Languishing: https://nyti.ms/3t1ESuX Hire Kea As A Mentor: https://bit.ly/3sj9DMb Get Kea’s Free Mini-Course for Overcoming Your Fears: https://keameyersduggan.com/
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Produced by Dear Media. |
May 11, 2021 |
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The Most Important Career Advice You Haven't Heard Already
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It’s pretty obvious that our careers have a huge impact on our finances, but your finances also have a huge affect on your career. Being financially stable gives you more options in your career and allows you to have a solid foundation to make choices from. That stability can make a huge difference if you need to leave a job you hate, take a career risk, or if you want to start your own business. Plus, studies have shown that employees who are stressed about their finances are less productive at work. The more you stay on top of your finances, the less stressed you’ll feel. That’s a win for your finances, career, and health!
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May 04, 2021 |
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4 Steps to Overcome Feelings of Self-Doubt
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Dealing with and working to overcome self-doubt is a common hurdle to progress -- especially career progress. Struggles with self-doubt can: keep you from speaking up or advocating for yourself, cause you to settle for roles don’t reflect your true potential, make you reluctant to trust your decision-making abilities, give you pause when you really want to ask for a raise or promotion, keep you in a job that kills your spirit each and every day...AND MORE. That’s why on this episode we discuss whether impostor syndrome is real and 4 steps to overcome feelings of self-doubt. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Follow Kea: https://bit.ly/3bSEv0n The Confidence Crunch: https://bit.ly/3efA8MU HBR Article: https://bit.ly/2RRwWiX Hire Kea As A Mentor: https://bit.ly/3sj9DMb Get Kea’s Free Mini-Course for Overcoming Your Fears: https://keameyersduggan.com/
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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3 Ways to Set Yourself Up For Career Success
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Contrary to what it may feel like, you don’t have to wait for a new year, a birthday, or a new job opportunity to reinvigorate your career. You can start over or do a reset whenever you want—halfway through the year, or at 3pm on a Tuesday. You can make today the start of setting up your career for success. That’s why on today’s episode we’ll be discussing why everyone should practice professional development and what career “success” even looks like. Plus, listen to learn 3 ways to set yourself up for career success. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Follow Kea: https://bit.ly/3bSEv0n Power Moves Book: https://amzn.to/2X1EQWZ Hire Kea As A Mentor: https://bit.ly/3sj9DMb Get Kea’s Free Mini-Course for Overcoming Your Fears: https://keameyersduggan.com/ Sponsors: Vionic Shoes: https://bit.ly/2Q5Jdz9 Public Goods: https://bit.ly/3vTzsVu Produced by Dear Media. |
Apr 20, 2021 |
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5 Steps to Career Satisfaction—According to Research
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Much of our days, our purpose, and our identities revolve around not who we are, but what we do. When we meet someone new for the first time, how often do we strike up a conversation surrounding how we make our living? Unless we are finding meaning and purpose in our careers, or using the gifts and talents we have been given, we may not find contentment in the workplace. On today’s episode we will be discussing the importance of career satisfaction and 5 steps to take in order to achieve career satisfaction.
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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How Much of Your "Authentic" Self Should You Really Bring to Work
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Being authentic at work can seem like a tricky balance. Many people feel like they have a completely different version of themselves that shows up to work each day. But how much of your “true” self is ok to bring into work? That’s why on today’s episode we’ll be discussing what it means to be authentic at work and 4 tips for staying authentic at work Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Follow Career Contessa: http://bit.ly/2TMH2QP Follow Kea: https://bit.ly/3bSEv0n Interpersonal Communication 101: http://bit.ly/2Pdu5yV Hire Kea As A Mentor: https://bit.ly/3sj9DMb Kea’s Free Mini-Course for Overcoming Your Fears: https://keameyersduggan.com/ Sponsors: Public Goods: https://bit.ly/3vTzsVu |
Apr 06, 2021 |
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Is Fear Masking Your Ambition? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself
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Fear often stands in the way of ambition. But how do you recognize that fear and stop it from getting in the way of achieving your goals? On today’s episode we are joined by our new guest host (and Career Contessa coach), Kea Meyers Duggan, to discuss how fear can mask your ambition and 3 questions to ask yourself in order to determine whether fear is getting in your way.
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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7 Types of Rest Every Person Needs
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Have you ever tried to fix an ongoing lack of energy by getting more sleep — only to do so and still feel exhausted? If that’s you, here’s the secret: Sleep and rest are not the same thing, although many of us incorrectly confuse the two. On today’s episode we’ll be discussing the difference between sleep and rest and the 7 types of rest every person needs. Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: https://bit.ly/3lmKg9s Get to Know Kea Meyers-Duggan: Career Coach Kea: http://bit.ly/3eM2TTe Kea’s Podcast Episode: http://apple.co/2NoXia9 Sponsors: Zenfuel: http://bit.ly/3ekD509 Panasonic Hair Dryer: http://amzn.to/3dj9Ie8 Honey: joinhoney.com/femails Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 23, 2021 |
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How to Spot a Dysfunctional Workplace From An Interview
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No one wants to get stuck in a dysfunctional workplace. That’s why today we’re discussing how you can spot a dysfunctional workplace or boss—straight from the interview process. Listen in to learn about 5 red flags to look out for in a job interview (plus what to do when you spot these red flags). 7 Smart Questions You Should Ask at the End of Every Job Interview: http://bit.ly/3te7yRZ 7 Signs of a Dysfunctional Workplace You Can Spot in an Interview: http://bit.ly/3qrIIMl Sponsors: Zenfuel: http://bit.ly/3ekD509 Panasonic Hair Dryer: http://amzn.to/3dj9Ie8 |
Mar 16, 2021 |
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The Cost of Being Indecisive at Work
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Are you indecisive? Does it take you hours, days, or weeks to make what may seem like a simple decision? Today we’ll be discussing how indecisiveness might be wreaking havoc on your career—and what that’s really costing you. In this episode, we’re discussing 3 ways indecisiveness is rooting out your career and 5 reasons why you might feel indecisive at work. Negative Thought Spiral Episode: http://apple.co/3r52PkJ Sponsors: Skillshare: http://skl.sh/383Eswc Panasonic Hair Dryer: http://amzn.to/3dj9Ie8 Produced by Dear Media. |
Mar 09, 2021 |
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5 Common Resume Mistakes That Lead to Recruiter Confusion
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There are SO many opinions out there on what you should and shouldn’t put on a resume that it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the whole resume-writing process. In this episode, we’re discussing 5 resume mistakes that lead to recruiter confusion with Meghan Kaye, a recruiter at Brooklinen, and a woman who spends a lot of time looking at resumes and chatting with hiring managers about what they want to see in a candidate. Sponsors: ZenFuel: http://bit.ly/3dj9yU4 Panasonic Hair Dryer: http://amzn.to/3dj9Ie8 |
Mar 02, 2021 |
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How To Stop a Negative Thought Spiral
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Many of us have fallen victim to a negative thought spiral—that feeling when one bad thought or experience turns into a mountain of thoughts that make you feel like you should just totally give up. Regardless of how your negative thought spiral starts, Dr. Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, columnist, bestselling author, and television commentator, is here to teach us how to identify and stop a negative thought spiral. Sponsor: ZenFuel: http://bit.ly/3dj9yU4 OurCrowd: http://bit.ly/3sZAUnO Panasonic Hair Dryer: http://amzn.to/3dj9Ie8 Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 23, 2021 |
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Hustle Harder—The Dark Side of Toxic Positivity
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Hustle harder. Good vibes only. Girl, you've got this. Sometimes words of encouragement are—not so helpful. Today we’re discussing how toxic positivity has fed into a culture of "go!" and the damage it's doing. Plus, we’ll share common signs of toxic positivity at work with tips for shutting it down! Sponsors: SNOW Teeth Whitening: http://bit.ly/3oHgWuG Usual Wines: http://bit.ly/3s1A4q8 Zenfeul: https://bit.ly/3pfYIR2 Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 16, 2021 |
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How to Job Search While Pregnant—From a Woman Who Did It
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Even before COVID times, the idea of searching for a new job...while also being pregnant was a daunting one. Is it better to play it safe with your current role—or do you interview and try to start a new role at work while you’re also starting a new one at home. Job searching while pregnant is a unique and complex idea because it also includes plenty of systemic challenges. However, one of the best ways to learn how to job search while pregnant is by talking to a woman who already did it. Today we’re hearing from Jen Watts Welsh, an executive at an ad agency who interviewed for her current role at 6 months pregnant and secured a job offer at 8 months. Sponsor: Skillshare: http://skl.sh/2Li34ci SNOW: http://bit.ly/3oHgWuG
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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The Argument For The "Good Enough" Job
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Have you ever felt the pressure to make sure you’re working a job that not only pays you, but also fulfills you, is something you’re passionate about, and you can easily describe as your “dream” job? For many of us, this is and has been the goal, but what if our quest for the dream job is keeping us from enjoying the “good enough” job? In this episode, we’ll share what the “good enough” job is and four arguments on why you should pursue it over any “dream job.” Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW R29 “Good Enough” Article”: http://r29.co/3qRzl9k OurCrowd: http://bit.ly/3sZAUnO Uber for Business: http://ubr.to/355SfAY Produced by Dear Media. |
Feb 02, 2021 |
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4 Personality Types You Need to Build a Dream Team
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As a leader responsible for driving performance and results in your organization, many variables are simply outside of your control. But one thing you can manage is team chemistry, a powerful leadership skill that is essential to powering teams to their most peak performance. Listen to Werq founder and certified executive coach, Ilana Zivkovich, provide in-depth advice on what leadership in 2021 looks like and the four personality types you need to build a high-performing team. Usual Wines: http://bit.ly/3s1A4q8 Produced by Dear Media
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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5 Habits Guaranteed to Maximize Your Career in 2021
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If there’s one thing we’ve all learned from 2020, it’s that sometimes no amount of planning can help you predict the future, especially when it comes to your career. One way to prepare for your next career move (without getting hung up) is by adding some new habits to your weekly routine. To help you save time (and sanity), the Career Contessa team has rounded up 5 habits that are guaranteed to maximize your career in 2021. Plus, don’t miss out on our once-a-year online course sale, The New Year, New Career Sale, which includes 30% off ANY online course + a 2021 Work Journal included as a free bonus with your enrollment between January 18th- January 31st, 2021. The 15-Min Win Episode: http://apple.co/39oiaFl Produced by Dear Media |
Jan 19, 2021 |
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4 Signs That You’re Stuck Professionally—And How to Grow
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If you’re midway (or quarterway) through your career and feeling stuck, you are not alone. Maybe work doesn’t feel meaningful anymore, or your industry has drastically evolved, or your values and interests have changed. The fact that this is such a common experience doesn’t make it any easier to handle when it’s happening to you. Learn from Jazmine Reed-Clark, a career coach, podcaster, HR professional, and basically the go-to woman on all things “career stuckness” to help you. Sponsor: Produced by Dear Media |
Jan 12, 2021 |
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The 4 “Brags” Every Woman Should Try To Boost Your Career
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Singing your accomplishments at the office—especially a virtual one—is never an easy task, but how do you tout your achievements on the regular so that they’re always top of mind (without being annoying)? To help us answer this, we’re joined by Meredith Fineman, author Brag Better, and a woman who has built a career on working with "The Qualified Quiet": smart people who struggle to talk about themselves and thus go underestimated or unrecognized. Brag Better free resource: https://bit.ly/3qBm6KG Produced by Dear Media |
Jan 05, 2021 |
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Welcome to The Femails by Career Contessa
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Hi there, I’m Lauren McGoodwin, host of The Femails, a podcast from Career Contessa that focuses on the world of women and work by delivering helpful, actionable career tips and advice for women so you can be more fulfilled, healthy, and successful at work. By listening to The Femails each Tuesday, we’ll make it easy—and dare we say fun with some guaranteed LOLs—for you to build a successful career on your terms, create confidence-building habits, and reach your goals faster. This is The Femails. Show Notes: Produced by Dear Media
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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The Top 5 Workplace Trends for 2021: Predictions and What They Mean For You
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On our last episode of 2020, we’re getting futuristic and discussing 2021 workplace predictions and what we really think we can expect in work trends next year. Learn how our team is wrapping up 2020 and 5 of the most popular workplace trends and predictions for 2021 floating around the internet. Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Dec 29, 2020 |
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3 Mistakes Every Entrepreneur Should Avoid With Emma Isaacs of Business Chicks
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Have you been considering taking the plunge into entrepreneurship? Or maybe you’ve already dipped your toe in the business pool and you’d like to avoid making some mistakes. Wouldn’t we all?! That’s why we’ve invited career entrepreneur and author, Emma Isaacs, to share her story and what she wishes she knew earlier. Produced by Dear Media |
Dec 22, 2020 |
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Why "Humble" is The New Successful
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Most of us think we're humble - We don't brag about our success to people with less, spout our opinions like we’re the G.O.A.T., or judge people by a standard even we don't meet. But today’s guest and author of The Humility Paradox, Jessica Bellinger, challenges the pervasive assumption that most of us don't have a pride problem—we have a “humble” problem. Learn why humble is the new successful and how to make humility a daily practice.
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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The 3 Best Gifts for Self-Development (And To Set You Up for 2021)
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We’ve been inspired by the holiday gifting season and want to share the best career and self-development gifts for Y.O.U. We’re also joined by Ginny Cheng, a Career Contessa coach and a recruiting director at Zillow, to explain each gift and how they can help set you up for success in 2021. Expert Sponsor: |
Dec 08, 2020 |
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5 Habits That Are Destroying Your Confidence
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Did you know that confidence is a skill that can be learned and improved? But how? For starters, you’ll want to remove any anti-confidence habits that are keeping you stuck. On this episode, we’re sharing 5 habits that are destroying your confidence and creative ways to put an end to them. Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Dec 01, 2020 |
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2020 Wasn’t ALL Bad—Our Team’s Highs, Lows, Favorites, and Hopes for 2021
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We’re taking a bit of a detour from our usual career advice to talk about a much less serious topic because we’re all about finding the balance between sharing glitter and glue. And let’s be honest—2020 wasn’t all bad. That’s why on this episode we’re sharing our team's highs, lows, favorite things, and hopes for 2021 Sponsor: Produced by Dear Media |
Nov 24, 2020 |
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How Black Women Are Prioritizing Self-Care Right Now
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Today’s episode is the fourth and final episode of a special 4-part series called “Black Women In…”, which will explore the ways Black women wind down, stay sane, and take care of themselves. Listen to Chei, Jasmin, Stephanie, and Neveah as they share their personal advice and experiences with all things self-care from emotional boundaries to what “wellness” means to them. Experts: Produced by Dear Media |
Nov 17, 2020 |
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Exactly How to Talk Salary In a Job Interview—And Other Uncomfortable Work Situations
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We’re diving into salary talk—how to discuss salary in a job interview, when asking for a raise, making a career transition, and many other uncomfortable work situations. We’re joined by two ex-Nike executives Pamela Neferkara and Patty Ross to share their tips and salary scripts you can use word-for-word in your next negotiation. Experts Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Nov 10, 2020 |
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Investing to Build a 7-Figure Portfolio with Bola Sokunbi
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We all wish retirement and money were things that just fell from the sky. But they don’t. Getting your money organized—and growing it to 7-figures and beyond takes a plan. Today we have author and Clever Girl Finance founder, Bola Sokuni, to break down where to start with creating your own portfolio. Experts Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Nov 05, 2020 |
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The Unreality And Dream Job Myth of Emily In Paris
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Does the dream job exist? Thanks to shows like Netflix’s Emily In Paris, you might think “yes,” however, you might be happy to hear the dream job is actually a myth. Today we’re exploring why there’s no such thing as a dream job (hint, that’s great) and how we can use Emily In Paris as a case study for thinking about our own career paths and dealing with our own very real workplaces. Sponsor: Produced by Dear Media |
Oct 27, 2020 |
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7 Career Lessons We’ve Learned (That We Wish We Knew Earlier)
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Career Contessa turns 7! To celebrate our anniversary, the team is sharing the best career advice we’ve heard and the career lessons we wish we had known earlier. Take a road down memory lane with us—and grab some wisdom along the way. Rory: https://bit.ly/3lCU7b0 Produced by Dear Media |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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I Am Not Your Stereotype: Black Women In The World
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In our third episode of our “Black Women In…” series, Chei, Jasmin, Stephanie, and Neveah are back to discuss common stereotypes the world has about Black women. We’re addressing three common stereotypes that are toxic and destructive in the workplace and beyond. Quick disclaimer: adult language is used in this episode. Show Notes: Experts: Chei Burris LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/31VYerc Sponsor: Issuu: https://bit.ly/3lk5x2j Produced by Dear Media
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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How the Most Successful People Work From Home
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How do you do great work while sitting near the same spot where you watch Netflix? How can you maintain and grow your network when you spend less time face to face? The key is to detach yourself from old ways of working and adopt new habits to match your new environment. On this episode, time management expert Laura Vanderkam shares her 5 tips on how to change these habits—all from studying how the most successful people work from home. Sponsor: Produced by Dear Media
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Money, Blogging, and The Power of Morning Routines with Lauryn Evarts Bosstick of The Skinny Confidential
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Today’s episode is with Lauryn Evarts Bosstick, the content creator and brand builder behind The Skinny Confidential, which is a blog, book, podcast, and a lot, lot more. Lauryn is well-known for her straightforward advice and this interview is no exception. She doesn’t hold back on sharing how she has scaled her brand and her unique revenue streams. Lauryn shares how she narrows down her endless ideas so she can actually execute and prioritize work, what she would do if she was starting out today, her morning routine, and so much more. Sponsors Produced by Dear Media
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Gratitude Letters: How to Cultivate Happiness In The Workplace
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Gratitude. It’s something we hear a lot about. But what are gratitude letters? On today’s episode, we’ve got Nancy Davis Kho, author of The Thank You Project sharing her three steps for writing gratitude letters and cultivating happiness in the workplace. Show Notes Experts Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Sep 22, 2020 |
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How to Confront Your Fear-Based Thoughts
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Fear is a nasty 4-letter word that can keep you from moving forward. So how can you confront your fear-based thoughts? On today’s episode, we’ve got Kea Meyers Duggan, a career and life coach, sharing her three tips for confronting fear-based thoughts and the role fear plays with the internal narrative you tell yourself—and the impact it can make on your decision-making process. Experts Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Sep 15, 2020 |
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4 Types of Problem Coworkers on Selling Sunset And How To Avoid Them In Your Office
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We’re discussing problematic workplace behavior and specifically using Netflix’s new-ish reality show Selling Sunset as our case study. We’ll use the reality show to highlight four types of problem coworkers and give advice on how to deal (or even avoid) each one in your office. Sponsors: Produced by Dear Media |
Sep 08, 2020 |
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4 Rules for Gaining Control of Your Money—And Saving Hundreds This Month
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We’re discussing budgeting and how you can use it to take control of your money even during Covid times with Jesse Mecham, founder of You Need a Budget, an award winning personal finance platform and the author of the You Need a Budget book. You’ll learn why budgeting doesn’t mean restricting yourself and zero fun, as well as four rules for gaining control of your money—and save hundreds this month. Show Notes Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Sep 01, 2020 |
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Black Women vs. White Privilege: From tone policing to code-switching, the toxicity of white feminism
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In our second episode of our “Black Women In…” series, Chei, Jasmin, Stephanie, and Neveah are back to discuss white privilege. Plus, we’re addressing “The Toxic White Woman Playbook.” Get ready for a raw conversation among friends and quick disclaimer—adult language is used in this episode. Show Notes:
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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5 Signs You ARE A People Pleaser + How to Stop
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Are you too accommodating in your daily life—so much so that it's actually a hindrance to your work? Well, you might be a people pleaser. On today’s episode, we’re discussing people-pleasing—what it is, how it can impact you at work, and ways to put an end to your people-pleasing ways Plus, we’ll also be sharing 5 signs to watch out for that mean you ARE a people pleaser. Sponsor Produced by Dear Media |
Aug 18, 2020 |
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How Do I Prepare for an Informational Interview? 15 Questions to Ask
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We’re discussing informational interviews—one of our favorite tools that can be used anytime in your career like in a job search, networking, career transition, learning new skills, the list goes on. In addition, we’ll share 15 of our favorite informational interview questions, along with some tips on writing personalized questions for each meeting to ensure you stand out and make a great impression. Offers More advice on informational interviews: https://bit.ly/3iju72b Produced by Dear Media |
Aug 11, 2020 |
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How to Navigate a Toxic Workplace
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We’re discussing toxic workplaces— the signs to watch out for, when you know your workplace is indeed toxic, and how to get out. We are joined by D'arby Rose, a filmmaker, artist, consultant and co-founder of Color Film, who will share her best advice on navigating toxicity in the workplace + the questions you need to ask yourself before you accept a new role. Don’t get stuck in another toxic work environment! Experts Offers Produced by Dear Media |
Aug 04, 2020 |
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Black Women in The Workplace: 4 Friends on What It's Like to Be Black, Female, and Working in America
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Welcome to our special series called “Black Women In…” co-hosted by Career Contessa coach, Chei Burris. On our first episode, Chei is joined by her three ambitious Black female friends to discuss being a Black woman in the workforce. Listen and learn from an engaging and educational take on Happy Hour as Chei, Jasmine, Stephanie, and Neveah share their experiences, advice, and takeaways. Plus, be sure to enter our giveaway for a Career Contessa coaching session valued at $200. Just leave a review of The Femails on Apple podcasts telling us one thing you’ve learned since listening to The Femails and end your comment with your Instagram handle so we can reach out to you if you win. Winner will be picked on August 18th, 2020. Show Notes: Experts: Produced by Dear Media |
Jul 28, 2020 |
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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset
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We’re discussing how you can train your brain (yes, you can do such a thing) to have a growth mindset with Career Contessa coach Kristin Evenson. Kristin teaches you how fixed mindset tendencies including the brain’s negativity bias and threat state can keep you from growing and four actionable steps to help you reframe from a fixed to a growth mindset. Plus, Alex Bader, a Hulu recruiter, is back to answer your job search questions on Dear Career Contessa.
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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How To Answer Any Job Interview Question
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Behavioral interview questions require candidates to share examples of specific situations they’ve been in where they had to use certain skills. These are also probably the most dreaded interview questions—those “tell me about a time when…” questions we all hope we don’t get asked. By using Story Circles you can learn how to answer any interview question. That’s why this episode is dedicated to teaching you this unique technique. We’ll also hear from Ali O’Reilly, a career coach and expert on this strategy. In “Dear Career Contessa,” we’ll help a reader who feels undervalued as a manager of a new team and what she can do to move forward. Submit Your Career Questions: |
Jul 14, 2020 |
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Overcome The Frozen (Middle) Career Stage
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Have you ever felt like your career stalled out? Or like you were in a frozen career stage once you got to middle management. This is actually pretty common, however, Amina AlTai, a career and business coach, will explain why the frozen middle is an under resourced and overlooked segment that, if supported correctly, could turn businesses around. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’re joined by Hulu Recruiter Alex Bader to answer your most pressing questions! Experts Sponsors Produced by Dear Media |
Jul 07, 2020 |
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5 Actions to Create a More Inclusive Workplace
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Building inclusive workplaces don’t happen overnight. They require consistent learning, changes in habits, and leadership’s commitment. However, when companies do create inclusive workplaces, the benefits are extremely valuable. Learn five actions you and your company can take to create an inclusive workplace with Karen Catlin of Better Allies. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’ll answer how to tell someone “no” to an informational interview request. Expert Sponsors |
Jun 30, 2020 |
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How Leaders Can Support Their Black Employees Navigating Racial Injustice
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Learn how leaders can support their Black employees navigating racial injustice with our guest expert Desiree Booker, CEO/Founder, ColorVizion Lab. Desiree is sharing four tips that leaders, employees, and companies can take to help support their Black community including the common mistakes and missteps she sees organizations make. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’ll help a listener looking to start a side-hustle blog.
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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From Homelessness to the C-Suite: Meet Rosanna Durruthy, VP of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at LinkedIn
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Rosanna Durruthy is a force. Now the Vice President of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at LinkedIn, Rosanna was a precocious child and had an early love for learning. Her career and life story are one of perseverance, grit, and following her curiosity including becoming a student at Harvard at the age of 16 to suddenly becoming homeless and pivoting her life and career as needed. This is beyond an inspirational story and interview. Show Notes Expert Advertisers Submit Your Career Questions: Produced by Dear Media |
Jun 16, 2020 |
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How to Attach to a Purpose, Not a Job Title
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Learning how to attach to a purpose, not a job title will help you manage unexpected changes with your career—but also help you learn how to be more fulfilled at work. That’s why we invited Belma McCaffrey of Work Bigger to share her three-step framework for defining your purpose. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’re helping a listener prepare for a long-distance job search. Belma’s “stuck” workbook: https://bit.ly/2AzyZzp Strengths Webinar: https://bit.ly/2XQP7o0 Sponsors Submit Your Career Questions: |
Jun 09, 2020 |
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How to Be Actively Anti-Racist at Work + Life
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As you’ve probably seen in other messaging across Career Contessa, we stand in solidarity with the Black community against racism, hate, and injustice. Silence and complacency have no place in our world and especially not on our platform or on this podcast. Experts Submit Your Career Questions: |
Jun 04, 2020 |
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Managing Up: Achieve Success in the Workplace with Any Type of Boss
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Often, leadership focuses on how to manage others, specifically on how to manage and lead those that you directly supervise however it is also equally important to manage your supervisor, aka managing “up”. Managing your boss is a skill and that’s why we invited Jackie Ross, author and managing up expert, to share four tips for managing up successfully. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’ll help a reader determine where to start her career transition when the advice “find your passion” isn’t working for her. The New Manager Manual: http://bit.ly/2MWpmOw Sponsors Submit Your Career Questions: |
Jun 02, 2020 |
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Is My Career On Hold? How to Move Forward
24:20
Bonus episode! We’re discussing what to do if you feel like your career is on hold right now due to Coronavirus and what you can do about it. To help us tackle this topic, we’ve invited Career Contessa coaches Angela Howard and Jane Scudder to provide advice and their #1 piece of advice for women looking to pivot and reboot their careers right now. Show Notes Experts Submit Your Career Questions: Produced by Dear Media |
May 28, 2020 |
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The Femails Presents: Money Power Moves
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In episode four of our month-long Power Moves series, we’re discussing money. We’ll go over why your self-worth is not your net-worth and three money power moves that you can do today. Lauen McGoodwin’s book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose is out now! On Dear Career Contessa we’re answering the question, “How can I succeed in my career despite the lack of team player-ness of the department heads in my building?” Show Notes: 48-Hour Finance Makeover: https://bit.ly/39kJ8eX Sponsors: Submit Your Career Questions: |
May 26, 2020 |
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How to Write the Perfect Pitch For Everything in Your Life
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Today we’re discussing how to write the perfect pitch for anything in your life. One of the most popular resources on Career Contessa are our downloadable email templates and since we know how important pitching is as a skill, we decided we really needed to make an episode dedicated to the art of writing a successful email pitch—with templates included as examples! To help, we’ve invited Marisel Salazar on the show to give you inside advice on what makes an eye-catching pitch directly from someone who's entire professional life is pitching (and being pitched to) as a food writer. Plus, Marisel is also giving away a 30-min. personal pitch session to one lucky winner. To enter, leave a review on iTunes about this episode with your Instagram or Twitter handle included. The winner will be selected by May 30, 2020. Produced by Dear Media |
May 21, 2020 |
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The Femails Presents: Career Power Moves
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In episode three of our month-long Power Moves series, we’re discussing careers. We’ll go over what career power moves are and three career power moves that you can do today. Lauren McGoodwin’s book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose is out now! On Dear Career Contessa we’re answering the question, “Do you have any tips or resources to help me overcome my nervousness at interviews?” Show Notes: Sponsor: Submit Your Career Questions: Produced by Dear Media |
May 19, 2020 |
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What to Expect When You Return to Work During Coronavirus
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We have another great bonus episode to help support you during the Coronavirus. Today we’re discussing what you can expect when you return to work. As states start to open back up, that means for many people, companies, and industries there will be some part of a physical office back in their work-life and you might want to know what that will look like. We’ve invited Stephanie Bertmer, the vice president of people at H Code, the largest Hispanic digital media company in the U.S., to share how she’s approaching a return to work while also keeping her team safe. By the end of this episode, you’ll leave with 5 tips for your own successful transition back to the workplace. Show Notes Submit Your Career Questions: Produced by Dear Media |
May 14, 2020 |
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The Femails Presents: Relationship Power Moves
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In episode two of our month-long Power Moves series we’re discussing relationships. We’ll go over why relationships matter and how to build your personal “circle of champions.” Don’t forget until May 19, 2020, you can pre-order Lauen McGoodwin’s book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose, and receive companion resources valued at $300+ for free by going to www.powermovesbook.com. On Dear Career Contessa, we’re answering if it’s a good idea to pivot careers right Mejuri: Head to mejuri.com/femails for 10% off your order Networking Email Templates: https://bit.ly/2UGcoYn Submit Your Career Questions: Call us: 844-FEMAILS (336-2457) Produced by Dear Media |
May 12, 2020 |
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Suffering Zoom Fatigue? How to Fix That
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Zoom fatigue is real and it’s hitting us quickly! In this bonus episode, we’ll discuss what is Zoom fatigue, why you are not crazy for getting exhausted just thinking about another video call and actionable ways to overcome this fatigue with Tracy Hooper, founder of The Confidence Project. By the end of this episode, you’ll not only be able to remove some of your fatigue but you’ll also get some bonus tips from Tracy on how to confidently present yourself on your next video call. Show Notes Submit Your Career Questions: Produced by Dear Media |
May 07, 2020 |
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The Femails Presents: Self-Care Power Moves
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We’re kicking off our first episode of the Power Moves series focused on the topic of self-care by discussing why self-care is important and three self-care power moves that you can do today. Don’t forget —Until May 19, 2020, you can pre-order Lauen McGoodwin’s book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose, and receive companion resources valued at $300+ for free by going to www.powermovesbook.com. On Dear Career Contessa, we’re answering how to deal with a defensive co-worker. Submit Your Career Questions: Produced by Dear Media |
May 05, 2020 |
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Lauren's Got News To Share
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Career Contessa’s founder, Lauren McGoodwin, has some exciting news to share! Her book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose, is officially available for pre-order! In this episode, Lauren and Aliya discuss her journey to writing a book and some really amazing pre-order perks you will get when you order a copy of Power Moves before it’s released on May 19, 2020. Pre-order Power Moves here: https://bit.ly/3cX2Tvn Produced by Dear Media |
May 04, 2020 |
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The 15-Minute Win Productivity Hack
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Is productivity on your mind? Due to the coronavirus, all of us have faced disruptions in our routines. We’re here to help with this bonus episode. Ready for the easiest productivity hack that can get you back to feeling accomplished—and moving on with your goals—quickly? Enter: The 15-Minute Win and its creator, Shira Gill, to teach you how to get a win today—including listening to this episode. Show Notes Shira Gill Instagram: https://bit.ly/3cCPokd Submit Your Career Questions: Email us: info@careercontessa.com Produced by Dear Media |
Apr 30, 2020 |
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How to Harness the Power of Rituals to Boost Your Performance at Work
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In this episode, we’re examining rituals and specifically, rituals at work (even when working from home) that can help boost your performance. Mason Currey, author of Daily Rituals: Women at Work, also joins to share 3 rules to follow when trying to create rituals at work. Plus, in Dear Career Contessa, we’re joined by career coach, Solu Nwanze, to address the Goldilocks conundrum—either overqualified or underqualified, but never perfect—that one listener is experiencing. Show Notes: Rule of 3 Productivity Worksheet: http://bit.ly/2uDI4oo Submit Your Career Questions: |
Apr 28, 2020 |
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Goal Setting During Uncertainty
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Goals are vital to our wellbeing. But how do you know you’re setting them right and what is the advice for setting goals when there’s, you know, a global pandemic that makes it almost impossible to think too far in the future?! Join positive psychologist, Dr. Sasha Heinz, for her tips on how to set goals during the Coronavirus that bring amazing results with a free workbook. Plus, in Dear Career Contessa, we’re answering how to tell your all-male team you’re pregnant. Show Notes Expert Submit Your Career Questions: |
Apr 21, 2020 |
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Debt, 401ks, and Preparing Your Finances for Coronavirus
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If you’re worried about your money plan in light of COVID-19, you’re not alone. From saving money to debt to repayment to investing, there’s a lot on everyone’s minds. And between the possibility of an upcoming recession, the recent stimulus bill, and the wild roller coaster that is the stock market, there’s plenty to be confused about. Let's talk about it on this bonus episode with Amanda Holden, a personal finance and investing expert, who specializes in teaching women about complex money topics. Plus, don’t forget that all Career Contessa webinars are free during this time! Show Notes: Expert: Amanda’s Stock Market Webinar: https://bit.ly/3c99FOl Call us: 844-FEMAILS (336-2457) |
Apr 16, 2020 |
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So You Want To Land a Remote Job? Start Here
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In this episode, we’re discussing the ins and outs of a remote job including how you know remote work is a good fit for you and what you need to launch a remote job search with Purva Dandona, the head of talent acquisition for Goalbook, a company that is currently hiring for remote roles. Plus, on Dear Career Contessa, we’ll answer what you should do if your start date for a new job has been put on hold due to coronavirus.
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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How to Create Value and Gain Influence at Work
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How to Create Value and Gain Influence at Work While nothing replaces or minimizes the need for hard work—creating value and gaining influence are essential for success. However, for your efforts to pay off, your hard work must be recognized and appreciated by some person/group able to choose you to do more—like your boss. On this episode, career and leadership expert, Shanna Hocking, is sharing 4 tips you can start doing this week to create value at work. In Dear Career Contessa, we’ll help answer how to figure out your next career move during the Coronavirus. Show Notes: Expert: Submit Your Career Questions: |
Apr 07, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: How to Manage Career Changes (and Stress) During the Coronavirus
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As many of you already know, due to the Coronavirus and how it’s quickly affecting our careers, we are releasing special bonus episodes, which are webinar replays. Belma McCaffrey, the founder of Work Bigger, joins us to discuss how to proactively use this time, creative ways to manage your stress, strategies for building connections even during social distancing, and what you can do to prepare yourself for the job search. Plus, don’t forget that all Career Contessa webinars are free during this time. Career Contessa Webinars: http://bit.ly/38ZWOvY Expert: Email us: info@careercontessa.com |
Apr 02, 2020 |
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How To Prepare Financially For An Upcoming Recession
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While we can’t predict when the coronavirus will be contained or regular life might be upon us again, we can help you prepare yourself and your finances for an upcoming recession and potential job loss. Shannon McLay, the founder of The Financial Gym, joins us to share her top things you can do to make sure your finances are in good shape if (or when) a recession hits. Then, on Dear Career Contessa, we’ll address what you can do if your boss takes credit for your work. Submit Your Career Questions: |
Mar 31, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: How To Run An Online Meeting That's Engaging + Efficient
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Running a meeting is already challenging but what about when the team is virtual? How do you run an online meeting that's effective without face-to-face interaction? We've got you covered! On today’s bonus episode, you’ll hear a replay from a recent webinar where we discuss online meeting best practices, video meeting etiquette, remote meeting software, and what you can do to keep your whole team engaged. Plus, in “Dear Career Contessa,” we’ll help a manager who wants to know how you can stop interruptions during an online meeting.
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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How to Work and Manage Remotely
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Due to the coronavirus, we’re living in an unusual time that has many of us working from home, away from our team, and our managers facing a new reality that is virtual management. How can you make a successful transition? We’re covering our best tips for remote work, including how managers can create a smooth transition. In “Dear Career Contessa,” we’ll help a listener who is launching a job search and worried about a hiring freeze. Show Notes:
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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What is Business Casual Anyway?
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Let’s finally cut through the confusion and simplify a question that plagues us working women which is what are you actually supposed to wear when the dress code calls for business casual. Learn what business casual really means including, does what you wear really matter at work? We’re also joined by Abra Belke, editor of Capitol Hill Style, as we share tips around how you can determine what to wear to your business casual work environment, brands we love, and outfit ideas. We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contessa, to answer, “How do I play office politics well?”
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Mortifying Work Stories + How to Bounce Back
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Mistakes happen. Embarrassing moments happen, but when they happen at work it can feel like you might not ever recover. In this episode, we’ll hear real work horror stories from the Career Contessa community. Next, we’ll share four tips you can use to bounce back from embarrassment and move your career forward. We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contessa, to answer, “What should I do when I don’t have anything to do at work?” Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW 65 Things To Do When Bored at Work: http://bit.ly/317833l
Email us: info@careercontessa.com Call us: 844-FEMAILS (336-2457) |
Mar 10, 2020 |
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How to Be Productive By Harnessing Motivation
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We live in a culture obsessed with maximizing personal productivity and we dream about a 4-hour work week but, we’re also a culture that wastes, on average, 32 hours a month in meetings deemed “a waste of time” and use busyness as a status symbol. In our quest to be more productive, we seem more distracted than ever before. Learn why motivation is really the answer to getting more done and three actionable tips you can implement today to increase your productivity. You’ll hear from time management expert and author, Laura Vanderkam, and advice from Adam Grant. We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contessa, to answer, “What do I do when I know my boss has favorites?” |
Mar 03, 2020 |
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Is Burnout Real?
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Burnout is a buzzy word you've probably heard a lot about lately. But, what is burnout? Is burnout really that serious? The answer is yes. In this episode we’ll discuss three types of burnout to watch out for with examples and how to tackle burnout if/when you have it. We’ll also teach some self-care tips from experts Amy Morin and Dr. Ellen Vora in our final takeaway tips. We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contessa, to answer, “Is it ok to tell your managers you’re busy?” Show Notes: Free Burnout Quiz: http://bit.ly/36tNcsP Amy Morin: http://bit.ly/37bGvvM
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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The Un-Importance of Being Liked At Work
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Is being liked at work really that important? In this episode, we’re discussing why we think the answer might be "not really" with insight from expert and author of The Likeability Trap, Alicia Menendez. Plus, we’re sharing three tips for how to overcome the need to be liked starting with knowing when to turn away from likeability. We’ll wrap up the show with our advice segment, Dear Career Contessa, to answer, “How do I advocate for myself at work?” Show Notes: Self-Love at Work Worksheet: http://bit.ly/36gsWKn Alicia Menendez: http://bit.ly/2uoReEs
Submit Your Career Questions: Email us: info@careercontessa.com Call us: 844-FEMAILS (844-336-2457) |
Feb 18, 2020 |
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Can Attractiveness Get You Fired?
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Meet Dr. Leah Sheppard a researcher at Washington State University who’s recent work found that attractive businesswomen are thought by supervisors, colleagues, and employees alike to be less trustworthy and more expendable. This phenomenon has been deemed the “Femme Fatale Effect” — a term usually reserved for a seductive, yet manipulative, woman (Think Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith.) Put another way, women cannot catch a break. In this episode, we’ll discuss why this gender stereotype and bias exist and what you can do about it. And, to add insult to injury, Dr. Leah will explain why the workplace treats conflict among women differently and how you can address that imbalance as well. Show notes |
Dec 17, 2019 |
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How to Build Self-Confidence in 30 Days with Heather Monahan
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Meet Heather Monahan, a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and podcast host focused on confidence including how to build more of it, what myths surround it, and how to recognize the triggers that knock you off your confidence game. Show notes |
Dec 10, 2019 |
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Quitting Your Job with No Plan B
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Meet Tess Vigeland, author of Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want, who discusses what really happens when you leave a high-status job without the next steps lined up. Tess doesn’t hold back as she discusses what pushed her to leave her job at Public Radio’s Marketplace, the emptional rabbit hols she went down months after, how she landed a book deal, and the warning signs that might mean it’s time to quit your job.
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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“I Saved $100,000 in 3.5 Years on $54,000 Salary—Here's How”
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Meet Bola Sokunbi the founder of Clever Girl Finance as well as the author of a newly released book by that same name. Show notes |
Nov 26, 2019 |
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The Art of Asking Questions for Career Success
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Meet Annabel Chang, Vice President Bay Area for Alaska Airlines, and a woman who’s had a winding career path including law school, a tech startup and now at the 5th largest U.S. airline. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Nov 19, 2019 |
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Navigating The Highs + Lows of Life with the Founders of Shine
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Meet Marah Lidey + Naomi Hirabayashi, the founders of Shine, a digital self-care platform that gives you access to a daily motivational text, community, articles, and more. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Nov 12, 2019 |
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Why Women's Voices Get Silenced & How to Set Them Free
46:05
Meet Veronica Rueckert, former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications coach. She’s also the new author of Outspoken: Why Women’s Voices Get Silenced.
Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Nov 05, 2019 |
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Empathy, The FBI, and Mastering Negotiation Tactics
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Meet Christopher Voss, a former FBI hostage negotiator who translated those tactics into modern-day negotiation training. He’s also the best-selling author of Never Split The Difference. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com Newsletter: Text 22828 and send message “fbiempathy” to provide your email |
Oct 29, 2019 |
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How to Break Free of Indecisiveness
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Meet Eleanor Beaton, an internationally-recognized expert in women’s leadership and an advisor to growth-oriented women entrepreneurs. Through her experience working with female leaders at all stages of their careers, Eleanor has seen it all and, specifically, she’s seen what it takes to break free from indecisiveness. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Oct 22, 2019 |
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Are You Actually Healthy? Find Out for Sure with Dr. Berzin.
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Meet Dr. Robin Berzin a functional medicine doctor and the founder of Parsley Health.
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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How to Decrease Overwhelm & Increase Creativity
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Today’s interview is with Brigid Schulte, the author of the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time, and the founding director of The Good Life Initiative at the nonpartisan think tank, New America, and director of The Better Life Lab.
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Using Human Design For The Career You (Really) Want
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Today’s interview is with Erin Claire Jones, a Human Design Guide and Leadership Coach who shows leaders what they’re made of by offering them a blueprint that explains how they operate so they can perform at the top of their game. Human design can also be an incredibly beneficial tool when you’re trying to determine your next career move—either inside your company or looking outside for something totally different. If you geek out on all things personality tests and astrology like me then you’re really going to love learning about human design plus, you can figure out your type for free by filling out a quick form that I’ve included in the show notes. CareerContessa.com Human Design Blueprint* |
Oct 01, 2019 |
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"I Want To Be Rich—And I'm Not Sorry."
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Today’s interview is with Jessica Knoll, the bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive along with other books and the courageous woman who announced to the world “I Want To Be Rich And I’m Not Sorry” via an opinion piece in The New York Times. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Sep 24, 2019 |
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Why Caring Less About Work Can Lead to Success
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Today’s interview is with Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, the co-authors of No Hard Feelings: The secret power of embracing emotions at work. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Sep 17, 2019 |
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A Recruiter's Take on Explaining Gaps in Your Work History
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Meet Jaime Petkanics, a people and career development professional who has spent 10+ years hiring and building best in class employee experiences at companies like JPMorgan, Tory Burch, and Brooklinen.
Show Notes: 844-FEMAILS (844-336-2457) |
Aug 27, 2019 |
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How to Prepare for Intimidating Conversations at Work
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Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a clinical psychologist and founder of a mental health platform called Therapy for Black Girls, which includes a podcast of the same name. We’re going to explore how to have intimidating conversations at work. We’ve all had them and for some of us, we might still be scarred from how terrible that conversation went. We also know those intimidating conversations are pretty much a guarantee throughout your career so, I’m thrilled to have Dr. Joy here to shed some light on how we can better prepare in the future. And because we’re here for that real-talk advice, be sure to stick around till after Dr. Joy’s teachable moment because we’ll be answering your listener questions starting with how can you let your assistant know that she’s not managing up very well with upper management?
Show Notes: 844-FEMAILS (844-336-2457) |
Aug 20, 2019 |
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How to Curb Financial Anxiety
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Today’s teacher is Gaby Dunn, a beloved writer-comedian, podcast host of Bad with Money and author of a money book that goes by that same title, Bad With Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together. Gaby argues that our inability to speak honestly about money is our #1 barrier to understanding it, leading us to feel alone, ashamed and anxious, which in turns makes us feel even more overwhelmed by it. If you can relate to this feeling at all then you’re 100% in the right place as we pick Gaby’s brain for how you can break the financial anxiety cycle once and for all.
Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Aug 13, 2019 |
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Stop Being a People Pleaser at Work
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Today’s teacher is Joan Kuhl, the founder of Courage to Stay, author of Dig Your Heels In, and an advocate for corporate inclusivity. Joan’s work helps women who are thinking of jumping ship from the corporate world assess their options, build career endurance, and start having the courageous conversations they need to have to create the change they deserve.
And creating change is exactly why we’ve asked Joan to join us today. For many women, we identify as being a “people pleaser” and putting the needs of others ahead of our own. And that quest to be well-liked is not exactly leading to the professional results we hoped for but Joan has some great advice to help us overcome that.
And because we’re here for that real-talk advice, be sure to stick around till after Joan’s teachable moment because we’ll be answering your listener questions starting with how do manage your workload when you have multiple managers who all give you work to do.
You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS. Show Notes: 844-FEMAILS (844- 336-2457) Instagram- @Joankuhl Twitter- @JoanKuhl Facebook- @JoanKuhlSpeaker Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joankuhl/ |
Aug 06, 2019 |
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Transitioning from Independent Contributor to a Great Manager
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Today’s teacher is Julie Zhuo, author of The Making of a Manager and now one of Silicon Valley’s top product design executives at Facebook. Julie started her career in tech as an intern and became a rookie manager at 25. She felt lost and unprepared to succeed in this new role. Could she be a great manager with almost no prior managerial experience? Fast-forward to today with Julie having been a leader for quite some time, we’ve brought her on to talk about one of the hardest transitions—going from an independent contributor to a manager. Julie cuts through the industry jargon with actionable tips we can’t wait to share with you. And because we’re here for that real-talk advice, be sure to stick around till after Julie’s teachable moment because we’ll be answering your listener questions starting with should you stick around for a promised promotion even if your work culture is toxic? You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS Show Notes: CareerContessa.com Career Contessa Instagram 844-FEMAILS (844- 336-2457) The Making of a Manager |
Jul 30, 2019 |
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How To Work With People You Don't Like
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Today’s teacher is Alyson Garrido, a career coach who takes a strengths-based approach and partners with her clients to create and execute a career strategy. She’s also a career coach through Career Contessa’s coaching service called Hire a Mentor. I’ve been a big fan of Alyson’s coaching style for a while and today we’ll be diving into a juicy topic—how to work with people you don’t like and, important to note, might not understand.
You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS Show Notes: 844-FEMAILS (844- 336-2457) |
Jul 23, 2019 |
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Grammar Girl's Tips for Avoiding Communication Problems at Work
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Today’s teacher is Mignon Fogarty or Grammar Girl as she’s also known as on the world wide web, with her award-winning podcast, and multiple books. Mignon’s here to help us navigate communication in the workplace including language mistakes we’re probably all making, how to avoid office jargon in your communication, and should we be worried that Google is now helping to finish our sentences in our emails?
And because we’re here for that real-talk advice, be sure to stick around till after Mignon’s teachable moment because we’ll be answering your listener questions starting with how do you know if you should develop your current employee’s skills—or hire someone new who already has the skills you need.
You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS
Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Jul 16, 2019 |
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How to Practice Mindfulness at Work for Big Results
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Today’s teachers are Ashley Graber and Shira Myrow, pyschotherapists, meditation and mindfulness educators, founders of the Evenflow app, and the women who will be teaching us how to bring mindfulness to work—and why it matters so much for our overall fulfillment and long-term success. On this episode, Ashley and Shira will break down exactly how you can work mindfulness into your daily life without the pressure of creating your zen den in your home.
You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Jul 09, 2019 |
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Goal Setting for Perfectionists
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Today’s teacher is Dr. Sasha Heinz, a recovering perfectionist-turned-positive psychologist, who has studied under the best of the best like Angela Duckworth, Barry Schwartz, and more. Specifically, Dr. Sasha is really good at helping women get out of the perfection trap while still being able to set goals and do it all in a healthy way.
And because we’re here for that real-talk advice, be sure to stick around till after Dr. Sasha’s teachable moment because we’ll be answering your listener questions starting with what to do when you’re constantly interrupted by your coworker.
You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com |
Jul 02, 2019 |
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How to Navigate Power and Privilege in the Workplace
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Felicia Jadczak and Rachel Murray are co-CEOs of She Geeks Out, a company providing tech and tech-adjacent women and their allies an opportunity to network and connect with each other as well as with companies who wish to hire them. They also happen to be extremely passionate (and knowledgable) on the topic of navigating power and privilege in the workplace, AKA the invisible problem. Show Notes: |
Jun 25, 2019 |
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How to Use Myers-Briggs to Understand Personality Types
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Today’s teacher is Leslie McDaniel, a professional career coach as well as certified in Myers-Briggs Indicator Type test aka the very popular personality test you’ve probably read about on the internet many times. Maybe you’ve taken the Myers-Briggs test before or maybe you’re new to this idea of personality tests, regardless of where your experience lies, we know that understanding the personalities of the people you work with is essential for positive working dynamics.
You can submit your career questions for us to answer on future episodes by leaving us a voicemail at 844-FEMAILS.
Show Notes: Career Contessa Instagram: https://bit.ly/2IOuKlX 844-FEMAILS (844-336-2457) 3 Personality Tests to Try: https://urlzs.com/Da3fU |
Jun 18, 2019 |
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How to Be a Good Manager According to theSkimm
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Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, co-founders of theSkimm and authors of HOW TO SKIMM YOUR LIFE, started the wildly popular newsletter TheSkimm back in 2012 while they were just two roommates working from their couch. Fast-forward seven years and TheSkimm is anything but a small idea with a small team. Carly and Danielle now manage a team of 100+ people and they’re often transparent about their management challenges and they’ll be sharing their management learnings. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com HOW TO SKIMM YOUR LIFE: https://bit.ly/31e0Td7 |
Jun 11, 2019 |
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How to Stop Comparing & Avoid Jealousy Traps
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Life coach and author, Christine Hassler, is back on The Femails to teach us how we can stop comparing ourselves to other people, avoid jealousy traps, and defeat our inner critics. Show Notes: CareerContessa.com Find a Job In A New City: https://bit.ly/2WCp3i9 |
Jun 04, 2019 |
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Summer School Season 3 Trailer | Career Contessa
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We’re back in the studio for a new season, but we’re shaking things up a bit with our new Summer School series. It’s like school but for your career.
Each week starting June 4th we’ll have an expert come on the show to teach us one specific work-related skill, and then we’ll move into listener Q&A via voicemails with our new career hotline.
That’s right—you can ask the Career Contessa team your specific career questions by leaving us a voicemail that we’ll play in the summer school episodes. Examples like:
Maybe your boss is taking credit for your work? Or you have two job offers and you don’t know what to do.
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May 21, 2019 |
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Reshma Saujani: Disrupting Perfection
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Meet Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, Author of Brave Not Perfect, and a woman working to disrupt the perfection trap. Whether or not you identify as an official “perfectionist,” you can probably relate to wanting things to go a certain way, making an effort to avoid failure, and maybe even making the less risky career move. And that’s exactly how Reshma was living her life—in the safe lane but it wasn’t until she ran for public office and lost big time that she realized that being brave was so much better than perfect. On our final episode for season two, Reshma will share:
Show Notes: 28-Day Career Kickstart http://bit.ly/2VTDsD0 Career Contessa Instagram http://bit.ly/2IrQrbX Brave, Not Perfect https://amzn.to/2DxMiPy The Femails Career Hotline: 844-336-2457 |
Apr 30, 2019 |
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Georgina Gooley: Disrupting the Pink Tax
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Meet Georgina Gooley, the co-founder of Billie and a woman disrupting the pink tax. Shaving companies have always been centered around male narratives—focused on rugged jawlines and age-old troped of masculinity.
Show Notes: 28-Day Career Kickstart http://bit.ly/2VTDsD0 |
Apr 23, 2019 |
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Candice Morgan: Disrupting Diversity and Company Cultures
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Meet Candice Morgan, Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Pinterest and a woman disrupting diversity and company cultures. Prior to working at Pinterest, Candice spent a decade honing her expertise in diversity strategy. Unknowingly, Candice was navigating the career path of a future Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Pinterest. Rather than focusing only on the recruiting and hiring process, Pinterest focuses on what happens after onboarding. This includes how leaders are trained to become inclusive leaders, HR processes around being fair and objective, building community, and even how the product serves across all groups.
Show Notes: 28-Day Career Kickstart: https://bit.ly/2v95kqE Career Contessa Instagram: https://bit.ly/2IOuKlX Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ |
Apr 16, 2019 |
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Lauren Smith Brody: Disrupting Working Motherhood
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Meet Lauren Smith Brody, author of The Fifth Trimester and a woman disrupting working motherhood. After enjoying an incredibly successful 16-year career in the magazine publishing world—working her way up to the #2 spot as Executive Editor for Glamour Magazine, Lauren left to write about The Fifth Trimester, the time she describes as when the working mom is born.
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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Kristin Wong: Disrupting Money
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Meet Kristin Wong, journalist, author of Get Money and a woman disrupting money. Today is also Equal Pay Day—a day that represents how far women have to work into 2019 to earn what men made in 2018 for the same job. We’ll dive into this more throughout the episode, but one strategy Kristin and I both see as a way to close the gender pay gap is salary transparency. What it is and how transparency can not only help you as an individual but also companies as a whole.
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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Anu Duggal & Sutian Dong: Disrupting Venture Capital
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Meet Anu Duggal and Sutian Dong, the power duo behind Female Founders Fund and women disrupting venture capitalism. You’ve probably read the headlines about how much funding women-founded companies receive from investors and those low, low numbers are no lie. That’s where Anu and Sutian come in. They are reshaping traditional venture capital by creating their own early-stage fund that invests in the power of female talent. Their portfolio includes Shine, Zola, Billie, Rent The Runway, Maven, and more well-known brands, however, while that sounds glamorous now, Female Founders Fund started because of a personal drive to build something that would fill a gap in the industry just like many other female entrepreneurs.
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Laura Vanderkam: Disrupting Time Management
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Meet Laura Vanderkam, an author, productivity expert, and a woman disrupting time management skills. I first came across Laura’s work when Career Contessa published an article called “How You’re Wasting 50+ Hours a Week” and, as you can probably imagine, I was immediately taken by the article because it’s true— we all do share the same number of hours in a week—168 to be exact—but it does seem like some people machines that power through their to-do lists while others are just “too busy” all the time. Why? I naturally when straight to the time management source with Laura, a seven-time author, TED speaker, a mother of four, and a woman who has analyzed the time diaries of 900+ people.
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Debbie Sterling: Disrupting the Pink Aisle
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Meet Debbie Sterling, the Founder and CEO of GoldieBlox and a woman disrupting the pink aisle.
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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International Women’s Day Bonus Episode with Career Guru Liz Dolan
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Today is a really special episode because we are celebrating International Women’s Day, a day that was first celebrated in 1911 as a way to honor women all over the world for their contributions and achievements.
Show Notes: Career Contessa InstagramSafe For Work podcast International Women’s Day |
Mar 08, 2019 |
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Beth Comstock: Disrupting Imagination with author + former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at General Electric
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Meet Beth Comstock, author and former Vice Chair and head of marketing and innovation at General Electric. Beth has made a name for herself as a change-maker and someone who can convince the inconvincible to also adapt change through her almost 30-year corporate careers.
Beth’s new book is called Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and The Power of Change and that’s exactly what we’ll be covering on this episode. We’ll hear about Beth’s struggle with confidence and trouble advocating for herself at work—she even shares an embarrassing interaction with introducing herself to a CEO. We’ll cover what permission slips are and why Beth gave them to herself often, and what to do if you’re facing pushback at work with your ideas.
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur: Disrupting Female Friendships
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Meet Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur founders of fashion and design site, Of A Kind, authors of Work Wife, and women who are disrupting the power of female friendships.
It’s true that Claire and Erica have been joined at the hip since their college days in Chicago and now as they run Of a Kind in New York City. It’s true that Claire and Erica host a hilarious weekly podcast called A Few Things. And it’s also very true that Claire and Erica are a prime example of a female power couple, I mean work wives, who are disrupting how the power of female friendships can drive successful businesses.
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Elise Loehnen: Disrupting the Media Landscape with Goop
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Meet Elise Loehnen, the Chief Content Office at Goop and a woman working to disrupt traditional media and ecommerce.
In addition to learning exactly how one goes about becoming GP’s (ahem, Gwyneth Paltrow’s) right-hand woman, we’ll also be chatting with Elise about all things media and ecommerce in the ever-changing digital landscape including why it’s been valuable for Goop to have their hand in lots of different projects. Pick a lane? Nope. Goop will talk the whole damn neighborhood, thank you very much.
And if you’ve ever listened to the Goop podcast, then you’re already acquainted with Elise because she hosts most of the episodes in addition to speaking at Goop events, planning content, and thinking about how she might replace herself 20 times over just like any good leader would.
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Caroline Turner: Disrupting How Leaders Communicate
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Meet Caroline Turner, author, speaker, and a leadership consultant disrupting how both male and female leaders communicate.
And if that’s true, what does it mean for communication approaches and, more importantly, for us as women? How does it impact us at work, in our lives, and how do we become “bi-lingual” in the two approaches?
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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Sadie Lincoln: Disrupting The Fitness Experience
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Meet Sadie Lincoln, the founder of Barre3, a boutique fitness studio offering full body workouts. Since 2008, Sadie’s been disrupting the fitness industry by putting community before company—always.
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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The Femails from Career Contessa: Season 2 Trailer
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Welcome back to The Femails, a podcast that covers all things women, work, and what it takes to build a successful and fulfilling career on your terms.
Last season we brought you stories of meltdowns followed by swift comebacks from 12 dynamic women.
We’re back in the studio for season 2 of The Femails where will be focusing on disruption. You see, last year I wrote about how 2018 was going to be the Year of The Woman and huge kudos to all of us because we definitely left our mark. This year I’m seeing that movement continue but in a more fearless way. This is why I’m deeming this the Year of Disruption.
Disruptive times mean disrupting narratives, disrupting old ways of thinking, and disrupting entire industries. It might even mean disrupting our long-held definitions of our own success.
This season, I’ll be asking lots of questions and finding answers for how we can incorporate disruption into our daily lives. Subscribe today and you'll be the first to listen to season 2 when it premieres on February 5th, 2019! Theme music: Ethan Edenburg |
Jan 22, 2019 |
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Paige Adams-Geller: You've Made It
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Meet Paige Adams-Geller, Founder and Creative Director of PAIGE, a highly successful premium denim and lifestyle brand.
Today, she sits at the helm of PAIGE as the only female founder in the denim industry. On this episode, Paige is getting vulnerable—we cover things like
Show Notes: NEDA Helpline: (800)-931-2237 |
Nov 27, 2018 |
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Amanda Enayati: Managing Anxiety, Managing Yourself
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Meet Amanda Enayati, a stress expert, author, and cancer survivor. If you’ve ever looked at the headlines around stress and anxiety, the message is very clear: Chronic stress is on the rise. But what about the research that tells us how we can manage our stress or even turn our anxiety into positive action? And is there a difference between professional stress and personal? With so many questions about the topic, I was eager to find a stress expert who could actually provide some answers.
Amanda’s path to becoming a stress expert is a combination of both personal and professional experiences, starting around age 10 when Amanda became a child refugee because of a revolution in Iran. And later, when Amanda was also hit with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis.
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Jill Abramson: Recovery Mode
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Meet Jill Abramson, author and Harvard college professor. She also happens to be the first and only woman to hold the position of Executive Editor at The New York Times, a role she’d lose in a very public way Jill Abramson’s ascent at The New York Times makes perfect sense considering Jill is a native New Yorker through and through and she spent years in journalism including in the managing editor role at the Times before taking the top spot in 2011. But Jill's leadership role didn't last long and when she was fired in 2013, the whole world talked about it, wrote about, and speculated on why it happened. From her leadership style to personality, the media covered it all. Jill's story is about resilience, female allyship, and why every woman should ask the tough questions around salary—just because you're holding the top position in the company, doesn't mean you're free from experiencing gender inequality at work. Show Notes: |
Nov 13, 2018 |
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Christine Hassler: Break on Through (To The Other Side)
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Meet Christine Hassler, an author, speaker, and life coach who is committed to guiding people and organizations to reach their highest potential. At age 25 Christine had a successful career as a Hollywood agent, was engaged to the love of her life, and literally hanging out with the likes of George Clooney at parties. It was a pretty glamorous set-up, but there was one (huge) thing missing: fulfillment and love for herself. Christine’s pursuit for the image of success led her to a massive meltdown that forever changed Christine and guided her to become a life coach helping people overcome their expectation hangovers, learn how to silence their inner critics, and manage their relationship with their authentic selves. Get ready to learn:
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Aliza Licht: Leaving Your Mark
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Meet Aliza Licht, the senior vice president of brand marketing and communications at Alice + Olivia and author of Leave Your Mark, a bestselling career advice book. Aliza started with aspirations to become a plastic surgeon before she let her creative side take over and moved into the media world. And it’s a good thing she did because Aliza’s been a major player in fashion PR for over 20 years—thanks to ingenuity like her notorious role as the voice behind the DKNY PR Girl Twitter feed.
Aliza quickly became every woman’s favorite mentor with her book, Leave Your Mark—where she shared her honest experience with ditching her dream job to pursue entrepreneurship—spoiler alert! being a CEO of Nothing wasn’t her thing Get ready to learn:
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Jennifer Romolini: The Power of Odd Jobs and Being Weird
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Before she wrote the CliffsNotes on career truths, Jennifer was the Chief Content Officer at Shondaland.com with yes, that Shonda, formally known as TV producer Shonda Rhimes, and was also Editor in Chief at some pretty prominent companies like Hello Giggles, Yahoo Shine, and Lucky Magazine. All that sounds glamorous, but before Jennifer became a star in the world of online content, she suffered setbacks, feelings of otherness, and self-doubt, just like the rest of us.
In this episode, she’s answering all the tough questions like:
Show Notes Weird In a World That’s Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures |
Oct 23, 2018 |
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Aditi Javeri Gokhale: Underdogging Your Way To The Top
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Meet Aditi Javeri Gokhale, the first Chief Marketing Officer for Northwestern Mutual, a mother and a very interesting woman who’s worked hard to overcome her “underdog” position at work to become a female role model we can all look up to. In addition to working hard and making proactive career choices, Aditi’s also mastered the art of a career transition—something I know many of you listeners probably have on your minds. She’s worked in industries like management consulting, technology, nutrition, finance, and even took a career break to raise her son. If you’ve ever wondered how you can do it all and still build a career full of interesting roles, great colleagues, and be the type of leader whose motto is “failure should be part of your DNA,” then Aditi’s story will really resonate with you. Plus, Aditi’s about to school all of us on what digital marketing really means in 2018, which is fascinating even if you might think otherwise. Promise.
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Ann Shoket: The Ambition Trap
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Meet Ann Shoket, the former editor-in-chief of Seventeen Magazine, author of The Big Life, and a champion for millennial women who are redefining the meaning of power and success. But championing women isn’t why I asked Ann Shoket to join us—although we’ll definitely cover that. I wanted Ann to come talk about what I call The Ambition Trap. Sometimes drive and direction don’t work in tandem, and that can feel really, really frustrating. All that mess is something Ann totally understands—she’s a bit of millennial woman guru—and I’m sure many of you can relate to the internal battle you have with your ambition as well. Which is why on this episode we’ll be discussing:
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Farnoosh Torabi: Overcoming (Financial) Meltdown
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Meet Farnoosh Torabi, a personal finance expert, 3-time author with her latest book called “When She Makes More,” and host of the popular So Money podcast. Farnoosh isn’t your typical money expert with years working at a bank or managing other people’s portfolios. It was actually through a career in journalism, coupled with her first-hand experience of working her way out of thousands of dollars of debt, that helped her carve out a niche in personal finance—proof that we can all become experts without ivy league educations. In today’s episode, we talk about:
Farnoosh Torabi Instagram Farnoosh.tv CareerContessa.com
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Dr. Zelana Montminy: Why We Meltdown
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Meet Dr. Zelana Montminy, a prominent figure in positive psychology and the author of 21 Days to Resilience. Her research is at the forefront of ground-breaking new science, which she calls “the science of thriving”, a field in which experts are exploring what drives us toward optimal well-being. And that’s what brings us to the podcast. Dr. Z is going to help explain, “Why do we meltdown?” We are going to learn what is it that makes us spiral out of control or lose our sense of direction? And what does it take for us to focus on our strengths and thrive within our lives and workplaces—as opposed to just survive? Get ready to reshape how you view "happiness" as you shift to thrive for more resilience in your life. Show Notes: Dr. Z’s webinar on how to transcend the daily grind
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Autumn Reeser: When You Go High, You Also Go Low
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Actress Autumn Reeser had her whole life planned out. Marriage, successful career, kids, and more. But then she was hit with a divorce, lack of emotional support, and even postpartum psychosis. Autumn’s vulnerability has led her to share that, until recently, her version of “having it all” definitely didn’t include room for messy moments. The result was that she was preoccupied with the idea of doing more, doing it perfectly, and of course, ignoring whatever wasn’t working—until the moment of meltdown came for her anyway. So, while this episode is less “career advice”, more life perspective, this episode covers how Autumn’s perfectly planned life transitioned into Plan B—or maybe even Plan D or E—and how her resilience has created a new version of herself.
Show Notes: Postpartum Depression: Mental Health Resources:
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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Alli Webb: The Non-Overnight Success
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Drybar Founder, Alli Webb, isn't afraid of a career pivot. Alli went from college dropout to fashion PR misfit and finally found her passion at beauty school. That beauty school experience eventually laid the foundation for what is now Drybar, a successful blow dry bar and product line. Alli's an accidental entrepreneur with over 10 years of business success and she's here to discuss her relationship with failure, how she constantly develops her career within her own company, and what exactly the “red wine crisis” is. Show NotesDrybar Guide to Good Hair For All Alli’s podcast, Raising The Bar
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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The Femails from Career Contessa: Trailer
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Welcome to The Femails, a podcast from Career Contessa that deep dives into the world of women, work, and what it takes to build a successful and fulfilling career on your terms. Each episode, we talk with a different woman about those moments, the lessons learned, and explore some strategies they’ve uncovered that we can all use in our own lives. This is about learning from the most challenging times, together. Because one thing's for sure: even the most difficult moments can transform your career for the better. To check out Career Contessa and our comprehensive list of resources from career coaching to salary database to daily career advice, visit careercontessa.com. You can also follow along for regular updates and exclusive content on Instagram at @careercontessa and #TheFemailsPodcast. Theme Music: Ethan Edenburg |
Aug 27, 2018 |