Career Journey Podcast

From cosmetics, to pole dancing classes/performances, to brand photography, Molly Hebda stops by to talk all about the winding road that’s brought her to her current career.

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One of our favorite authors, Tamika M. Murray returns to talk about the twists and turns her career has taken since we last talked to her almost two years ago! We discuss exciting new opportunities that have come her way, leveraging social media, and how to protect your peace (and avoid burnout).

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Twitter @CelestialScr81

Have you ever wanted to work in a new country? Julia Brenner stops by to talk all about moving from the US to France. Julia started in music education and changed her career entirely to work in international finance moving to France for her career. We talk all about changing careers, moving to a new country, working in finance, and so much more.

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Steven Rothberg drops by to talk about how to find jobs and a career after college or if you are transitioning. Steven is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of College Recruiter a website that allows you to search for jobs internationally. Steven talks all about how we went from being a lawyer to now a “recovering lawyer” and how he found his business. We also talk all about strategies and tips for finding a job out of college or when transitioning.

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Michael Levitt joins the podcast to talk about how to avoid and treat burnout symptoms for students or professionals. Michael is the founder of Breakfast Leadership Network and an expert on burnout. We talk about how he got into his career and how students can avoid burnout during a stressful time in their lives.

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Networking Episode # 2! Writer and Book Coach, Amanda Polick returns to the podcast to talk exclusively about networking, again! One episode was just not enough to cram everything we want to talk about networking so Amanda returns. We share how the two of us have different approaches to network and how to utilize both strategies and more.

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Sammie Walker Herrera returns to talk all about her latest career move. When we last talked to Sammie she was in Career Services at a University. Since then, she has transitioned to co-starting a new communications company and moving to a new state. Sammie and I talk all about changes in career, getting into careers that don’t match your major, remote work, how to utilize the best message to get you hired and promoted, and the crazy twists and turns your career can make when you don’t expect it.

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Janet T. Phan drops by to talk about her amazing, and varied, career in the tech industry. Janet currently works on Amazon’s Project Kuiper as a Senior Technical Product Manager. She shares her story of breaking into product management and shares how you can do it too! Janet also founded a non-profit called Thriving Elements helping young women break into the tech industry as well through an amazing mentoring program. Janet also just released her first book called Boldy You about her story and how to weather life’s hard lessons.

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IG: janet.t.phan

Lizabeth Wesely-Casella stops by to talk about burnout and the great resignation! Lizabeth shares great advice for any students starting out in their careers during this transition time, or for those transitioning to new careers. Lizabeth is the founder and CEO of L012 Services LLC, an internal communications firm specializing in systems, processes and culture of work environments.

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Mark Herschberg, CTO,  MIT instructor, author, and speaker, stops by to talk about career development and tools to help you succeed. Mark helped develop a career success program that has now morphed into a book to help you develop the skills to land your perfect job and now he joins us to share his secrets!

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Networking Episode! Write and Book Coach, AManda Polick returns to the podcast to talk exclusively about networking! We discuss different ways to network, how to be authentic when networking, misconceptions/myths about networking, how to find opportunities, and so much more!

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Multitalented and multi-disciplinary artist Katie Chonacas joins us to talk about everything from making music, writing poetry, producing music videos, and so much more. She shares her journey throughout so many different careers, ideas, and mediums and how to pull them all together into one cohesive career. Katie comes with not only career advice but plenty of general life advice in this amazing episode.

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Marcio Santos joins us to talk about digital marketing. Marcio started in digital marketing working with brands like Danone, and Anker. A love of gaming helped him shift to become an entrepreneur and to build Latin America’s largest gaming tournament and online gaming community. From there, he went on to work with major brands like BMW, Soctiabank, and McCormick while working with a digital agency. Marcio then decided to branch out on his own where he founded his own digital agency, Nerd Digital. Now he has a better work/life balance and works with amazing people to help them build their own digital content.

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Dr. Jeremy Delamarter joins us to talk about his journey from music to Associate Professor of Education. Dr. Delamarter’s journey is full of twists, turns, and surprises. A cancer diagnosis changed his career trajectory and pushed him into music. Then circumstances of wanting to stay in an apartment changed his career decision again to studying education. The decisions that went into varying career decisions perfectly exemplify how life can sometimes change your plans.

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Writer & Book Coach: Talk about an exciting career journey! Amanda Polick started her career in acting and improv then transitioned to food writing with little experience. That led her to be the first dedicated segment producer on Facebook Live for Time Inc, where she oversaw 300 live segments. Now Amanda helps food writers through the book writing process.

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Academic Consultant: Dr. Shirag Shemmassian is the CEO of Shemmassian Academic Consulting and he drops by to talk about all things getting into school. Whether it undergraduate, med school, or graduate school, Dr. Shemmassian has the best advice and tips. We talk about Dr. Shammassian’s journey to this point in his career and how he helps students everyday get into difficult programs.

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Expert: Dr. Shirag Shemmassian, CEO of Shemmassian Academic Consulting

What do you do when you suddenly realize that everything you’ve worked hard for is not what is making you happy? Michelle Enjoli shares her story of exactly what she did! Michelle talks about discovering what truly makes you happy, how to go after that in your career, how to be successful in any career, how to network, and so much more.

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The twists and turns in Kayla’s career are amazing and staggering! Kayla started in social work and after experiencing compassion fatigue and realizing she needed another career move, she reached out blindly to someone working in home staging to start a completely new career! After becoming successful in that arena, Kayla shifted again to blend the two careers to coach people through not only home staging, but creating a space to live your best life. This episode explores all these turns and the immense decisions behind them.

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Amari Heywood-Gonzalez stops by to talk about marketing and social media marketing. Since we’re both early career professionals, we quickly started talking all about being a young professional and getting your first job out of college. Amari has tons of amazing advice for searching for a job, networking, and how to start your career.

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Kim Ades, founder of Frame of Mind Coaching, stops by to talk about her newest company, The Journal That Talks Back. In this episode, Kim shares all about her experience as a successful entrepreneur and overcoming obstacles to get to where she is now. She shares about building both Frame of Mind Coaching, a career coaching company focused on helping people navigate their thinking and psychology to be successful, and her newest venture, The Journal That Talks Back, that offers what Frame of Mind Coaching does at a lower cost for younger professionals and students! Check her out in the links below.

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In the very first, Where Are They Now, episode, past guest Staci Taustine, drops by to talk about where she is after our last conversation! Founder of Stubborn Heart Consulting, Staci always wanted to start her own business, and she shares her story of overcoming her fear and jumping in after being laid off from her last job. We talk all about overcoming fear, jumping into a passion, how to start your own business, and so much more.

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The Influencer market has been skyrocketing in recent years to a point where almost every career will require skills of influencing soon. This week’s guest, Austen Tosone, started a fashion blog before it all began back in 2012. Join us as Austen shares her story of how to break through, what to do to get more followers, how to navigate using multiple platforms, and how to find your own voice. Austen shares her own journey from magazine editor to digital content creating success and gives you all the details you need to start your own influencing career. If you’ve ever been to nervous to start your dream career, this episode is packed with great advice on how to jump into the deep end.

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https://www.instagram.com/austentosone/

https://twitter.com/austentosone

https://www.youtube.com/c/austentosone

Austen’s Fashion and Beauty Blog: https://www.keepcalmandchiffon.com

Have you ever considered changing your career? Or going as far as moving to a new country for a new career? This week’s guest, Sandy Rodriguez has done just that! Join us as we talk about how she moved to the US to pursue a new career becoming a court interpreter, despite having loved her previous career, journalism in Mexico. We also talk all about the process or writing and publishing her recent book, Choose to Prevail, and how that publication brought her even more career prospects.

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