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Looking for a new job or want to move up in your company? Lesa teaches you the tools and strategies you need to land your dream job, increase your promotability, and successfully navigate your career.
361: Preparing for a Job Search in 2026
It’s a very different job search landscape out there - AI agents are inundating employers with resumes on behalf of candidates, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) may screen you out before the humans ever see your materials, and employers are increasingly making candidates jump through multiple hoops before making an offer.
In this episode, I give you a checklist for effective job searching in 2026, as well as my best tips for success.
360: Why Now Really is a Good Time for a Job Search
There is so much confusion around the job market right now...Are jobs actually available? How do I find and apply for them? Why does everything feel so impersonal?
In this episode of The Exclusive Career Coach, I drill down on some stats around the current job market and uncover the actual problem. I then provide several solutions for sucessfully navigating the job market.
350: What You Need to Know About the Job Market and Job Searching in 2025
Today, I’m talking about the job market and the job search for 2025 - a forecast of what to expect and how to manage your job search in the face of all these challenges.
303: Frustrations Facing Job Candidates - How to Overcome
Today, we’re talking about the obstacles you may face if you are planning to job search this year. I’ve teased out six things you’ll want to take into consideration as you look for your next great role.
302: Job Market Prognosis for 2024
There is a lot of confusion about the current job market – perhaps the most I’ve ever heard of outside of the 2008 recession. I wanted to bring you some facts today – as well as a translation of those facts into action steps you can take to increase your chances of success.
Here are five economic trends that will shape the job market for 2024:
239: Prepping for the Final Hiring Push of the Year
The usual cadence of hiring is this: The biggest push of the year occurs mid-January through March; the second-biggest push occurs after Labor Day until early- to mid-November. So let’s go with there being one more chance to get hired in 2022. This episode will help you get in good job-searching shape for if you’ve been searching for a while, or even if you just started looking, by providing some active job search options you can throw into your search strategy.
004: The Hidden Job Market
The Hidden Job Market doesn’t mean employers are trying to hide from you. Instead, one of the best ways to expand your network is through LinkedIn. In this podcast episode, I explain how to utilize LinkedIn to expand your job network and connections.
229: Best of The Exclusive Career Coach: 5 Ways Mind Drama Can Creep into Your Job Search (with guest Jane Springer)
This week I'm excited to share a "Best of the Exclusive Career Coach podcast" episode — I speak with life coach Jane Springer on the types of mind drama I hear from clients related to the current job market, their qualifications, themselves as human beings, their job search strategy, and their career focus.
111: How to Hack the Hidden Job Market (with Mac Prichard)
This week’s guest is Mac Prichard, speaking with me about How to Hack the Hidden Job Market. 80% of all jobs are never publicly advertised, but there are ways to access this treasure trove of work opportunities. Mac explains these for us today.
153: Planning for a Job Search in the New Year - What You Must Do Now
Many of you have been job searching this year and will be continuing your job search into 2021. Others of you will start a job search in the new year. Here are the 11 steps you should be taking before the end of 2020 so that you are at that starting line by mid-January.
154: 5 Ways Mind Drama Can Creep into your Job Search (with Jane Springer)
This week, I speak with life coach Jane Springer on the types of mind drama I am hearing from clients related to the current job market, their qualifications, themselves as human beings, their job search strategy, and their career focus.
192: What's REALLY Going On With the Job Market
We’re hearing a lot about “The Great Resignation” of 2021 and the volatile job market. I wanted to personally do a deep dive on this topic, and decided to share what I uncovered with you guys. The topics I’ll cover today consist of what is going on, what the costs are, where the most vacancies are and which industries are still hurting, and Microsoft’s reported 7 trends for returning to the office.
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