Podcast
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.
149: Salary Negotiations - 3 Important Numbers
I coach my clients on walking into the salary negotiation process with 3 numbers decided. In addition to talking about those numbers today, I’m also using the Forbes Article, “Are You Being Thorough in Your Salary Negotiations? The Complete Insider’s Checklist,” by Dawn Graham for additional information on salary negotiations.
150: Putting a Bow on Your Behavioral Interview Answers
We’re talking today about behavioral interviews. Those interview questions that begin with “Tell me about a time when…” or “Describe a situation that…”
151: Following Up After the Job Interview
Today we’ll be discussing the procedure for following up after an interview. This discussion will be broken into 3 parts: at the close of the interview, immediately after the interview, and at regular intervals.
152: Special Considerations for Zoom and Phone Job Interviews
I’ve given you tons of content around interviewing; today’s podcast is about the special considerations surrounding Zoom and phone interviews.
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.
155: Annual List of 5 Unusual Things to Be Thankful For
For several years now, I have blogged and/or podcasted a list of 5 unusual things to be thankful for each year at Thanksgiving time. There are lessons in each of these things that you can apply to your life. Here’s my 2020 list.
156: Managing - and Being Managed - Remotely (Interview with Bruce Tulgan)
This week, I have return guest Bruce Tulgan with me. We are talking about the unique challenges of managing, and being managed, remotely. With so many companies working from home at least part of the time, this is a particularly relevant topic.
157: Overcoming an Employment Gap
Today, I want to talk about overcoming an employment gap. We’ll be looking at this from an internal and external perspective.
158: Career Things to Contemplate During the Holidays
Today we’ll be talking about the 13 career questions I recommend contemplating during the holidays. I am a huge proponent of journaling, so grab a notebook and begin writing.
159: Resume Clinic for the Pandemic
Today I’ll be giving you a resume clinic. If you are happily employed right now, you can still get valuable takeaways from these clinics.
160: LinkedIn Clinic for the Pandemic
Today I am giving you 5 action steps for LinkedIn. If you are happily employed right now, you can still get valuable takeaways from these clinics.
161: Interviewing Clinic for the Pandemic
Today, I’ll give you 5 action steps for interviewing in the pandemic.If you are happily employed right now, you can still get valuable takeaways from these clinics. I strongly recommend getting interview coaching from someone like me, but today my action steps will be for those of you who are going it on your own.
162: How to Do Unemployment Better than you Think you Can (with Adriel Lubarsky)
This week's guest is Adriel Lubarsky of Riveterworks.com - an online community for job seekers. We talk about how to make the most of your unemployment, both personally and professionally.
163: Ten Resources you Should be Tapping for your Job Search
I’m finding a lot of my clients are missing some pretty amazing resources in looking for their next job, so I wanted to spend this episode going over 10 of these resources.
164: Why the COVID Challenge is your Greatest Opportunity (with Fawn Germer)
My guest for today’s episode is Fawn Germer, and we’re talking about why the pandemic offers a tremendous opportunity for those of use willing to step up to the plate. In this episode, we discuss the following: Lessons learned about perseverance in the face of falling down – often, advice for people looking for a job during COVID, especially those who have been looking for months, how to stand out in your job during these times of uncertainty and rapid change, how to keep your skills current to remain marketable in a crowded job market, and the concept of guerilla networking – and how to do it.
206: It’s Time for Your Annual LinkedIn Review and Update — Where to Focus Your Efforts
Have you updated your LinkedIn profile lately? Even if you are not actively job searching, most of you would be open to having a conversation with a recruiter if the opportunity was right – and those recruiters are looking for you primarily on LinkedIn.
165: 12 Best Strategies for Networking on LinkedIn
Let me start by saying that LinkedIn is your single best job search resource. Today, I want to drill down on 12 specific ways to network using LinkedIn.
166: Moving into the Executive Ranks (with Jawad Ahsan)
My guest today is Jawad Ahsan, CFO of Axon. We are talking about how to move into the executive ranks. Here are the topics Jawad addresses on this episode:
-His personal journey into the executive ranks, including his biggest surprises
-Three strategies to make yourself the obvious choice to step into the executive ranks
-The biggest mistakes he sees others make when trying to move into the executive ranks
167: Add These Three Things to Your Job Search to Dramatically Change Your Results
Today, our focus is on the things I want you to consider adding to your job search, especially if you aren’t getting the results you were expecting. Also, I’ve linked some other recent episodes as well that are particularly helpful for job searching.
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