Episodes
July 3, 2017
How to Start Your Executive Job Search
Faced with looking for a new career opportunity, will you begin by dusting off your resume and bringing your experience section up to date? Traditionally that was the right move. However, today most prospective candidates alr...
June 26, 2017
How to Stop AI from Taking Your Job: Brand Differentiation
Recent data show that almost half of jobs are subject to automation in some form. Can you insulate yourself from potential upheaval in the job market resulting from the change that may be coming, or has already come, to your ...
June 19, 2017
How to Keep Your Personal Brand Marketable
Elevating your career means putting in the work to have a personal brand that is in demand. Taking small steps can make a bit impact in staying ahead in your industry. In this episode of The Career Confidante, Marietta Gentle...
June 12, 2017
How to Lead Where You Are and Advance Your Career: Top Lessons from Stephen Covey
There are all sorts of buzzwords surrounding the concept of leadership today – transformational, effective, and principled/ethical, among others. You do not need to be at the top of an organization or department to use your s...
June 5, 2017
The Secrets to Leading without Authority: Power and Influence
Whether you are part of an organization and want to advance your career, or your work requires you to produce results through people you don’t supervise, the issues of power and influence are as relevant as ever. The good new...
Feb. 13, 2017
Authenticity and Strategy: The Yin and Yang of a Convincing Job Interview
Many job seekers fail to be strategic in their interview preparation and delivery. They interview in an honest and straightforward way, but lack clear messages around how they will add value and an understanding of how their ...
Jan. 23, 2017
How to Network Purposefully for Career Advancement, Job Search, and Beyond
Today more than ever, to advance in your career or be the preferred choice in a sea of applications, outstanding credentials are not enough. Career success depends on having the right connections who will build bridges for yo...
Jan. 9, 2017
Future-Proof Your Career: Automation, Outsourcing, and Your Career
Technology will continue to revolutionize the global workforce and access to untapped labor markets, closing some career doors and opening others. Thinking in terms of today’s world and business view is the wrong way to appro...
Dec. 19, 2016
Your LinkedIn Presence, Network, and Reputation
Building a professional LinkedIn profile is important. Equally important are the efforts you put into building a broad and relevant LinkedIn network and the reputation you develop through your actions using LinkedIn. In this ...
Dec. 5, 2016
Getting Serious About Career Transition
Did you know that most people spend more time planning vacations than their careers? With the responsibility of career advancement and career change being placed more and more on individuals, the corporate ladder truly being ...
Oct. 24, 2016
Land a Better Job Faster: How to Find the Best Company Fit
Today, job search success isn’t only about what you know or who you know, but depends on who, -specifically hiring decision makers- knows, likes, and remembers you. Employers highly value hiring the right person and devote su...