Career Warrior Podcast

Today we have a minisode where I try and answer common questions in 10 minutes or less. We’ve been told time and time again that we need to match the resume to the job posting. Today, I’m going to break it down for you quickly so you can start getting that job search success!  Follow us Follow  Chris  on LinkedIn Check  Career Warrior Podcast  on Instagram Subscribe t...

Today, I brought on Chanele McFarlane. Chanèle McFarlane is a multiple award-winning Certified Career Strategist and TEDx Speaker. As the Founder of her career advice website, Do Well Dress Well, she has built an international audience around her approachable and practical advice on personal branding and career strategy. Chanèle is a sought-after public speaker who has spoken for several organizat...

Today I brought on Susan Levine, Founder, and CEO of Career Group Companies. Susan is an expert in creating meaningful professional connections and curating quality career matches based on the cultural fit between client and candidate. She founded Career Group, Inc. in 1981 as the first high-end recruiting firm focused on executive and administrative support. For these reasons, executives across t...

Today I brought on Shelley Piedmont, who has been in human resources for over 20 years and also currently serves job seekers as a strategist and career coach.  Shelley has read thousands of resumes and interviewed too many candidates to count.  She’s hired for everything from entry-level hourly positions to senior leaders on behalf of Fortune 500s, small and private businesses, and every...

Today I brought on Michael Goldberg, CEO, and Founder of Hiring Transformed. Michael is a Recruiting Strategist, Candidate Experience Advocate, and Recruiting Data Nut. Riddled with experience in talent acquisition and recruiting, he helps start-ups and established organizations with developing their HR functions and servicing internal and external customers. His mission is to turn recruiting orga...

Today I brought on Chris Campbell, CEO & Founder of the Smart Job Search System. Chris Campbell mission is to help at least 1 million professionals wake up happy to go to work, every day. Through holding nearly every job title in the job market market over the past two decades, Chris has guided thousands of job-seekers on how to achieve their career aspirations using the Smart Job Search Syste...

Today, we’re having a tough discussion about what you should delete from your resume. It’s time to have a serious heart to heart with your brain. You’re doing too much. I’m going to show you exactly how to get more results from your resume by doing less.  First: some exciting news coming up: for the month of December, we have some really powerful content coming up. Maybe the best lineup we’ve...

Lisa is an internationally recognized career change expert and author who has successfully coached more than 500 people through work transitions in 10+ countries. She has been featured in The Washington Post, Forbes, and Business Insider as a trusted thought leader on creating a fulfilling career path. She is the host and executive producer of The Career Clarity Show podcast, and published the boo...

Today I brought on Tina Persson, Career & Leadership coach! Tina Persson, PhD is an author, entrepreneur, and sought-after speaker whose creativity, confidence, and tenacity have earned her the reputation as a dynamic leader within the career space. After spending nearly two decades in academia, Tina decided to enter the staffing industry, where she garnered eight years of expertise working as...

Hear our backstage recording with Andrew Seaman, LinkedIn News Editor and several of our Austin job seekers! These are some uncommon but relevant questions that job seekers are asking; these insights may just help you land that next job.  How can we foster authentic mentor relationships? Who should we reach out to for the job? What does the pandemic shift look like working from home...

Today, we focus on something that you may not be doing to get results on your resume: the resume headline.  Resume Headlines, How should you do it? Choose Plop Customize Resources Mentioned Read More About Resume Headlines Follow us Follow  Chris  on LinkedIn Check  Career Warrior Podcast  on Instagram Subscribe to  Let’s Eat, Grandma’s  YouTube Channel Check out...

Have you ever found yourself counting down the hours in your 9-5 -- wondering just when the heck you can get out? Or maybe you feel like what you’re truly capable of -- and what you’re currently doing --  are far from aligned. You know, your job doesn’t have to be this miserable.  That’s why today I brought on an amazing guest by the name of Carson Tate, and she has some brilliant insigh...

Today, we’re getting specific and talking about resume font. We’ll cover font size, the choice, and serif vs. non-serif debate. And in the end, we’ll give you 5 easy go-to fonts in case you never wanted to worry about this ever again.  Resume as art or science? I think of Steve Jobs talking about typography class he took, which helped him make Apple’s brand. It is a branding choice. You are y...

Today, I brought on Andrew Seaman, Senior Editor for Job Search & Careers at LinkedIn News. Yes, Andrew works for LinkedIn, where he brings communities together with the information they need to succeed in their careers. Andrew runs the Get Hired newsletter with over 477,000 subscribers, containing a wealth of valuable resources. He’s spoken with more people than you can imagine, which is one...

Today we have a minisode where I try and answer common questions in 10 minutes or less. Have you ever been asked in an interview: what is your desired salary? Have you ever sweat bullets as the interviewer stared you down like a cowboy in a Western? Well in this episode, you are going to prepare yourself for that answer, and we’re going to hopefully help you really figure out what to ask for.&nbsp...

Today I brought on Amber Beam. Amber is a career coach whose mission is to eradicate soul-sucking jobs everywhere! With 15 years in HR as an I-O Psychologist, she’s seen it all!  Now she’s throwing back the curtain to reveal what you really need to know to win-over skeptics in HR.  She shatters the “it’s too late” and “I don’t think I have enough experience” myths to show women over 40 h...

Today we have a minisode where I try and answer common questions in 10 minutes or less. Are you considering using a resume machine or a resume writer? Well listen to this episode first. I’m going to explain the difference between using both in terms of experience and the outcome. Follow us Follow  Chris  on LinkedIn Check  Career Warrior Podcast  on Instagram Subscribe to ...

Why would you want to listen to this episode. Well, think about this for a second. We spend so much time at work. If you’re working normal 40 hour work weeks, then that’s more than 2,000 hours a year spent on using your skills to do something great for society. Imagine spending 2,000 hours on something you love and are great at vs. the thing that you absolutely hate doing. My point and the point o...

Today we have a minisode where I try and answer common questions in 10 minutes or less, Have you ever asked yourself how long people actually spend on your resume? The same resume that you’ve spent hours working on -- or really your entire career filling it out?   Action Steps Your resume must be skimmable. Focus on headers and job titles. Do the resume test. Resources Mentioned How Long...

Maya Grossman is a marketing executive with fifteen years of experience taking products to market and driving growth for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Google, as well as fast growing startups. She is a speaker, a career coach and most recently the author of Invaluable: Master the Skills You Need to Skyrocket Your Career , an unconventional business book for employees who want to deliver...

Have you ever asked yourself why the heck am I not receiving interviews or callbacks? Why am I not getting those responses? These are some of the most important and common considerations: You may not be applying as much as you think you are (at least to get success) Your applications are too wide and not deep enough. Your application strategy is backwards. Your resume may not be targeted enough --...

Today I brought on Dr. Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself (LFY) Consulting Dr. Benjamin Ritter is a Chicago, IL, and Austin, TX, based leadership and empowerment coach, regional learning manager for YPO, national speaker, podcaster, author, consultant, mentor, teacher, and passionate about guiding others in finding, creating, and sustaining a career they love. So as you can see, Benjami...

And for this episode, you are going to hear premium content from that offering. This will be a snippet of advice on keywords and applicant tracking systems. This is a huge part of the job search process, especially if you’re applying primarily online.  Follow us Follow  Chris  on LinkedIn Check  Career Warrior Podcast  on Instagram Subscribe to  Let’s Eat, Grandma’s &...

We have a special announcement today, and I’ll lead into that with a quick story. Remember episode #124 when I talked about the implications of Coronavirus when it was just getting kicked off? In this episode, I talked about being proactive and essentially planning for different scenarios that could happen as a result. I used my own example in which I talked about whether or not my own business wo...

Today we have a minisode where I try and answer common questions in 10 minutes or less. Could it be possible to extract some of the targeted intent from the objective statement without actually calling it an objective statement? I would say there are some cases in which you can...and that’s if you're going through a hefty career change.  Resources Mentioned The Only Time It's OK to Use an Obj...