Propelling Careers

This episode is a continuation from episodes 110 and 111 - to cover even more Questions we received from the Festivalof Genomics in Boston - our talk was Optimizing your CV in the AI Era.  We want to give a shout out again to Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North Carolina State University who wrote down all the questions that we got during the talk and Victor Guy at Life Sciences Event Producer...

Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 111. This is a continuation from episode 110 - to cover more Questionswe received from the  Festival of Genomics in Boston.   We want to give a shout out again to  Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North Carolina State University who wrote down all the questions that we got during the talk. In this episode we focus on these points below. We hope you f...

Jim and Lauren recently gave a talk at the Festival of Genomics in Boston on Optimizing your CV in the AI Era. Wecovered a range of topics on resume creation, development and branding and we had a lot of questions during our talk. One of the audience members, Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North Carolina State University took these down for us and we are super thankful for that!  We also want...

Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 109.  We talked in our last podcast about a few ways to leverage the summer slowdown and one of these was to disconnect and unplug with intention. Therefore we thought we would do a specific podcast just to focus on this topic covering points including these below. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Use normalizing language:...

The start of summer marks a turning point in the year.  This can be a great time to reflect and refocus and recharge. In this episode, we focus on tips including these below, to help you leverage the summer time, especially if you are in a career search.  Often, the summer is less busy with work meetings, conferences, and other work obligations, therefore you may have more time to focus recharging...

In many of Jim and Lauren’s coaching discussions, the topic of building a target list to identify organizations of interest comes up. This seems to happen regardless of the original focus of the coaching session. Since so many people are not sure how to build this. By developing a target list, you may increase your chances of identifying opportunities.  We have covered this topic as part of a few...

Jim and Lauren have had many discussions recently where people we speak with just feel overwhelmed in their job search / career navigation.  Therefore, we thought we would do this episode to try to give advice for how to overcome the overwhelming feeling.  We cover points including these below. We hope you enjoy listening.    Set small goals Take an inventory of what you have access to:  Don’t do...

In this episode, we will talk about a few more of Jim’s recent talks at MGH, AAI’s IMMUNOLOGY 2026 conference and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.  The talk at Beth Israel was Jim’s talk, “Self-work to Network”   and the talks at MGH and activities at AAI Immunology 2026 focused on resumes and CV’s.  We hope you enjoy listening.    Questions from Jim’s talk at BIDMC include: I feel my self-wo...

In episode 102, the topic of defining success came up while we were discussing Jim’s recent talk at Wheaton College. Since this is such an important topic, and one that can be very personal and individualized, we decided to do a podcast focused on defining success. We hopeyou enjoy listening.    Why we feel this is important   How do you know where you’re going if you never define the destination?...

In this episode, we will focus on a few more of  Jim’s recent talks. He has been busy over the last few weeks talking at places such as Wheaton College, the 3rd Annual New Mexico Postdoc Research Symposium and MGH. During this talk in New Mexico, Jim covered these points below.  We hope you enjoy listening.    What were you talking about at the 3rd Annual New Mexico Postdoc Research Symposium What...

In this episode, we will focus on one of Jim’s recent talks. He has been busy over the last few weeks talking at places such as Wheaton College, the 3rd Annual New Mexico Postdoc Research Symposium and MGH. We are looking forward to this discussion and we hope you enjoy listening.    Point Jim Covered during his talk at Wheaton College   Know Thyself: What leadership strategies help create a stron...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice relating to building your personal brand on LinkedIn. In Feb 2026 Lauren gave two talks at the Transition to Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium including one on building your brand on LinkedIn. This podcast covers questions that she received during this talk including onesbelow.  This event was developed for early career...

Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 100. We cannot believe we have made it this far… One source I foundindicated that 6.25% of all podcasts make it to 100 episodes. Another source I found said about 5% - regardless, a small amount of the entire network of podcasts make it to 100. We are really proud that we have been able to developmeaningful content to help our listeners navigate their...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice relating to informational interviews. Lauren recently gave a talk at the Transition to Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium.  This event was developed for early career scientists who are thinking of transitioning to a career in industry. Lauren, along with other panelists with extensive industry experience shared our insig...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice relating to networking. Lauren recently gave a talk at the Transitionto Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium.  This event was developed for early career scientists who are thinking of transitioning to a career in industry. Lauren along with other panelists with extensive industry experience shared our insights and provided...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on interview advice.  In the last few months, Lauren have interviewed hundreds of people for a  variety of roles.  Some of these people are recent graduates and others are very experienced people applying for Sr. Director and VP level roles.  As she reflects on these interviews, a few themes have emerged. We thought it would be helpful to talk about these poin...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on myth busting as well as amplifying good advice regarding to a few areas including applying to jobs, networking, resumes, and a few other topics. We enjoy doing these episodes to help people We hope you find this episode helpful and that you enjoy listening!  Advice for Job applications – Networking and getting referrals vs. cold applying Stop Relying Only o...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren provide advice for how to let things go so that you can get out of your own way during your career search. We decided to do this episode since many things can lead to candidates getting in their own way such as fear of the unknown, fear of rejection, fear of being an imposter/not being good enough, lack of control, fear of not being “ready”, fear of closing doors/op...

In this episode, Jim and Lauren cover advice for how to do a job search in an area different than where you are living now and cover these points below.  This topic has come up a lot inrecent discussions so we thought we would break it down to provide advice.  We hope you find this episode helpful and that you enjoy listening!    Why are we doing this episode   What’s the first step: Engage your n...

Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 93. This is a 2 part podcast series following episode 92.  In this episode, we cover red, green, yellow and beige flags regarding identifying mentors / managers including these points below. As we heard in the last episode, there is a lot of nuance around this topic that we will cover.  As we mentioned in episode 91, your manager / mentor is reallyimpo...

In this episode, we will cover red, green, and yellow flags regarding identifying and working with mentors / managers. There is a lot of nuance around this topic that we will cover. We cover scenarios including these below. As we mentioned in episode 91, your manager / mentor is really important to your career development, happiness and success.  We hope you find this episode helpful and that you...

This episode will follow up from episode 90 and will focus on myth busying and amplifying good advice for career planning and navigating your career including these points below. Jim and Lauren appreciate all of the advice our network has shared for us to cover in the last episode and this one  We hope you find this episode helpful and that youenjoy listening!    Your manager matters more than the...

This episode is our first myth busting episode of 2026.  We will also amplify good advice also. In this episode we will focus on advice for career planning and navigating your career covering these points below.  We have a lot more advice that we will go into in future episodes.  We hope you find this episode helpful and that you enjoy listening!    We want to shoutout everyone who provided advice...

Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 89. We hope everyone had a nice holiday and new year.   Jim and Lauren are looking forward to 2026. For our first episode in 2026, we thought we would dive right in and talk about trends we are seeing that may influence 2026.  We hope you find this episode helpful and that you enjoy listening!   Some organizations are still hiring Standing out as a can...

As 2025 comes to an end, Jim and Lauren put together a wrap up episode to reflect on 2025 and look forward to 2026. It was helpful for both of us to do this episode to realize how much we did in 2025 and also recognize that there is still so much to cover as we look forward to 2026…..   We want to thank you all for listening and we look forward to the 2026 Propelling Careers Podcast Season!    Aud...