Relaunch Your Career

In this episode, Leah interviews experienced commercial finance recruiter, Murray Noble from Noble People , to find out if it is ever okay to lie or stretch the truth in an interview. In this episode we discussed: SEEK's recent research about the top 4 lies that people tell in an interview Why do candidates feel the need to lie in an interview Why a candidate might lie about having a career b...

Leah has been coaching clients to succeed in emergency services interviews for over seven years and in this episode shares her insights into how candidates can succeed in the final panel interview. Leah has coached clients for their group assessments and final panel interview across multiple fire services including; Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) , QFES , DFES , Air Services Australia ,  Fire Emergenc...

In this episode, I spoke to the very talented Fi Mims from Fi Mims Photography about her own career journey and how she now helps others propel their own career through incredible brand photography.  This is a must-listen for any listener considering a career in photograpy or wondering how they can use photography to achieve their career goals. In this episode, Fi and I discussed the following: Fi...

In this episode, Leah interviews Dr Carli Roulton, neuropharmacologist and Program Manager from  The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health , one of the largest and highly respected brain research centres in the world. Carli is a neuropharmacologist and has 20 years of experience working in the field of neuroscience with the University of Melbourne, the O’Brien Institute of Microsurger...

In this interview, Leah interviews one of our own Relaunch Me coaches, Lyndsay Shaw, who works with our clients in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast. Lyndsay had an extensive corporate background commencing her career as an Auditor with KPMG in South Africa before transitioning into the Graduate Recruitment team and building a very successful career in graduate, training, facilitation and leaders...

Designer, Stylist, Storyteller, Author, Innkeeper, Teacher, Collaborator, Photographer, Adventurer, and Sailor - Sarah Andrews is a lady of many talents and has a great career story to share. In this episode, Leah interviewed Sarah Andrews, owner of iconic Tassie Airbnb, Captain's Rest and creator of The Hosting Masterclass, an entire school, which teaches micro-hoteliers the secret of her su...

In this episode, Relaunch Me Career & Strengths Coach, Emma Hodgson, interviews the delightful Sophie Coombes, a serial career changer who is currently living her best life as a Civil Marriage Celebrant on Sydney's Northern Beaches. In this engaging episode, Emma and Sophie discuss the following: How Sophie started her career working in sales & marketing  Sophie's first career tr...

In this interview, Leah interviews the very versatile and dynamic Nicole Tj, who with her co-founder Thomas Lo, has founded a new start-up Travis - described as the  'Pinterest of travel apps' by allowing users to save travel inspiration mood boards, plan trips and create user-generated travel guides. Currently, in seed stage, Travis claims to be the first social media platform to let us...

In this episode, Leah interviews Lindy Alexander, an award-winning freelance food, travel and lifestyle writer. Lindy’s work has been published in numerous digital and print publications including Sunday Life, The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, Travel + Indulgence, Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, delicious., Good Food, The Saturday Paper, SBS Life and Jetstar magazine.  She has also...

In this final episode for the year, Leah discussed what you can do over the next month to prepare to achieve your career goals in 2021.  This included: Setting SMART career goals Identifying skill gaps  Identifying relationships that are key to your success Updating your job search collateral to ensure that it is contemporary and keyword optimised Mastering your behavioural interview skills Thanks...

In this episode, Leah interviews Kerryn Powell, Founder of The Network Catalyst and business networking group Your Time Matters.   Kerryn has been helping people build authentic connections and conversations for over 30 years and she understands that in this ever-changing business landscape, it has never been more important to connect with the right people to build trusted and profitable relations...

In this episode, Leah spoke to our wonderful Sydney-based Career & Strengths Coach, Emma Hodgson, about the power of understanding your strengths to enable career development and job searching success.  In this episode, we talked about: What does Strengths Coaching involve and what exactly is the definition of a 'strength'  What sort of people benefit from strengths coaching Examples...

In this episode, Leah speaks with Naomi Blashki about her successful career as a Landscape Architect and her broad experience working in a range of different landscape architecture environments including; residential. commercial and local government / public spaces.  In this episode, Leah and Naomi discussed the following: How Naomi chose this career pathway and her course What content is covered...

In this episode, Leah talks to Nicola Crocco, Executive Recruiter/Director of Talent Effect about whether candidates really need a cover letter in the current job market.  In this episode we discuss the following: Do recruiters actually read the cover letter? Do you read the cover letter or the resume first, and why What exactly are you looking for in the cover letter? Do you have a preferred styl...

In this episode, Leah discussed the importance of being able to identify and articulate your transferable skills when looking to make a career change. In this episode, Leah discussed: What are transferable skills? Examples of transferable skills Why identifying your transferable skills is important? Where you need to demonstrate your transferable skills A specific example of where transferable ski...

If you are considering a career in fashion or starting your own label, then this episode is a must-listen! Emily Manley, Career & Interview Coach from Relaunch Me, interviews Sophie Hose, founder of Melbourne fashion label Tahlo , about her journey from working in various corporate marketing & strategy roles to starting her own women's fashion label.   Tahlo is an early-stage fashion...

In this episode, Leah spoke to Elinor Moshe about her own career journey into construction management and how she now uses her own experience to coach others to achieve career success within the construction industry.   In this episode we discussed: How Elinor came to commence her career in construction management Typical entry-level roles for construction management graduates What does the role o...

In this episode, I was joined by my colleague Emily Manley, Career & Interview Coach from Relaunch Me, to answer some questions that we have received from listeners and clients over the past few weeks.   Here are the topics that we covered in this episode: I have lost my job and am worried that I won’t find another job in my field as it has been greatly affected since Covid-19 . Should I go ba...

In this episode, I explained the difference between 'active' and 'passive' job search strategies and why all jobseekers must be utilising an 'active' job search strategy in the post-Covid job market. In this episode I discussed: What is a 'passive' job search strategy What is an 'active' job search strategy Why an active job search strategy is so i...

In this episode, Leah interviewed highly experienced recruiter, Nicola Crocco to get her tips on how senior candidates can take their interview to the next level. In this episode, we talked about the following: Nicola's background in recruitment and the work she does with Lisa Canning at Talent Effect What is expected of candidates when they meet with a recruiter to discuss a specific positio...

In this episode, Leah discusses her favourite topic 'How to prepare for behavioural interviews'.  This topic is close to her heart as she remembers her first behavioural interview after completing university which was a complete train wreck.  She now aims to ensure that others don't endure the same dreadful experience. In this interview, Leah discusses the following: What is a behav...

In this episode, Leah interviews Kate Norris about her earlier career working in finance and how she leveraged off her data analyst background to co-found her own business, Presentation Boss, where she coaches technically-minded professionals to present their data in a more meaningful and engaging way.  These are some of the topics that we discussed: How Kate came to choose her first career workin...

Finding herself in a humiliating situation as a result of her shyness, Kaley Chu decided something had to change and set herself a crazy challenge to have lunch with 100 strangers. What came next completely changed her life. Kaley is now an author and TEDx speaker and she has also left the financial planning field to focus on motivating others to step out of their comfort zone in order to reach th...

In this episode, Leah interviews Alanna Ball who has had a decade of experience working in Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) in addition to being the Founder and CEO of the 'Women In Safety' networking group which has grown to 1,100 members. In this episode, we discussed: How Alanna came to be interested in working in this field The type of work you might do on a day-to-day bas...

In this episode, Leah Lambart interviews Public Relations (PR) specialist Katie Maynes about her very interesting career working for high profile brands including Australia Zoo , Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation , St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research , Lilly & Lime , World Vision , Asylum Seeker Resource Centre ,  Cat Protection Society as well as multiple award-winning events age...