The Career PROgressions Podcast

There are literally thousands of job boards out there. When career-minded professionals today want or need new work, they almost always start their search on job boards. But, is that really the best strategy? Steven Rothberg joins Mark on this episode to answer that question. Steven is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the College Recruiter job board that can be found at collegerecruiter....

Have you ever wondered about your purpose and how or if it applies to your career? Many have struggled with this. One of the five career drivers we always encourage career-minded professionals to consider is the meaning of the work . For some people they rank this as their most important career driver, others rank it as the least, but no matter where you would rank it, I know our guest today would...

The beginning of a new year is always the perfect time to reevaluate your goals and set new ones. But, according to the best research, less than 3% of Americans have written goals and according to research by the University of Scranton only 8% of people who set New Year’s goals actually achieve them. Are you struggling with your goals?  What goals do you need to make about your career? To hel...

We're back with a second helping of wisdom about building a successful career in Cybersecurity! On this episode, we have another of Cybercrime Magazine's top Cybersecurity professionals to follow in 2022. Dan Lohrmann is an internationally recognized Cybersecurity leader who has advised and been a trusted resource for the White House, the U.S. Department of Home Land Security, and the National Gov...

Did you know that hackers have technology that enables them to guess your password over 10 trillion times a second? Are your passwords strong enough to withstand that kind of assault? If you're in the field of Cybersecurity or aspire to be, are you prepared to turn back cyberattacks like these that are getting more sophistocated every day? On this episode of the Career PROgressions podcast, Mark s...

The road to success isn't always going to be what you hope for. You are rarely going to be able to get into the fast lane and hit cruise control.  There will be traffic, accidents and detours that will frustrate you. If you want to maintain your forward momentum, you're going to have to learn how to BREATHE through the hardships. On this episode of the Career PROgressions Podcast, Mark shares...

To get the career you want, you're going to discover that it can't be about you. I know...it's a bit of a paradox. On this episode of the Career PROgressions Podcast, Executive Career Coach Johnny Walker joins Mark for a conversation about how empathy is the key to finding the work you want and advancing in your career. Learn how to put the needs of others first in a way that leads right back to y...

What if I told you no matter what important things you've accomplished in life that your most important work is always ahead of you? Do you believe that? I can tell you that Stephen R. Covey did. In fact, his motto was to "live life in #crescendo ". This means that the volume of your life should always be increasing. 10 years after he left our world, Stephen R. Covey's last book is being released...

Our world desperately needs #leaders who can #trust and #inspire our #workforce in this challenging working climate. Stephen M. R. Covey's new book 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 provides a #blueprint for leaders who #aspire to be this kind of leader! On our special 50th episode of the Career PROgressions podcast, Stephen M. R. Covey joins Mark to talk about what it takes to be a trust and inspire leader and w...

How high would you rate your stress level about your career right now? What if I told you you can mitigate or even control that stress no matter the level you would assign to it? Would learning how to do that be worth 36 minutes and 2 seconds of your time? Well...that's the length of episode 49 of the Career PROgressions Podcast where Mark has a conversation with Stress Management Mentor, Speaker,...

Do you consider yourself a strong negotiatior? A lot of people don't. That's because most people view negotiating as a win/lose debate and it makes them uncomfortable. But, have you ever considered the road to being a better negotiator may begin by changing your paradigm? What if you were able to see a negotiation simply as a conversation about a relationship? No winners or losers, just two indivi...

Congratulations! Today you are getting promotion! Your new title is CEO of Your Career . I wonder...how confident are you about executing all of the important responsibilties of this new role? On this episode of The Career PROgressions Podcast, Mark is joined by the CEO of the Coral Consulting Group, Tammy Alvarez. She was a Managing Director on Wall Street before she made an incredible pivot in h...

Who doesn’t like a good upgrade? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could upgrade your career? Well,here’s the thing...all upgrades aren’t created equal. An upgrade to me might actually be a downgrade to you. On this episode of the Career PROgressions Podcast, the founder of Dynamo Careers, Sonja Price is joining me to talk about her book The Pivot Point and to offer you some advice about how you can land...

Sometimes what we’re looking for is hiding in plain sight. Is it possible that could even be true about your perfect job? On this episode of The Career PROgressions Podcast, author and CEO of Distinguished Search, Somer Hackley, is joining Mark to talk about some answers about working with recruiters and a job search in general that might be hiding right in front of us. She’s going to share some o...

Sometimes it takes a a little interrogation to get to the truth. A good interrogator learns to ask the right questions but they also know being good at intently listening to the answers is equally important. As a job seeker, how could this kind of listening bring value to you job search?  On this episode of the Career PROgression podcast, former loss prevention guru and creator of the Discipl...

One of the toughest parts of being a job seeker is getting the attention of the companies you want to work for. 𝑩𝒖𝒕, 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏? Has your primary strategy been introducing yourself to them on job boards? On this episode of the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭, I’ll be speaking with CareerPRO Steve Wortman to hear what he’s learned about networking his way into a j...

𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲! Well...alright...if you ask nicely, I guess we'll let you sit at the cool table with us. Sometimes being the smartest person in the room can work against you. If you’ve been blessed with a powerful intellect, you want it to be one of your greatest assets not a stumbling block. Particularly when it comes to yo...

By far one of the most popular episodes of the Career PROgressions podcast was our behind the curtain look at recruiting with John Vlastelica on episode 18. To honor that, we're going behind the curtain again to understand what motivates good recruiters and makes them tick so you can have an edge. On this episode of the Career PROgressions Podcast, Mark's joined by the world’s leading independent...

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤? If you're a student at Baylor University , it's Amy Tullis Rylander, MBA ! Her career services team goes to great lengths to help students parlay their college experiences into great careers. If you're not a Baylor University student, you can eavesdrop on some good advice from Amy on this weeks episode of the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭🎙! You'll l...

𝐈 𝐎𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓!.....𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐡𝐨𝐩.  On episode 39 of the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭🎙, we conclude our three-part series to help you successfully navigate a job hop like so many made during the Great Resignation. I’ll be joined by lawyer turned career coach, Janine Esbrand to discuss the best way to gather facts and evidence to inform 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 job h...

𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫?🚗 On this episode of the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭🎙, we’re joining forces with Scott Anthony Barlow to help you do just that! He's been featured on CNBC, CareerBuilder, Fast Company and Huffington Post and is the host of the very popular Happen to Your Career podcast. He'll be joining me for a conversation about ways you can virtually test...

On episode 37 we’re going to begin a series of episodes focused on the Great Resignation. First, we’ve invited international speaker and coach, Tracy Hooper to join us to say “hello” to this new world of work brought on by the pandemic. She’s going to share some wisdom from her book The New Hello, What to Say and What to Do in the New World of Work . Our conversation will be full of inspiring insi...

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞.🎓 On episode 36 of the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭🎙 my guest Chase Wayne will share how a gift from his parents helped him transition from working in the produce department🥬 of his local grocery store after college to accepting a job as a producer for a television statio...

A loving mother is truly one of life's great blessings?! If you're a mom (or a dad for that matter), one of the best ways you can help your kids is to pass on the wisdom you have accumulated through your life experiences. On this episode of the Career PROgressions podcast, the Global Head of Talent for Columbia Sportswear, Karen DiGenova, is going to share the very special letter she wrote her twi...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐢𝐭" 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐓 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠! On episode 34 of the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭🎙, IT guru Austin Goddard joins Mark to talk about what it takes to be successful in the ever-changing world of information technology. No matter which career you choose to pursue, his challenge to always maintain your relevance by committing to ongoing personal growth will inspire you. Jo...