The Classy Career Girl Podcast

Here's the piece of career advice I wish I would have known many years earlier. I wish I would have known this when I graduated from college. So many times I see women repeat the cycle of applying to jobs and then getting stuck in the same job that they hate. This is because they don't understand themselves. If you spend the time to understand yourself better (I know it's not easy!!) and you figur...

Job interviews can be very stressful, even for the most confident person. Most people get nervous to some extent before and during an interview. You want to do your best to ease your job interview nerves because if you are nervous, it will likely show. The interviewer is looking to hire someone who is confident in their skills and abilities, and shaking hands and a wavering voice doesn't really co...

I often get the question of how I manage all my programs. Here's the important key: I didn't start here and you can't compare where I am now to where you are starting today. I have been working on growing my business and learning about growing a membership site for SEVEN years now and it has not always been pretty. There's been a lot of failures and giving up on things that just didn't work out. R...

OK, I admit it. I will tell you a secret just between you and I…..I stayed in a job I hated for many, many years because I had a good salary and health benefits and a mortgage and other bills to pay.  I dreaded walking into the doors of the office to a job that didn't fit who I really was. I share a lot on this blog about how to find a job you love and I hope that you have found it helpful. But fo...

Grateful for your paycheck but know you don't want to work there much longer? Over my years of working with students, I have seen many women close to getting their careers unstuck BUT they have one thing holding them back, their mindset.  Today, I want to share with you some positive affirmations you should repeat to yourself daily to help you make your career transition or start a business.  You...

CCG is getting ready to celebrate our SIX YEAR anniversary in March so we decided to collect the 100 best pieces of career advice from our site over the last 6 years. We hope you get inspired! Our suggestion is to pick one tip and write it down in your journal. Read it everyday and start practicing it in your career every single day.  

Stop the social media stress and put a plan in place. Today's training call with Anna Runyan and Aida Diaz will help you get clear on how to organize your social media plan and what social media platform you should focus on first.    

If you want to be successful in your career, I have a little known secret for you. It's not what you do to get ahead, it's how you think.  Through my years of helping women find careers they love and succeed, I have seen many clients really close to getting their careers unstuck BUT they all have one thing holding them back,  their mindset.  You can't get your career unstuck if you are not in the...

Think you can't find a job with social media? WRONG!! Today there are so many opportunities available to you just by utilizing Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram and (of course) LinkedIn! Listen to this podcast and get up to date to find your dream job with social media.

There's a lot of misconception about blogging and whether you can make an income from it and how long it will actually take. It takes a long time and you can't just plan to earn you money the next month. Instead, you have to be very strategic. There are a lot of ways to make money on your blog. But, to get enough money to quit your day job from your blog income is going to take a lot of work. Are...

Today we are talking about the Strengthsfinder assessment. My good friend Becky Hammond gives me a mini-coaching session and I promise you that you are going to learn so much! The most important thing about today is that you remember that the only way to move forward is to look inward first. So carve out some time and self-reflect. You will learn how you can develop your strengths more in your wor...

Recently I was chatting with one of my clients who I have been working with over the last two years. I was remembering what it was like when she first came into our Corporate Rescue Plan program. She was a financial planner with a successful business already BUT she did not have freedom and she had a lot of stress. She also didn't have any of these three things that I am going to share with you to...

Question: "How did you start networking boldly? I am an introvert by nature and I feel like I am bugging people when I ask for their time." -Char

Recently, one of our members in The Corporate Rescue Plan said that she made a commitment to start her business and now has clients coming at her left and right. Great, right? Wrong! Now, she's overwhelmed and second guessing herself. She has the employee mindset where everything would be solidly planned out over the next 6 months. She even asked me if she should say no to clients to wait until sh...

Feeling stuck? There are 3 big obstacles which are the most common in holding people back from launching their dream careers. It's best if you can figure this out and then become really aware of your roadblocks. Once you know what is holding you back, then you can tackle it and move forward. Easy, right? Let's get started.

Today I am taking you on a trip down memory lane and sharing some things I have never shared before. I remember just a few years ago when I had so much stress and anxiety going to work that my stomach would hurt driving in. I would just sit in the car until the last possible minute before I would have to waste my life away and walk through the doors. I couldn't relax or enjoy the weekends because...

Want to find happiness in your career and find your purpose and passion? The irony is that  it isn't something you need to search for.  The whole concept of trying to figure out what you are passionate about or finding a shortcut to your right career path is really about stepping into your calling to be the best you can be. This means creating the best work you can do. Being as productive as you c...

Sometimes it feels like Facebook is a ghost town and it's so hard to get engagement!! And who wants to pay a ton of money for ads right? This podcast will guide you through what you need to know to increase your facebook engagement without spending money on Facebook Ads.

Today I am thrilled to present a video training session I recorded with CRP Member, Mary Ellen Roth! If you have ever thought about turning your knowledge and expertise into an online course but just don't know where to start, this is definitely for you!

This podcast will dive into some self-reflection exercises to help you determine what your calling is. You'll learn the 3 components that factor into your calling and an important warning. This training is a sneak peek of our Love Your Career Formula membership site.

Today we are diving into career satisfaction and confidence modules of our Female Leadership Academy. If you want to be more confident as a leader at work, this podcast will guide you through the necessary self-reflection questions to help you achieve the success you want. This training is a sneak peek of our Love Your Career Formula membership site.

2017 is upon us. I want to talk about something that changed everything for me when it comes to annual planning. How I used to plan for a new year was on January 1st I would sit down and start to create my resolutions for the year. It would be overwhelming and I would not normally reach any of them because it was so long and I always changed my mind on a monthly basis anyways. Annual goals just re...

A vision board is a wonderful tool to help you get clarity on your goals, a guide to help you make decisions that will support your dream life, and an elegant representation of your why- why you're taking the time and effort to make a change for the better! I am super excited to share to you all what our guest expert, Chrysta Bairre, shared when she gave a special training for the women in my cour...

I wanted to do this topic because I love getting the behind the scenes and diving in deep into what other entrepreneurs are doing and what actions are they taking. I wanted to talk about our business here and how we go about creating our annual plans. I want to walk you through that process because when I was starting seven years ago, I had no idea how to create an annual business plan and I had a...

Today's episode is on one of my absolute favorite topics!! Pinterest!  I used to write consistent content on my blog. I knew it was great content that needed to be read by a lot more people. It was such a bummer to write so much and spend so much time blogging but then not have many people read my content. I was also getting 10-20 email optins each day but I really wanted to grow my email list so...