Your Career GPS

In this powerful episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Harleny Vasquez to discuss an important topic. How to navigate the early stages of a career  as a person of color. So many incredible topics were touched on this this episode to highlight some of unique challenges that many BIPOC students and new grads face as they start their careers. Highlights of this episode include:  • Harleny d...

So many incredible topics relevant to young and ambitious professionals. In this great one Cassie and Brad bring Teegan Bartos on the podcast to discuss how easy it is for so many young people to discredit the value of their early experiences as well as elements of their personality that can greatly help them differentiate among the competition. Teegan highlights many great topics in this episodes...

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie host Lisa Plain the Founder of Career Balance Coaching to talk about an important concept for young people starting their careers. How to find balance when work is with us all the time. Several key highlights from this episode include:  Lisa talks about her background and w hat was the catalyst that started Career Balance Coaching? She talks about how...

This episode is all about thanks and giving in time for the holiday, Cassie and Brad highlight how gratitude can be a career game changer. They highlight what gratitude means in the context of early career development and how this shapes us from the start. Highlights from this episode:  What gratitude is and isn't and what can happen when it's not a priority How showing empathy towards others...

In this incredible episode Cassie and Brad bring Anil Ram, Career Coach and Founder of Grad-Coach about the common missteps that so many students and graduates make. In this episode we break down the amazing career lessons that we all wish we knew in university and concepts they're still not largely teaching today. Highlights from this episode include:  Anil tells listeners about his backgrou...

In this great episode Career Coach and Salary Negotiation Specialist Claudia Miller joins Brad and Cassie to talk about how young professionals can and should negotiate their starting salary coming out of school. She highlights many important strategies and considerations, Highlights of this episode include:  Claudia discusses her background and how she found your way to career coaching and n...

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie sit down with the Founder of Working Simply Carson Tate to talk all about how to exercise choice and control in our careers and not find ourselves trapped in a pattern of negativity and fear. In this empowering episode we discuss:  · Carson discusses her background and how she ended up doing the incredible work she's doing in employee engagement and p...

In this incredible episode Sarah Johnston, Founder of Briefcase Coach and Co-Founder of the Job Search Journey talks about what the difference is for someone in a high performance job search versus a standard one. She walks through all phases from the mental game, the marketing materials, the applications, and the interviewing to outline how savvy job seekers stand out to get hired! Key highlights...

In this incredible episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Therapist turned Recruiter and Career Coach Brittany Ramsey. As the Founder of Bwell Mindset she uses her mental health background to help her client arm themselves with the best mindset to seek and land the careers they really aspire to have. Some highlights of this episode include:  · Brittany talks about her background and how she fo...

In this fantastic episode Cassie and Brad sit down with Traci Bakenhaster, CEO and Founder of Raising the Next Generation. Traci whom has lived and experienced financial traps throughout her youth, now works hard to give back and educate others on how to be financially savvy. Key highlights from this episode include:  · Traci speaks about her background and how you found herself in her curren...

One year after it's launch Brad Minton and Cassie Spencer take time in this episode to pause and reflect on the positive experience of the podcast, the incredible people they have been able to meet and highlight a few of their favorite episodes due to personal resonance.  Episodes Highlighted:  Ep. 9 Plugging In the Coordinates: Using A Holistic View To Build Your Career Map (Special Gue...

This episode featuring only our hosts Brad and Cassie centers exclusively on networking best practices and follow through. Networking can single-handedly help you gain career clarity, increase opportunities, and land the positions you want. Some highlights from this episode include:  Overview of networking early in your career, what it is and why it's important Importance of maintaining an ex...

In this amazing episode Brad and Cassie invite Career Coach and Founder of College Iris Emily Steliotes. Emily breaks down the decision of choosing to advance your education in terms of graduate school notably what are the pros and cons, and the major factors that can help determine if grad school is an appropriate choice for your goals: Some of the highlights from this episode include:  Emil...

In this fantastic episode we talk about how to get and maintain control in your career with Career Coach Linda Gardner! We dive into how easy it is for young people to be led astray and make wrong turns in their career and what they need to do early to take the wheel and not lose it. Some highlights from his episode include:  · Linda discusses her background and how she transitioned from huma...

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie invite the amazing Dominic Imwalle, Founder of Dx Counseling to talk about how dangerous career comparison can be to young job seekers and how to break out of that mental trap. Some key highlights from this episode include:  👉Dominic speaks about his own personal journey that led him to his current career path?  👉In his work, he sees a lot of y...

In this incredible episode back from a short hiatus Brad and Cassie waste no time in hitting the ground running to address such an important issue. What happens when your journey goes off course and the GPS reads "Recalculating". There is literally no one better to speak about the impact of this on our careers than job and workplace expert and New York Times Bestselling Author Lindsey Pollak. In t...

In this episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Tamara Raymond, a Certified Executive & Leadership Coach and the Founder of Innovative Management Consultants, Inc. to discuss all things leadership. Tamara has leveraged years of experienced working with some of the top leaders in the country and is now giving back to help youth through the early stages of their careers to ensure they become our n...

In this incredible episode Brad Minton and Cassie Spencer sit down with the Founder of Dream Career LAB and Author of the book "The Reverse Job Search Mehod" James Whittaker to talk about why job search in 2021 and beyond can't be status quo anymore and how job seekers need to think differently. Highlights of this episode include:     👉James discusses where the motivation came from...

In this amazing episode Brad and Cassie connect with the incredible Rosie McCarthy all the way from New Zealand and talk all things branding. Rosie is an ex-Corporate Recruiter and Human Resources professional turned online Career Coach for ambitious millennials and GenZ. She is specialized in helping corporate professionals to find their purpose, figure out what they truly want out of their caree...

In this amazing interview Brad and Cassie sit down with Liz Herrera, a Career Coach and the Director of Career Development and Major Exploration for the Liberal Arts and Science College of the University of Illinois at Chicago. We tackle the subject of how to take the stress and anxiety out of interviewing and get the the point where new professionals can even develop significant confidence. Here...

This incredible episode maybe shorter than average but is powerful in content! The amazing Charlene Walters, MBA, Ph. D., helps our listeners tap into their inner entrepreneur and learn the ways that they launch their vision in a common sense way even while being a student. Charlene, is a business and branding expert and author of the book Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur.  Highlights from this...

In the amazing compilation episode we are able to answer an incredible question not once but 26 times!  "What is the greatest piece of career advice that you've received and that you could pass along to the next generation?"  Here are the amazing past guests that we've had answering this question in the order they appeared on the podcast: 1) Linda Evans (episode 4), (2:10)  2) Edyth...

In this incredible episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Krystal Hicks the Founder of JOBTALK, LLC a career counseling practice that provides one-on-one job hunting support to individuals in transition, as well as employer branding and RPO consulting to companies. Krystal talks professionalism for students and new grads and what they need to know in order to really be successful in their careers f...

In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Daniel Lorenzo, the Marketing Director behind Let's Eat, Grandma where he helps ambitious professionals of all ages land their dream jobs by equipping them with better resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles. In this episode Daniel helps to bust so many misconceptions and mistakes that many students, new grads, and early career professi...

In this incredible episode Brad and Cassie sit down with Andrea Koppel the Founder and CEO of Time4Coffee Podcast and College2Career Academy. Andrea, who has been extremely successful in not one or two, but multiple careers helps our listeners understand the importance of career adaptability and having a growth mindset early on. Several of the important topics discussed in this episode include:&nb...