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Improve Your Communication Skills At Work: Presentations, Executives, and Professional Presence Apr 02, 2024

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Learn how to improve your communication skills and build your professional presence with LinkedIn Top Voice, Lorraine Lee. Lorraine is an in-demand speaker and coach. You’ll learn:

The difference between good presenters and not-so-good presenters
How to follow the TEA method for giving effective presentations
Examples of how to build your professional presence at work

Show Notes

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Guest Resources:

Weekly Newsletter: lorraineklee.com/subscribe

Watch LinkedIn Learning: lorraineklee.com/linkedinlearning

Connect with Lorraine: linkedin.com/in/lorraineklee

Download Part 1 of The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn: lorraineklee.com/linkedin-guide

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5 Free Career Tools That Help You Find a Job Faster Mar 26, 2024

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5 Free Career Tools That Help You Find a Job Faster

Episode Description:

It’s no secret that we are in one of the most competitive job markets right now. So today, we’re diving into a topic that may be on a lot of our minds: how to find a job quickly. Plus, we’re hearing from 3 career contessa listeners and giving them custom career advice. Listen in to learn:

How to utilize Loom to illustrate your experience
How to navigate Applicant Tracking Systems with the help of JobScan
How to find the best career path for you with CareerFitter
How to enhance your job search materials with the help of ChatGPT
Free Career Contessa tools that can aid you in your career search

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Loom: https://www.loom.com/

JobScan: https://bit.ly/43hg5qm

CareerFitter: https://bit.ly/4c1hGoh

ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt

Career Contessa: https://www.careercontessa.com/

Career Contessa Resources

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How to Craft Emails for Busy Readers Mar 19, 2024

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Even with social media, text, and DMs, email is still the best way to communicate and contact people who can help your career. Now we just need to make sure those emails are crafted in a way to catch the attention of busy readers! Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, Jason Feifer, will tell you a masterclass on:

What bad email communication looks like
How to assess your own email writing skills
Tactics for formatting your email messages
The power of responding to every email

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Guest Resources:

Newsletter: jasonfeifer.com/newsletter

Book: jasonfeifer.com/book

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonfeifer/

Career Contessa Resources

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Browse open jobs: https://www.careercontessa.com/jobs/

Episode Perks:

This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at indeed.com/contessa.

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3 Things Confident Communicators NEVER Do Mar 12, 2024

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Communication is a critical skill for success—and the truth is — the more confident you are at communicating your ideas, successes, and needs, the more you will be seen as a leader and as leadership material. Danielle Robay, a journalist and Pretty Smart podcast host will teach you:

3 things confident communicators never do
Effective strategies for better career storytelling
How to practice asking better questions
How to respond to any negative communication feedback

Show Notes

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Guest Resources:

Danielle Robay: https://www.daniellerobay.com/

Pretty Smart Podcast: https://beprettysmart.com/

Questions Deck: https://www.daniellerobay.com/new-page

Career Contessa Resources

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Take an online course: https://www.careercontessa.com/education/

Get your personalized salary report: https://www.careercontessa.com/the-salary-project/

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5 Breakthrough Practices for Daily Success with Suneel Gupta of Everyday Dharma Mar 05, 2024

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Find your Dharma—your inner calling—and learn to integrate ambition, work, and wellbeing to create a balanced, joyous life with the bestselling author, and visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School, Suneel Gupta, We discuss

What Dharma means—and how to find it
How the “Arrival Fallacy” impacts your fulfillment
The 55/5 technique for resetting your energy
Why you achieve more with 85% effort

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Guest Resources:

Suneel Gupta: https://www.suneelgupta.com/

Everyday Dharma: https://www.suneelgupta.com/writing/everyday-dharma/

Career Contessa Resources

Book 1:1 career coaching session: https://www.careercontessa.com/hire-a-mentor/

Take an online course: https://www.careercontessa.com/education/

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How Can I Build My Personal Brand While Working a 9-5? Try This 5-Step Process Feb 27, 2024

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Learn a 5-step process for launching and building a successful personal brand from Anna Bertoldini, a brand marketer at NielsenIQ by day and a personal branding expert outside her 9-5. Anna will teach you:

How to determine your personal branding goal
How to leverage your unique selling point in branding
Effective communication tips include voice and tone
The one thing all personal brands must have to succeed

Show Notes:

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Guest Resources:

Follow Anna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabertoldini/

Follow Lauren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenmcgoodwin/

Career Contessa Resources:

Book 1:1 career coaching session: https://www.careercontessa.com/hire-a-mentor/

Take an online course: https://www.careercontessa.com/education/

Get your personalized salary report: https://www.careercontessa.com/the-salary-project/

Browse open jobs: https://www.careercontessa.com/jobs/

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A Great Manager's Most Important Habit Feb 20, 2024

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The truth is, not everyone will enjoy managing people. But luckily, you don't have to become a manager to grow in your career. Leadership expert and author of Happy@Work Robyn L Garrett is here to share:

How to know if management is right for you
Ways to advance your career that aren’t management
What makes a good manager
How new managers can be successful in their first 90 days

Show Notes

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The New Manager Manual Course: https://bit.ly/3Ds3jdf

Guest Resources:

Robyn L Garrett website: https://www.robynlgarrett.com/

TikTok: @courageousleadership

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realcourageousleadership

Book: https://www.robynlgarrett.com/books

Career Contessa Resources

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Get your personalized salary report: https://www.careercontessa.com/the-salary-project/

Browse open jobs: https://www.careercontessa.com/jobs/

Episode Perks:

Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at indeed.com/contessa.

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4 Reasons Why Your Colleague Is More Successful Than You Feb 13, 2024

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No matter how talented or skilled you are, nothing and nobody just comes to you. Working hard doesn’t always directly equal success. In this episode we’re going over 4 reasons why your college is more successful than you (even though they're not more skilled than you). You’ll learn:

How to increase your networking and visibility at work
How to overcome fears of success in the workplace
How to follow “counterintuitive” career moves
How to observe and understand the unwritten rules of your office

Show Notes

Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW

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Leave a voice memo: https://www.speakpipe.com/careercontessa

Follow Lauren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenmcgoodwin/

Andre Martin Episode: https://bit.ly/48275Gh

Impostor Syndrome Episode: https://bit.ly/49pIRHk

Impostor Syndrome Article: https://www.careercontessa.com/advice/get-over-impostor-syndrome/

Career Contessa Resources

Book 1:1 career coaching session: https://www.careercontessa.com/hire-a-mentor/

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The Hidden Job Market: How to Find a Job in 2024 Feb 06, 2024

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More than 70% of jobs filled are never posted online and that’s because employers are using the hidden job market—and you can, too! Career Coach AJ Mizes will teach you:

What the hidden job market is
How to tap into the job market
The sidebar method and why 90% of his clients use it to win more job offers
The value of your LinkedIn headline

Show Notes:

Weekly Newsletter Sign-Up: http://bit.ly/37hqtQW

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The Successful Networker Course

Guest Resources:

AJ Mizes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajmizes/

The Human Reach: https://thehumanreach.com/

Career Contessa Resources:

Book 1:1 career coaching session: https://www.careercontessa.com/hire-a-mentor/

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Get your personalized salary report: https://www.careercontessa.com/the-salary-project/

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How to Make More Money in 2024 with Her First $100k Jan 30, 2024

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Something we could all use more of in 2024 is money! Tori Dunlap, host and author of The Financial Feminist and founder of Her First $100k is sharing actionable tips on: