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How to Become a Creative Director Feb 22, 2022

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You’ve probably heard “Creative Director” as a job title but do you know what the job actually entails? On today’s episode, we’re interviewing three creative directors (two in-house and one freelancer) about how to become a Creative Director, the most critical skills to thrive in this role, how much creative directors make per year (or day), and so much more.

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3 Signs You're The Sensitive One at Work—And How to Make It Your Superpower Feb 15, 2022

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Today we’re talking about sensitivity, including how to know if you’re the sensitive one at work and how this workplace trait can actually play a critical role in your influence at work—if you know how to use it correctly. To help us do this we’re joined by Melody Wilding, an executive coach and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking And Channel Your Emotions For Success at Work

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What’s Your Workplace Love Language? Feb 08, 2022

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With Valentine’s Day coming up, we thought it was fitting to talk about workplace love languages. You've probably heard of love languages in romantic relationships, but do they have a role in the workplace? We're here to identify our workplace love languages so that we can all work better together. Don’t worry—this is stil a totally professional episode.

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Chronic Overachiever? How I Dialed It Back To Find Balance Feb 01, 2022

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Thanks to the great feedback you all had about our first solo episode, Lauren is back with another. This time Lauren’s sharing how she’s learning to dial back the constant chase for accomplishments, the impacts that relentless drive has created, and the new habits she’s building now that she wishes she had earlier in her career. If you identify with being a chronic overachiever, this episode is for you.

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How to Become an Apartment Locator: Salary, Skills, & More Jan 25, 2022

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Today we’re bringing you another installation in our “How to Become…” series. We’re diving into the role of an Apartment Locator AKA real estate agents that specialize in rentals. Not only did we learn that apartment locators can make a lot of money (and I mean A LOT), but we also learned what it takes to become an apartment locator—what the job interview process is like, whether you need your real estate certification before getting hired, and the most critical skills to thrive in this role.

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5 Career Goals to Set for 2022 Jan 18, 2022

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On this episode we’re talking about 5 career goals to set for 2022 + sharing our own relationships with goal-setting in the new year. And in case you didn’t know, we are running our New Year, New Career online course sale right now. This is the ONLY sale we run on courses all year and right now you can enroll in any course and automatically get 25% off. We never discount our courses except for this one time of year. You have until Jan. 31, 2022 to enroll in any online course at 25% off during our New Year, New Career Sale.

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How to Build Better Bosses Jan 11, 2022

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One thing we hear a lot about is how hard it is to be a boss—and how much people don’t like their bosses. And while there are a ton of leadership books and experts on this topic, we find the best teachers are the people who have been in the boss's shoes before and navigate through it. Enter today’s guest: Melissa Nightingale, now the co-founder of Raw Signal Group and co-author with Jonathan Nightingale on a new book called Unmanageable: Leadership Lessons From an Impossible Year. Melissa isn’t one of those fluffy leadership experts—she really freaking gets it and you’ll agree as you listen to this interview and her incredible advice on how we can build better bosses today—and in the future.

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How I Overcome Impostor Syndrome + Cultivate Confidence Jan 04, 2022

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Happy 2022! We made it to a new year! To kick the year off right, we’re sharing a solo episode with Lauren. Lauren talks about the times when she’s felt impostor syndrome creep in—and the specific things she does to try to cultivate confidence.

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The Top 5 Workplace Trends for 2022: Predictions + What They Mean For You Dec 28, 2021

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For our final episode of 2021 we’ll be making workplace predictions! To help, we’ve invited Career Contessa coaches Jill Jacinto and Jennifer Simmons to the show. In addition to career coaching Jill and Jennifer’s experiences also include recruiting and HR and HR consulting for companies so they are on the frontlines when it comes to hearing what’s on the minds of both employers and employees. Tune in to hear what we think will be the top 5 workplace trends next year.

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The Argument for the "Good Enough" Job Dec 21, 2021

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On today’s episode we’re discussing the argument for the “good enough” job including 4 reasons you should seek out a job that is good enough rather than a “dream job” that you feel pressured into. And a quick listener note, this is a recycled episode from January 2021 back when our show was called The Femails. We’re replaying this episode because it was both a listener favorite and because it is full of great lessons we can take with us into 2022.

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