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Venturesome is the podcast and blog about being fiercely ambitious, brave and curious. It’s about taking risks, overcoming uncertainty and being creative in our lives and careers. Join us for interviews, conversations and insights about how to get a step ahead – even during a global pandemic. | ven·ture·some (adjective): willing to take risks or embark on difficult or unusual courses of action.
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Career Cornerstones: Find Alignment and Build a Fulfilling Career with Diana Alt
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Diana Alt, a certified career coach with 20+ years experience in tech, discusses the concept of "career cornerstones" and shares insights on building a fulfilling career. In this episode, she emphasizes the importance of finding work that aligns with your interests and skills and encourages you to explore side hustles or alternative avenues to fill…
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Navigating Career Transitions: Insights from Evelyn Chou, Senior Product Manager at Coursera
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Evelyn Chou, Senior Product Manager at Coursera, explains how she evolved her career and skill set through introspection, experimentation, proactive personal development and taking risks. Evelyn offers advice for career pivots, both from the perspective of a hiring manager and someone who has done it herself. You can find Evelyn on Medium and Mento…
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Hustle-free Side Gigs: Finding Balance with Boundaries and Systems with Leah Keggi of Coast L Studio
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Welcome to the first episode of Season 3 of the Venturesome Podcast. In this first episode, we're talking about side gigs with Leah Keggi. Leah Keggi is a VP of marketing by day and a talented surface pattern designer in her free time. In this episode, Leah and I discussed how she balances a demanding career within the wine and spirits space with h…
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Quiet Quitting, Acting Your Wage, Overachieving and Career Expectations
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Recorded in early October, Morgan and Rachel talk about the trend of Quiet Quitting, employee engagement, promotions, burnout and more. They both have vastly different approaches to work and share insights on how you can balance your work and life throughout your career.By Venturesome Podcast
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Job Seeker Secrets: Hiring Managers Share How to Find the Right Job
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Rachel Esterline Perkins and Morgan MacDermaid share their job seeker secrets — from determining your values to ensure you take the right role to finding opportunities within your network and online.By Venturesome Podcast
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Resume Reveal: Hiring Managers Share Tips & Tricks
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In their first collaborative episode as cohosts, Morgan MacDermaid and Rachel Esterline Perkins share their tips, tricks, and pet peeves are hiring managers. Morgan reviews upwards of 300 resumes a month as a recruiter for a broad range of roles and Rachel has spent time deeply involved in hiring for marketing and communications roles in her curren…
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Randi Shaffer never wants to look back and wonder what would have happened if she would have followed the path she wanted. From working at the Chicago Tribune to serving in the Peace Corps in Ukraine to firefighter school in Flagstaff, Randi's career has been an incredible adventure. In this episode, she shares: How she applied for hundreds of jobs…
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I recently had the opportunity to do a 360 review — which is a fascinating (and slightly terrifying) opportunity to ask your colleagues to give you feedback. One commenter said they wanted to know more about what I've done to get to where I am today. I decided to use this as an opportunity to revive the Venturesome Podcast with Morgan MacDermaid in…
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Wanderlust and living a life you love with Morgan MacDermaid
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Morgan MacDermaid used to spend hours in the travel section of the library, looking at all the places she could go. In college, she had her first chance to board a plane and her study abroad in Italy changed the course of her life. After graduation, she traded the possibility of a corporate cubicle for adventure. Morgan has traveled to over 40 coun…
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Setting boundaries and achieving life-work balance with Lily Allen-Dueñas
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The importance of prioritizing your life before work and strategies for achieving life-work balance, as well as how to set boundaries to prevent burnout. Visit venturesomepod.com/episodes for show notes and links.
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Setting yourself up for success in a new internship or job with Olivia Adams
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Olivia Adams and Rachel Esterline Perkins have a conversation about actions you can take to stand out in your first days, weeks and months in a new job or internship. You can find the Brene Brown episode referenced at brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-ffts/ Warning: There is some swearing in this episode.…
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Workplace Trauma & Working Through Fear with Dr. Tega Edwin, @HerCareerDoctor
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Dr. Tega Edwin, also know on social media as @HerCareerDoctor, helps women who are unhappy at work get clarity about who they are so they can find a satisfying, fulfilling career. In our interview we talk about coping with workplace trauma and toxic stress, and working through fear. She also talks about how the collective trauma of the pandemic and…
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Women's History Month Speaker Series featuring Rachel Esterline Perkins
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As part of the Women’s History Month Speaker Series hosted by CMU’s College of the Arts and Media, Sarah Grandstaff interviewed our host, Rachel Esterline Perkins, about her perspectives on public relations, her time at Central Michigan University and her experiences as a woman in the workforce. You can view all of the videos at facebook.com/CMUCAM…
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Discovering What Drives Your Best Work | Todd Henry and The Motivation Code
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Author Todd Henry talks about why its critical to understand your motivations, and how you can use your motivational themes to strategically advance in your career. He also shares some bold advice he would give his younger self.By Venturesome Podcast
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Personal branding & storytelling with Melanie Spring
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Personal branding is key to career success and Melanie Spring talks about using feedback from others to build and strengthen your personal brand and how to tell your own story. Check out the blog on venturesomepod.com for more.By Venturesome Podcast
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The actions you take in your twenties — in your career, relationships, health and more — can set the trajectory for the rest of your life. Fast Company senior writer Elizabeth Segran describes your twenties as a rocket. If you adjust only a few degrees when you launch, it can completely change where you land. In this episode, I talk to Elizabeth pr…
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Gone Girl: Questions To Ask Before Leaving Your Job
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In this interview, Beth Bryce shares her own journey and shares her insights on when you should leave a “dream” when it no longer fits who you are — whether it’s a job or something else. Beth is a career strategist, transformation catalyst and founder of the Daring Circle Ranch. Beth helps people break out of toxic, unhealthy jobs and find the moti…
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Venturesome is the podcast and blog about being fiercely ambitious, brave and curious. It’s about taking risks, overcoming uncertainty and being creative in our lives and careers. Join us for interviews, conversations and insights about how to get a step ahead – even during a global pandemic. Visit venturesomepod.com to learn more. Season 1 launche…
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