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Today: The P.S. Your Career team says farewell for the season as they reshape the podcast episodes to reflect your needs more effectively.

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Today: The P.S. Your Career team discusses whether or not people in Tech could benefit from hiring a career coach with specific questions they've received from clients and listeners.

Specifically, the team dives into these topics:

• Where their clients typically find themselves after years at a tech company
• The types of goals and situations a career coach can help them navigate.
• Executive coaching and the difference between it and career coaching
• Case studies:
  • Funding rounds that don't quite meet expectations
  • Difficult/inexperienced/immature bosses
  • Uncomfortable situations their clients find themselves in at work

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What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

Check out our LinkedIn page for more career-focused content, and remember to rate and review us!

Have a general inquiry for the team? Send it to us at info@psyourcareer.com

Visit our website to learn more about the team and our mission of improving people's lives by improving their careers.

Thanks for listening!

Today: The P.S. Your Career team discusses what to expect from the spectrum that is an informational ("pick your brain") interview. They end with proactive steps you can take to make the most out of the meetings you have and relationships you create/build when conducting them.

Specifically, the team dives into these topics:

• What exactly are informational interviews?
• How do they compare to actual interviews?
• How should you prepare for them, if at all?
• What should you do after you've had the meeting?

What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

Check out our LinkedIn page for more career-focused content, and remember to rate and review us!

Have a general inquiry for the team? Send it to us at info@psyourcareer.com

Visit our website to learn more about the team and our mission of improving people's lives by improving their careers.

Thanks for listening!

Today: The P.S. Your Career team discusses performance reviews and how they are still happening, despite everything going on in 2020. They end with proactive steps you can take to make the most out of this review season, in order to set yourself up well for next year.

More specifically, the team goes over these topics pertaining to 2020 performance reviews:

• Are performance reviews even happening? How does this year compare to normal?
• Should you insist on being reviewed?
• Going into the conversation prepared and on the right foot
• The importance of setting up your next year for success...right now.

What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

Check out our LinkedIn page for more career-focused content, and remember to rate and review us!

Have a general inquiry for the team? Send it to us at info@psyourcareer.com

Visit our website to learn more about the team and our mission of improving people's lives by improving their careers.

Thanks for listening!

Today: The team goes over how you can objectively assess a difficult boss-employee relationship and proactive steps you can take depending on the state of the relationship.

Specifically in this episode, the team discusses the steps you should take when confronting a challenging boss in the workplace. They go into detail about the following items:

• Assessing the relationship objectively -- determining the extent of the misalignment and the rebuilding of the communication
• Defining boundaries with your boss
• Determining whether or not the quality of the relationship is a dealbreaker and deciding on next steps

What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

Check out our LinkedIn page for more career-focused content, and remember to rate and review us!Thanks for listening

What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

Check out our LinkedIn page for more career-focused content.

Today: The team goes over how you can prepare for and navigate the anxiety-ridden process that is leaving your current role. They also discuss proactive steps you can take to position yourself for a successful exit.

Specifically in this episode, the team compares leaving a company to the telling of the story of your time at the company and ensuring that the story ends on a positive note. In this episode, you'll specifically here them discuss these 3 major aspects:

• Assessing the environment before giving notice: The team goes over how you can assess how your company and coworkers will react to you leaving.
• Giving notice: You'll hear how putting a little extra time and energy into research leading up to giving notice will help you leave on a more productive note.
• Actually leaving: They go over the importance of committing to your exit plan and setting boundaries on the way out.

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What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

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Today: The team goes over how you can prepare for an interview well, and discusses the 'Dos and Don'ts' you should abide by through the process. From the 'dos' come proactive steps you can take to ensure your next interview goes off without a hitch.

More specifically in this episode, the team breaks down the interview into three chunks -- the preparation for the interview, the actual discussion with the hiring team, and the follow-up afterwards.

In preparation for the interview: the team discusses the mistakes they've seen most frequently and the ways in which you can circumvent them.

During the interview: the team has some recommendations to help you develop and display your career story, so that you can have a conversation with the hiring team, rather than rattling off a number of overly thought-out answers

Follow-up after the interview: the team helps you determine what kind of follow-up is appropriate after your interview and some other useful tips for engaging with the company through the interview process

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What career-related questions or topics would you like us to discuss? Submit them here.

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Today: The team discusses the anxiety that comes along with the rumors leading up to and walk through the emotional process that is a layoff. They also go over proactive steps you can take to manage this process well and set yourself up for success in your upcoming job search.

In this episode, you will listen to the team navigate the entire layoff process, starting with the initial spreading of rumors and how to prepare for a potential layoff — including but not limited to understanding the landscape of your next potential job search to filling any skill gaps necessary while you have a job.

Next, they dive into the emotional process that is the actual layoff — how to effectively navigate the meeting in which it happens, and ensure that no bridges are burnt in the heat of the moment.

Last, the team discusses the impending job search — how to navigate it productively and without overwhelming yourself in the process.

For more on the last part, check out Conducting a Virtual Job Search

Thanks for listening!