Welcome to the Workforce: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to the Workforce is a program designed to help new grads, interns, and employees new to tech navigate the professional work environment. We will be releasing a new podcast each month that will tackle our biggest challenges in the workplace.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace. 

February kickoff revolves around building resolutions on Personal Productivity. As the company builds on our goals a lot of folks are wondering, how can we become the best versions of ourselves in the office and out of the office. We have our Chief Architect, Mike Barrameda joining us to discuss some tips and tricks he uses for managing his time.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

Happy 2022!! This January kickoff revolves around Working for a startup but in particular, working for Ridgeline. As the "New Year, New You" mentality kicks in a lot of folks are transitioning to new jobs here at Ridgeline. During this podcast we have April Kleban and Marc Rauschnot joining us to talk about working for Ridgeline. What are some of the differences and similarities you'll see from previous work experiences, what attracted all of us to this one place, and how do we set ourselves up for success joining a small company.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Mentorship at Ridgeline. Amanda Maximin from Reckitt helps us dig deeper on the foundation of mentorship; how do you find mentorship, how do we cultivate relationships, and what are the differences between the many types of mentorship you can receive. 

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around 1:1s at Ridgeline. When you join a company, it's always intimidating having that first 1:1 with your manager - what should you bring to the conversation, how is it structured, what topics are important to you. Erik Brockman helps us dig deeper on best practices for 1:1s with your manager and how you can best optimize that time.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Goal Setting and OKRs at Ridgeline. Every company runs their objective cycles in different ways, during this time we'll be discussing how Ridgeline structures our goals and how we can best set ourselves up for success. Alex Benke helps us dig deeper on what to do when the time comes to create your OKRs and how you can best prepare.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Reflection and Individual Retrospectives at Ridgeline. Setting in times for reflection in your daily work in always important but during this podcast we discuss the more formal reflection time and how you can best set yourself up for success. Kendall Vondriska helps us dig deeper on what to do when the time comes and how you can best prepare. 

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Team Building. We're a fast growing organization, which means we have new employees joining every two weeks. Frances Barrameda and Parker Garrett help us dig deeper on what to do when you have a new team member joining, how can we welcome them and make them feel included from day one. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Work/Life Balance. Avi Banerjee and Amanda Wynter help us dig deeper on we think about work/life balance, what that means to them, and tips to get back them back in sync. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Meeting Etiquette. Bryan Faxel help us dig deeper on how to better meeting efficiency and some tips you can do to prepare for a meeting. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Total Rewards and Compensation Reviews. Erica Lied help us dig deeper on how to put total rewards into perspective, as well as navigating a compensation conversation. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Giving and Receiving Feedback. Silvia Johnson and Jeremy Hittle help us dig deeper on how we can share feedback in a professional work environment. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there.

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Ridgeline Studios presents the Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace.

This month's topic revolves around Time Management. Jenny Molinelli helps us dig deeper on tips to help manage time in a professional environment. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there.

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Ridgeline Studios presents its first Welcome to the Workforce podcast. This is a monthly podcast for tips and tricks on the professional workplace. 

This month's topic revolves around Communication. Sabina Sobhani helps us dig deeper on what it means to be a good communicator at Ridgeline. We have linked here our supplemental one-pager for our visual learners out there. 

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