The Ideal Job Podcast: Recent Episodes
Daniela Aguilera & Preeti Kaur
Hear from two grads about the switch from being a student to entering the workforce. You will hear topics ranging from building your professional profile to strategies to finding a job and how to prepare for the beginning of your successful career and beyond. We will guide you through workforce development strategies used in the United States to support your transitions from education into and through the workforce.
Tips for domestic and international students, young professionals, and anyone looking for advice at the beginning of their career or switching to something new.
Walk side by side as we help you discover your path to your ideal job!
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Listen to last season's 01 episode about the importance of taking a break and why you should do it. While taking breaks might sound counterintuitive when it comes to boosting productivity, it's one of the best ways to do so.
The Ideal Job Podcast is enjoying a break and it will be back with season 02 shortly.
What are the next steps once you got the email or the call to schedule an interview? In this week's episode, we talk about best practices before, during, and after a job interview. In-person and Remote interviews since we are in 2021.
As an International Student, it is likely that you get a lot of rejections on your job applications because you need Sponsorship. This makes it hard for international candidates to find job opportunities and internships where they can apply the knowledge acquired while studying abroad. This has become a very sensitive topic since some companies can't find the right talent for their openings, but at the same time don't want to go through the hassle of sponsoring international talent.
In this week's episode, we will be talking about how to navigate these conversations and when and how to have "The Sponsorship Talk".
Networking is essential to connect with others, develop your skills, keep you update, and exchange information and social contacts. This week, we got you covered with everything you need to know about networking.
Have you heard the question: "Tell me about yourself?". In this week's episode, we talked about how to answer that question, how to introduce yourself, how to start a connection no matter if you are an introvert or extrovert.
In this episode we continue talking about LinkedIn and how to apply the three pillars to leverage the use of this amazing tool, building your profile, connecting with others, networking, and engaging with content.
Hear in this episode how to build your LinkedIn profile and get the most of it to find your ideal job. We discuss the following sections: headline, about, academics, experience, skills, courses, etc.
All about resumes. This week, we talk about all the Do's and Dont's on resume building. Structure, what to include, how to include it. We provide some guidance to fine-tune your resume and stand out on your applications.
In this episode, we discussed Cover Letters, are those necessary? Do we need them? Do you need to always include a cover letter when applying for a job? This week, we help you to figure it out.
We focus on commonly overlooked and underappreciated resources. Listen to this week's episode to make sure you are utilizing all the assets around you, including us! Hear about resources to find your ideal job, best practices, and some not good things to do when looking for a job.
In this episode, you get to know a little about your hosts and listen why we decided to start a podcast. Preeti is still looking for her ideal job, Daniela already found hers. No matter where you are now, we are here for you.
Are you ready to find your ideal job?
What is an Ideal Job? Where to start when looking for a career change, or when starting your professional career?