Melissa Carvalho is a former recruiter of 7+ years turned online career coach.She offers expert advice on all things job search, salary negotiation, career clarity, personal development and so much more. Learn from myself and top industry experts that have nothing but your best interest in mind.
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Ep. 53 How to get Rehired at Your Current Company
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE In this episode, we discuss: 1) Showing your interest to the Company 2) Your Skills 3) Networking 4) Patience and Applying to Open Positions GET MAGICMIND AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE WITHOUT COFFEE Crush your mindset and career goals. https://www.magicmind.com/ Use my code CONFIDENTCH20 for 20% off! You can combin…
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Ep. 52 How to Plan your First 90 days in Your New Role
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE In this episode, we discuss: 1) The process of each week/month 2) What the entail 3) The importance and value of 90 day Career planning GET MAGICMIND AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE WITHOUT COFFEE Crush your mindset and career goals. https://www.magicmind.com/ Use my code CONFIDENTCH20 for 20% off! You can combine bot…
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Ep. 51 Five Ways to Take Advantage of AI in your Job Search
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE In this episode, we discuss: 1) Resume Optimization 2) Job Board Algorithm 3) Job Alerts 4) Preparation GET MAGICMIND AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE WITHOUT COFFEE Only this January, they help you gear up to crush your 2024 new year resolutions fully focused. You get 1 month for free, when you’re subscribing for 3 mo…
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Ep. 50 Surving a Layoff- How to Succeed and Focus on Goals
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Oh how the unfortunate side of the employment journey- a layoff doesn't necessarily go away. There are a bunch of different factors that impact a business and why some have large layoffs versus a small one. At some point, we face this journey, and to most, it feels like a huge emotional impact to us. That we have to soak in and move on from. Snag y…
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Ep. 49 New Year, New Journey How to Succeed in 2024
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE A new year means a new you! New Opportunities too! Nothing is harder than trying to land an opportunity or set a new goal, and the direction doesn't go through as anticipated. Positivity is always the key to success but we want to build it as we go. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Setting your yearly goals a…
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Ep. 48 The Tools and Technology you Must Know as a New Hire or Job Seeker
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE Technology is something we tend to struggle with the most. Technology isn't the most important quality an employer needs but we have to ensure we do have a foundation for our industry. My goal for this podcast is to give you the information so you can prepare and feel less overwhelmed when dealing with this …
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Ep. 47 Rebuilding Company Culture After a Pandemic
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE When I polled my LinkedIn community income inequality was their biggest concern with the job market. That was inspiring to me. I wanted to bring this episode to my leaders that are looking to really make an impact within their company/industry. Rebuilding company culture takes time. A company should be innov…
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Ep. 46 How to Decide and Negotiate between Multiple Job Offers
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The right way to land a job? Have multiple job offers, of course! The road might be a journey, but it's one that you can defiantly take advantage of! Don't be afraid of layoffs because SO many companies are still hiring! In this episode, we discuss: 1. The key to getting hired is within the interview process 2. HR plays an impact on your negotiatio…
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Ep. 45 Gender Identity on Job Applications (What are the new terms)
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE Gender Identity on Job Applications, new terms, and diverse work culture. Employing Transgender Workers: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/toolkits/pages/employingtransgenderworkers.aspx A Sense of Belonging: https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/summer2021/pages/the-landscape…
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Ep. 44 What to Do When You're Part of a Lay-Off and How to Handle it Emotionally
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE FIND MELISSA CARVALHO: connect with me and send me a message over on LinkedIn: CLICK HERE Optimize your job search with an ATS Friendly Resume Template: CLICK HERE Support the Show.By Melissa Carvalho
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Ep. 43 How to Enhance your Confidence and Believe in what you do with Love and Grace
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE There are so many false beliefs we have that are not actually true. For example, I thought that I couldn't help someone else with their job marketing materials because I didn't have industry knowledge in a specific field. That’s obviously not true, the knowledge of what I have is a background in recruiting a…
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Ep. 42 What you should do in your first day/week of Work
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE So before accepting a job you need to analyze and reflect on these 4 questions and that is: Is this a role that I can learn and grow from? Does this company value its employees? Does this company encourage employee growth training, team-building exercises, and events? Do I feel comfortable asking my superior…
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Ep 41. All about Career/Resume Gaps: Are they Normal? How to Handle them
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE You should have a proper career story for your break, what kind of value and things came about from this break. So for example, if you’re away for mental health what were some things you’ve done during that time of your mental health break. Maybe that is obtaining clarity on a new direction in your career or…
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE Barriers. They're everywhere! There's so many that exists, but how to do we navigate through them successfully in a way that we can use them to our advantage? In this episode we discussed: 1. How confidence plays into barriers 2. Increasing your self-esteem 3. Perception vs. Reality And here are 3 suggestion…
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Ep.39 How to Appreciate Your Success and Everyone Else's too
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Snag your free resume review: CLICK HERE During our job search, the hardest thing we see is others getting hired, while we're still looking for our next opportunity. Getting that notification on LinkedIn on someone started working for that great company, while you're even still trying to land those interviews. I get it, but we want to express grati…
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Ep. 38 [Personal] Career Decisions that I will Never Regret
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Schedule and Obtain your 20% discount for an Interview Prep Session, remember to use the code Interviewsale20 CLICK HERE It's important to understand one's journey. The thing is, it might not be the same path, but it gives you inspiration for your own journey. There are possibilities that are out there. Sometimes we need that push and understanding…
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Ep.37 Work From Home Employee/Team Connection While Setting Boundaries
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Interested in this podcast exclusive for a free resume review with Melissa? Schedule your call: FREE RESUME REVIEW Boundaries, are a trendy topic... but it's also something real. It's at times hard for us to set our own boundaries within the workplace or even know what boundaries should be set. When boundaries are established it will allow room for…
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Ep. 36 How Many Interviews Should It take to Be Hired
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Interested in this podcast exclusive for a free resume review with Melissa? Schedule your call: FREE RESUME REVIEW The job search can feel dreadful, but what about the interview process? How many interviews should you go through? How do you know if it's normal? In this episode we talk about: 1) What is too excessive during an interview 2) Why commu…
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Interested in this podcast exclusive for a free resume review with Melissa? Schedule your call: FREE RESUME REVIEW Who wants a better job? Don't we all want something great? Something that makes us feel REALLY good. I'm here always waiting and looking for opportunity and growth. Now some people may wonder what's the deal with this topic, quitting b…
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Desire to advance in your career? Sign up for my Career Advancement & Success Roadmap. The two-week training will get you where you want to be in your career. ENROLL NOW! The dreaded desire to get hired... there's a waiting game, and that can feel annoying, frustrating, sad, it can be an emotional rollercoaster. We hate to hear the answer: "It Depe…
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Ep. 33 2022 Career Goals, Leadership & Development
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Desire to advance in your career? Sign up for my Career Advancement & Success Roadmap. The two-week training will get you where you want to be in your career. ENROLL NOW! It's a new year and we are quick to schedule our goals on January 1st. What about accomplishing them though? What's it take to make a goal go from idea to achieved? Most of us hav…
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Ep. 32 How to Handle Bad Connections with Someone During your Interviews & Workplace
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Download my FREE job search tracker that was made to help you get organized in your job search so you can obtain the final offer. Connecting is an extremely important piece to interviews and workplace success. Think of it like this... how would you feel if you worked with someone that you didn't feel comfortable with and there's an awkward sensatio…
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Ep.31 Working with a Career Coach and What to Expect
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Download my FREE job search tracker that was made to help you get organized in your job search so you can obtain the final offer. You're personal buddy that is there for you. Guiding you every step of the way and understanding where you are and where you want to go. So to find the right person you need to do your research. What’s their website like…
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Ep. 30 Common Mistakes You're Making and Why You Haven't Been Hired Yet
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Download my FREE job search tracker that was made to help you get organized in your job search so you can obtain the final offer. I title these "mistakes" but honestly let's face it, mistakes are essential for our growth and development. Even the most powerful leaders make mistakes. I make them too. But these things, let's call them that hinder us …
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Ep. 29 Why You Should Ask for a Raise and Growth Opportunities
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Download my FREE job search tracker that was made to help you get organized in your job search so you can obtain the final offer. I heard that a CEO of Pepsi would never ask for a raise. That's a shame, and the fact that a woman is saying this disappoints me truly. We are all so valuable and because of this we should take charge of our worth and do…
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Ep.28 Growth Comes When You're Ready & Some Updates
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Download my FREE job search tracker that was made to help you get organized in your job search so you can obtain the final offer. A new destination and journey where you're guided with grow and take yourself on a new level within your career If you haven't heard I launched a NEW website, beautiful and just a new level of growth. It's all thanks to …
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Ep. 27 Get Confident Clear & Hired (The Frame work for clarity and success)
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Hey friends, welcome back. I'm honestly so excited because there are so many great things for one that has been coming into my bucket. I have a new website, services, and just great feelings. Have you ever had those moments where you feel that way? Where you feel just full of life. trust me I wasn't always that way, but there's a beauty to it. Anyw…
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Have you ever experienced burnout before? I think 2020/2021 there's a lot of that going on. Maybe it's the WFH (work from home) culture and it's something you have to adapt to. Maybe even there was a restructure in your organization and you're taking on more work. We are all leaders in our career and it's important for us to stay healthy for us. Th…
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Ep. 25 How To Get Job Opportunities Knocking On Your Door
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*Knock, Knock!* Who's there? A job opportunity! How fun would that be right to just know that job opportunities are here just right in front of you. Trust me they are, you just need a bit of that magical guidance to get you there. I talk a lot about getting in front of the decision-makers, you know networking. That's honestly so important. Job sear…
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Ever has yourself, 'which job is right for me' I think this is something that comes to our minds not just at the beginning of our careers but anytime at all. We can be 5 years into our career and have this thought come to mind. I think though, COVID19 has brought a lot of this thought. It's the clarity and realization of what's important. I've told…
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Ep. 23 What's the Point of a Job Interview and How You can take Advantage of it
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Job Interviews. SO annoying right? Like the thought of, 'why can't they hire me because of my resume?' or 'Why do I have to go through 5 interviews? I need a job!' I completely understand. For those of you listening to this because your over interviews and don't get why am I going through this. I'm here to bring you the clarity and knowledge... woo…
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Ep. 22 Performance Plans and the Right Way to Handle them as a Manager
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I know as an employee a lot of us face the fear of being on a PIP or even the thought of having a manager handle behavior a specific way. Like we need more of the anxiety, it's been rough going through so much within the world that the experience of facing something like this can just cause more to us. Also as a manager, there is a misconception re…
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Ep. 21 Why You Shouldn't Rush Your Job Search
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I get the feeling of being tired of where you are right now. How long you even spend on your job search is just as important. The time you spend shows value in your documents, and what you do. There's also more than the quick apply, there's the strategy, the networking, the follow-up. In this episode, we cover the side effects of rushing and gettin…
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Ep. 20 How To Feel Successful At Work Effortlessly
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So you're ready for success? Success specifically in your current role at work. But here's the thing.. you want it to be easy right? It defiantly can be. We are at our own level of success but we can always umph ourselves to the next level. In this episode we cover: 1) Embodying the version of you 2) The importance of breaks 3) Why you shouldn't pr…
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Ep. 19 Are You Rushing In Your Career and Where you Need to Be?
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That feeling that your place isn't right. Thinking " I should be..." or "Why am I not..." We get that feeling that sometimes where we are isn't the right place. That there should be more. In most cases, it's because naturally, we want more. In this episode, I'll teach you why and how you should handle it. In this episode we cover: 1) Why you are di…
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Ep. 18 How to Handle your Relationship & Career w/ ST Rappaport
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Welcome to this week's episode. This is a really exciting episode as we dive into a personal level for your career and growth. This week we talk about your relationship and your career. Anyone else get this feeling of goosebumps or this feeling within your heart? Here's the thing, for those that are married or have a significant other, there isn't …
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Ep. 17 How to Handle a Bad Day of Employment
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The nerve wreaking first day. Getting all dressed up and having a mixture of emotions come through... but maybe that doesn't go as planned. Or even there's a day you experience that just doesn't feel right to you? I know how much pressure it is to walk into a new environment and not know how to handle outcomes that are unexpected. You'll want to ke…
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Ep. 16 The Secret to Landing Promotions and Growth within Your Career
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So you're in your new role... or maybe you've been in your current role for a while and you are ready for the next step. You're bored out of your mind and you're ready for more responsibility. You love your company so much that you haven't left or bothered to look for a new role... or maybe you've thought of it. Just because you "feel" like maybe t…
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Ep. 15 8 Questions and Tips You Should Follow While Job Searching
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Ever wonder about the strategy of job searching? But not even that what you should wonder when you are searching for the next big opportunity and what you should do. Here in this episode, we dive into this. This episode requires a pen and paper (but I'm sure you guys are already note takers right??) so make sure to listen in because these helpful t…
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Ep. 14 Getting Clear on Your Career Purpose and your Why w/ Kojo Thompson
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Career Clarity means we know our life purpose. Our life purpose follows in with our "WHY" I know how hard it can be to sit and figure out what you are meant to be doing, but this is why I've brought on an expert in this field Kojo Thompson, to bring his personal advice and knowledge. In this episode we discuss: 1) Where to start to get unstuck 2) H…
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Ep. 13 Job Search with Confidence so you can Succeed and Land More Opportunities
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Job searching can become a stressful rollercoaster of emotions. Sometimes because of this, we end up losing confidence in getting hired, landing that promotion, leading the team successfully, etc. In this episode, I want to provide you not just with some helpful tips to overcome this, but reminders on how to consistently obtain confidence throughou…
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Interviewing and expecting to get hired? Are you a new hire or an employee looking to gain what you need to increase the chance for a promotion? We often overlook our growth once we get hired, it's like we got placed into the freezer and the only time we think of the next step is when there is a situation that takes us out into melting. The point o…
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Ep 11. How to Nail your Phone Interview with Ease
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Interviews are really important. This determines if you get the next video or in person interview with management and it's leaders. But how can we pass the phone interview? How can we make the right impression. Tune into this episode to find out! We discuss: 1) The Prep 2) Common Interview Questions 3) How to show interest in a way that shows that …
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Ep. 10 Revealing my Career Path and Journey
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Hey there friends, get to know me a little bit. This is my 10th episode! This is so so so so so sooo exciting. This is honestly my first time that I have verbalized my journey with my career. *Sigh* It's so great to get this off my chest. But listen, now that you know my story, know that I've worked for start-ups, fortune 500 companies, get ready t…
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Ep. 9 Why Being Overqualified Doesn't Get You Hired
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Have that feeling of desperation within your job search to where you'll apply to jobs that are a step down from where you currently are... and then still get rejected? A lot of applicants face this to where they will just try to get hired at something where their skills are above and beyond what the employer is asking for. It's not impossible to ge…
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Ep. 8 How to Successfully Pass the Phone Interview Process
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Ever conduct a phone interview and then never hear back? Or just get dreaded... "we're sorry but we have decided to move forward with other candidates" sentence? Understand why this happens along with my secret tips to get you past any phone interview. THE MOST AFFORDABLE WAY TO GET YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE OPTIMIZED 👇 Ready to get your LinkedIn profi…
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Looking to exit your job and obtain new opportunities? 2021 is your year! I believe 2021 is your year of success. Why? Things are getting back to what is the new "normal" and there are strategic ways to take advantage of these opportunities for growth. As leaders, we need to be open to new job search methods because let's face it has changed. It ch…
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Ep. 6 Managing Your Time for Growth In Your Career
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Life can really get ya with the time and to-dos right??? I know, especially when we have our day to day life to live and that feels overwhelming enough But there is something bright about having some form of structure and management to accomplish what you truly desire. In this episode we go over: 1. The importance of schedules 2. Goal & Task Settin…
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Ep. 5 How to Budget Money & Your Career w/ Cassie Moore
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Facing a struggle where you can't balance the money that's coming in? At times we face not having the right amount of knowledge to understand what's truly happening and how to face it. We go based on our emotions for spending and then we wonder what's left and why our jobs won't pay us enough. In this episode we go over: 1) How to balance being une…
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Ep. 4 Easily Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Job Opportunities
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LinkedIn is the place we all want to understand right!? I know, especially during this time networking is the hot topic that gets you directly into opportunities. But we can't network without having an optimized profile, your LinkedIn profile is a job marketing material, so if your not marketing yourself correctly it will affect any networking you …
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