What You'll Learn: The 5 most common mistakes that job searchers make and how to avoid them. The very first step you should take when job searching (and it's not updating your resume!!). The exact formula to determine what your dream career is so that you never get stuck in a job you hate again. The 5 questions you must ask yourself for clear d ...…

On today's podcast, I'll tell you three stories of how I had to get unstuck and stop caring about what other people think. I'll also go over the highlights of the Get Unstuck Workshop including the 3 latest hiring trends and the three phases of your career. I'll also answer a question about whether becoming an entrepreneur is right for you.…

Jasmine: Just finished watching video #2 and ready to start this 7-step process of the Get Unstuck Roadmap. Any suggestions on a strengthsfinder assessment tool that I can use that is free and reliable online? Nina: I’m not sure what social media platform to use...Linkedin and facebook are the 2 I use today..but would like to understand pros an ...…

This step is all about identifying not only the skills that you are good at but also the skills that you enjoy. I call these your favorite skills. It also about spending time looking at your motivations and interests. Career interests are the most important of the 3 factors because interests are a part of our core and are stable and they stay w ...…

Carey is the Operations Manager at World Teacher Aid. To date, World Teacher Aid has constructed eight complete schools with a total of 40 classrooms, providing daily education for over 3000 students. So we are going to learn more about what her career is like today and also how she made a big career transition. This is all part of our month lo ...…

Question from Erin Ford What are steps I can take after applying to a job online? Whether it's via a job board or the company's website, what are ways in which I can increase my chances of having my application seen/considered? In our CCG Network: Raven - our intern. Busy during launch if she didn’t follow up I would have hired her. 1. Follow u ...…

Welcome to the latest edition of the “I Love My Career” series which aims to celebrate women (and my clients) who are stepping up and making HUGE leaps in their careers. I love sharing the real and raw truth on what it takes to achieve career success. One of the reasons I love my job is I get to work with ambitious women. Danielle is one of the ...…

The Top 3 Techniques To Land an Interview With a Hiring Manager Mary Corcoran asks: "What are the best techniques to land an interview with a hiring manager? It seems with electronic applications and recruiters it's difficult to actually talk with a hiring manager these days!!"

Want to listen in on an in-depth career transition story?? Curious about starting a non-profit organization or working for a non-profit? Watch along as I interview the founder of World Teacher Aid, Amy McLaren, and hear the exact steps she went through to transition from teaching into running a non-profit. To date, World Teacher Aid has constru ...…

Vickie Chapman, a Love Your Career Formula member, recently got a job as a Customer Success Manager!! I am so proud of Vickie and how much effort she put into her job search. It’s not easy and I hope this case study with Vickie gives you the motivation to keep going. Tell me about the beginning of your job search. What were you thinking before ...…

Iiris Murto A question about personal branding: majority of the advice I've seen about branding is for your business and/or creative work. And that's all wonderful! But I've found it really difficult to find the applicable points to something more "boring" and less flashy, such as my field (sports economics and analytics). How would you go abou ...…

Josie Camacho, a Love Your Career Formula member, is a Vice President in a Private Client Group at City National Bank. She worked hard in Love Your Career Formula and her hard work paid off. What are some of the fears you had when you started your job search? The biggest fear I had was deciding where I wanted to be, where I wanted to live, and ...…

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Here is the recording of Anna's live call with Donna Maria. What a great conversation about managing your mindset with all the noise online, growing your audience and staying focused. What did you learn? We’d love to hear!

We believe that the more women we have in this world who are doing what they love and are doing what they were born to do (like jumping out of bed to get to work), our world will be filled with happier and more successful women. We believe that the work we are doing will help 2,000 women launch their dream careers and businesses by 2018. We bel ...…

Summary: In 2012, I was thrilled to become a Professor of Career Development at a national University (I'll keep the name anonymous. Why? Keep reading). I was excited to share with the students what I had learned from working in HR at a top consulting firm. I had seen many mistakes made my new hires and I didn't want others to make those same m ...…

Summary: Join us in doing a little 3 day challenge to make your goals happen in the last half the year! Now, let's create an action plan to make your goals happen!

Summary: Join us in doing a little 3 day challenge to make your goals happen in the last half the year! Let's now look forward and create your goals for the rest of the year! YAY!

Summary: Join us in doing a little 3 day challenge to make your goals happen in the last half the year! What did you accomplish so far in 2016 that you are proud of? What worked well?

Hilary is a Personal Branding Coach who helps professional and creative women entrepreneurs define their Mission+Vision+Values, Craft their Brand Stories and attract ideal clients.

If you want to have a business that impacts and changes the world and where you are living your dream life, did you know that there are five phases that you have to go through to successfully reach your goal? In my work in our Corporate Rescue Plan for years following the lives of women going from employee to entrepreneur, I have pinpointed fiv ...…

Today I am thrilled to introduce you to Char Stackle, Founder of Lifeonherown.com. Welcome Char! Thanks for being here and sharing how you turned your business plans into action.

This month’s behind the scenes training is all about launching! I recently had a very successful launch for my other membership site, Love Your Career Formula 2.0, and I learned a lot that I wanted to share with you. Each time my launches get less stressful and more exciting. Let’s face it, launching is tough. But, it can be a little bit easier ...…

Welcome! In today’s case study, I am interviewing Jennifer Kroiss, a Career Strategist from Kroiss Consulting. She’s going to talk to us about the journey she went through starting her own business and how she left corporate without burning bridges. If you want to learn how to become your own boss in 2017 and grow and scale your business like J ...…

In the past, Classy Career Girl has given some fabulous tips on speeches. I have studied other speakers and have meticulously taken notes. Also, in every presentation, I’ve given in the last year I wrote down what was good and bad and what worked and what didn’t. Another secret to improving my speaking skills was watching videos on TED which wa ...…

Delegating and Moving My Business Online With Lisa Claycomb

Ready to grow your website? Welcome to the Website Traffic Blueprint! My Website Growth Story I have been blogging at ClassyCareerGirl.com since 2010 but it wasn’t until I really made the commitment to grow my website that I started to see the results. I committed to making my website no longer a hobby. Instead, it was a business. That was a bi ...…

Here’s where I started. I knew I wanted to teach and I wanted to quit my job. So I decided I was going to create a course. In the spirit of taking risk and making the leap (with limited time), I decided to not actually create the course until someone bought it. So that way I wouldn’t waste time. I mean who was really going to buy it anyways, ri ...…

Thinking of becoming an entrepreneur? It’s definitely not for everyone but here are some reasons I love being an entrepreneur. Do you want to be an entrepreneur too? I want to show you today where you could be. So close your eyes with me right now and imagine your ideal workday running your own business. Imagine waking up when you want to wake ...…

Welcome to the Classy Career Girl podcast!! Today we are doing something a little different. Today we have a special guest, It’s a podcast listener just like you who is going to ask me a bunch of her burning questions! SO let’s give a big welcome to Megan Meyer who is interviewing me today! Megan is a winner of a little contest we had a few mon ...…

Will your business be profitable? Let’s get started. Here is the assessment you’ll need to know if your idea is profitable. This will help you figure out where you should be putting your time and energy. This will make sure you start the right business for you. PROBLEM - This is where you absolutely have to talk to potential clients and intervi ...…

One of my biggest regrets is staying far too long in a job that just didn’t fit me. I tried really, really hard to make it work and get ahead. It wasn’t until I realized that if you are actually in a job you love, it’s not tough and you don’t have to work so hard to succeed. You will be more successful when you are in a career that fits you and ...…

If you are feeling stuck, I have been in your shoes. I remember what it was like when I was stuck in a job I hated (financial management). I wasn’t happy and fulfilled in my career and it was keeping me up at night. I was so stuck and I would apply to jobs over and over again online with no luck. I blamed the economy and I was frustrated that I ...…

Corporate Rescue Plan member, Jenna Janssen shared all of her wisdom with me in an interview about the success of her book launch last month. Thanks Jenna! You rock and I am so proud. If you guys don’t know her story, it’s just flat out inspiring. She used to be a hair stylist and suffered a wrist injury. Instead of letting it get her down that ...…

When I was in 3rd grade, I started a save the earth club. By middle school, I was organizing food for the homeless, teaching Sunday school and visiting local nursing homes. As a teenager, I was leading anything I could. I was passionate about youth in government, our high school seatbelt challenge and leading church mission trips. And then coll ...…

Come take a peek behind the scenes of how I grew my business and found balance with a full-time job. My Schedule as a Side Hustler Wake up morning: 5-6am blog, read, journal, social media schedule Workout: 6:630 Shower: 630-715 Drive to work: 7:15-8:00 All podcasts!! Would get super inspired. 8-5pm: work (with occasional cell phone access to mo ...…

“I love what I do, but the people I work for are just nasty. How do I find happiness when the bosses are jerks?” – Rebecca It is really important to have a supportive work environment because it factors into your ultimate career satisfaction. I am happy you found what you love to do, that is awesome! But, if you continue down this path in a neg ...…

Question: “Anna, What is your very most favorite “to do list” program, online? I need something to keep me organized! I do not share an office with my boss, and we do not share a server, but, instead, independent Outlook accounts. Is there something we can use to task back and forth, that will “talk” to Outlook, but is online? Otherwise, it’s j ...…

The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating your Career, written by Alexandra Cavoulacos and Kathryn Minshew, co-founders of popular career website TheMuse.com, is about showcasing how you how to play the career game by the New Rules. The New Rules is the definitive guide to the ever-changing modern workplace, offering today’s pro ...…

There are so many positives about starting and growing a membership site. Some of the benefits I have realized are the recurring revenue, the impact you can make and the freedom to go to the park with my daughter in the middle of the afternoon. But, it doesn’t happen overnight and there are some potential downsides of having a membership site t ...…

Here’s the question I would like to tackle today. This question comes in from a current student, so I am keeping it anonymous. I’m having a bit of a crisis here. I started a new job, and I absolutely need to get out of here. Can I walk out of here? And how do I explain this one to future interviewers? I’m so stressed out at even the thought of ...…

I was challenged by my own personal business coach to write down what I would say to you if it was the last, final thing I could say on social media. Something that I might be scared to share with you. So here goes. I call it my manifesto and I shared it on Facebook the other day and it got a ton of great response. It was actually one of my mos ...…