Hey! I Want Your Job!

If you're on LinkedIn very much at all you've been inundated with people trying to help you "maximize your SEO" or "gain $$$$ with improved social media exposure".  It's the "Nigerian Prince" of LinkedIn. And small businesses.  It sucks, and it's relentless.  Katie Brinkley not only feels the same way, but her business is actually doing that work without all the spam, and 0% scam...

If we learned anything in 2020 its that the outside world can and will intrude on our best laid plans.  Manny Garcia knows this better than most.  Life has been trying to push Manny down since he was a kid.  Each time he has risen above all expectation and turned that adversity into life lessons and determination.  Musician, podcaster, businessman, motivational speaker, sales guru, all of these and more describe areas of passion and purpose for Manny Garcia...

An early mid-life crisis / career change at 30 years old led her to move across the country from New York City to Scottsdale and enroll in Le Cordon Bleu culinary program. She started Ripe Personal Chef Services an in-home personal chef service cooking daily & weekly meals and boutique dinner parties for discerning guests. Growing the company to mid-six figures, 8 chefs and cooking for entire baseball teams was an epic experience and huge life learning...

There is so much bad advice out there, much of which is predicated on bad data and made up statistics.  Things like "recruiters only look at your resume for XX seconds" or "the average job seeker....." are all problematic.  How do you define average?  How do you measure "recruiters"? Good science takes training and time, neither of which phony "job gurus" are willing to invest in...

Talent Acquisition is profoundly broken.  The system does little except pit candidates against companies with agency recruiters working as evil puppet masters in the background.  The result is that the humans applying for jobs are turned into commodities - glorified hamburgers - being packaged and presented to tempt employers into consumption.  At the same time employers can't trust the experts they're paying to "help" and have little control over the candidate experience...

Women of GenX and younger were all raised with the impossible standard of the "Super Mom".  This mythical woman has the housekeeping and dinner creation ability of Donna Reed and is also a beast in the boardroom - shattering glass ceilings on the daily.  The standard was set insanely high, and now women are left to struggle with all of the pressures and limitations that come with reality...

Michael Morrison has screwed up a lot in his life.  Divorced.  Failed businesses. You name, he has managed to fail at it.  

And yet....

Michael has also had some incredible success in his personal and professional life.  He's led built multi-million dollar businesses, got remarried, and a lot more.  Most interestingly, he's turned his early epic fails into parables to help guide others into making better choices...

In our ongoing quest to bring you stereotype shattering examples of great humans doing work they love we introduce: Paul Glantz!  Paul is the Founder and CEO of Launch Consulting - a CPA firm that helps businesses and individuals with their taxes.  Now you're clearly thinking that this interview is a boring one.  A snooze fest of Michele talking to herself, and a great one to skip...

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and the entire professional world was talking about you?  Mike Conley had exactly that happen.  Out of work for a while, and struggling to find the right position he started posting about his experience on LinkedIn.  After a particularly absurd interview experience Mike's subsequent post went viral.  The result was press coverage, thousands of people reaching out, and - eventually - a job...

These days it seems like everyone has a creative side hustle: actor, singer, youtuber, Twitch streamer... the permeations are endless.  It's a rare bird, though, to find someone who is actually making their living (and in this case has been for the entirety of their substantial career) in Hollywood.  Meet Ford Austin. Executive producer on high budget films with A-List celebs (most recently with John Malkovich, and Tyrese Gibson), Director, and Actor - Ford has done it all...