career strategy – Page 2 – Yale Podcast Network

Craft & Career with Writer and Lecturer Derek Green – Part 2

By yalepodcasts | October 11, 2021

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

Welcome to the new season of the Yale Office of Career Strategy’s podcast. In this expanded series of “Craft & Career” talks, we will be featuring conversations with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, inviting our guests to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their career, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can actually work together.

Our first guest is writer and Yale Lecturer Derek Green: derekgreenbooks.com/.

Craft & Career with Writer and Lecturer Derek Green – Part 1

By yalepodcasts | October 4, 2021

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

Our first guest is writer and Yale Lecturer Derek Green: derekgreenbooks.com/. Stay tuned for Part 2 on Monday, October 11.

For The Love Of Acronyms: Careers In Public Service

By yalepodcasts | November 25, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:55 — 52.7MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

In this episode we hear of the professional narratives from two individuals who have engaged in various career paths in public service. Through these experiences, learn about the jobs themselves, how they differ, and also how they allow for a fulfilling professional and versatile professional life.

Cover Letters?? Really!?

By yalepodcasts | October 28, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:50 — 51.0MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

The group discusses the fickle nature of the cover letter, a document that many deem voluntary, but in actuality is an important means by which to present yourself and reiterate your skillset. We discuss the breakdown of the letter itself, how it can be efficiently constructed, and most impactful.

The Joys of Networking

By yalepodcasts | October 14, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:16 — 50.1MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

In in this episode, we are joined by 2 Yale PhD students to discuss the trials and tribulations of networking. This often misunderstood, yet essential, component of the job search need not require you to be socially outgoing, nor does it involve you asking others for steep favors! We discuss the subtle benefits that come from reaching out to others and, most importantly, listening to what they have to say.

Trials & Tribulations of the Job Search

By yalepodcasts | September 30, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:49 — 33.4MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

Searching for jobs can seem daunting and stressful. A lack of clarity in what this process fully entails keeps many from being able to see their actual progress and identify other aspects that could use support. In this episode, we begin to break down the process itself, and investigate how routinizing various aspects of the process can help us not only when we are actively searching for a job, but also as we grow and develop professionally.

Resumania

By yalepodcasts | September 5, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:02 — 40.1MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

We all know that resumes are important to a job search, but why? What is our goal as we construct it and what expectations should we assume on behalf of the reader? The group tackles a number of the classic, and not-so-classic, frustrations regarding this all-important document.

9,000 Short of the 10,000 Hour Rule: The Perils of “Professional Experience”

By yalepodcasts | September 4, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:41 — 52.4MB) | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS

In this inaugural episode, the gang mulls over what makes experience “professional”. They also discuss how we have more agency over the ways in which we frame past experiences than we might initially believe! Listen as the group touches on a number of ways you can reminder yourself that experience is in the eye of the beholder (no, really!)