Extemporaneously: A Job Interview and Careers Podcast

Marco Yim
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Welcome to Extemporaneously! A podcast all about the job search and how to communicate effectively once you get that job. We'll sit down with industry experts, hiring managers, and job seekers on how they navigated their careers, networking, and interviews! We'll also discuss trends in the job market and career communications.

Episodes

  1. 05/06/2021

    A Job Interview and Careers Q&A from Reddit Questions

    This episode is just Marco scrolling through Reddit answering questions about the job search and careers.

    25 min

  2. 04/22/2021

    How Danielle Oakes changed career paths to Customer Success during COVID

    I sit down with Danielle to chat about her job search during COVID-19 and making transitions in her career.    🙃 Reframing Experiences One of the best tips Danielle shared is taking existing skills or experiences and reframing them slightly to make them more relevant to the hiring manager.     📚 Learning Danielle shares what her approach was to try and learn as much as possible when you're making a career pivot into an industry or profession that you're unfamiliar with.    ❤️ It's a Human Approach  As a job seeker, Danielle talks about what were the most challenging parts of the job search and what companies did to make the hiring process as approachable as possible. She shares a ton of personal examples of the emotional roller coaster she was taken on.    Follow Danielle on LinkedIn  ---------------------------------  Credits ---------------------------------- Guests: Danielle Oakes Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    37 min

  3. 04/08/2021

    Tinder for Careers: how Swivel matches students & start-ups using values

    Follow Emily and Alex  --------------------------------  Emily Johnstone on LinkedIn  Alex Bradley on LinkedIn  Swivel    Episode Highlights ---------------------------------- 💡 Swivel's Mission Swivel is focusing on levelling the playing field for students and companies. They also wanted to create a platform that doesn't simply focus on skills, but on values as well.    📚 A Student's Challenges  We talk about the overarching challenges that students face on the job search recently graduating. Emily and Alex offer some insights into how we can better support students and share some things they've learned along the way as recent grads.    💻 The Start-up Dilemma  We talk about one of the biggest pain points for start-ups and how they are now addressing this through their platform.    Credits ---------------------------------- Guests: Alex Bradley, Emily Johnstone Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    38 min

  4. 03/25/2021

    Structure vs serendipity on the job hunt as a legal professional with Sam Santos

    Follow Samantha on  LinkedIn  --------------------------------    Episode Highlights ---------------------------------- 💪 Taking chances Being a student with internship requirements sometimes forces you out of your comfort zone. Sam talks about how she took chances, applying for a computer science job and ended up getting it as a law student. This experience is something that still impacts her life today. Hiring managers - take some chances on the right people!    💻The complementary parts of tech & law  On the outside, it may seem that technology companies and law firms have little in common. As someone who works in both, what is Sam's perspective?    🧑‍⚖️ The journey of a law student  We dive into what law students go through and what Sam recommends. (There are a ton of tips that work for people in all industries):  How diversity in your experiences is a real benefit to having a fruitful law career How law school has added new ways to analyzing personal problems  What OCIs are and her experience going through it How OCIs can be beneficial or detrimental to people on the job search   🔧 Job Search Tools  Sam shares a ton of fun stories that relate back to everyday job search tools:  Why research is important on the job search Why you never know if an interview actually went well   Credits ---------------------------------- Guest: Samantha Santos Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    36 min

  5. 03/11/2021

    Navigating career transitions with Kathryn Vandenberg

    Follow Kathryn on  LinkedIn  --------------------------------     Episode Highlights ---------------------------------- ✅ Career Audit & Themes  Throughout the episode, this idea of audits came through. What questions do you need to ask yourself when thinking about change or where you want to go next? This is something that guided Kathryn time and time again in her career transitions.    🚗 Transitions into the Unknown  Kathryn talks about major changes to life, how she assessed risk, and what they meant for her personally: Staring in operations to telecommunicationsMoving from telecommunications starting her own  tech companyMaking  the decision to leave her own company and how she felt  🔧 Broken Hiring System  Kathryn shares, from personal experience, how she experienced some of the blind spots of our hiring system and what she tries to do differently as a hiring manager.    ⛑ Safety Another theme that came up a lot was the idea of safety: moving in/out of your comfort zone, the feelings of being unsafe as a founder, and creating emotional safety for the team you lead.    Credits ---------------------------------- Guest: Kathryn Vandenberg Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    43 min

  6. 02/25/2021

    How taking chances, mentorship, and a special work spouse led to the magic behind Amanda Minuk's interior design firm

    Follow Amanda   ---------------------------------- Amanda: LinkedIn  Design Shop: Website  & Instagram   Episode Highlights ---------------------------------- 💼 Entrepreneurship We talk about the differences between being an employee and owning your business.  What gaps will you have to account for? How does the stress differ? Would Amanda do anything differently if she had the choice?    💡 Standing out on the job market    Amanda shares a ton of stories and tips about how to stand out and explore your career:  - How to best find out the realities of an industry or job  - What kind of details matter on portfolios  - The best way to use gaps  in industries as opportunities for self-directed projects  - Following your passion and taking the leap of faith in the job search    👩‍🏫 Mentorship  Mentorship has played a huge part in her story: from learning how to build her own business, to now building a program to help boost the next generation of talent in the design world.     🙏 Trust the universe  She shares a cool story about how sometimes, things just work out like they're supposed to - you can't control everything, so might as well trust the system.    Credits ---------------------------------- Guest: Amanda Minuk Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    38 min

  7. 02/11/2021

    Highlighting your impact when you're not an end channel owner with Sean Reibeling

    About Sean Reibeling ---------------------------------- Sean is an extremely talented and skilled marketing project manager that's really found his footing in the consumer goods industry.  Apart from being able to manage complex problems from a seedling to an idea to troubleshooting what went wrong, he also knows how to rally support and highlight the value he brings wherever he goes.  Follow Sean on LinkedIn!    Episode Highlights ---------------------------------- 💛 Transferrable Skills We talk about the #1 skill it takes to make it in project management or marketing operations. But how do we make transferrable skills feel more concrete in interviews?    📊 Highlighting Impact For folks who impact projects (e.g. marketing operations or customer success), but maybe don't own them, what can we do to highlight our value, both internally, and on the job search?    📚 Research, research, research!  Sean shares an amazing story about how research helped solidify his place as a top interview candidate.     ❓Asking the right questions  What are a few key questions you can ask that can help leave the right impression while also getting an accurate view of the company you might be working with?   Credits ---------------------------------- Guest: Sean Reibeling  Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    34 min

  8. 01/28/2021

    Job searching during COVID + how to stand out in cover letters with Brittany Ferguson

    On this episode, I'm speaking with Brittany Ferguson, the senior manager of customer support at Brio systems.  Here are a few key takeaways from the episode:    (1) Career transitions 🤝 Brittany takes all her experiences and weaves them nicely into how she tells her career story.  Taking an example of a retail job, she shows how it applies to her jobs in marketing, events, customer support, and more!  What do you think HOOOT from the Hot Topic training stands for?  👀   (2) Job search during COVID-times 🤒 Her previous job was impacted by COVID, so she shares what it was like to look for a new job during this crazy time.  She actually said no to a job offer and explains how she came to the conclusion and how she managed to stay grounded during this time.  Pro Tip: Come up with a list of things you want and don't want in your next move. Don't settle if the job doesn't check off enough boxes!    (3) The importance of a cover letter as a hiring manager 📝 We talk about the importance of a cover letter as hiring managers.  Personalize by telling the story of why you're interested in this specific company.Don't be afraid to address gaps and be transparent about how parallel or indirect experience can enhance your ability to do the job.Go undercover! Be a secret shopper to find out the way companies speak and help their customers.  Match their tone.  Credits:  Guest: Brittany Ferguson Host: Marco Yim Company: Extempra Music by Wataboi Artwork: Ravenfrostt

    38 min

  9. 01/21/2021

    Welcome to Extemporaneously!

    Get ready for some amazing career stories, helpful ways to navigate the job search, and debates on how to speak effectively in the workplace. Hear a sneak peek of what to expect on our new podcast, hosted by Marco of Extempra!

    2 min

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Welcome to Extemporaneously! A podcast all about the job search and how to communicate effectively once you get that job. We'll sit down with industry experts, hiring managers, and job seekers on how they navigated their careers, networking, and interviews! We'll also discuss trends in the job market and career communications.

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  • Creator
    Marco Yim
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  • Episodes
    9
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    © 2022 - Extempra Inc.