Propelling Careers

Lauren Celano
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Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers. This podcast provides insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences.

  1. 6d ago

    Ep 115: Informational interview Advice - Propelling Careers Podcast

    In this episode we will focus on tips to do effective informational interviews.  In the last episode, 114, wetalked about networking tips. Since one way to follow up from networking could be an informational interview, we thought this episode would be timely in case any of our listeners have informational interviews after their networking. We cover advice including these points below. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    People may have more time over the summer to connect for informational interviews  When you reachout to someone for an informationalinterview, give an idea of what you are looking to learn.  For example, are you looking to learn about career advice, about their specific job, about the general market, etc How to approach a warm invitation vs Cold Call  How to structure your reachout Be flexible with mtg time and logistics Have Questions prepared Ask if you can help the person you are speaking with tooLauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice weprovide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  2. Jul 28

    Ep 114: Building and Connecting with your Network - diving deeper into one of the topics from ep 108 - Propelling Careers Podcast

    In this episode we will focus on tips to build and connect with your network especially during more informal get togethers that happen over the summer. We briefly discussed this topic in episode 108 and will dive deeper in this episode covering points including these below. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Summertime is a great time to connect with your network through outside of work activities such as bbq’s, summer parties, informal events, etc Tips to network based upon what kind of event you are going to and who will be there   Tips for engaging with people especially if you are having a hard time in your job search Tips for your elevator pitch Tips to engage in conversations  Tips to follow up Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice weprovide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  3. Jul 19

    Ep 113: Part 4: Q’s from Optimizing your CV in the Era of AI talk at Festival of Genomics - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 113. This is a continuation from episode 110, 111, and 112 - to cover more Questions that we received from the Festival of Genomics talk on Optimizing your CV in the Era of AI that we did in Boston recently. This will be the last podcast in this series – we are thrilled that we had so many questions that we were able to do 4 episodes. We again want to give a shout out again to  Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North CarolinaState University who wrote down all the questions that we got during the talk and Victor Guy, Life Sciences Event Producer, at Front Line Genomics who organized the talk and invited us to do it. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Networking & Referrals How does networking help with the application process?Do you need a referral or connection to network?   Career Transitions, Gaps, and Identity If you transitioned from another sector, should you include prior experience?Should you include career breaks? How do you explain gaps?If publications are under a maiden name, how should you indicate this?  International, Visa, and Early‑Career Considerations Resources for applying overseas—what to include in CVs/resumes?What about students applying during OPT?  Cover Letters & Supporting Materials Can cover letters make or break your application?If you have a link, how do you integrate it?Can AI or reviewers pick up on links?How important is an updated website or online portfolio?  Job Search Timing & Planning What is the most active hiring period?How far in advance should you start the job search (e.g., PhD to industry)? Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  4. Jul 10

    Ep 112: Part3: Q’s from Optimizing your CV in the Era of AI talk at Festival of Genomics - Propelling Careers Podcast

    This episode is a continuation from episodes 110 and 111 - to cover even more Questions we received from the Festivalof Genomics in Boston - our talk was Optimizing your CV in the AI Era.  We want to give a shout out again to Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North Carolina State University who wrote down all the questions that we got during the talk and Victor Guy at Life Sciences Event Producer, Front Line Genomics who organized the talk and invited us to do it. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Tailoring, Fit, and Strategy focused questions What would be the strategy to get the interview?Do you need to 100% match the posted role?How flexible is your job title when tailoring an application? What impact does applying to multiple jobs within the same company have?How much does timing matter when applying?  AI in Hiring & Applications focused questions Thoughts on using AI to generate or reformat resumes/CVs?What happens if you opt out of AI review in an application?How do you deal with AI‑based interview systems?  Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) & Application Portals focused questions Can you skip questions on the ATS?If your major is not in a dropdown, should you select the closest option?How long do systems store your information?Does association with the system depend on your email address?What happens when you reapply for a different job at the same company?Does it matter which email address you use?What’s the difference between ATS, Workday, etc.?  Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  5. Jul 3

    Ep 111: Part 2: Q’s from Optimizing your CV in the Era of AI talk at Festival of Genomics - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 111. This is a continuation from episode 110 - to cover more Questionswe received from the  Festival of Genomics in Boston.   We want to give a shout out again to  Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North Carolina State University who wrote down all the questions that we got during the talk. In this episode we focus on these points below. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Structuring & Organizing Content Is there a standard order of sections or would you need to move sections around depending on the application? Can education be listed different places based upon what you are trying to show?  Where should publications be listed in the resume?When you reorganize your CV for the job ad, do you work at a high level or add / modify / remove experiences?Where should you include core competencies? And how should you phrase these?   Writing Effective Experience Descriptions How do you distinguish between research experiences with similar backgrounds and achievements?How detailed should bullet points be?Should you duplicate bullet points across experiences?How can you best convey wide or varied experience (e.g., consulting with multiple clients)?     Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  6. Jun 21

    Ep 110: Part 1: Q’s from Optimizing your CV in the Era of AI talk at Festival of Genomics - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Jim and Lauren recently gave a talk at the Festival of Genomics in Boston on Optimizing your CV in the AI Era. Wecovered a range of topics on resume creation, development and branding and we had a lot of questions during our talk. One of the audience members, Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno, PhD, at North Carolina State University took these down for us and we are super thankful for that!  We also want to thank  Victor Guy, a Life Sciences Event Producer, at Front Line Genomics who invited us to do our talk. This podcast will be the first in a few to cover all of the questions we received. We start with these below.  We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Resume vs. CV: Length, Format, and Purpose   Would a resume always be a 1‑pager and more pages would be a CV?What is a good lengthWill a longer resume burden reviewers?Do you then include descriptions of each role? Isn’t that part of the interview?How long should the summary be at the beginning of your resume?How granular do you have to be about the dates (year; month, year)?            Skills, Expertise, and Non‑Technical Elements What is the importance of service, awards, and other experiences? Isn’t technical expertise most important?How do demonstrate well-roundedness, transferable skills, “fit”Is it worth including all techniques/skills on your resume when these also appear in dropdown menus inthe job application?Do you need to use exact phrasing from the role (e.g., “molecular genetics”)?  Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  7. Jun 12

    Ep 109: Disconnect and unplug with intention - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 109.  We talked in our last podcast about a few ways to leverage the summer slowdown and one of these was to disconnect and unplug with intention. Therefore we thought we would do a specific podcast just to focus on this topic covering points including these below. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Use normalizing language: it matters what you call it and how you phrase/frame Normalize rest as responsible scienceRedefine “rest”: Not all rest is passive.Step away from work intentionally Gentle re‑entry (so the break actually helps)Start your morning media free. Set bounded unplug rules (not all‑or‑nothing)Find your creative outletAllocate time for your mental health through meditation and breathingJournalingLimit your screen timeTrade your phone for a book or some other activity Get physical exercise    Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listenersnavigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

  8. Jun 5

    Ep 108: Recharging and Reinvigorate your Career Exploration during the summer slowdown - Propelling Careers Podcast

    The start of summer marks a turning point in the year.  This can be a great time to reflect and refocus and recharge. In this episode, we focus on tips including these below, to help you leverage the summer time, especially if you are in a career search.  Often, the summer is less busy with work meetings, conferences, and other work obligations, therefore you may have more time to focus recharging andreflection. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoylistening.  Reflect on what work gave you energy and joyReflect on what work consistently drained you  Reflect on when you felt most usefulReflect on what you procrastinated on even when you had time to do the work Disconnect/unplug with intentionPay attention to moments of curiosity especially during downtimeConnect with your network - outside of work activities and for funEngage in Informational interviews since people you want to connect with may have more time over the summer toconnectWork on your resume - does it truly reflect who you are and where you want to go?Work on your LinkedIn profile - does it truly reflect who you are and where you want to go? Post a few times on LinkedIn to let your network know what you are up toLearn something new Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.   As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

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Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers. This podcast provides insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences.

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  • Creator
    Lauren Celano
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    115
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lauren Celano
  • Show Website
    Propelling Careers

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