Propelling Careers

Lauren Celano
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Propelling Careers

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. 1 DAY AGO

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 47: Career truths to help you shape and navigate your career journey

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren discuss a few career truths that we thought would be helpful to hear as our listeners plan for and navigate their careers including these below.  We saw a number of LinkedIn posts about these so we have assembled some key ones that we think are important.  We hope you enjoy listening.     It’s not enough to just work hard and be good at what you do, you need to advocate for yourself, increase your visibility and build your community (at work and beyond)   Don’t focus just on job title, focus on developing your experiences, building skills, and expanding your exposure across the organization – this means so much more than just what title you have (had)   Strive for excellence, quality and progress, instead of perfection   Your career path is not linear – embrace pivots and side steps - often these can lead to amazing opportunities as you look back on your career   Many new roles are created as the industry evolves so embrace new opportunities     People who are career changers later in life, should lean into this – often there is a very compelling reason why they are making a pivot     Networking is extremely important – building your network is something you should actively do, and not just when you need a new job   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!

    33 min

  2. FEB 13

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 46: More advice on giving feedback and also advice for navigating difficult conversations

    In this episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano follow up to the last episode, episode 45 and share a few more pieces of advice for giving and receiving feedback. We will then provide a few tips for giving and receiving feedback. We cover points including these below. We hope you enjoy listening.     When giving and receiving feedback, it is important to be aware of the difference between venting, complaining andgiving or requesting feedback   When you give feedback, it is helpful to frame it in a way that is not confrontational; frame this in a way for how youlike to work or what you need   A few tips for giving feedback up (managing up)     Managing up takes courage   Having a sense of humility is important   A few tips for how toenter into and navigate difficult conversations   Let the person know how you are feeling before you just dive in   Remember, avoiding difficult conversations might just ruin relationships.  Having these can help deepen relationships and build trust.   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!

    31 min

  3. FEB 5

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 45: Giving and receiving feedback

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on giving and receiving feedback.  Many people could probably improve/enhance their processes around this, so we thought this could be helpful.  We cover points including these below. We hope you enjoy listening.     There are multiple types of feedback including positive feedback and constructive feedback. Also this could be given in individual or and group settings.   Feedback varies from feedback that Jim and Lauren often give, such as feedback on resumes, job search, etc and also feedback that a manager may give to their direct report.     Feedback is a gift   Points to keep in mind when giving and receiving feedback   Benefits of giving and receiving feedback   Ways to give feedback   In what setting to give feedback   Tips when receiving feedback   The importance of active listening   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!

    36 min

  4. JAN 31

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 44: Boosting good LinkedIn Advice for your career search / journey

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice related to helping people navigate their career journey / search (or prepare for it). We often debunk bad advice (since one reason we started this podcast was to be a source of truth regarding career focused insights) but in this episode, we thought we would boost good advice, such as these points below. We hope you enjoy listening.     To advance in your career, you need to work on yourself first Consider how you are interacting with your colleagues / team / group – are you positively contributing to the energy of the group? Are you enjoyable to work with? Do you meet your commitments? You can lead, even if you are not the boss Consider that sometimes a setback or failure, may actually be a blessing in disguise and a valuable learning opportunity   Recognize the value of self reflection Highlight your value – recruiters cannot read your mind… make your information approachable     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!

    37 min

  5. JAN 24

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 43 - Finding the silver lining in change

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren share perspective about how to find silver linings in change. We both know change can be hard. but sometimes change opens up opportunities that you were not aware of.  Many people I know have been able to find a better culture, a better work life balance, more fulfillment in their career, and other things after the initial change of role. We hope you enjoy listening.     - How to find lessons learned in these challenges and changes we face - How to maintain positivity during challenges and changes we face - We can work and what might not work to find the silver lining in change - How to get into the right mindset and nourish it - Oftentimes change provides a time of reflection  - What are your lessons learned - What is your motivation moving forward - Building resilience and using this to bounce forward - Importance of a growth mindset - Tip for what is helpful and not helpful to do when you are looking for silver linings   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!

    37 min

  6. JAN 17

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 42. Job Search Advice - dealing with time pressure to find a new role

    In our last episode, 41, we rung in the New Year by talking about the "New Year, New Job’". To provide more advice to help with this topic, in this episode Jim and Lauren cover something we often hear from job searchers, that is dealing with the pressure of finding a job under time constraints, especially without seeming too desperate. We cover these points below.  We hope you enjoy listening!   Limited timeframes for your job search can arise for various reasons. Normalize the pressure, recognize it and develop a plan Spread the responsibility (engage your network) so that you don’t do your search alone Self reflect so that you have an idea of what you are looking for next and share this with people Have your application materials together Get in a routine - schedule times for searching Take stock of resources you have access to and leverage these. You might have access to more than you think. Developing a SMART plan Be proactive to identify organizations and roles (don’t just look on job boards)  Set goals and reward yourself to keep motivated   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!

    36 min

  7. JAN 10

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 41: New Year New Job

    In episode 41, our first episode of 2025, we focus on the topic of New Year, New Job.  The new year often brings with it a fresh start and this can invigorate people especially as they think about their career. In this episode, we will provide advice and insights to help as you navigate career exploration and or a search including these below.  We hope you enjoy listening!   - The important role that self reflection plays in your exploration and search - The importance of having “anchors” i.e. preferences for what you want in your career and what you are looking for in a role to help focus you in your search - Document your anchors - You should not launch a search until you know what you are looking for - Be intentional in your search - Use these anchors to guide you in tailoring application materials - Reflect on what gives you energy to help you know what you may want to focus on as your career develops - It is important to understand where you are in the process: job exploration or job search - What signs might indicate that you should start to consider looking for a new role   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!

    27 min

  8. 12/27/2024

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 40: 2024 Wrapup and Podcast Highlights

    In this episode (our last episode of 2024) Jim and Lauren talk about highlights for this year. We are amazed that we have released 40 episodes this year…   As we wrap up 2024, we thought it would be valuable to reflect on our podcast over the last year covering points such as these below.  We hope you enjoy listening!   - We didn’t wait for this to be perfect, we tried and improved over time - Podcast listener demographics - Top episodes based upon plays - Our favorite episodes - Our most challenging episodes to do - Our favorite questions - Surprises - Lessons learned - Thoughts for our 2025 podcast   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!

    41 min
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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 - 2025
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lauren Celano
  • Show Website
    Propelling Careers

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