Employment Straight Talk

Heather Koehn

I Interview People in Transition Embracing their Next Great Career Ad[Venture]. I feature transparent conversations about job loss, purposeful, or otherwise. Guests offer poignant, real, relatable personal, entrepreneurial and work testimonies. The podcast covers accounts of those that plan ahead for transition, those that did not, those that just want to live their working life differently, and entrepreneurs. It underscores those that simultaneously build their next life ad[venture] and those that plan ahead with the end of their career in mind.

Episodes

  1. 12/09/2020

    E8. Recruiters | Heather Ann Koehn

    Do you understand how recruiters work? I am publishing this brief episode to explain how they work, the stake they have in your salary and a bit of insight into how you can help them and how they can help you, now and in the future. Just like any great relationship, it's important to contribute, and you can do this by sending them the names of your valued colleagues that are open to connecting. Enjoy this brief episode. Heather Ann

  2. 12/04/2020

    E7. Love What Corporate Teaches You | Heather Ann Koehn

    E7. Love What Corporate Teaches You  Corporate America has some very unique experiences to teach each of its inductees. Through this episode, I share a few of those experiences and why they matter to the everyday American worker.  Thanks for joining me. Heather Ann

  3. 11/25/2020

    E6. Impact through Community & Volunteering | Heather Ann Koehn

    Episode 6 Thanks for listening!  Wondering what exactly makes me qualified to speak about talent? How exactly have I been involved in talent, recruiting, 'human capital management', and more specifically the development of that talent? How and why should you take action? It's all here! Welcome back! Heather Ann

  4. 11/18/2020

    E5. Got a Significant Other? Are you Unemployed? | Heather Ann Koehn

    Are you in a relationship or are you being supported by family? ... I'm specifically directing this question at those that are or ever have been in transition.  It's a rough situation, am I right? I mean, we all want a new role, but it's a special feat in 2020 to find a role earning more than $45K or 100% commission. Between the pandemic, the recession and the political turmoil it's a special time to be alive. It's particularly important to have active support of loved ones. This includes romantic interests, immediate family, extended family and friends.  Unemployment is hard on all of them too. They are either directly financially impacted or they live in great fear that it will happen to them and are living the strife, depression and occasional bouts of fear through you, am I right? I know I am. You know I am.  The best posture is cool, calm, collected ... even jovial, but of course not too jovial.  Everyone that is unemployed is told by others to enjoy this time, but enjoyment is elusive when stress is high. Even at the best of times, each of us buries the stress because of course, who wants to see that? No one.  The strategy: Keep on keeping on. Cool. Calm. Collected. Panic under Wraps. I hope you enjoy this episode. A special thanks to my family. Heather Ann

  5. 11/11/2020

    E4. The Mental Trauma of Unemployment | Heather Ann Koehn

    Downsizing is one with mental trauma. Unemployment is particularly difficult for those going through it the first time. Being unemployed requires appropriate coping mechanisms and in the ideal scenario, the person in transition successfully embraces it and thrives during the perceived chaos. Unemployment can be a great gift when people leverage the time, and urgency to recognize how to level up their skills in an applied way, but also to volunteer in their community to build more expansive networks.  Community. Entrepreneurship. Business. This trifecta is everything, particularly when one is in transition.  Heather Ann

  6. 11/11/2020

    E3. Working for the Cocaine Addict | Heather Ann Koehn

    Ever feel like flourishing in life just shouldn't be so difficult? Yes, me too. In 2019 I found myself working for a 'reputable' person well known in the community. What I did not know, is that this person had an unsavory addiction - cocaine. Crazy life experiences find me and I them. This is the story of that experience and how it matters to you, should you too decide to step forward and begin to freelance ... or know someone that currently does.  Enjoy. Heather Ann

  7. 11/11/2020

    E2. A Play by Play of 2020 | Heather Ann Koehn

    Feel like you have brain fog surrounding 2020? I'm thankful to say that I was eerily alert this entire year and as lucid as a person could be. I conducted 1200 one-on-one calls between March through late August in an effort to source my next role as a senior leader in marketing. What I learned was that humanity desperately needed a connection, and everyone was living a shell-shocked life with few outlets to share. I served as one of those critical contacts for people.  I invited vulnerable conversations and shared quite a bit about my experience, tactics and connected people with people in my strongest experience yet as a master networker and connector during personal crisis for me, and all of those that surrounded me - job seekers, entrepreneurs and those employed in traditional corporate roles.  This episode details that experience, and the wide swath of that experience and critical substories that need to be told. Welcome back to Employment Straight Talk. I'm here to help you recognize the past, the present, and the future to help you Scale Your Life. Heather Ann

  8. 11/11/2020

    E1. Thriving During Free Fall | Heather Ann Koehn

    Well, this is it!! The first official episode of Employment Straight Talk. (EST) EST kicks off its inaugural season with a series to give you a back story on my personal story.  I've chosen a few select time frames in my life to address and have shared how each one made a big impact on me and enabled me to create this podcast for you. Enjoy. Heather  Ann

  9. 11/07/2020

    Episode 00. Scale Your Life | Heather Ann Koehn

    Welcome! During this episode, I introduce why I created the podcast and how it directly impacts my life and many beyond me.  Heather Ann

  • 9 Episodes

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About

I Interview People in Transition Embracing their Next Great Career Ad[Venture]. I feature transparent conversations about job loss, purposeful, or otherwise. Guests offer poignant, real, relatable personal, entrepreneurial and work testimonies. The podcast covers accounts of those that plan ahead for transition, those that did not, those that just want to live their working life differently, and entrepreneurs. It underscores those that simultaneously build their next life ad[venture] and those that plan ahead with the end of their career in mind.

Information

  • Creator
    Heather Koehn
  • Years Active
    2020
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Heather Koehn
  • Show Website
    Employment Straight Talk