Propelling Careers

Lauren Celano
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Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould launched this podcast in 2024, when Jim was the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School. Jim is now the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We 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, we will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions.

  1. 6d ago

    Ep 121: Tip of the Iceberg Episodes part 2 - Image, branding, and networking - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Propelling Careers Podcast episode 121 is the second in a series of podcasts focused on the tip of the iceberg topic.We are trying to highlight all the work that goes into what looks like the perfect thing. In this episode, we will cover image, branding, and networking.  On the surface, you may see a perfect image or brand or ease in networking but what people don’t often talk about is all of the work that led to what you see at the tip of the iceberg.  We hope you find thishelpful and that you enjoy listening.    Perception does not equal realityYou may need to put hundreds or thousands of hours in to get really good at something  What you see: the polished person at the networking event who looks so confident  What you don’t see the hour spent before hand psyching themselves up to go out and network setting goals to help them navigate the eventthem after the event decompressing….The prep for conversations  What you see: the polished person at the networking event who seems to network with ease talking with all sorts of people and looking like they enjoy it What you don’t see the 100+ networking events that this person attended before this one where they honed their skills The hours spent practicing opening linesThe hours spent working on their elevator pitchThe many networking discussions that did not go well, but they learned from them etc   What you see: the really crisp elevator pitch  What you don’t see the document they have on their computer with 30+ different elevator pitch versions the endless practicingthe time they took to tailor the pitch for the networking event you saw them atsituational awareness  What you see: The person giving a talk that seems too good!  What you don’t see the 50 versions of the slide deck…all the feedback they got from people the hours practicingthe drafting and redrafting of the talking points…  What you see: the beautiful picture perfect picture on LinkedIn   What you don’t see the 100 pictures they had taken to get the 1 perfect shot. The hair and makeup done beforehandThe personal stylist who picked out the perfect outfit  The hours of exercise to get in shape for the picture   What you see: a wonderful LinkedIn profile What you don’t see all the time to build and tailor the profile Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould launched this podcast in 2024, when Jim was the Director forPostdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School.  Jim is now the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We 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!

  2. Oct 9

    Ep 120: Tip of the Iceberg Episodes - part 1 - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 120. This will be the first in a few series of podcasts focused on the tip of the iceberg topic - we are trying to highlight all the work that goes into what looks like the perfect thing - the resume, or the interview answers, or the career choice.  On the surface, you may see a good choice, a perfect resume, etc, etc, but what people don’t often talk about is all of the work that led to what you see as the tip of the iceberg.  We hope you findthis helpful and that you enjoy listening.  Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould launched this podcast in 2024, when Jim was the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School.  Jim is now the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We 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!

  3. Oct 1

    Ep 119: Building your Personal Board of Advisors - Propelling Careers Podcast

    In the last episode, 118 we mentioned that having a personal board of advisors is helpful.   For this episode, we thought we would go over what a personal board of advisors is,  how youmight create one and why this is important since we realize that not everyone may be aware of this term. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Why have a personal board of advisors What is a personal board of advisors Who should be on the BOAWhat type of advice / background are you looking for? Build rapport firstAllow evolution:Set a meeting / check in cadenceKeep it reciprocalWhat a Personal Board Isn’t   Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, 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!

  4. Sep 17

    Ep 118: Myth Busting - Leadership and Failure - Propelling Careers Podcast

    In this episode we will focus on two myths that we hear often. One is Leadership skills are only important for people in formal leadership positions - like being a manager of people and the second one is that failure is a sign that I don't belong. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Leadership is not only for people in formal leadership positionsLeadership can occur at any career stage.Leadership is a behavior, not a title There are many way to show leadership that is not managing people directly including: leading collaborationsleading interactions with vendorsleading new initiatives organizing initiatives setting up processes for variousresearch and non-research activitiesmentoring peopleshaping culturepromoting ethical research practicesinfluencing teams and decisionsleadership roles in associations   An important leadership quality is creating an environment where people can thrive. Another important Leadership quality is being able to learn from failure   Failure is not a sign that you don't belong Failure can be a great opportunity to learn Many orgs embrace failure, especially innovative onesSome else’s success does not means that you are failing (or falling behind)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!

  5. Sep 11

    Ep 117: Myth Busting - Propelling Careers Podcast

    In this episode we focus on myth busting including these points below. This is one of our favorite topics.  The myth busting is one of the reasons we started the podcast. We like being a source of truth for people seeking relevant and real time career advice.  We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    Good science speaks for itself My mentor will manage my career I need to have my entire career figured out now Professional development can wait until I'm almost done your graduate school or postdoc or paper or etc Employers only care about technical expertise    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. Aug 31

    Ep 116: How to sell yourself without being salesy - Propelling Careers Podcast

    Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 116. In this episode we will focus on how to sell yourself without being salesy - this topic has come up multiple times in many of our coaching discussions so we thought we would do this episode to provide advice. We hope you find this helpful and that you enjoy listening.    it’s important to be Truthful (about challenges and accomplishments) it’s important to be authenticIt’s important to be excited and proud It’s important to be facts and evidence-based Some cultures are not comfortable talking about themselves    If you don’t talk about your skills and experiences, people won't know. Instead of trying to convince people you're valuable, show them how your experience connects to what they need. Lead with curiosity Tell stories instead of listing qualities Focus on outcomes Be confident without exaggerating Make the information you share relevant Think of your communication as not about selling yourself, but more as making it easy for someone to understand the value you bring.     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. Aug 15

    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!

  8. 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!

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Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould launched this podcast in 2024, when Jim was the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School. Jim is now the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We 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, we will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions.

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  • Creator
    Lauren Celano
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    121
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lauren Celano
  • Show Website
    Propelling Careers

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