My Career Journey

Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari
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My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career journeys, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. In each episode, hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari talk about their experiences switching careers, learn from others, and hopefully help you find happiness and success in your career journey. 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube ✍️ Subscribe on Substack 📸 Follow on Instagram

  1. From retail to finance to education to Salesforce consultant | My Career Journey

    4d ago

    From retail to finance to education to Salesforce consultant | My Career Journey

    Guest Nankya Senungi has been through multiple career shifts, layoffs, and other major changes, but her passion for helping people and positive outlook are two things that've stayed consistent throughout every transition. In the episode, Nankya talks about what it’s like to be a consultant and how she turned working with Salesforce into a career. She also talks about how faith influences her career, how she's navigated layoffs and turned them into opportunities, how she builds and nurtures relationships, her experience working with a career coach, and more. ------ Highlights from the episode include: 0:00 - Podcast and episode intro 2:00 - Nankya’s intro and career journey 4:47 - How faith influences Nankya’s career 6:41 - Navigating layoffs and what Nankya gained from it 12:29 - Advice for people going through layoffs 14:46 - Building and nurturing relationships 18:23 - What Salesforce is, training, 21:49 - What the Dreamforce event was like 24:04 - Salesforce training 26:26 - Motivation for starting a consulting business 29:25 - Working with a career coach 32:36 - Mindset in consulting vs. working for one client or company 35:34 - How Nankya learned the business side of consulting 37:47 - Advice on taking the next step in your career 38:54 - Closing out the episode ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube ✍️ Subscribe on Substack 📸 Follow on Instagram

    40 min
  2. Deep dive: Personal branding | My Career Journey

    May 6

    Deep dive: Personal branding | My Career Journey

    Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari approach personal branding. They talk about what it is, the biggest mistakes people make, how they define and how people know their personal brands, how they’ve navigated rebranding themselves in different points in their lives, and much more. ------ Highlights from this episode include: 0:00 - Intro 1:51 - Did you know - Facts we found while researching 2:54 - How we define personal branding 6:38 - Biggest mistakes people make with personal branding 13:01 - How we define our personal brands 14:50 - How people know our brands 20:15 - How we’ve navigated rebranding ourselves in different points in our lives 24:26 - Final advice and closing ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube ✍️ Subscribe on Substack 📸 Follow on Instagram

    27 min
  3. Interview prep guide | Now on Substack! | My Career Journey

    Apr 15 ·  Bonus

    Interview prep guide | Now on Substack! | My Career Journey

    Check out our interview prep guide, now available on Substack! In the guide, you'll find: Our simple 4-step approach to interview prepHow to organize your interview prep informationWhat to research before the interviewWhere to find the informationQuestions to prepare forQuestions you can ask interviewersPrompts to help you write stories from your experienceA storytelling frameworkWays to practice interviewingAnd much more! ------ Here are the links to the deep dive episode this guide is based on: Podcast YouTube ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube ✍️ Subscribe on Substack 📸 Follow on Instagram

    4 min
  4. Deep dive: Mentorship | My Career Journey

    Apr 1

    Deep dive: Mentorship | My Career Journey

    Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari think about and approach mentorship. They cover what mentorship is, myths about mentorship, when to look for mentorship, what to look for in a mentor, how to find and reach out to mentors, signs a mentor may not be a good fit, what successful mentorship looks like, and much more. ------ Highlights from this episode include: 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Did you know - interesting facts we found while researching 1:50 - What mentorship means to us 3:38 - Mentorship myths 5:56 - When we look for mentorship 7:39 - What we look for in a mentor 9:04 - How we’ve found mentors 10:21 - How we reach out to mentors 13:02 - How often we connect with mentors 14:38 - Who’s responsibility it is to drive the mentorship 15:20 - Signs a mentor may not be a good fit 16:27 - Bad mentorship experiences 19:26 - What a successful mentorship looks like 20:48 - Our mentorship experiences 23:47 - Learnings from being mentors 27:37 - Advice and closing ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube ✍️ Subscribe on Substack 📸 Follow on Instagram

    30 min
  5. From nursing to conversation design | My Career Journey

    Mar 18

    From nursing to conversation design | My Career Journey

    Guest Marlinda Galapon has worked for some of the biggest companies in the world, including Yahoo, Salesforce, and Zendesk. However, the path to getting there wasn’t easy. She originally started in nursing and then realized that’s not what she wanted to do. So she dropped out and worked a mix of contract and odd jobs until she found a full-time job in tech as a conversation designer. It took her about 5 years to get where she wanted to go, but once she knew what she wanted to do, she never gave up. In the episode, Marlinda goes deep and talks about the impact of having an associate’s degree, navigating imposter syndrome, how she handles networking and putting herself out there as an introvert, what odd jobs she’s worked, the importance of mentorship and community, and much more. ------ Highlights from the episode include: 0:00 - Episode intro 2:06 - Marlinda’s career journey 5:29 - Self-consciousness about having an associate’s degree 7:15 - Paths into conversation design 8:57 - Motivation to keep pursuing conversation design 10:10 - Odd jobs in between contract jobs 14:47 - Navigating imposter syndrome 19:18 - Putting yourself out there as an introvert 22:08 - Navigating networking as an introvert 24:51 - Mentorship 27:25 - The feeling of not belonging in certain spaces and how to overcome that 29:53 - Finding community 31:25 - Keeping the joy alive in your career 32:12 - Advice for people considering a career change 34:27 - Closing out the episode ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 📸 Follow on Instagram

    35 min
  6. Deep dive: Giving and receiving feedback | My Career Journey

    Mar 4

    Deep dive: Giving and receiving feedback | My Career Journey

    Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari approach giving and receiving feedback. They discuss the importance and impact of feedback, how to ask the right questions to get the feedback you need, practical frameworks for delivering constructive feedback, managing reactions after receiving feedback, and much more. ------ Highlights include: 0:00 - Introduction 1:27 - Did you know - Facts we found while researching 4:45 - Importance and impact of feedback in our careers 6:26 - Impact of feedback in our careers 9:20 - Culture of feedback in different spaces 13:58 - How we ask for feedback 16:18 - Asking the right questions to give you the feedback you need 18:25 - Mapping feedback to company goals 20:07 - Asking for feedback if you’re at an agency or freelancing 21:01 - Personal uses for feedback and collecting it as you go 22:06 - When to ask for feedback vs. when not to ask for it 24:12 - Reaction after receiving feedback 26:27 - Thanking people after receiving feedback 27:42 - Taking things personally 30:45 - Navigating conflicting feedback 34:00 - Framework for giving feedback 37:53 - Final thoughts and advice ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career journeys, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 📸 Follow on Instagram

    40 min
  7. From drama therapist to medical missionary to voice futurist | My Career Journey

    Feb 18

    From drama therapist to medical missionary to voice futurist | My Career Journey

    Guest Mellini Monique has done it all. Starting from age 12, she worked as a camp counselor and in car washes and pizza shops, and then went to marketing research, drama therapist at an inpatient psychiatric facility, medical missionary, and founder of multiple companies. We don’t cover this in the episode, but she’s even worked as a clown! Currently, Mellini is a pitch coach for South by Southwest (SXSW), runs her own vocal coaching consultancy, organizes luxury wellness retreats, and has her own popcorn company called Herby PoP. She's also a mother of 6 children that all have their own businesses! In the episode, Mellini talks about what she did in her different careers, how she navigates the messy middle, how she learned about business from her grandmother, networking, work-life balance, turning passion into a business, what it’s like being a founder, and much more. She also gives valuable advice about aligning your vocal image with your visual image, how to gain the confidence to change what you're worth, and shares a helpful rebranding exercise. ------ Highlights from the episode include: 0:00 - Intro 2:29 - Mellini’s career journey 5:08 - Braces 5:47 - What it was like working as a medical missionary 8:50 - Family life 9:48 - Drama therapy 11:48 - Turning passion for voice into a business 16:36 - Watching pitch competitions and pitching to SXSW 20:08 - Communicating value 21:05 - Navigating career changes and identity 28:04 - Learning how to start a business 31:18 - Work life balance with a large family 34:44 - What it’s like being a founder 37:09 - Challenges of going through a rebrand 39:38 - How to advocate for and charge what you’re worth 48:00 - Networking approach and advice 54:27 - Navigating the messy middle ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career journeys, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 📸 Follow on Instagram

    1h 2m
  8. Part 3: A day in the lives of an AI conversation designer and consultant | My Career Journey

    Feb 4

    Part 3: A day in the lives of an AI conversation designer and consultant | My Career Journey

    In the last part of the intro series, hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari talk about their day-to-day lives in their new careers. Emily is a senior AI content and conversation designer and Allegra is a senior consultant in transformation, focused on workforce modernization. They give an overview of what they do, explain what a typical day looks like, share details about the skills they use, talk about how they approach learning and professional development, feedback, and promotions, and more. ------ Highlights from the episode include: 1:07 - Quickfire round of questions 3:47 - Overview of what Allegra does as a consultant 6:49 - Overview of what Emily does as a content and conversation designer 9:42 - What a typical day as a consultant is like for Allegra 12:39 - What a typical day as a content and conversation designer is like for Emily 15:01 - Difference between working at a smaller company vs. a big company 15:35 - Weekend work now vs. at our previous jobs 17:01 - How we set our schedules 18:43 - How often we travel 20:49 - How we use skills from music and other jobs 23:01 - Skills we use the most 27:00 - Learning and professional development 29:34 - Feedback 31:58 - Promotions 34:57 - Things we like and don’t like about our jobs and the industry ------ 🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career journeys, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari. ------ 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube 📸 Follow on Instagram

    42 min
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My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career journeys, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. In each episode, hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari talk about their experiences switching careers, learn from others, and hopefully help you find happiness and success in your career journey. 🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms 📺 Subscribe on YouTube ✍️ Subscribe on Substack 📸 Follow on Instagram

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  • Creator
    Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari 2025
  • Show Website
    My Career Journey

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