Propelling Careers

Lauren Celano
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Propelling Careers 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. 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. 2 DAYS AGO

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 29 - What are we hearing from people about their career questions / concerns and how to assess opportunities

    Welcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 29. In our last episode, we talked a bit about trends we are paying attention to in our sectors and in this episode we thought we would follow up to talk about what we are hearing from talent who are exploring career options and trying to navigate this environment.  Jim is hearing a lot from people about questions regarding the academic search - how to be prepared, identify opportunities, identify application materials, funding, how to be successful once you are a PI, etc. Lauren is hearing a lot from people who have been recently laid off and are trying to navigate their career search. She is also hearing from grad students and postdocs who feel nervous since they hear about their friends in industry being laid off and wonder about their prospects. She is also hearing a lot of questions from people in industry and also in academia who apply and never hear back – they are wondering why and what can they do to stand out. We will share some concerns and questions such as these below. Many of you listening might have similar questions / concerns as you navigate your future. We hope you enjoy listening!       How to prepare for the academic job search / interview / evaluation process   If you are new to the job market, how do you start the job application process What do you say/how do you state things, if you have been laid off How can you stand out? Positives thoughts about prospects for grad students / postdocs Importance of emphasizing your passion/enthusiasm for roles you are interested in to help them stand out Focus on transferrable skills   Tailor your application materials Empower people to help you in the search A few thoughts on how to compare offers to make sure you are comparing apples to apples ? How to evaluate risk of choosing one career option vs another – are doors really closed if you choose one area over another?   What are considerations for joining different sizes or stages of companies Importance of documenting what you are looking in a role to help you with the fear of missing out What are considerations around choosing to accept offers including culture match, programs you would work on, compensation, growth opportunities, manager style and support, perks, etc Stability of career areas Ensure your materials are always ready to be prepared for opportunities 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

  2. SEP 11

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 28 – Check in Episode – what is upcoming for Jim and Lauren and some trends/data we are paying attention to

    Since Labor Day just happened, Jim and Lauren thought we would do a check in episode as we get ready for the remainder of the year to check in on this year and what’s in store for the next few months for both of us. We also cover a few trends/data we are paying attention to relevant to our work such as the Inflation reduction act’s (IRA’s) impact on life sciences, Immigration, and the NIH’ work on revisioning the postdoc.   Labor day seems to be the official end of summer, so now things kick into high gear as we finish off 2024.  We hope you enjoy 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!

    32 min

  3. SEP 4

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 27 - Cover Letter Advice

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren discuss cover letters, since so many people have questions on these.  Are they useful, does anyone read them, how do I tailor them, what if there is no space to include them, then how do I include it in the application, and so on and so on.  A few people have reached out to us with questions about this topic recently, including these below, so we decided to record a podcast to cover our thoughts.  We hope you enjoy listening!     Why have a cover letter  - what is the purpose?  Do people actually read cover letters? What to include in a cover letter? How long should a cover letter be? How do you tailor a cover letter?    Is there anything you should not include in a cover letter  Who do i address it to?  Are cover letters more important for certain types of roles  How do I include one, if there is no place in the application to include one What are some common or unforced errors? Effective strategies to develop your cover letter   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!

    42 min

  4. AUG 29

    Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 26 – a myth busting episode on bad career advice and why regarding your job title, information in resumes and networking

    In this episode, Jim and I bust a few myths that we have seen online, or that people have mentioned to us directly regarding career advice. One of the reasons why we started this podcast is to have a reliable and good source of truth regarding career advice.  There is so much advice out there that is not good…. that people seem to follow. Through this podcast we want to be a trusted resource for people to access. We know we may have our own biases when it comes to advice, but we are using our collective almost 30 years of experience providing career focused advice to thousands of people.  In this episode, we explain why the advice, including these topics below, is not good advice to provide context to help all of you.  We hope you enjoy listening!     Changing your actual title name to match what industry is looking for in titles Removing your Ph.D. from your resume so you don’t look overqualified Having a max character limit for your resume such as 250-600 words Sending a vague resume when you apply for a role since the recruiter will ask for the detailed one if they are interested Focusing on developing too specific of a network as you job search   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!

    32 min

  5. AUG 22

    Propelling Careers Episode 25 - Effectively engaging with people like Jim and offices focused on career and professional development

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about how to engage with people like Jim who run postdoc office and the office in general. We have received a number of questions about this topic, so we decided to record a podcast to help others make the most of their interactions at their respective institutions. Jim has a lot of experience, more than 13 years in his role, so he has a lot of insights to share!  We talk about a few items such as these below.  We hope you enjoy listening!       Types of services that offices like Jim’s offers When should talent engage with offices like his  How can someone engage with offices like his  Do people need to prepare anything to interact with offices like Jim’s What are best practices to make the most of engagement with offices like Jim’s    Does Jim create new offerings as needed to serve additional needs that he sees? How postdocs can be empowered through interaction with offices like Jim’s    What should you not do when interacting with people like Jim and their office?   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!

    34 min

  6. AUG 14

    Propelling Careers Episode 24 - Effectively engaging with recruiters

    In this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about how to engage with recruiters.  We have received a number of questions about this topic, so we decided to record a podcast to help others make the most of their interactions with recruiters.  Lauren leverages her recruiting experience (about 15 years) to demystify the world of recruiting. We talk about a few items such as these below.  We hope you enjoy listening!       What types of recruiters exist What are the differences between internal recruiters who work for an organization and external recruiters who work for a recruiting firm that works with organizations to hire Are external recruiters the same as Headhunters Who do recruiters work closely with in organizations they are hiring for Are external recruiters like sports agents – how do they engage with candidates Who do external recruiters work on behalf of How to find relevant recruiters How can you tell if a recruiter is legit Should you engage with multiple external recruiters Responding to internal recruiter or external recruiter reachout What kind of insights can recruiters provide   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!

    35 min

  7. AUG 8

    Propelling Careers Episode 23 - Resumes, Job Searching, Interviewing, Networking – Red, Yellow, Green and Beige flags

    Welcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 23. In this episode, Jim and Lauren continue the theme of flags similar to episodes 19, 20, 21, and 22.  Will talk about a few more scenarios relating to networking, resumes, job searching, and interviewing. We have been enjoying putting these together, so we thought we would have one last one to wrap up the flags theme for right now. For context, in case you have not listened to episodes 19, 20, 21, or 22 a Red Flag could refer to something that means stop, leave immediately - really not a good thing.  A Yellow Flag could mean warning, slow down, you may want to investigate further; a Green Flag means proceed and a Beige flag could refers to a strange or odd behavior or item that catches someone off guard but typically don't hurt anything. A beige flag is neither good nor bad, but it does draw attention. We hope you find our insights helpful as you navigate these different scenarios. We hope you enjoy listening      Scenario: Only having 1 resume.  (To dive deeper into resumes, Episodes 12, 13, 14 focus on this) Scenario - not having a google doc or word version of your resume Scenario: How you list dates on your resume Scenario: Applying only to roles where you know someone at the organization.  Scenario: only using one source to search for roles    Scenario: Not aligning your responses to what the interviewer is asking about  Scenario: Interview questions not to ask first Scenario: How to respond when you hear you are not being offered the job Scenario: being short with people when networking    Scenario: not having a LinkedIn profile that accurately reflects your interests and experiences    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!

    38 min

  8. JUL 31

    Propelling Careers Episode 22 - Networking – Red, Yellow, Green and Beige flags

    In this podcast episode Jim and Lauren talk about flags in the context of networking. We talk about a few scenarios, including these listed below, in order to provide context to help all of you navigate networking situations. By networking, we are referring to situations such as networking events, informational interviewing, and also email networking. For context, in case you did not listen to episodes 19, 20, or 21 a Red Flag could refer to something that  means stop, leave immediately - really not a good thing.  A Yellow Flag could mean warning, slow down, you may want to investigate further; a Green Flag means proceed and a Beige flag could refers to a strange or odd behavior or item that catches someone off guard but typically don't hurt anything. A beige flag is neither good nor bad, but it does draw attention.  We hope you enjoy listening!   Scenario: Single minded networker Scenario: putting your stress or time crunch on someone else  Scenario: Not having a clear elevator pitch  Scenario: Not following up after someone made a referral connection for you Scenario: not empowering people to help you   Scenario: Expecting ROI quickly  Scenario: Not being clear enough with Email networking   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!

    39 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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