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Seasoned with Imagination: Crystal Diaz on Sofrito, Kitchen Creativity & Puerto Rican Culture, Episode 274
What does sofrito—a base of herbs and spices used in Puerto Rican cooking—have to do with reimagining business, food security, and conveying a history lesson about a rich and sometimes complex culture? For today’s guest, it’s everything. If you’ve ever wondered how to weave your culture, creativity, and calling into one powerful movement… then…
Read MoreThe 5 Resume Mistakes Costing You $250K in 2025, Episode 273
Are these 5 resume mistakes secretly slashing your shot at a $250K marketing role in 2025—while others snatch the offers you deserve? In this must-listen episode, Melissa Llarena—career coach to Fortune 500 execs—unveils the blunders sinking corporate moms and their partners in today’s brutal job market. Don’t get caught out—tune in and snag a free…
Read MoreMost marketing execs are getting ghosted in 2025—but the ones doing THIS are getting callbacks, Episode 272
Landing Your Dream Marketing Role in the #RemoteEra Most marketing execs are getting ghosted in 2025—but the ones scoring Director to CMO roles are doing way more. I’ll show you the exact moves that land $250K calls, even remotely. Hi, I’m Melissa Llarena, and welcome back to the podcast. For over a decade, I’ve helped…
Read More24-Hour Interview Toolkit (Zoom Edition)
24-HOUR INTERVIEW TOOLKIT (ZOOM EDITION) Instantly Uplevel Your Interview Skills In 24 Hours To Go From Feeling Overwhelmed And Anxious To Clear And Focused On The Essential Questions That Matter To Get Callbacks You *know* a 24-hour interview toolkit is what you need in order to… Be interview ready and alleviate your nerves especially if…
Read MoreHow to make HR look great and get the job [Facebook LIVE Episode #28: Round One Interview w/HR]
A learning and development leader hired me for one-on-one coaching. He wanted help to switch into nutrition and health. During a 60-minute virtual session, he shared an HR priority that can help you make HR love you. Lucky you, right? He told me how much he valued his relationships with Managing Directors across the firm.…
Read MoreDid you know this about HR? [Facebook LIVE Episode #27: Round One Interview w/HR]
A former client who lived and breathed human resource information technology cloud solutions, told me that HR is accountable to a measurable scorecard. This is true even in media and entertainment. It was true in financial services too and I know it to be the case across other industries. If you know this trend coming…
Read MoreHow to beat a company “lifer” [Facebook LIVE Episode #26: Round One Interview w/HR]
It’s easy for a “lifer” who has been with a company for a while to forget that they are valuable. They do things out of habit at this point. This fact is something that HR does not forget. A “lifer” can write all the manuals in the world and still be hard to replace…
Read MoreHire me or I’ll quit [Facebook LIVE Episode #25: Round One Interview w/HR]
HR wants to keep great people. They know when employees are going for internal roles that they are likely on their way out of the company. This thinking explains why HR will choose internal job applicants. A friend of mine worked in education technology in Silicon Alley. He made his name in the office…
Read MoreInternal candidates bringing you down? [Facebook LIVE Episode #24: Round One Interview w/HR]
HR wants to provide internal employees first dibs on the roles that fit into their career goals. Nirvana for HR is seeing that people who already work on the inside can grow in their careers while staying on the inside. So how does this affect you? What if you want to be an external…
Read MoreLearning curves don’t matter if … [Facebook LIVE Episode #23: Round One Interview w/HR]
When it comes to beating an internal candidate for a job, you have the cards stacked up against you because the assumption is that you will learn about the nuances of the industry, company, and role during company hours. No company out there really wants to pay for you to learn – even companies that…
Read MoreAn external candidate’s worst nightmare [Facebook LIVE Episode #22: Round One Interview w/HR]
If you are an external candidate, then you don’t want to hear these three words: “we hired internally.” However, let’s get real, at least you got feedback…okay, I’ll admit terrible feedback. Look, the job market trend right now is to hire within whenever possible. Chances are you are an external job candidate who has to…
Read MoreYou are not the right fit – what that means [Facebook LIVE Episode #21: Round One Interview w/HR]
You might think you a great fit for the role you’ve been scoping out for weeks online. You may feel like you’d fit like a glove and then HR never calls back. Sound familiar? Sometimes HR dodges your calls. However, for a few job seekers, who turn to me for help, HR literally tell them:…
Read MoreHidden job market, anyone? [Facebook LIVE Episode #20: Round One Interview w/HR]
A seasoned recruiter recently shared the following tidbit: Did you know that when you go on a round one interview with HR that you can express your broader interests – beyond that single job that you applied for? Were you aware of this? If you are trying to uncover the hidden job market then this…
Read MoreHR has to give you the go ahead [Facebook LIVE Episode #18 on Round One Interviews]
These days HR professionals are delivering incremental value to their business partners in multiple ways including throughout the recruitment process. Gone are the days when that first round interview was a casual phone call. Nowadays, HR professionals are serving as strategic business partners and they are making decisions early on in the process that can…
Read MoreHow to Overcome Baby Boomers Who Are Bottlenecking Your Jobs
Gone are the days of your predecessors retiring at the age of 65. Now your hard-earned potential for upward movement is met with a huge hurdle to overcome. Have you observed this trend in your office? Where your director roles are filled with a man or woman who have occupied that position for 30 years?…
Read MoreThe In Demand Virtual Professionals Mastermind
If you’ve decided you rather transition in your career with other professionals who are going through the same things then apply today right here. Note sure if this is right for you? Watch anyone of these Facebook Live Videos, where I discuss the topics that will be covered in greater detail during the virtual mastermind:…
Read MoreThe World is Getting Smarter and Smaller
How the Global Candidate Pool is Replacing the Need for Domestic Hires The great chasm of language, proximity, and expertise once stood between the American job market and candidates from the rest of the world. It wasn’t cost-effective to consider an overseas hire. Companies searched locally for candidates who could communicate well with customers, understand…
Read MoreHow Technology is Replacing Humans And Taking Our Jobs
Workplace efficiency has grown exponentially due to technological updates driving companies to the next level. We’ve become faster problem solvers and worldwide communicators at the click of a button. But, as technological capabilities have grown, so have their power to replace us. No longer are qualified, human candidates your only competition for the full-time job…
Read MoreHow Independent Contractors Are Replacing You
Are you feeling the pinch behind the proliferation of freelance gigs and the decline of full-time headcount in your industry? The job market has been changing from relying on full-time employees to enjoying the perks behind hiring freelancers. This trend is on the rise so that by 2020 more than 40% of the US workforce will…
Read MoreHow to Get into a Technology Giant
I’m excited to share with you what I learned while listening in on a Facebook livestream last week featuring four current Facebook employees who were based in different offices in the U.S. They included an employee who manages compliance by small businesses to a strict code of ethics that Facebook adheres to; a global marketing…
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