HIGHER! Career Podcast
Welcome to the HIGHER! Career Podcast everyone. A show full of wicked stories from the job market and brilliant guest experts showing us how to succeed in it. Because we've all been there haven't we? It's time to get unstuck and make our dream careers happen. Let's go get it! -- With Nikki Symmons and Tom Zamzow This show is all about exploring ways to navigate one's career with ease and how the seemingly secret language of the job market is not one we have to each learn by ourselves through painstaking experience. Whether you are concerned about recruitment and finding a job, interviewing like a champion or getting that promotion in your current job, we are sure that we have an episode or two in our collection that can help you out. Every episode is driven by industry experts and business leaders from a wide range of fields. Entrepreneurship, corporate and the private sector, marketing and creative agencies, the World Wide Fund For Nature, media, you name it. Not only do you get to know these industries better in case you want to start your career in them, or do a career transition/change towards them. You also get to learn from these experts how they have navigated their own careers and became successful. Our show is less about philosophy than it is about real-world, practical ways in which you can have that dream career for yourself. There are no one-size fits all solutions, we don't believe in the kind of platitudes you will find on social media. Start your own unique engine, find your power and values and enable them to bring them to work with you and forge the dream career for yourself. This means overcoming the 'my manager hates me' trap. This means being brave, vocal and present, even if you don't feel like or your energy profile is rather introverted than extroverted. This means learning how to say no in your job. This means leading teams and realising that you will only ever be as good as the people you manage and develop. This means gaining the presentation skills you need. This means learning when to leave a job, and how to leave a job. And then: how to either get a new job or start your own business. This means mastering social media and setting up your LinkedIn profile in a way that serves your entire career. Nikki Symmons and Tom Zamzow created this show with two goals in mind. On the surface level, they have come to realise that all of us go through the same tough school of language learning. The language they speak of is the language of the job market and career development. It's a tough school, and it takes years to figure out how to be fluent in it. They endeavour to shorten this time period for you out there, make it easier for you to have a job, career or calling that you like and love. Which leads us to the second goal: Nikki and Tom want you to step up as leaders, and they want you to do it now. You see, they believe in careers as part of life, not just a 9-5 that you have to do. They believe in careers that can have a positive impact on the world. They believe in everyone finding their values, what they believe in, feel passionate about, and are willing to fight for. More than ever before, ordinary folk like us have the power to make real change happen. And not just in our personal lives. Showing up at work as a vocal advocate for one's values bears the potential to change companies from within. And in turn have companies invest their substantial resources to become better corporate citizens and make the world a better place. Nikki and Tom frequently talk about diversity, equity and inclusion, bring as many diverse guests as possible, and show their audience how careers in environmental sustainability can be incredibly exciting. Why listen to Nikki and Tom? Because they have changed their own careers more frequently than you can count to do just what they are advocating for on this show: do not feel trapped in your job. Our values, motivations and reasons to get up in the morning change over time. And retaining the flexibility of mind, heart, CV (how to write a CV), motivation letter and skillset to brave these exciting changes effortlessly. So have a listen, have a laugh, learn a little and let's go get it! Nikki and Tom
Episodes
Neuroplasticity maketh the rockstar.
With today's guest, my friend and overall fabulous person Veronique Bogliolo of Bogliolo Coaching & Consulting, we talk about all the things.
See, Veronique is a coach. A leadership coach. A teams coach. A coach that believes in science-based approaches and makes things happen for her clients.
And delightfully, Veronique does not believe that coaching is something for the elite few. Her vie...
The saga continues!
In our last episode, we had the stunning Steven Rothberg, Chief Visionary Officer at College Recruiter on the show with us. Now, Steven and Tom got to chatting and (un)fortunately chatted to such an extent that a two part special was necessary.
Part 1 focused on the work that comes before the actual deed of setting your search filters to "dream job". Part 1 is about you, your values, skills, interests and ...
Research? That sounds dull...
We say: not so fast gentlewomen and gentlemen (and everybody in between), not so fast.
Needing a new job is a daunting prospect. Whether you find yourself made redundant at your current employer, are an independent that needs a break from the entrepreneurial hustle, or simply can no longer stand your current one and it is time.to.go.
With few and lucky exceptions, almost all of us have found ourselves at ...
A negotiation starts with how you walk into a room (even a virtual one) and it ends with how you exit it.
A negotiation, say about salary, pay grade, perks and compensation, is not a moment of healthy and functioning society. It is complex, personal and not, as the person at the opposite side of the table represents the interests of an inanimate thing, an organisation.
It is a thing of strategy, and it is a thing of skill. Most criti...
Learn how to negotiate and do it now. For we find ourselves in negotiations more often than we think.
There is only one tiny problem: to negotiate, we must communicate. And we must do so confidently.
Have you ever asked anyone for anything and then said “if that’s alright with you”? Exactly. We are trained from a young age, to the betterment of society truly, not to force our will upon others. So we do indeed ask, instead of tell. Th...
Things like burnout and toxic culture at the workplace have become buzz words big time. But much like any good pop culture rumour, words become buzzy for a reason: the actions that inspire them have become all too prevalent.
With us on the show today is the incredible (and most funny) Barb Garrison from Internal Groove: career coach, speaker, author and facilitator helping burned out professionals create relief & freedom.
We brou...
Let’s talk about it!
It is June everybody, and with Pride we march. This is the time of the year when a specific chapter of the minority representation book receives heightened (and deservedly so) attention: The LGBTQ+ community.
There is an infinite amount of wonderful content about the history and culture of this community, its persistent challenges despite all of us being people and sexuality truly not being the thing that makes a...
What do you do when you are at the hight of your power and ready for that promotion. Hint: you plan it meticulously.
Today on the show is star guest on walking charm offensive Sinead Sharkey-Steenson, Career Success & Leadership Coach and Director of Generation Women, which focuses on exactly what this show is about: your dream career.
Now what is awesome about Sinead, is that her experience with a demographic particularly challe...
Ever felt like your job applications are not given a fair shake by a set of human eyes? Mind the Applicant Tracking System.
Today with us on the show is the effortlessly brilliant Michael Yinger, COO and Co-Founder at Resume Sieve, an intuitive candidate evaluation platform that fast-tracks resume assessment.
We brought Michael onto the show because we hear all too often, from friends, family, colleagues and listeners, that they feel...
We all care about something.
For this HIGHER! Career Podcast SPECIAL episode, we have the incredible Alexis Eyre on the show. Sustainable marketing guru, all-around fabulous person and believer in that we can still turn this ship around.
On this show, we reserve every other episode to talk about what made us think of it in the first place: the power of everyday-people like you and us to effect change in the world around us. Whatever ...
Google is watching you.
With us in the virtual studio today is Clair Marr, Online Reputation Manager and Digital Marketing fiend of the highest calibre. Clair is an expert in looking at someone's presence on the internet and devising strategies to shift the image Google holds about you in your favour.
Whether you are looking to launch a business, increase your client base, position yourself as a thought leader or get a ne...
To be seen or to not be seen, THAT is the question. Let's talk about it: your online profile.
Whether you are starting your career, are looking to change jobs, start life as an independent. Your online profile is the digital expression of your abilities, your network and power to deliver in any new job or venture.
You want recruiters to appreciate your application? Sort out your online profile.
You want to grow your network and co...
What if career failure wasn't a failure at all, but could be turned into success?
We are sure that almost everyone has been at this point in their lives where the world seems to have stopped: demotion, made redundant, start-up collapsing, an application to the dream job declined.
It sucks, it feels like the end. But as with so many things in life, it is all a matter of perspective, with what kind of eyes you look at the problem a...
Failure. Terrible isn't it, especially when you think about it in terms of your career.
This month on the HIGHER! Career Podcast, we focus our energies on changing our perception of the concept of failure. Rather than considering it something terrible that happens to us, our jobs and our careers, a stopping point, we want to consider it as a stepping off point. Something that is a natural part of life, something that allows us t...
Welcome back to the HIGHER! Career Podcast in 2022 everyone!
My my my, what a year it's been and what a year lies ahead. In 2021, we looked at so many things and discussed with the wildest array of industry experts:
- How to get a job
- How to leave a job
- How to deal with fear
- How to build an online presence that boosts your career
- How to deal with management you can't stand
and so.much.more.
We are back this year with fre...
Ever wondered how to have a career you care about, stay true to your passion and still manage to make money that doesn't corrupt said passion? Today's guest Dan Mangena is not only a serial entrepreneur, but also one of the most generous fountains of wisdom out there. Tune in to:
- discover how Dan created and manages multiple income streams that allow for financial stability and pursuit of passion.
- learn how to move from m...
Today is World Aids Day. Which just so happens to fall on the day after #GivingTuesday. Two incredibly powerful days on the global annual agenda. Two which we dedicate this episode, to raise our voices for solidarity around the globe, share our thrill about progress with you and enjoy a laugh or two right in the face of all the progress we have yet to make.
Special shout-out to ConnectAID, the International Solidarity Network, who a...
We had the incredible pleasure of interviewing the sensational Ken Coleman, who was generous enough to share some of his prized formula for identifying, attaining and keeping a career that is more than just a job with us. In this episode, we talk about:
- internal villains that keep us from figuring out what we actually want to do with our lives.
- the difference between a job, a career and a calling, and why it all matters to begin ...
Welcome back to Higher! everyone. The podcast full of wicked stories from the job market and experts showing us how to succeed in it. Because we've all been there haven't we, it's time to get unstuck. It's time to make some change. It's time to lead. Let's go get it!
Be sure to follow @gohigherpodcast on Instagram for a peek behind the scenes and get to actually see our faces from time to time! We also have a...
Incredible. Matt Warzel in the house everybody. Resumé guru, application process detective, career maker extraordinaire. In our last episode on the HIGHER! Career Podcast, we spoke with Carson Tate about how to take the power back and keep your job. With Matt, we are exploring this dangerous and scary terrain we enter once we've determined that it actually is time to leave your job.
If you are finding this episode valuable and l...
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