0:00 Intro
0:24 Welcome
0:39 Angela Introduces herself
1:24 Angela talks about how her Insurance License went from side hustle to a full-time focus
1:56 What led you to this line of work?
2:12 Angela talks about what her company offers
2:38 Angela talks about how she got into the insurance and financial preparedness business
3:28 Angela talks about how she started to focus on this side hustle and turn it into something more long-lasting
3:55 What happens when someone comes to you, but you cannot provide them that service directly?
4:33 I offer them options
5:30 After giving them options, I connect them with our financial team to do a no-cost evaluation.
6:04 How does someone take this path? And what type of person is built for this kind of work?
7:13 Angela talks about the temperament of a person who would be successful with this role
7:43 How do you go about finding clients today?
7:52 Starting with the people closest to me and vie social media
8:11 Social Media is my primary channel for education
8:53 This makes it sound very low pressure
8:56 It's more organic. I had more trouble getting an 85-year-old woman to do knee bends
9:30 An example of how she helped a family do more with their money
10:05 People don't really know what they have in their benefits.
10:53 What do you find is missing the most out of people's benefits?
11:27 People have insurance, but do you have income protection for your loved ones?
11:56 You want to have enough
12:30 Let's make sure you have something you own
12:49 Expand on the idea of "something you own."
13:00 Angela explains group policies and how it's different from what she offers
13:59 I talk about my experience a bit
14:30 You don't have to stop with what your company gives you
14:45 Talk about what that means for people
14:56 Find out what the recommended insurance policy is based on your salary
16:05 Yea, but what should I expect to pay for this?
16:55 It's not just the cost, but it's also about your budget
18:44 We start to talk about investing
19:20 What are some investment ideas that you think are important?
20:53 What about people who are longer in their career and now having to make these kinds of choices?
22:44 What's next for Angela, What's your roadmap?
23:05 I want to grow and train others to do this
24:08 Is Angela hiring???
24:15 We ARE!!
25:14 So what does someone need to get started?
25:27 The financial impact to get launched….
25:55 Time investment is …..
26:13 You're talking to people while training and can even earn bonuses!
26:56 What does Angela do when she's not saving families from a financial crisis?
27:54 What's the last thing Angela bought on Amazon.com?
28:20 How do people find Angela?
28:44 Get ahold of Angela, Give her a CALL!!!
29:04 Closing

0:00 Intro
0:23 Welcome, Cooper Kearns!
0:48 Cooper Kearns introduces herself
1:38 You got Rehired!
2:19 How did you cope with the layoff when it initially happened?
4:07 What were some strategies you employed or planned to use during your layoff?
6:35 Value of Posting that your open to new opportunities
7:00 What does the company you work for do? Who do they staff?
7:42 How is the marketing / creative industry surviving during this covid job crunch?
8:15 Digital Marketing and Digital Advertising have seen steady opportunities!
8:55 What are some things you look for in people trying to get a job in the digital marketing and digital advertising world?
9:12 Certifications are beneficial for the digital space
9:58 What's the hot certification right now?
10:47 Is there a cost associated with those certifications you mention?
11:20 Anyone can pass a test, what can people do beyond getting a certification to help drive their marketability and show proficiency?
12:37 Showing metrics is a good driver and shows comprehension
13:08 Portfolios are key but make it clean, up-to-date, and match your resume.
13:55 Any cool tools that people are using to showcase their work?
14:50 What's something you would like them to stop doing?
16:27 Are you direct placement or contract to hire?
16:45 Contract to hire route can be a faster path to a job.
17:20 Contract to hire is a little scary to some people
17:39 I flipped a job from Contract to hire to full time during the interview process
19:00 I've seen similar situations where people converted a contract to hire offer to a full-time offer.
19:18 Do adding all the statistics in my resume have value? Should I be including them?
21:37 Frustration with companies passing because resumes are missing data
22:07 What is the right size for a resume nowadays?
24:48 How important are those items at the bottom of your resume, the clubs, references, extra activities, etc.
28:35 Is there a format for your resume which can make it pop? 
29:31 What is the most important part of someone's resume?
29:55 Experience and consistent professional format, of course!
30:40 Attention to detail goes a long way.
32:21 What are some pointers you can provide to people for those first-round interviews?
34:19 Come prepared with questions at the end!
35:35 What question do you wish candidates would ask more?
36:12 What's a question you wish they would stop asking?
37:06 what was the last thing Cooper bought off Amazon
38:01 How does someone get a hold of Cooper Kearns?

Resources:

SimpliSafe 

I Said This You Heard This 

Brent Baldwin Show Notes

0:00 Welcome & Introduction

0:50 Brent Baldwin Introduces himself

1:00 Brent explains what a brand marketer is

1:40 Focus group moderator?!

2:09 Talks about transitioning from a focus group moderator to Brand Marketer.

2:35 Kids fitness trackers and targeting with gamification

3:00 Joined Cartoon Network

3:50 What happened after CartoonNetwork

4:00 Brent talks about working with Anna, Elsa, Mickey & Donald

4:23 The Fab 5 and Frozen cause disruption

4:50 Disney on Ice with Frozen & being a 5 star Dad

5:30 Reflects on How Cartoon network would compete with Netflix, Hulu, etc.

6:30 Why do we cut the ends off the ham?

7:11 What was the biggest challenge of transforming the Fab 5 into Frozen on Ice?

7:55 Kids singing Frozen songs inspire the click

8:33 Disney Brand standards cause them to rethink things

9:40 Interviewing Anna, "How heavy is your cape?"

10:33 We love the bubble wands

10:40 How do you justify $40 for a giant flashlight

11:08 Your career grows up. Brent talks about the Harlem Globetrotters

11:40 Short pit stop working for a toy company

12:10 Having experience in the kid and toy space really benefitted the Globetrotters.

12:45 Globetrotters pivot towards family

14:15 Repositioning the brand and putting a family image and spin on it.

15:00 Reminiscing on seeing the globe trotters with his dad at the old Omni in Atlanta

15:50 The recurring theme of heart/emotion of things

16:15 Brent talks about an anti-bullying campaign that solidified his focus

16:50 Getting 1 million people to speak up against bullying

17:12 Chasing the metrics

17:38 The letter that changed everything

18:57 Emotion is what sets us apart

19:30 Emotional Capital and the startup world

20:00 Building a community first

20:27 What are some predictions you have about moving toward emotional marketing

21:08 Not selling on blue, red, green

21:45 SimpliSafe gets it

22:45 Organizations are going to really go this route

23:11 "We want brands who stand for something."

23:34 Subaru stand for giving back, they get it

24:00 Others don't get it, and they fall flat

24:36 Smaller companies making more effort than Nike

25:39 Brands are going to invest in emotional marketing I hope they do it with purpose

25:47 I don't even know what Ford's purpose is, but I know Zappos's purpose!

26:30 Resumes speckled with achievements but no heart.

27:15 How can we take emotional brand marketing and parlay that into our job searches?

27:34 Be vulnerable, transparent and honest

27:46 Resumes based in truth

28:16 Being Values-Based and talking about myself in a different way

29:06 Talking about the EQ I get from projects

31:11 Burger king is not the right fit for me.

31:32 I created a persona to go with my resume

31:40 Winning the pinewood derby

32:00 Interviewing people at 7-11 at 4 am

32:15 What I eat, what tv I watch, what I shop

33:25 I geek out on personality tests

34:00 I follow a company of people on LinkedIn who are in an industry I have no need for

34:56 Brent tosses me a lead to Mary Kay

35:12 Brent geeks our on personality tests and temperaments

36:00 I'm a green married to a yellow with red and yellow daughters

36:24 Brent drops a plug to I Said this, You heard that

36:45 I talk about a goal for the podcast

37:11 What's next? Furloughed to unemployed.

37:26 Owning that this sucks

38:06 Brent gives us a scoop on his new company Nyoo (pronounced like New)

38:56 Flipping the agency model on its head and focusing on startups.

39:30 It's a model where you pay for only what you need.

39:42 Freelancers listen up!

43:30 Struggles of starting something new!

43:43 Take that CNBC!

43:50 If I break two dollars in referral fee's I'll buy brent coffee!

44:33 What was the last thing Brent bought on Amazon?

45:36 Brent talk about burning his house down

45:57 We talk about my closet

46:08 Closing

Brian Oblinger Show Notes
0:35 We talk about making connections (it's how we met!)
0:58 Brian Oblinger Introduces himself
2:10 Talk about your Podcast "In Before The Lock"
2:15 History behind the name
2:55 How the podcast got started
4:44 Are you more focused on the business side of the community?
5:40 Talk about the area you've helped around business's and community
6:10 Talks about consulting for a community vendor platform
6:45 Worked for Ultrix and built a community team and practice
7:30 Roles Brian's interested in
9:07 Brian talks about falling "ass-backward into this"
9:42 Got involved as a superuser in the PlayStation community
10:15 Works for free!
10:30 Got hired and started his career
11:17 History of building community and how it's helped
12:00 Talk about community as a way to deliver value to customers
12:40 Talks about community as improving customer experience
13:20 What kind of challenges do you see companies wanting to get into the community?
15:05 Community as a sales channel vs. a fan base
15:15 Community as a servant mentality
16:40 Using social media as a community
17:00 Different mindset with these channels
18:30 Should companies approach the community as a multi-prong, or do they focus on a specific area?
19:20 Companies focus on support first, but there is so much more fruit
21:15 I love the lego community
21:28 What are some communities you admire?
21:50 Your shot by National Geographic
22:05 Lots of electric car communities, more passion-based
22:18 Spotify and music lovers
22:30 There is a community for everybody
23:18 With slack anyone can create a community
23:40 Synchronous chat vs. asynchronous chat
24:30 Where would you focus if you could fix any community today
24:40 Facebook, and I'm not afraid to say that.
25:13 There is a real opportunity to get it right and accelerate  the great stuff they have started
25:50 One day at Facebook, What would you change?
27:35 What are you doing to improve yourself?
28:00 Focusing in on people
28:36 The podcast of course
29:11 What advice would you give to someone listening to this now
29:30 General advice - "don't let it weigh you down."
31:10 How has the job search been going in this Covid-19 world?
31:32 Linked in is the best tool
31:50 Talking to people
33:45 What advice do you have for someone to utilize their current connections and grow more?
37:05 What / How do you recommend someone makes that cold connection
41:33 Brian issues a challenge to you, the listeners!
42:00 Brian talks about the power of recommendations
44:13 What are some fun things you do? How do you keep your sanity?
44:30 Lots of dog walks
45:53 Brian invites us to CO!
46:06 What was the last thing Brian bought on Amazon?
46:38 Closing

Resources Mentioned:

• Rich Dad Poor Dad
• Million Next Door

Show Notes:
0:41 Jimmy J Tran Introduces himself
1:13 Jimmy talks about his LinkedIn Article "I Got laid off and I'm done sugar coating it!"
1:40 Jimmy talk about his Vietnamese roots
2:!5 Jimmy talks about his education
3:04 Jimmy talks about his early career in Strategy Consulting
4:50 Jimmy talks about Graduate School and moving to an in-house consulting role
4:42 Jimmy talks about getting laid off on April 30th
5:30 Jimmy talks about the significance of the date he got laid off in history
6:20 We talk about "doing more" and how that looks for Jimmy
9:30 Jimmy talks about how doing more has led to a pre-existing Plan-B
10:12 Financial Independence and the FIRE movement
15:40 Let's talk about the journey to reinvent yourself
18:15 Opening his first broker account at 16 years old
19:20 Following his dad around as he buys foreclosures
22:00 Talking about mentorship and people who have inspired Jimmy
23:30 It's Not just big icons, but also the people who are around me
24:10 How would you guide and advise someone just starting to go down the FIRE path?
25:55 Compounding interest is the 8th wonder of the world
28:08 Talking about the lack of financial education in the US Education system
29:21 Does anyone out there have financial literacy figured out?
31:14 What's next for Jimmy? What are your next steps?
31:32 Highest and Best Use for my time and family life
32:33 Investing and growing his investment company Oaklawn Investments LLC
33:13 Starting a small business via franchise license for Code Ninja
34:03 Civic Involvement is also a big driver
34:28 A key observation Jimmy make around FIRE opportunities
35:38 Talking about the risk of entrepreneurship or going out and trying something new.
36:08 Don't put all your eggs in one basket
36:55 What was the last thing Jimmy bought on Amazon?
37:23 Getting a hold of Jimmy
38:18 Closing

Brian Smith Show Notes

0:53 Brian Smith Intro.
1:02 Brian talks about his role as an Internal Recruiter with Slalom Consulting.
2:38 Talk about what led you to become an internal recruiter.
3:54 How do you find people?
5:23 How do you get internal referrals from Slalom Employees?
6:02 What would turn you off of a LinkedIn profile?
6:52 Brian talks about what he likes to see on LinkedIn Profiles.
7:43 What can someone do to make their Profile more attractive to an internal recruiter?
9:00 Brian talks about networking and the value of working your network
11:39 What are some good tips for people who sit down for that first conversation?
13:30 How has COVID-19 changed the industry for you?
15:58 Are you finding more candidates are from the unemployed /furlough world or have jobs and looking to make a move?
17:02 What advice do you have for job seekers?
18:27 We poke Fun at Slalom's website job listings.
19:38 We talk about recruiters representing you and how important your relationship is with recruiters.
23:28 How much of what we tell recruiters are used for the next steps for the recruiters? How can we ensure a recruiter is selling us best?
26:55 What's one question you wish candidates would ask more?
28:52 What a question you wish candidates would stop asking?
30:47 What's the last thing you ordered off of Amazon?
31:34 How to get a hold of Brian Smith.
32:12 Closing.

Olga is a seasoned veteran of the Hospitality industry having first cut her teeth working the front desk at an Atlanta IHG property. She later worked her way up and was overseeing a portfolio of 200 properties and owners across the West Coast and South West. There is a lot more to learn so take a listen and get to know Olga Triplett!

1:26 - Talk about your past work history and what you're hoping for.
2:50 - What did you enjoy about the two different roles you had with IHG?
4:46 - Olga talks about her most recent Analyst role with IHG.
6:25 - What's one of the most challenging things you were faced within those roles?
8:42 - What's next for Olga?
9:46 - How are you growing yourself or preparing yourself?
13:54 - What advice would you give someone who is in your situation and listening to this?
14:48 - Have you had any interviews yet?
16:00 - Talk about some companies you admire.
17:36 - I talk about getting jobs in a different market (state).
18:01 - What are some fun things or hobbies that you enjoy?
18:53 - What's a cool fact about Olga Triplett?
19:20 - Olga speaks Romanian!
19:41 - The Last Question "What was the last thing you bought off amazon?"
20:44 - How do we get a hold of Olga?
21:18 - Closing and thanks for being on the show!

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