It's smart to stay up-to-date on career trends and opportunities so my guest this month is Vicki Salemi, a career expert for Monster, author and nationally syndicated columnist.  Listen in to learn about work trends from the Monster 2024 Work Watch Report and what you can do to navigate these trends to adapt and thrive.

Also in this episode, you'll also hear my monthly career tip.  This time I'm redefining work life balance.  Walking the talk, I took some much-appreciated time off this month.  I went with my family on a cruise to the Caribbean for spring break.  We celebrated the 80th birthday of my father-in-law. 

I thought you might benefit from work/life advice from octogenarians.  Listen in for 3 tips to inspire your own career and life journey to be happy and healthy for the long-term.  Cheers to us all making a great living and living a great life!

Check out the resources included in this episode:

• 10 Tips to Live Healthy Long Life from An Octogenarian Couple Who Knows
• Brain Foods to Eat (And Avoid) Before An Interview
• The Connection Between Self Care and Happiness
• Sign up for Maggie's monthly career newsletter 
• Buy Maggie's Book and Get Ready to Love Your Job 
• Follow @Vickisalemi on Instagram and X

You are the creator of your life.  In this episode:

• Learn how to create and activate statements that support you in having the career, life and world you want.  I share some interesting statements I heard from astrologer Kathy Rose in this 2024 preview video with Pam Gregory. 
• My featured guest is someone who supported me in manifesting my dream job -  Laura Allen, also known as The Pitch Girl!  I met Laura many years ago when I was just starting out as a career consultant.  Her fifteen second pitch seminar showed me a powerful way to communicate my work and my value clearly and succinctly.  Listen in and get a refresher on how to pitch yourself whether for a job, promotion or for your own business. Its great to always have your elevator pitch ready! 
• This month's career tip will help you move on from a dead-end job.  Maybe you feel trapped and unhappy in your career. Maybe even miserable.  OK, you think, I’ll just get a new job. Good idea, but a new job doing the same thing isn’t that new at all. In fact, it doesn’t sound like the long-term path to happiness, does it?  With this tip, an excerpt from "Are You Ready to Love Your Job?", you'll learn how to identfy and get specific about the skills you want to utilize, not just the skills you have. 
• Get details on how to travel to Spain this summer to learn about history & culture while experiencing amazing wine and cuisine on a luxury wine tour.
• A public service announcement also in this episode for an organization doing very important work.  I often hear from my clients that they want to make an impact and the Guardian Group is doing just that. 

Cheers to us all making a great living doing what we love! 

Dream BIG! The holiday season is a wonderful time to reflect on where you've been and where you want to go.  That’s why I’m bringing you an expert guest who knows how to create and maintain a thriving and successful personal brand.  She’s done it for Martha Stewart and she’s done it for herself having recently been named PR CEO of the Year. 

Calia Brencsons Van Dyk is an American television, film producer, actor, and voice-over artist. Her career highlights include twelve years at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.  That’s where we met! She is the Founder and CEO of Caliativity Productions and Creative Agency in the UK and the US delivering original content in French and English. Amp up your brand in the New Year with Calia's insights.  Tune in for her tips to create an engaging personal brand in the new year and beyond.

Also in the episode:

•  Tools for you to get clear on your career story including the Personality Pattern Assessment.
• As you make your New Year’s Resolutions, use the SMART goal format covered in this 4-part video series to improve your chances of achieving the outcomes you seek.
• Tune in for this month's career tip from my book and get ready to love your job. 

Thank you to our sponsor: Stayluxurious.com.  Make 2024 the year where you learn and experience the fabulous wine and cuisine of two of Spain’s best wine regions with the Spanish wine journey.   Check out the full itinerary and and contact Stayluxurious.com to learn more and reserve your space in this exciting adventure.  

Happy New Year and thank you for listening!

Relationships are an important aspect of life and career and they can add or detract from our happiness and success.  So, to help your relationships thrive, Certified Relationship Coach Raquel Reis joins me in this episode share her tips and advice on all too common relationship challenges in work and life and the simple shifts you can make to move forward effectively.  

I continue to hear from clients ready to move on from jobs/careers they have been doing for a long time. On that note, I'm happy to share more client success stories in this episode to show you that change really is possible. My clients aren’t the only ones changing and growing.  I recently enrolled in a course on relaxation techniques.  Helping my clients get and stay in a productive career mindset has always been part of my coaching process and now with the added awareness of the importance of mental health, I’m excited to add techniques to help my clients destress.  Listen in to learn more.

This holiday season, don’t miss the opportunity to buy a thoughtful and inspiring present for anyone looking to explore their potential. Check out the Shop at MaggieMistal.com for holiday gift ideas.  There you’ll see everything from gift certificates to my signature Soul Search, Research, and Job Search workbooks to my five-star rated book Are You Ready To Love Your Job? Email me directly at Maggie@MaggieMistal.com with any questions or to place a custom order.

Happy Holidays!

According to The Conference Board, “Job satisfaction was up across the board in 2022—and especially high for workers who switched jobs.“ If you've been considering a job or career change to gain greater satisfaction, now might be the perfect time. To inspire you, in this episode you'll hear from Lacie Thorne, a dynamic professional who has seamlessly transitioned from the world of fashion to the tech industry. Lacie was a Luxury Fashion Project Manager in Hong Kong, and Fashion Designer for Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj and Adam Levine under the leadership of Tommy Hilfiger. With this foundation in Fashion Design and Marketing, Lacie made her career pivot and recently graduated from the Yale School of Management with an MBA focused on Sustainability. Also in this episode, a career tip on how to identify an important element of your ideal career – Your Key Motivators. When was the last time you jumped out of bed excited for a fun day of work at the office? Or did you just laugh when hearing that sentence? If you begrudgingly get up and struggle just to get through the workday, you probably know you’re not motivated by your work. Listen in and get clear what does motivate you! And check out my book, Are You Ready to Love Your Job? Make a Great Living Through Soul Search, Research and Job Search - available on Amazon where it ranked as a #1 New Release in Job Search. Thank you to our sponsor: StayLuxurious.com Want to experience a luxurious guided wine tour from the comforts of your own home? StayLuxurious.com travel writer and Florida Keys five-star food tour guide Craig Zabransky is back for his 8th public wine tasting and this time he is exploring the fabulous wines of France. Learn more and sign up today!

It's time for change.  Rather than continuing down the same old paths, I'm finding that people are ready for move forward in new, creative ways. For some that means working abroad. 

To explore how to follow the dream and work internationally, my guest is Ron Thomas, Managing Director of Strategy Focused Group. Ron uprooted his life in New York after being recruited to work in Saudi Arabia as a Chief Human Resources Officer.  Now, he is an internationally recognized HR thought leader living in Dubai managing his own business, speaking and traveling throughout the Middle East and Asia.

Tune in and learn:

• the benefits of working abroad, 
• the challenges, and 
• what it takes to be successful.  

In this international episode, I’ll also share a career tip so you can reflect on and understand the workstyle (and location) that works for you.  

Maybe you’re ready for change.  Maybe it's time to explore a new exciting step in your life and career like working abroad or working in a new industry.  It’s scary and exciting because it’s fresh, unchartered territory.  Yet at the same time, it’s more peaceful because it’s more authentic to the fun, adventurous person you really are.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Are You Ready to Love Your Job? (book)
• StayAdventurous.com
• StayLuxurious.com
• FLFE free gift

 

 

 

A new client I recently spoke with told me that her friends think she is all over the place when the way she sees it, “I have ideas and take action on them. What’s wrong with that?"

I agree. You might want to see your “crazy ideas” as what they are = inspired impulses.  If you have inspired impulses but old stories keep holding you back from taking action, now is a great time to usher in a new, fresh story.

A daily practice that can help us remove old limitations and stories is the focus of this episode.  My guest is a 30 yr Meditation Coach from the Heartfulness Institute. Satyajeet (Satya) Shinde is also a financial services professional.  What amazed me was how the story he was telling himself changed as he started to meditate.  Listen in and learn how mediation can change your life and career for the better.

Also in this episode I share a tip from my book, "Are You Ready to Love Your Job?"  This one is about recognizing and acknowledging your unique strengths. 

If you are yearning for a career that ignites your soul or a dream job that aligns with your passions and purpose, then check out my 5-Day Soul Search, Research, and Job Search Florida Keys Retreat!  Past Attendees called this a “truly exceptional experience” while others said, it was “powerful” and “the sense of community among like-minded individuals was truly priceless." A 2-day online retreat is also an option.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Five Day Florida Keys Retreat Itinerary
• Two Day Online Retreat Itinerary
• Link to Wayne Dyer clip about how to use the last minutes before bed to tell your subconscious a new story
• Download the Heartfulness App
• Register for Free Zoom Meditation classes - Daily 7 am EST 
• Learn about Heartfulness Institute

I’ve been seeing a HUGE desire to return to our own frequency –what do I mean? Be ourselves, let go of old identities and jobs or careers that don’t fit.  Many are moving on from careers they’ve been in for a long time.  They plan to continue working but they want jobs that align with who they are.  Others are getting wake-up calls such as health issues that highlight the urgency to return to their frequencies.  My guest is a great example - Christina Langdon, High Performance Success Coach and author of For Success Sake!  Christina made a career shift after a cancer diagnosis.  Listen in for her unique and inspiring career change story as well as her amazing success advice! 

You'll also hear a NEW career tip from my book, Are You Ready to Love Your Job?  This month learn how to change what you don’t like about your job into what you DO like. 

When you live from your own frequency, you start to make decisions that create more fun and light in your life and your work. You put yourself in place to create opportunity.  You live – WITHOUT STRUGGLE.  Listen in now and learn how to transform your life and make a great living from your unique frequency!

Links and Resources in this Episode:

• Find and follow Christina on Instagram and LinkedIn
• Career coincidence episode 1 and episode 2
• Personality Pattern Assessment
• 3 workbook package of Soul Search, Research and Job Search
• Join me at book signings at Barnes & Noble bookstores in Williamsburg, Virginia and the Poconos of Pennsylvania
• Check out the amazing Lodge at Woodloch where I’ll be the featured speaker the weekend of July 7-9th

I'm excited to share that Making a Living with Maggie achieved status as  Top Career Podcast for 2023 from Mac Prichard’s Mac’s list!  It's our 6th year on the list and we are grateful.

• In this episode,  check out my interview with one of only 50 master resume writers who have crafted more than 2,000 career stories.  Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter shares how she helps her clients land their dream jobs by writing compelling career stories.  You won’t want to miss her resume do’s and don’ts,  including how to leverage AI in crafting a resume and assessing job fit.
• To support you in following your heart, also in this episode, a tip from my  new book on how to change your mind so you can change the outcome.  We often feel limited in what’s possible when the truth is, we can create our ideal careers.  We just need to have the right mindset!  And this month’s career tip will show you how.  My mastermind series starting this month is also aimed at helping you maintain a productive career mindset.  Check it out here!
• Need graduation gift ideas?  I've got you covered with a discount on a special gift pack.  Learn more here.

Lastly, a tribute to a friend who died suddenly, Steve Zengel.  Be inspired by his life and career story. And check out this guest post written by Steve for my blog in 2015 titled, "Why I Walked Away from $100K".  It is a must read and fitting tribute to an inspiring person who always followed his dreams.

Resources in this episode: 

• Graduate Gift Pack – Learn more and get the discount!
• Join Maggie’s Career Support Group  and her upcoming Mastermind series
• Go Straight for the Joy career article 
• Steve Zengel obituary
• Link to give to Steve's charitable cause to continue his legacy 
• What Makes Your Heart Sing article 
• Jacqui Barret Poindexter can be found at CareerTrend.net, JBPMicropoetry on Etsy, and Island metamorphosis   

Listen in for my interview with Kerry Hannon on strategies for the changing world of work in these unprecedented times.  Kerry recently expanded her own career as an author to now include being a full time columnist for Yahoo Finance.  You’ll hear lots of great career and financial advice especially for experienced workers from Kerry.  We'll talk trends affecting workers and how to navigate to gain more control over your career.  Also in this episode, I share a career tip from about the importance of trusting the process and trusting yourself – two ingredients that are essential to finding work you love.

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Stressed? Take a Breather (Properly) with Dr. Randall Sheffield
• Anger release meditation 
• Time article on Rage Applying
• Follow Kerry on Twitter @KerryHannon, visit her website at KerryHannon.com, check out her LinkedIn profile, read her Yahoo Finance column and follow her on Instagram.
• Check out my new book – Are You Ready to Love Your Job? - https://www.maggiemistal.com/shop/buy-maggies-book-and-get-ready-to-love-your-job-paperback/
• Sign up for the Stayluxurious.com  - Tequila Tasting