In this episode, Leah talks to Nicola Crocco, Executive Recruiter/Director of Talent Effect about whether candidates really need a cover letter in the current job market. In this episode we discuss the following: Do recruiters actually read the cover letter? Do you read the cover letter or the resume first, and why What exactly are you looking for in the cover letter? Do you have a preferred style of cover letter? Is the video cover letter going to replace the written cover letter? What are the ...
Oct 12, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode, Leah discussed the importance of being able to identify and articulate your transferable skills when looking to make a career change. In this episode, Leah discussed: What are transferable skills? Examples of transferable skills Why identifying your transferable skills is important? Where you need to demonstrate your transferable skills A specific example of where transferable skills can be matched to a new career If you need help identifying and articulating your transferable s...
Sep 12, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 27
If you are considering a career in fashion or starting your own label, then this episode is a must-listen! Emily Manley, Career & Interview Coach from Relaunch Me, interviews Sophie Hose, founder of Melbourne fashion label Tahlo , about her journey from working in various corporate marketing & strategy roles to starting her own women's fashion label. Tahlo is an early-stage fashion technology company that aims to solve workwear for busy professional women - allowing them to reduce the ha...
Aug 29, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this episode, Leah spoke to Elinor Moshe about her own career journey into construction management and how she now uses her own experience to coach others to achieve career success within the construction industry. In this episode we discussed: How Elinor came to commence her career in construction management Typical entry-level roles for construction management graduates What does the role of a Contract Administrator actually involve Pros and cons of working in construction Obstacles to care...
Aug 21, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode, I was joined by my colleague Emily Manley, Career & Interview Coach from Relaunch Me, to answer some questions that we have received from listeners and clients over the past few weeks. Here are the topics that we covered in this episode: I have lost my job and am worried that I won’t find another job in my field as it has been greatly affected since Covid-19 . Should I go back and study? I don’t feel that I am well suited to my current job. How do I work out what I am passio...
Aug 14, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, I explained the difference between 'active' and 'passive' job search strategies and why all jobseekers must be utilising an 'active' job search strategy in the post-Covid job market. In this episode I discussed: What is a 'passive' job search strategy What is an 'active' job search strategy Why an active job search strategy is so important Three things you can do now to prepare for your future job search An example of the 'active' job search strategy in practise If you are requi...
Aug 07, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this episode, Leah interviewed highly experienced recruiter, Nicola Crocco to get her tips on how senior candidates can take their interview to the next level. In this episode, we talked about the following: Nicola's background in recruitment and the work she does with Lisa Canning at Talent Effect What is expected of candidates when they meet with a recruiter to discuss a specific position The key areas being assessed when recruiters are shortlisting candidates for a role The common mistakes...
Jul 30, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, Leah discusses her favourite topic 'How to prepare for behavioural interviews'. This topic is close to her heart as she remembers her first behavioural interview after completing university which was a complete train wreck. She now aims to ensure that others don't endure the same dreadful experience. In this interview, Leah discusses the following: What is a behavioural interview What is the purpose of a behavioural interview How to best prepare for a behavioural interview What ...
Jul 25, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode, Leah interviews Kate Norris about her earlier career working in finance and how she leveraged off her data analyst background to co-found her own business, Presentation Boss, where she coaches technically-minded professionals to present their data in a more meaningful and engaging way. These are some of the topics that we discussed: How Kate came to choose her first career working in finance What a typical day looks like in the life of a data analyst The motivation for starting ...
Jul 17, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Finding herself in a humiliating situation as a result of her shyness, Kaley Chu decided something had to change and set herself a crazy challenge to have lunch with 100 strangers. What came next completely changed her life. Kaley is now an author and TEDx speaker and she has also left the financial planning field to focus on motivating others to step out of their comfort zone in order to reach their full potential. In this episode, Kaley and I discussed the following: Why Kaley set herself a go...
Jul 09, 2020•25 min
In this episode, Leah interviews Alanna Ball who has had a decade of experience working in Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) in addition to being the Founder and CEO of the 'Women In Safety' networking group which has grown to 1,100 members. In this episode, we discussed: How Alanna came to be interested in working in this field The type of work you might do on a day-to-day basis The different types of roles within an OH&S team The skills and attributes that would help someone in t...
Jul 02, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, Leah Lambart interviews Public Relations (PR) specialist Katie Maynes about her very interesting career working for high profile brands including Australia Zoo , Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation , St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research , Lilly & Lime , World Vision , Asylum Seeker Resource Centre , Cat Protection Society as well as multiple award-winning events agency Event Head . In this episode, Leah and Katie discussed: What exactly is Public Relations How she first...
Jun 24, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this interview, Relaunch Me coach Clare Pickard, interviews cybersecurity expert Claire Pales about the world of information security. Claire is the best selling author of “The Secure CIO”, host of “The Secure CIO Podcast” and Director of 27 Lanterns , a consulting company committed to helping organisations create and sustain effective information and cybersecurity teams. Prior to establishing her own consulting business, Claire also had 15+ years experience leading teams in Corporate Securit...
Jun 19, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this interview, Leah interviews Marj Glazebrook, Talent Acquisition Team Leader of Thales, about how recruitment has changed over the years and how both graduates and experienced candidates can stand out in a competitive job market. In this interview Leah and Marj discussed: How recruitment has changed over the years How Covid-19 has affected business from a recruitment perspective How candidates can prepare for the new normal, in particular, video interviews What the Graduate Program involve...
Jun 10, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, Leah interviews Lisa Stockman about her decision to leave working in corporate to start her own Personal Styling business. In this episode, Leah and Lisa discussed: Lisa's career path after university including working in sports management, teaching English overseas, running a boutique fashion business and working in Training / Learning & Development roles for retailers such as Cotton On, Typo and Grill'd Making the decision to leave corporate to focus on personal styling Wh...
Jun 02, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In today's episode, Leah interviewed Rebekah Murphy about her radical career change and relocation from Ireland to Australia to pursue a career in UX Design. In this episode we discussed the following: Rebekah's work with Accenture as a Business Analyst and what was missing How she came to be interested in UX Design How she went about researching UX Design before embarking on her career change How she came to choose the UX course at General Assembly The fears she had to overcome before making th...
May 27, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode, Emily Manley, Career & Interview Coach from Relaunch Me, interviews Perry Adolphus, Personal Trainer and Owner of Longevity Through Wellness, a personal training business based in Melbourne. In this episode, Emily and Perry discuss: Perry's personal career journey from personal training to software sales and back to personal training The different work options available to personal trainers The pros and cons of running a personal training business A typical day in the life o...
May 21, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, Leah interviews Edward Michelsberg, Partner of Melbourne-based recruitment & executive search firm, EMU Search. In this interview Leah and Ed discuss the following: How much input does the recruiter have in the job brief Whose responsibility is it to maintain contact, the recruiter or the candidate How often should candidates follow-up and what is the best form of communication How do recruiters use LinkedIn to search for candidates What are recruiters looking for in a Linke...
May 14, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this interview, Leah interviews Transformation & Productivity Expert, Tina Paterson, who has had a highly successful career leading teams over the past 20+ years in Transformation, Project Management, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Change Management, Human Centred Design, PMO Governance, Collaboration, Finance and Operations for GE Capital and BUPA Australia & New Zealand. In this episode, Tina provides insights into the following: Her extraordinary career journey at GE Capital and BUPA tran...
May 07, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, Leah interviews Emily Manley, our own Career & Interview Coach from Relaunch Me. Emily provides insights into her 15 year career in Recruitment/Human Resources and the pros and cons of working in this field. She also describes how she felt something was missing and commenced studying Midwifery to try and fulfil her desire to help women in a meaningful way. Emily also explains why she has chosen to put her midwifery study on hold for now since finding more fulfilment working ...
Apr 30, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, Emily Manley, Career Coach from Relaunch Me, interviews her husband Luke Manley about his successful advertising sales career working for companies such as Ninemsn, Network Ten and Mamamia and how a mid-life career crisis led him to take time out and reflect on what he really wanted out of his future career. Luke talks candidly about how he felt during this time, the steps he took to get clarity and how it led him to find his dream job working in an in-house marketing role as th...
Apr 27, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this interview, Leah interviewed Thena Johnstone about her career journey commencing in pharmaceutical and wine sales to running her own successful property services business for 6 years to now working in the aged care sector. In this episode, Leah and Thena discussed the following: What it is like to work in pharmaceutical sales - the pros and cons The highs and lows of running your own business How volunteering helped Thena test her career idea The different roles within the aged care secto...
Apr 23, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, Leah interviewed Nicholas Spinks, Recruitment Team Manager from Teach For Australia , an ambitious not-for-profit organisation with a vision to provide excellent education to all children in Australia, regardless of background. Teach For Australia's program recruits Australia's top talent into teaching whilst partnering with schools serving low socio-economic backgrounds. Nick shared his own career story, transitioning from being a Litigation Lawyer in Brisbane to high school te...
Apr 08, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, Leah interviewed Clare Pickard, one of our own Relaunch Me coaches. Clare is a Career & Leadership Coach with an interesting career journey and has successfully transitioned though a number of different career areas including; marketing & events, agency & in-house recruitment, in-house career development and then many years working within the learning & development team of a national law firm prior to moving into coaching. In this interview we discussed: > Cla...
Apr 04, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, Leah talks to Tracey McBeath, Mind & Body Health Coach from Tracey McBeath Health Coaching where Tracey helps people get clarity about their health and discover lasting change through following a low carb lifestyle. Tracey is also the host of The Nourished Mumlife Podcast and Health Coach for Sante Circle Lifestyle Change Program. In this episode, Tracey shared what she has learnt since establishing her health coaching business including the following: How she helps her clie...
Mar 31, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode Leah talks to Simone Austin, Accredited Sports Dietitian, Speaker and Author with a long history of working with elite athletes at clubs including Hawthorn Football Club, Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Rebels and Cricket Australia. Simone is also President of Sports Dietitian Australia and has been ambassador/speaker and health advocate for Swisse Wellness for over a decade. Simone shares the following: Her career history to date working with elite athletes What it is like to work wi...
Mar 23, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode your host Leah Lambart, Career & Interview Coach and Founder of Melbourne-based career coaching business Relaunch Me, talks through the key steps to choosing a 'best fit' career, that is, a career that suits your personality, utilises your key strengths and is aligned to your interests and core values. Leah provides some insights into her own career journey and explains why it is important to be true to yourself rather than living someone else's version of a 'best fit' career...
Mar 16, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Have you ever wondered whether you are in the right career? Or have you dreamt of doing work that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning? Perhaps you are a high school or university student who is just keen to find out about different careers and what people really do behind the scenes? If you answered 'yes' to any of the above, then this podcast is for you. Your host Leah Lambart is a Career & Interview Coach and Founder of Melbourne-based career coaching business, Relaunch Me. In...
Mar 14, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
