NZ Young Professionals Podcast

In this episode, podcast host, Ed McKnight talks with Craig McAlpine from MyCareerBrand.net about how young professionals can build their personal brand and land their ideal jobs.

Specifically, they discuss:

– Mistakes young professionals make when they move from being part of a team, to leading a team … and what you can do to avoid them

– How you can begin to build your own personal brand

– What employers are really looking for from their employees, and what you can do to stand out

– Craig’s advice for you when you’re venturing out into the workforce

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In this episode, podcast host, Ed McKnight talks with Sharsies Co-founder Leighton Roberts (MyCareerBrand.net) about how the investment start-up grew to having $10 million under management within its first year.

Specifically, they discuss:

– Starting a business with seven co-founders, and making it work

– The founding team putting their corporate jobs on hold to validate this idea

– How they figured out what young professionals want from an investment company

– Why they tried to prove the business wouldn’t work before taking the leap and leaving their corporate jobs

– What young kiwis really wanted from investments

– and Ed and Leighton’s musings on social businesses and ethical investments

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If you saw him walking down the street you’d never guess his story. Cam Calkoen is a world class, international sprinting champion. It also happens that he has cerebral palsy. After winning multiple international championships, Cam decided to hang up the running shoes and become an inspirational speaker.

In his own words, both of these were strange choices given that he “walks funny, and talks funny” … this is how you know he is good humoured too.

In this incredibly interesting episode with podcast host, Ed McKnight, Cam talks about:

– A three step process for how to get in the right mindset … and more importantly, how to keep it

– His story of becoming an international sprinting champion

– How he made the transition to an inspirational speaker

– How he built his own credibility as a speaker by jumping on a plane to America.

Now, I’m going to be honest, I don’t usually buy into the whole ‘inspirational speaker’ thing. But, after leaving the podcast studio having talked to Cam – I can say this: he is the real deal.

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In the digital age – anyone can text, message, chat and snap with almost anyone. Despite this, going up and actually talking with a stranger – in person – is one of the scariest tasks facing millennials.

So how do you go from being a wall flower (too scared to approach anyone at a networking event) to New Zealand’s undisputed networking superstar?

This is the exact story of Carmel Murphy, NZ’s, still introverted, Networking Queen. It is a transformational story. Carmel went from standing outside of a networking event, too afraid to walk in, to running her own networking consultancy and coaching business.

In this show with podcast host, Ed McKnight, Carmel talks about:

– How to get comfortable with networking and overcome your fears

– How to prepare for a networking event so that you get the most out of it

– How to approach the person you want to talk to

She walks through a three-step process for how young professionals and recent university graduates can use networking to back the recruitment process and land an awesome job.

This is a must listen for anyone who hates networking … and anyone who loves it too.

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How many times have you heard this type of conversation – Job Seeker: “I really need to find a job”. Sympathetic Friend: “What sort of job do you want?” Job Seeker: “Anything, I just need to find something!”

It seems like everyone wants a job, but the dream career seems elusive. In this episode, podcast host, Ed McKnight gets behind the mic solo to talk about the exact steps you can take to increase your changes of landing a great job.

This episode is guaranteed not to be the same boring advice you received from your high school careers councillor.



>> Land That Job! Get Part 1 of Ed’d E-Book here

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