Claim Your Confidence with Lydia Fenet

Finding Your Career with Erin McGoff

Season 3 Episode 13

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Known as the “internet’s big sister”, Erin McGoff is an award-winning director, content creator, and founder of AdviceWithErin–a career education platform dedicated to making quality career advice accessible to all. Starting out as a film director and editor, Erin brought her filmmaking skills to TikTok in 2020, sharing practical, candid, and humorous career advice to help give viewers the confidence they need to navigate today’s ever-shifting job market. Since then, she’s amassed a global audience of over 6 million followers. Additionally, Erin is the founder of Grey Films, a New York based production company, and StupidFish, a new website that helps people discover the career they are made for. Join us as we talk about Erin’s mission to make a positive impact, how she got started on social media, and her new book, The Secret Language of Work.

Don’t miss this episode of Claim Your Confidence where we discuss:

  • Becoming a filmmaker and the story behind Erin’s feature documentary This Little Land of Mines
  • How learning to navigate the film industry as a young filmmaker helped Erin develop the career skills she’s now sharing with others
  • What inspired Erin to first start posting on TikTok and how being in tune with audience demand has helped her grow
  • Why Erin wrote The Secret Language of Work and what readers can expect to learn from it
  • Finding the confidence to pursue the job of your dreams and how Erin is helping end career confusion with her company StupidFish

Find Erin:

www.erinmcgoff.com

IG: @advicewitherin; @erinmcgoff

TikTok: @erinmcgoff

YouTube: AdviceWithErin

LinkedIn: Erin McGoff


Follow Lydia:

www.lydiafenet.com

IG: @lydiafenet

LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

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