Digging for Insights
Listen to marketing & career advice from Fortune 500 insights leaders. This podcast helps insights professionals and marketers dig for the insights needed to drive your career and business. Join Stephen Griffiths, a Fortune 500 Corporate Researcher as he asks the hard questions. Want to get career advice? Listen to an Insights Director from Nestle, an EVP of IPSOS (third largest market research firm) and the CEOs from companies like Digsite and M/A/R/C research. We also provide episodes on how to choose a career, how to get a job during COVID-19, and a mini-series on choosing the right graduate school. Interested in marketing best practices? Hear from the SVP of Analytic Partners (a global leader in advertising measurement), the coauthor of how to innovate inside large companies, and from a professional business storytelling coach. Learn more at diggingforinsights.com
Digging for Insights
Six Keys To Choosing a Career | Personal Stories from Stephen Griffiths
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Stephen Griffiths
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Season 1
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Episode 13
With 15% unemployment, COVID-19 is changing many of our careers. In this episode I share my own experiences with choosing a career during the Great Recession--with help from friends and experts on LinkedIn. Whether you are in job transition, have recently completed college or know someone who is looking, I hope this episode provides the resources, tools and inspiration you need.
- Key #1: How to use the 7 Best Stories Method to identify skills & interests
- Key #2: Why you should follow your instincts
- Key #3: Use a Work History Review to identify qualities of a new career
- Key #4: Use Strengthsfinder 2.0 to articulate your strengths
- Key #5: Use informational interviews to “try on” new jobs
- Key #6: Leverage online resources like Careeronestop.org
Get more details in the show notes at diggingforinsights.com/13