Elaine Welteroth, author, former editor-in-chief, Teen Vogue, incoming co-host, "The Talk": "It's not like you apply for the position of making history."

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theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

If you’re looking for a promotion at work... Elaine Welteroth has some tips. She’s got a lot of “firsts” on her resume - from being the first Black beauty director at Condé Nast to being the youngest editor-in-chief in the publisher's history. This week, Elaine told us she hit those milestones by being intentional about everything she did. From the emails she sent to who she sought out as mentors. And since we recorded this interview, Elaine’s adding something else to her resume. She’s just been named as co-host of "The Talk" on CBS. You can tune in to see her starting January 4. In this episode, Elaine shares where her entrepreneurial spirit comes from (6:52), how seeking out mentors changed her career trajectory (10:52), and why the “firsts” we celebrate are indicators of how much progress we still need to make (18:30). Stay tuned at the end for a spotlight on Hungry Bunny Virtual Donut Shop, a virtual donut shop serving the nation with 100% cruelty-free cake donuts. Want to be featured? Submit yourself or a friend here.

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0:00.0	It's not like you apply for the position of making history.
0:07.8	It's not like you apply for the position of making history.
0:13.0	You work your butt off to go after a dream job after dream job.
0:19.0	You put your head down and you do the work and you feel that you have to do better work for less
0:25.4	respect for the majority of your journey and then by happenstance if you find that you've made history, it's this daunting moment.
0:37.0	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:40.0	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:41.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:42.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the Couch.
0:42.5	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.
0:46.3	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:48.9	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:54.6	We started the skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all out than where it began
0:59.4	on a couch? Hey everyone it's Carly. Today Elaine Welteroth joins me on skimmed from the couch.
1:11.3	She's a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning
1:15.2	journalist and a judge on the new project runway. Elaine is also known for her groundbreaking work
1:20.9	while she was the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue magazine.
1:24.0	At the time she was appointed, she was the youngest ever editor-in-chief at a Conde Nast title.
1:29.6	Elaine, big fan over here.
1:31.6	Thank you so much for coming on the show. Welcome to skim from the couch.
1:35.2	Thank you for having me. I'm excited.
1:38.7	So, going to give you our first question. Everyone gets it, you better skim your resume for us.
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