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Ep. 55 - How Every Woman Can Rock Her Career + Be Fearless As She Evolves, with CEO of Career Contessa, Lauren McGoodwin

Almost 30

Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik

Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

BOSS BABES assemble!  We have Lauren McGoodwin CEO of CAREER CONTESSA in the Almost 30 studio this week.  If you are: 1) Not sure what the heck you want to do 2) Looking for a new job 3) Want to advance in your current career....This episode is FOR YOU.  Lauren gets real and breaks down the current career landscape for women and how to effectively navigate it.  Did you know that there are more men CEOs named "John" than there are female CEO's of Fortune 500 companies!?  YO, take cover...KNOWLEDGE BOMBS AWAY.  We cover:   -the questions to ask yourself and potential employers as you explore different career options -how Lauren went from hating her first job, to rocking it at HULU to CEO of Career Contessa -why avoiding connecting with those with your job title or those with the job title you want is your major block -how to ask employee for flex time (if you're having a baby!!) -why investing in the quality of your site is everything -how to show em' who's boss babe and ask for what you want -how to network inside of your company and why it should be your priority -how to detox your toxic work environment -why ensuring that your co-workers like to work with you will take you to the next level in your career   Um, women supporting women for the WIN.  There is room for us all at the top!  As always, notebooks out..Happy listening! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Almost Thirty with Christa Williams and Lindsay Simpson.

0:13.2

Each week we catch up with Christa and Lindsay to hear what's happening now.

0:17.5

What hilariousness happened in?

0:19.5

And to ask, is it almost Thirty?

0:21.5

Yeah, and it wasn't that bad, yeah.

0:23.5

Of course, should you drop that bedbuck in me on, can I ask?

0:28.0

I like to handle.

0:29.0

Pretty close.

0:30.0

Yeah, I know every time I get a bedbuck.

0:33.0

And I didn't even get that much stuff.

0:34.0

Yeah, literally.

0:35.0

And then the stuff that I got, I mean, I'll take it home and, you know, it's like a mop.

0:39.0

Yeah.

0:40.0

It's not anything overly exciting, but it's kind of like when you go to Target.

0:44.0

I was by like candles and shit at Target.

0:46.0

I bet close at Target.

0:47.0

They're close.

0:48.0

Yeah, I do a lot of close at Target.

0:49.0

Their work clothes are good.

0:51.0

Our fucking awesome.

0:52.0

Yeah, really?

0:53.0

Yeah.

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