The Job Hunting Podcast

The podcast with Expert Insights for Navigating the Modern Job Market. Hi, my name is Renata Bernarde. In 2018, I left my job to help others get their careers on track. My love for coaching started at a very young age. Over time, I realized that many professionals don’t know how recruitment & selection work, which negatively impacts their career progression. Today I host The Job Hunting Podcast and I also have a series of career services for corporate professionals. My signature coaching program is called Job Hunting Made Simple, a roadmap teaching professionals the steps and framework to make career advancement simpler and less stressful. Please subscribe, leave me a rating, write a review, and let the people you care about know about this podcast. You can also learn more about me and my coaching services on www.renatabernarde.com Do you want me to be a guest on your podcast? Speak at your event? Coach you? Reach out via email at www.renatabernarde.com, and let’s make it happen!

The Job Hunting Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 345 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Job Hunting Podcast, a business show with 345 episodes published.

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  Episode #344

  How to Build a Portfolio Career Without Starting Over, with Kate Dillon

  Sep 22, 202652 min

  Episode 344 - Career change after 40 does not have to mean abandoning everything you have built. In this conversation with Kate Dillon, we explore portfolio careers, small career experiments, transferable career capital and how to create more professional options without making an unnecessary leap. There is a particular kind of career dissatisfaction I see frequently among experienced professionals. They are successful by conventional measures. They have seniority, expertise, a respectable salary and two or three decades of professional history behind them. Yet increasingly, they feel uneasy about the idea that the next ten or fifteen years of their working life should look much like the last ten or fifteen. The problem is that many people interpret this uneasiness as evidence that something dramatic needs to happen. They imagine leaving their employer, retraining completely, launching a consultancy, buying a business or finally pursuing the idea they have been quietly carrying around for years. Then reality intervenes. There is a mortgage, children at university, aging parents, a lifestyle built around a certain income, and a professional reputation that took a long time to establish. This is where the conversation about career change can become unnecessarily binary. Stay or leave. Corporate career or entrepreneurship. Employment or consulting. Security or freedom. My conversation with Australian lawyer, strategist and entrepreneur Kate Dillon offered a much more useful possibility: perhaps the next stage of an experienced professional's career does not require abandoning what came before. It may instead involve building outward from it. Read the full Blog on the Website Book a Free Introductory Consultation with Renata 31 Days of Action for Job Seekers Find Your Talents: Learn About Your Strengths, and Watch Your Career Grow Join 5,000+ Readers of The Job Hunting Newsletter: Subscribe Now Lear More About Renata's career coaching and courses Timestamps to guide your listening: 00:00 The myth that you have to pick a lane 02:47 How she built a portfolio career (it wasn’t planned) 06:31 The loss and public failure that freed her 10:35 Planner or not? Vision without a rigid plan 14:34 Why she built a business without quitting her job 21:06 The smallest experiment before you leap 25:35 Who to talk to (and the boss conversation to have) 31:31 The money question no one warns you about 37:02 “What do people pay you for?” and why you never start from scratch 41:30 AI, and the hardest skill: unlearning 47:02 Your next 12 months: where to start Links mentioned in this episode: Kate’s diagnostics Find my talents TalentPredix strenghts assessment Book Mentioned: Do the Work, by Steven Pressfield Episode 121 - Impostor Syndrome and Fear of Success Episode 242 - The Role of Business Intelligence (BQ), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Social Intelligence (SQ) in Career Advancement Episode 287 - Hiring Makes No Sense Anymore: Why Recruitment and Hiring Feel Like a Burden and How Leaders Can Fix Them Episode 288 - How to Job Hunt During the Mid-Year Slowdown About the host, Renata Bernarde Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of The Job Hunting Podcast . I'm also an executive coach, job-hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress. Watch the Episodes on YouTube Follow Renata on Social Media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook X / Twitter

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  Episode #342

  Confidence Is Overrated. Here's What Actually Gets You Hired.

  Aug 26, 202633 min

  Episode 342 - What if confidence isn’t the thing holding you back? I’m sharing what I’m seeing in the job market right now, from executive presence and relatability to why being more human may be your biggest advantage in the age of AI. Confidence has become one of the most common explanations experienced professionals give me when their careers stall. “I need to be more confident.” “I’ve lost my confidence.” “I don’t think I come across confidently enough in interviews.” I hear versions of these statements every week from people with 15 or 20+ years of professional experience. They have managed teams, delivered complex projects, advised executives and built careers that demonstrate considerable competence. Yet when they enter a job search or begin aiming for a more senior role, confidence suddenly becomes the diagnosis. Increasingly, I think we may be diagnosing the wrong problem. The professionals who stand out today are not necessarily the people projecting the greatest certainty. Often, they are the ones who communicate with enough self-awareness to be credible, enough courage to be visible and enough humanity to be memorable. And in an employment market increasingly saturated with AI-assisted communication, those qualities may become considerably more valuable. Read the full Blog on the Website 31 Days of Action for Job Seekers Find Your Talents: Learn About Your Strengths, and Watch Your Career Grow Join 5,000+ Readers of The Job Hunting Newsletter: Subscribe Now Lear More About Renata's career coaching and courses Timestamps to guide your listening: 0:00 The new luxury is not using AI 1:06 Why today is off-script 2:49 Three things I can't stop noticing 4:18 Why relatable beats confident 8:21 Confidence is overrated 10:31 It's not really confidence they lack 12:04 What executive presence actually is 15:07 There's no one right way to command a room 17:16 The worst thing you can do in an interview 19:43 The new luxury: slowing down in an AI world 21:27 The career privilege nobody talks about 23:54 When AI writes everything, being human is scarce 26:23 Why slow is the new status symbol 30:19 Become more of yourself Links mentioned in this episode: LinkedIn post from the beginning of 2026 Episode 118 - Generalist or Specialist: Chances Are, You May Be Misusing the Labels! The ONE Thing Executives Who Land Jobs Fastest All Do About the host,  Renata Bernarde Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of  The Job Hunting Podcast . I'm also an executive coach, job-hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress.  Watch the Episodes on YouTube Follow Renata on Social Media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook X / Twitter

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  Episode #341

  How Financial Stress Shapes Your Career Decisions

  Aug 11, 20261 hour

  Episode 341 - Financial stress can change how we assess risk, negotiate, job search and plan our next career move. Carrie Joy Grimes, founder and CEO of WorkMoney, joins me to discuss financial runway, career transitions, money anxiety and how to make better decisions when your income or employment suddenly feels uncertain. When experienced professionals lose their jobs, one of the first questions I ask is not about their resume, LinkedIn profile or network. I ask about money. How long can you afford to be out of work? The answer matters because a job search conducted with six months of financial runway can look very different from one conducted with six weeks. Financial stress has a way of turning a career decision into an emergency. Suddenly, the goal is no longer to find the right next role. It is to make the discomfort stop. That distinction came up repeatedly in my recent conversation with Carrie Joy Grimes, founder and CEO of WorkMoney , a U.S. nonprofit focused on helping working people improve their financial lives, and author of The Joy of Money: How to Do More With and Feel Better About Your Money, No Matter How Much You Have . “Financial stress isn't a thing that we walk around saying, ‘I'm financially stressed right now,’” Grimes told me. Instead, she described it as something that gradually weighs on us until we become accustomed to operating under pressure. That pressure can have consequences well beyond our bank accounts. Read the full Blog on the Website 31 Days of Action for Job Seekers Find Your Talents: Learn About Your Strengths, and Watch Your Career Grow Join 5,000+ Readers of The Job Hunting Newsletter: Subscribe Now Lear More About Renata's career coaching and courses Timestamps to guide your listening: 01:03 Introduction and Context of Financial Stress 02:31 Understanding Financial Stress and Its Impact 05:11 Strategies for Managing Financial Stress 08:22 Navigating Career Transitions and Financial Decisions 12:51 The Role of Employers in Alleviating Financial Stress 17:59 Adapting to a Changing Workforce and Financial Landscape 21:15 The Importance of Financial Education and Support 25:50 Conclusion and Final Thoughts on Financial Well-being 33:18 Embracing Change: The Transition to Entrepreneurship 36:36 Budgeting for Joy: Finding Freedom in Financial Choices 38:41 The Reality of Financial Distress: Sharing Real Stories 41:27 Overcoming Financial Anxiety: Understanding Your Worth 45:22 Empowering Women: Negotiating and Understanding Value 52:09 Building a Supportive Community: The Role of Organizations 54:07 The Joy of Money: Understanding Your Relationship with Finances Links mentioned in this episode: Carrie Joy Grimes’ new book, The Joy of Money Carrie’s non profit organization, WorkMoney About the host,  Renata Bernarde Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of  The Job Hunting Podcast . I'm also an executive coach, job-hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress.  Watch the Episodes on YouTube Follow Renata on Social Media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook X / Twitter

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  Episode #340

  Career Visibility Without Becoming a LinkedIn Influencer

  Jul 28, 202649 min

  Click Here to work with me: https://www.renatabernarde.com/ Join 5,000+ senior professionals getting actionable ideas to get your next job and take control of your career directly in their inbox: https://www.renatabernarde.com/subscribe The people deciding your next role form an opinion about you before you ever apply. This conversation shows you how to shape it. My guest is Vanessa Errecarte: marketing lecturer at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, consultant, and author of Valuable and Visible. She created one of the only for-credit MBA courses in personal branding in the United States, and she has a message for every senior professional who was taught that great work speaks for itself: the market stopped listening to silent excellence. We talk about why decades of strong work can disappear from view after a redundancy, how recruiters and hiring managers now discover senior candidates before a resume is ever read, and what separates real authority from empty visibility on LinkedIn. Vanessa explains why the advice to simply post more backfires, and why helping people publicly beats talking about yourself. You will also hear the practical layer: her formula for introducing yourself so people remember you, the difference between an influencer's job and yours, what AI can and cannot do for your thinking, and a minimum viable personal brand that takes 1 to 3 hours a week, starting with one LinkedIn post. In this episode, career coach Renata Bernarde and UC Davis marketing lecturer Vanessa Errecarte argue that personal branding is about creating value for others rather than promoting yourself: senior professionals get remembered, referred, and recruited when they publicly help their audience solve problems, because visibility without earned trust produces no career results. Your one thing this week: write one LinkedIn post using Vanessa's formula. Open with a short personal story, connect it to why it matters, then teach a framework of three to five steps your peers can use. As I say at the close of this episode, your expertise can be recognized, remembered and recommended through a little bit of work on your part. Subscribe so next week's episode finds you. Read the full Blog on the Website 31 Days of Action for Job Seekers Find Your Talents: Learn About Your Strengths, and Watch Your Career Grow Join 5,000+ Readers of The Job Hunting Newsletter: Subscribe Now Lear More About Renata's career coaching and courses Timestamps to guide your listening: 00:00 Introduction to Personal Branding and Visibility 03:06 The Shift in Career Progression and Recruitment 05:55 The Importance of Genuine Authority in Visibility 09:08 Navigating Personal and Professional Branding 11:52 Building Trust Through Value 15:03 Leveraging Personal Stories for Professional Growth 17:46 The Role of AI in Personal Branding 20:56 Overcoming the Visibility Trap 23:57 The Challenge of Authenticity in Online Presence 27:33 Creating Engaging Content 28:30 The Impact of Viral Posts 29:04 Building Trust and Authenticity 31:57 Navigating Job Transitions 36:06 Minimal Visibility Strategies 39:31 Consistency in Personal Branding 43:24 Leveraging Different Platforms 46:17 The Human Element in Online Engagement 50:11 The Importance of Real-Life Connections Links mentioned in this episode: Vanessa’s website Learn more and join Renata’s RB Career Club About the host,  Renata Bernarde Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of  The Job Hunting Podcast . I'm also an executive coach, job-hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress.  Watch the Episodes on YouTube Follow Renata on Social Media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook X / Twitter

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  Episode #339

  The 7 LinkedIn Questions My Clients Ask Most Often

  Jul 14, 202630 min

  Episode 339 - I answer the seven LinkedIn questions my career coaching clients ask most often, from headlines and About sections to recruiter visibility, skills, posting, and making your profile support your next career move. Most experienced professionals know LinkedIn matters. They know recruiters use it, hiring managers check it, and that former colleagues, board contacts, clients, and professional peers may look them up before making an introduction. And yet, many still treat LinkedIn as a digital filing cabinet. A place to store job titles, dates, and old responsibilities. That is a missed opportunity. Your LinkedIn profile is designed to be a record of where you have worked. It is a positioning tool. It should help the right people understand who you are, what you are known for, what problems you solve, and where you may be heading next. This is especially important for professionals in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. By this stage, your career is usually more complex. You may have worked across sectors, held several leadership roles., and you may be changing direction. For example, you may be moving from executive work to board roles, from corporate to consulting, from one industry to another, or from full employment into a portfolio career. If that's the case, your career complexity can be valuable. But if your LinkedIn profile does not translate it clearly, it can become confusing. That is why Episode 339 of The Job Hunting Podcast focuses on the seven LinkedIn questions my clients ask me most often. These are not questions from people who lack experience. They are questions from people who often have a lot of experience, but are not sure how to make that experience visible, searchable, and relevant. Read the full Blog on the Website 31 Days of Action for Job Seekers Find Your Talents: Learn About Your Strengths, and Watch Your Career Grow Join 5,000+ Readers of The Job Hunting Newsletter: Subscribe Now Lear More About Renata's career coaching and courses Timestamps to guide your listening: 00:00 The Importance of LinkedIn for Professionals 06:05 Utilizing the Featured Section 08:20 Choosing the Right Skills 14:37 Crafting Your About Section 20:53 Why Recruiters Aren't Finding You 26:05 Positioning for Future Opportunities Links mentioned in this episode: My LinkedIn Audit Service My website About the host,  Renata Bernarde Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of  The Job Hunting Podcast . I'm also an executive coach, job-hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress.  Watch the Episodes on YouTube Follow Renata on Social Media: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook X / Twitter

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