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 342 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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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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  Episode #338

  The 7 Career Questions My Clients Ask Most

  Jun 30, 202627 min

  Episode 338 - I answer the seven career questions my clients ask most often about visibility, CVs, achievements, career change, age bias, role choice, and career storytelling. My clients don’t come to career coaching because they lack experience. They come because they are trying to make sense of that experience. They have done the work. They have led teams, managed complexity, navigated politics, influenced stakeholders, delivered projects, rebuilt systems, survived restructures, and made decisions under pressure. But when they sit down to explain what they want next, the story often becomes unclear. This is especially true for experienced professionals – those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. By this stage, your career is rarely linear. You may have worked across sectors, changed functions, taken time out, held several leadership roles, been made redundant, moved countries, started consulting, returned to employment, or begun exploring board opportunities. Your experience may be rich. But rich experience can also be hard to explain. That is why Episode 338 of The Job Hunting Podcast focuses on the seven broader career questions my clients ask me most often. These are not LinkedIn questions. I will cover those in another episode. These are the bigger questions behind a job search, career transition, or professional reset. They are the questions that sit underneath the CV, the interview, the networking conversation, and the search strategy. And if there is one idea I want you to take from this episode, it is this: Your experience does not speak for itself. You need to translate it. 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 Understanding the Translation Problem in Careers 01:07 The Seven Key Career Questions 02:01 Visibility in the Job Market 05:25 Tailoring Your CV for Success 08:38 Highlighting Achievements Over Responsibilities 11:15 Navigating Career Changes 14:02 Addressing Age and Experience Bias 17:53 Choosing the Right Roles to Apply For 20:10 Crafting a Clear Career Story Links mentioned in this episode: You can find more information about Renata's coaching services at renatabernarde.com 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 #337

  When You Want to Quit: The Job Search Mindset Shift

  Jun 16, 202636 minS0

  <p>Episode 337 - Job searching can test even the most experienced professionals. In this episode, I reflect on Sabalenka’s emotional loss at Roland Garros and explain why job seekers need to move from emotional reaction to strategic response after rejection, redundancy, long job searches, interviews, and career setbacks.</p><p>There are moments in sport when we see more than performance.</p><p>We see pressure, and the private battle that sits underneath public achievement.</p><p>That happened recently at Roland Garros, when Aryna Sabalenka lost a match many expected her to win and later said she felt li...

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