In this episode, Leah interviewed Executive Recruiter, Matt Simpson, from Blackbook Executive about what he has been seeing in the job market over the last few months and why it seems so hard right now for some candidates to land an interview. Matt co-founded specialist recruitment agency Blackbook Executive in 2011 with the intention of providing a highly specialised and personal recruitment consulting service to individuals and businesses across Australia and New Zealand. He has over 25 years of recruitment experience in the UK and Australia with various recruitment agencies. Matt has active ..read more

Carla Butler, Sleep Coach from Ora Sleep Coaching,  is passionate about helping burnt out professionals improve their lives through managing stress and improving sleep.  Carla believes that sleep is the key health pillar and is on a mission to arm as many people as possible with the knowledge of how important sleep is and how to fix it. In this episode, Leah interviews Carla about her career journey from working in stressful corporate jobs to becoming a Sleep Coach and Health & Wellness advocate and how she now helps stressed out business owners, athletes, shift workers and empl ..read more

In this episode, Leah interviews Jacinta Whelan, a partner with Watermark Executive Search and co-author of The Rise of the Interim Executive. Jacinta is an award-winning author, thought leader and popular speaker on the concept of Interim Executives, Portfolio Careers and future ways of working. She leads the Melbourne office of Watermark and has over 25 years’ experience starting and leading Interim businesses in Hong Kong, New York and Australia.​  Jacinta advises corporates and governments on the Executive Interim marketplace.  She is regularly asked to speak to Boards and ..read more

In this episode, Leah interviews Belinda Hutchinson, an internal communications specialist, about what it is like to work in internal communications, the typical challenges and the skills that you need to be successful. In this episode, we discuss: How Belinda first came to choose communications/PR as a career What an Internal Communications Specialist does The challenges of working in internal communications The skills and attributes that an internal communications specialist requires to be successful Whether AI is having an impact of how communications professionals do their work Advice for ..read more

In this episode, host Leah Lambart, speaks to Relaunch Me resume & LinkedIn writer, Paula Grant, about the importance of keyword optimisation in resumes and LinkedIn to be competitive in a job search process. Leah and Paula discuss the following: What is keyword optimisation on a resume and why is this important? What organisations are using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) in the recruitment process?   Is keyword optimisation more important for some roles than others?   What is keyword optimisation on a LinkedIn profile and how this can help jobseekers and business owners/free ..read more

In this interview, Leah interviews ADHD & Executive Function Coach, Caroline Beresford, about how she assists clients with an ADHD diagnosis identify and utilise their signature strengths to thrive both in an education and in the workplace. In this interview, Leah & Caroline discuss the following: Caroline's own career journey and some of the career changes that she has had along the way What an ADHD coach does and the types of clients that she works with What might be some of the typical challenges that someone with ADHD may encounter in an education setting and in the workplace How ..read more

Finding herself in a humiliating situation as a result of her shyness, Kaley Chu decided something had to change and set herself a crazy challenge to have lunch with 100 strangers. What came next completely changed her life. Kaley is now an author and TEDx speaker and she has also left the financial planning field to focus on motivating others to step out of their comfort zone in order to reach their full potential. In this episode, Kaley and I discussed the following: Why Kaley set herself a goal to have 100 lunches with 100 strangers How she overcame her fear to invite strangers to have l ..read more

In this episode, Leah interviews Kerryn Powell, Founder of The Network Catalyst and business networking group Your Time Matters.   Kerryn has been helping people build authentic connections and conversations for over 30 years and she understands that in this ever-changing business landscape, it has never been more important to connect with the right people to build trusted and profitable relationships. In this episode we talked Leah and Kerryn discussed: Kerryn's own career journey prior to starting her own business and how she joined the dots  How Kerryn came to be so passionate ..read more

In this episode, Leah talks to Nicola Crocco, Executive Recruiter/Director of Talent Effect about whether candidates really need a cover letter in the current job market.  In this episode we discuss the following: Do recruiters actually read the cover letter? Do you read the cover letter or the resume first, and why What exactly are you looking for in the cover letter? Do you have a preferred style of cover letter? Is the video cover letter going to replace the written cover letter? What are the most common mistakes that people make in a cover letter? What is the most memorable cov ..read more

In this interview, Relaunch Me coach Clare Pickard, interviews cybersecurity expert Claire Pales about the world of information security. Claire is the best selling author of “The Secure CIO”, host of “The Secure CIO Podcast” and Director of 27 Lanterns, a consulting company committed to helping organisations create and sustain effective information and cybersecurity teams. Prior to establishing her own consulting business, Claire also had 15+ years experience leading teams in Corporate Security, Online Trust and Safety and Cyber Security within organisations including Telstra, Sensis and Sp ..read more