Episodes 104
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (25)
Since Dec 2018
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Seasoned HR and recruiting consultants Liz and Kat help you navigate your career and get through your work day. Go beyond the employee manual for some real job talk!

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Episode 104: New season: Job searching and other reflections

Jan 06, 2026 55m

After a longer-than-usual break, Kat and Liz reunite to talk candidly about what happened behind the scenes—and what they’ve learned from it. Kat shares a personal update (including a surgery and…

Episode 103: ADHD and neurodivergence at work with Skye Waterson

Apr 01, 2025 42m

Welcome Skye Waterson, coach for people working with neurodiverse teams and partners helping them to excel in the workplace. Skye is the founder of Unconventional Organisation and the ADHD Skills Lab…

Episode 102: Managing in a time of political division with Leanne Elliott

Jan 27, 2025 55m

We welcome Leanne Elliott, an organizational psychologist, to talk about how to manage fairly in our current divided world. We thank Magic Mind for their support and help with clarity, focus, and…

Episode 101: Leaving a Company - Employee Experience Series, Part 4

Jan 07, 2025 17m

Our final episode in our series on employee experience is about helping people who are leaving the company have a positive experience as they move on. Helping someone leave gracefully, providing a…

Episode 100: Day to Day Life as an Employee: Employee Experience Series, Part 3

Dec 17, 2024 20m

Exciting new idea: we are doing a series on employee experience! Today’s episode is number 3 talks about the employee experience of every day life as an employee. This is about understanding what…

Episode 99: Onboarding - Employee Experience Series, Part 2

Dec 10, 2024 26m

We're doing a series of podcast episodes on employee experience! Today’s episode is number 2, which talks about the importance of the onboarding process. This episode is for EVERYONE AND ANYONE who…

Episode 98: The Recruiting Process - Employee Experience Series, Part 1

Dec 03, 2024 35m

We had an exciting new idea -- with today's episode, we kick off a series of episodes looking at the employee experience from many different angles. Today’s episode is number 1 in the series. We…

Episode 97: Difficult Conversations at Work - guest episode with the Truth, Lies & Work podcast

Nov 06, 2024 53m

A special episode: Liz and Kat are guests on the Truth, Lies, & Work Podcast, where they talked about difficult conversations at work. Check out this episode with Liz and Kat on Difficult…

Episode 96: All is Good, But I’m Restless - Listener Question

Aug 06, 2024 12m

We have a letter! A listener asks us what they should do if everything is just good. They’re restless: work is good, they make good money, have work/life balance, but they're wondering if this is it.…

Episode 95: Red Flags in the Job Search Process

Jun 11, 2024 29m

We’re talking from experience about red flags, especially in the job search process, where your gut fits into decision making and how to listen for those flags. Kat tells her story from 20 years ago…

Episode 94: Golden Handcuffs- What Do I Do?

Feb 20, 2024 17m

We have a letter! One of our listeners wrote to us with a question. They are stuck with what to do with their golden hancuffs. Their current employer was acquired by a larger company. The company…

Episode 93: How to Handle Your Company Card

Dec 05, 2023 21m

Today we’re talking about all things Company-Paid. We're here to help you understand and navigate the world of expenses. Here are the Real Job Talk guidelines for using your company credit…

Episode 92: This Was All An Accident with Kat Kibben

Oct 18, 2023 39m

Welcome back to Real Job Talk, Kat Kibben! Kat (pronouns they/them) is the founder of Three Ears Media, a speaker, advocate, and leader in the HR space around inclusivity and job descriptions. We're…

Episode 91: Networking with a Purpose with Robert Gilbreath

Aug 28, 2023 32m

Welcome to Real Job Talk Robert Gilbreath! Robert talks to us about his career journey as a solopreneur, entrepreneur, and an employee and how he treats each role like he’s the owner of the…

Episode 90: Advance Your Career with Kelli Thompson

Jun 16, 2023 38m

Welcome to Kelli Thompson! Kelli is a speaker, coach, author, and HR executive who left the corporate world to pursue her passion for helping women advance their careers. She is driven to help more…

Episode 89: Feedback Conversations at Work

May 04, 2023 29m

Today we're talking about giving feedback at work. In talking with managers at work, Liz encouraged people to ask their people how they wanted to get feedback and how to deliver news positive and…

Episode 88: Layoffs and Severance -- What Should You Know?

Feb 27, 2023 26m

We talk about a topic that has come up extensively over the last few months -- severance packages. What are they? What aren't they? Why do they exist? What do you do when you get them? Our goal is…

Episode 87: Change in Careers with Mpume Ncube-Daka

Jan 13, 2023 39m

Liz and Kat Zoom in with Mpume Ncube-Daka all the way from South Africa to talk about change conversations. Mpume works with people to drive the best decisions in their growth and development. She is…

Episode 86: How to avoid job abandonment

Nov 30, 2022 16m

Today we’re talking about job abandonment -- something we’ve each seen a handful of times in our corporate careers. (Kat saw it more with people working in retail.) We want you to know what job…

Episode 85: Personal Branding and Resume Strategies with Angela Loeb

Oct 04, 2022 48m

Welcome to Real Job Talk, Angela Loeb! We refer our clients who need their resumes done to Angela because she literally wrote the book(s) on resumes and job searching. Angela started out helping…

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