Episode Three of “How To Navigate Job Search Amid Uncertainty” is my conversation with Kathleen Diamond, a language industry veteran who has founded and managed businesses in language teaching, translation and interpretation. In the interview, she shared how she became an entrepreneur and how she identified needs in the market to reinvent her businesses amid economic uncertainty. 

Episode Two of my podcast “How to Navigate Job Search Amid Uncertainty” was a conversation with Matt Conger, CEO of Cadence Translate and Johnathan Rechtman, Co-founder of Cadence Translate and a conference interpreter. The year was 2008. Matt was a new MBA and Johnathan had just graduated from college. They shared how they reimagined their careers and lessons learned amid the Great Recession.

The global coronavirus outbreak, the lockdown, the volatility in the financial market and the sudden spike in unemployment are taking place in March, 2020 when job search for 2020 graduates should be taking place in earnest. My thoughts immediately went to my MIIS students. These events are not of their making and are out of their control, but will likely impact their job search. I turned to several industry veterans for them to share some words of wisdom.

The first episode of my podcast “How to Navigate Job Search Amid Uncertainty” was a conversation with Frank Perry during the first week of the “shelter in place” order in California. Frank has 40 years of experience in Human Resources across several industries and has experienced several downturns. Please click below to listen to his insights.