Jazzed About Work
Jazzed About Work features lively, informal conversations about everything it takes to create a resilient and rewarding career. In each episode, host Beverly Jones interviews experts who can share their knowledge and workplace stories. Jones is an executive coach whose new book, “Find Your Happy at Work,” is a guide to moving past boredom and frustration and finding ways to flourish in your career. Bev and her guests discuss leadership, career development and the link between well-being and job success. Often guests go beyond the research and get personal, as they talk about their own professional paths. Every show blends good stories with practical suggestions for navigating your work life.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 198
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
EmpowerWork offers free coaching via text, says CEO Jaime-Alexis Fowler
Jaime-Alexis Fowler began her career as an academic, hoping that a university career would allow her to create change in our society. Finding that path to be too slow, she moved on to a series of org…
00:32:00 |
Thu 20 Jun 2019
Cheekys CEO Jessi Roberts describes building her fashion empire
As a child, Jessi Roberts lived in a troubled home. But, with the help of friends along the way, she forged her own path to success. And today she’s the CEO of Cheekys, the big fashion and jewelry br…
00:38:54 |
Thu 06 Jun 2019
Headhunter Jackie Ducci has tips for young job seekers
If you’re looking for a job, it helps to understand how the hiring process really works. In this show you’ll get an insider view from search firm executive Jackie Ducci, author of “Almost Hired – Wha…
00:28:27 |
Thu 23 May 2019
Protect your career with smart social media, says PR guru John P. David
Miami PR expert John P. David wrote an important book for professionals and businesses -- “How to Protect … (Or Destroy) … Your Reputation Online.” In this show, he says that some people learn the…
00:31:20 |
Thu 09 May 2019
Job search guru Hannah Morgan suggests you rethink your resume
Hannah Morgan is a nationally recognized author, speaker and teacher on all things job search. She started early, learning from her father, who owned a high-level executive search firm. Today her w…
00:26:07 |
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Branding & your career w/ Bev Jones & Tom Hodson
Your career success is influenced by your “brand.” And, as a professional, you do have a personal brand, even if the concept of branding makes you feel uncomfortable. In this episode, Tom Hodson inte…
00:33:45 |
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Executive job search expert Conrad Woody says make yourself findable
To attract job opportunities, you have to make sure that you’re searchable. That’s the expert advice of Conrad Woody, who leads the U.S. Corporate and Government Affairs Practice at global talent an…
00:37:00 |
Thu 28 Mar 2019
Time management expert Laura Vanderkam says you’re not as busy as you think
Do you feel constantly behind and endlessly oppressed by a nagging sense that your “to-do” list is growing by the minute? Bestselling author Laura Vanderkam says you’re not alone. But you don’t hav…
00:28:29 |
Thu 14 Mar 2019
Economics commentator Chris Farrell talks UNretirement
Award-winning journalist Chris Farrell writes and talks about financial management and the economy, for places like Marketplace Money, Bloomberg, the Minneapolis StarTribune and Minnesota Public Radi…
00:33:30 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Paleontologist and explorer Nancy Stevens talks about the adventure of science
Paleontologist Nancy Stevens is a scientist but most of all, she says, she’s an explorer. Leading teams in Africa and other places, Nancy has discovered new fossil species from mammals to frogs. Some…
00:26:10 |
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Judge Gayle Williams-Byers Offers Tips For Promoting Your Well-Being
Municipal Court Judge Gayle Williams-Byers -- whose side gig is teaching other judges -- is determined to convince her colleagues that “self-care is not selfish.” In this episode, she explains that …
00:39:40 |
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Business Journalist Mark Miller Discusses Retirement Strategies and Growing Through Trauma
Mark Miller, a journalist who often covers issues related to retirement and aging, writes three columns, including for Reuters, and his work appears in places like The New York Times and AARP Magazin…
00:30:50 |
Thu 17 Jan 2019
Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce Shares LinkedIn Tips
Online job search expert Susan P. Joyce has been quoted in hundreds of books, articles and blog posts. And she runs two top career websites: Job-Hunt.Org and WorkCoachCafe.com
Susan is a prolific wr…
00:31:20 |
Thu 03 Jan 2019
Captain Julius Pryor says Diversity and Inclusion Programs Should Reflect Broader Company Goals
Today’s guest is Julius Pryor III, a retired Navy captain and a certified Navy leadership instructor. He is widely known as an innovative, goal-focused executive, and a no-nonsense consultant.
What…
00:36:22 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Intel CIO Paula Tolliver talks about STEM careers
Intel Chief Information Officer Paula Tolliver understands what it takes to transform a company or an industry. And she knows that IT savvy can be a key to career success, particularly because managi…
00:41:45 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
Workplace Expert Dan Schawbel Advises Communicating in Person
Author, entrepreneur, workplace expert and 2006 college grad Dan Schawbel says that his mission in life is to support the work lives of people in his age group. Dan is a well-known expert on the mill…
00:35:05 |
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Government Official/Fitness Studio Owner Tali Wenger
Tali Wenger is passionate about her job as a director of field operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She’s proud of their work responding to disasters like hurricanes, floods and fi…
00:27:07 |
Thu 08 Nov 2018
Building a Career as a Musician in a Rural Area w/ Forrest Marquisee
In Episode 32, journalist Sara Schonhardt talked about how some young college grads are heading back to small towns to find work. That show was recorded in a small sound studio in the woods, by a str…
00:36:40 |
Thu 25 Oct 2018
Bev Jones and Tom Hodson talk about how to beat the career blahs
What do you do when you’re overwhelmed by work, you’re feeling exhausted and burned out, and you just don’t know how to start digging your way out of the hole? How do you know where to put your energ…
00:37:10 |
Thu 11 Oct 2018
Leadership expert Karen Hough describes the power of saying “yes...and”
Karen Hough runs her own thriving consulting firm in Columbus, Ohio. But she started out as an actress. She did improv – where the actors appear on stage with no script or anything, and they have to…
00:31:16 |
Thu 27 Sep 2018
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