Dream Job Ready

Dream Job Ready - Episode 52 - How To Effectively Build a Winning LinkedIn Network and Connect with Influencers and Industry LeadersIn this episode we focus on the world of LinkedIn networking and unveil the secrets to creating a powerful network that opens doors to career advancement and meaningful collaborations. Join us as we explore the importance of strategic connection requests, mutual connections and engaging with influential individuals in your industry. Discover expert tips on optimising your LinkedIn profile, leveraging content to attract attention and nurturing relationships with industry leaders. Whether you're a young professional, entrepreneur or graduate, this episode will equip you with actionable strategies to build a thriving LinkedIn network that propels your career forward.Your personalised connection request template:Subject: Inspired by Your Work in [Industry]Dear [Influencer/Industry Leader's Name],I recently discovered your work in [industry] and have been truly inspired. Your expertise and achievements have made a significant impact on my professional journey. I admire your dedication and would love to connect with you on LinkedIn to learn from your experiences.Thank you for considering my request, and I hope to connect with you soon.Best regards,[Your Name]Career success starts with the right connections!If you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1If you'd like to connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:YouTube / Search 'Dream Job Ready'LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobreadyFacebook / @dreamjobreadyInstagram / @dreamjobreadyTwitter / @dreamjobreadyMusic: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews.Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

Dream Job Ready - Episode 51 - Unleashing Your Personal Brand Power - Building an Authentic Image of Hard Work, Innovation and SuccessThis is a re-launch! After 50 episodes of long-form interviews we're shaking it up for this episode (number 51) and beyond... Shorter and sharper episodes with clear action-orientated advice.We start with exploring the power of building an authentic personal brand that reflects your hard work, goals and hunger for success. We want to help you unlock your true potential so you can shape a fulfilling career or entrepreneurial journey.From the early stages of your career to progressing into the business world, the choices you make now will shape your future. Being "Dream Job Ready" means saying yes to the right opportunities, working hard and embracing the hustle.As the late Steve Jobs once said, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."Seize every opportunity, even if it doesn't perfectly align with your long-term vision. Embrace growth and continuous learning, knowing that each experience contributes to your unique story and sets you apart.Channel our inner hustler. Success doesn't come easy; it requires hard work and determination. Thomas Edison's words resonate: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."Be ready to roll up your sleeves, showcasing dedication, commitment, and resilience. Your relentless pursuit of excellence will establish your personal brand as someone who goes the extra mile.Lastly, we embrace innovation. Be open to new ideas, challenge the status quo, and push boundaries. Embrace technology, stay updated with industry trends, and seek innovative solutions. Remember, when you really believe in something, go for it. Incorporating vision and innovation into your personal brand positions you as a forward-thinking professional ready to shape the future.This episode includes our first-ever personal challenge. We want you to reflect on your personal brand and the image you want to project. Assess yourself on the three key skills from this episode.Let us know how you score!If you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1If you'd like to connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:YouTube  /  Search 'Dream Job Ready'LinkedIn  /  https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobreadyFacebook  /  @dreamjobreadyInstagram  /  @dreamjobreadyTwitter  /  @dreamjobreadyMusic: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews.Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

Dream Job Ready - Episode 50Host Dane Sharp is joined by Stevie's CEO Jo Harris and Advisor Peter Knock to discuss the future of recruitment, hiring and culture fit. Stevie is a new online startup that's offering a new take on recruitment.Dane was involved in the creation of Stevie, which occurred during a marketing hack games held in early 2020. You can hear more about that in Episode 23 of the Dream Job Ready show, when I interviewed MI Academy's Alita Harvey-Rodriguez and Natalie Khoury, who coordinated the event.Recruitment isn't perfect and there's no doubt Covid-19 and working from home has impacted it. It really is the perfect time to offer an evolved experience.Conversations in this episode include:What is Stevie and who's it for (job seekers and companies looking to hire)Stevie and its relationship with retail jobs Why cultural fit mattersPartners and Businesses working with Stevie (Shippit, Shopify, AfterPay, Trust Pilot, Deputy, Adore Beauty)Online job application and recruitment processThe importance of human understanding in job recruitmentHow important is Team and People in Business?Complexities of launching a business during a pandemic, including not all team members meeting in personHow to create and foster team culture in the online worldRemote workingJoin www.hirestevie.com.au and be an early candidateIf you'd like to connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:YouTube / Search 'Dream Job Ready'LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobreadyFacebook / @dreamjobreadyInstagram / @dreamjobreadyTwitter / @dreamjobready We welcome your feedback and questions via Email dreamjobreadypodcast@gmail.comAnd if you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1 Music: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews. Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

In this Quick Take episode of the Dream Job Ready podcast, Dane Sharp asks Alliv Samson (co-founder of Kami) 3 questions. Those 3 questions are:What job advice has had the most impact on your career?What's a must-do in any job application or interview? What's one thing you wish you knew, understood and/or appreciated earlier in your career?Alliv also gets the chance to ask Dane 1 random question about something career/job related.This short interview was done off the back of Dane and Alliv's longer chat in Episode 48, where the two talk entrepreneurship, business leadership, culture and customers. Kami is an EdTech company that offers a digital document tool in schools, that is being used by over 25 million teachers and students across the world.If you'd like to connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:YouTube / Search 'Dream Job Ready'LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobreadyFacebook / @dreamjobreadyInstagram / @dreamjobreadyTwitter / @dreamjobreadyWe welcome your feedback and questions via Email dreamjobreadypodcast@gmail.comAnd if you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1Music: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews.Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

Welcome to a Quick Take episode of the Dream Job Ready podcast!Are you feeling unsure about your career choice? Starting to feel like you're in the wrong job or wrong industry? My guest from Episode 31, Michelle Battersby, whose past roles include Country Manager at Bumble and CMO at Keep it Cleaner, admits she's had thoughts like that in the past and acted on them, and admits she expects to get them again at some point in her career down the line.In this bite size episode, I share some of Michelle's advice from her long form interview in Episode 31. Here's the transcript:Dane Sharp (Host):Are you starting to feel like you’re in the wrong job or working in the wrong industry? You're going to want to keep listening to this episode...Hello and welcome to a Quick Take of the Dream Job Ready podcast. This 1 minute 40 second snippet comes from Episode 31, with guest, Michelle Battersby, who was then-CMO of online fitness company, Keep It Cleaner. Michelle has had a busy career with several key job and industry changes, so during the interview I asked her why, what and how she made the leap from HR roles in the finance and banking industry to being Director of Marketing for the Woman centric dating app, Bumble.Michelle gives simple and relatable advice, which helped her get the opportunity to first connect with Bumble founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd.Side note... You would have likely heard Whitney’s name mentioned plenty in the news this year after she took Bumble public on the Nasdaq in February, which made her the world’s youngest self made female billionaires at age 31. A good person to connect with!Here’s Michelle recalling how that career change went down:Michelle Battersby (Guest): I remember having this inner feeling - just this voice that kept saying to me, ‘you're way better at something else than this. There is something out there that you're meant to be doing that you're not doing’. I just had this feeling that I hadn't found the right thing yet, and then it was as soon as I began acknowledging those inner thoughts and feelings that opportunities started coming to me. I do hate giving this advice, because it sounds really, you know, “woo-woo” and it's not really theoretical or tangible, but I really do believe what you put out is what you get back, and as soon as you start looking for things and start talking to people honestly about what you're going through and the fact that you you're looking for something else and you're not sure what it is, and you're exploring other ideas, it doesn't matter if you speak to one person or 10 people, that one person or all those 10 people, could remember what you've said and come back to you at some point. And that's exactly what happened for me, and I ended up being offered the Bumble opportunity, which may be once in a lifetime, but it was a friend that I'd spoken to and she remembered me saying I wasn't sure I was enjoying what I was doing, and the next time we spoke three months later she came to me with an introduction to chat to Whitney [Wolfe Herd]. You have absolutely nothing to lose in talking to people or putting things out there, you only have something to gain.If you'd like to connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:- YouTube / Search 'Dream Job Ready'- LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobready- Facebook / @dreamjobready- Instagram / @dreamjobready- Twitter / @dreamjobready We welcome your feedback and questions via Email dreamjobreadypodcast@gmail.comAnd if you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1 Music: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews. Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

Hi, I'm Dane Sharp - host of Dream Job Ready. I'm also an excited, new starter this week, announcing I've landed a new dream job as Chief Marketing Officer at tech startup, togetherAI.I've been fortunate to work for some amazing companies (Rip Curl, Under Armour, eBay, McDonald's) and awesome people in my career, but this new endeavour is one worth sharing and celebrating.Unfortunately, youth mental health is deteriorating as children are “on device” at increasingly younger ages with an alarming correlation in increased rates of anxiety, depression, cyber-predatory and cyber-bullying. 1 in 5 young people will be socially excluded, threatened or abused online this year. 1 in 4 are at clinical risk of serious mental illness but the majority are reluctant to seek help.Families often lack the awareness, knowledge and communication skills necessary to navigate complex scenarios and build resilient mental health and wellbeing on the journey to adulthood. Over 70% of parents feel that they struggle to communicate with their children.As a new parent, these stats and the realities at large about family mental health shocked me. When I learned of togetherAI's focus and mission, I couldn't help but want to be a part of its future.I've known togetherAI Founder and CEO, Josh Wilson, for more than 6 years, working together briefly when he was starting his first business venture, StatEdge. Today, I'm happy to be working with him and a team of passionate peers to bring togetherAI to life.I invited Josh on to the show for this episode and asked him to prepare 3 reasons why his new job is a dream job. The three?ImpactAlignmentTeam & PeopleWe discuss each in the episode.If you want this episode to be a deeper level of personal, check out the video version on YouTube.You can also connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:- YouTube / Search 'Dream Job Ready'- LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobready- Facebook / @dreamjobready- Instagram / @dreamjobready- Twitter / @dreamjobready We welcome your feedback and questions via Email dreamjobreadypodcast@gmail.comAnd if you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1 Music: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews. Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

Business owner, C7 quadriplegic, author and one heck of an inspiration - Darren Longbottom (Owner of Zink Surf) chats with Dane Sharp about life and leadership in a wheelchair | Dream Job Ready EP45Ready to be inspired, shocked, moved and motivated in one short interview?Darren 'Daz' Longbottom was born into the surfing industry. Growing up on the beach in Cronulla, Australia, he and his brother witnessed surf industry and business success first hand via their father, who was a surfboard manufacturing pioneer in the 70s and 80s. Coming of working age, it didn’t take Daz long to forge his own identity in the surf industry and business world, eventually becoming the owner of a surf shop in Kiama on NSW's south coast.The business was successful and enabled Daz to live a happy, easy-going and casual life, but all that was rocked in a split second by a freak surfing accident in the remote region of Mentawais, North Sumatra.The freak surfing accident broke Darren's neck and resulted in instant paralysis. Alone in the water and semi-unconscious, Daz fought to stay alive until he was rescued by his friends, returned to the boat and stabilized (by getting strapped to a surfboard). But that’s just the beginning... What follows is a 25+ hour ordeal (I stress the world ordeal) returning to the mainland and reaching the safety of a hospital... You're likely trying to guess or imagine what went wrong and what happened... Think worse and times it by x 2...Today, Daz still runs his successful surf store in Kiama, but now does it from a wheelchair because of his C7 quadriplegia and spinal cord injury. His co-authored book Beyond the Break explains his unbelievable, life-or-death escape to safety in impeccable detail and reading the book inspired me to interview Darren for Dream Job Ready. For it's not simply the inspiration, motivation or advice on mindset he shares, but the importance, reliance, and motivation he put on work, his job, and on his company, even in the hardest times of his recovery. Dane visited Darren at his home on the South Coast of NSW for the interview (Covid-19 safe) and we had a small sound issue with my microphone. No biggie, you'll make out and understand everything I say, but I'm just calling out that the audio is not as crystal as it normally is or as Darren's microphone audio is, which is perfect.If you want this episode to be a deeper level of personal, check out the video version on YouTube.You can also connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:- YouTube / Search 'Dream Job Ready'- LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobready- Facebook / @dreamjobready- Instagram / @dreamjobready- Twitter / @dreamjobreadyAnd if you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1Music: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews.Copyright 2020 | Remarkable

Dream Job Ready with Dane Sharp and Jen Heape (Co-founder and COO, Vixen Labs) | Dream Job Ready EP44. Hello and thank you for discovering Dream Job Ready! Season 2 is here with a bang and we kick off the new series by interviewing Voice Tech expert, Jen Heape, in Episode 44.Jen is COO and co-founder of Vixen Labs - UK's leading voice consultancy and design studio.Smart Speakers, Voice Assistants and voice-centric apps (think Clubhouse) are radically changing the way we interact with technology at home, at work, and in the classroom. It's an exciting industry and one that's going to dominate the next decade.With expertise in linguistics and over a decade of experience leading creative teams, Jen heads up the voice product output of Vixen Labs. She brings intellectual and creative rigor to voice design and is passionate about how conversational technologies can affect real change in our lives, right now. With a particular interest in the psychology behind voice-based interactions, she seeks to push at the technological constraints of today to create bold new applications.Jen’s specialism lies in the pioneering field of voice strategy and voice user experience (VUX), covering all areas of conversational experience design, such as use case definition, user journey mapping, interaction design, character development, and tone of voice creation.She regularly speaks internationally on all things voice, especially around ethics and biases in conversational technologies, as well as deep dives on the innovative principles of voice design.I first met Jen back in 2009, when she freelanced with me and Rip Curl during a Rip Curl surfing event in Portugal. Jen helped me with content creation and website articles pre, during, and post-event, and I'm super proud of the career she's gone on to create.If you're looking for a new dream job or exploring new industries to call home, hit play and learn some more about Voice Tech and the opportunities that exist.On top of discussing all things voice, Jen and Dane share advice about what to do and what not to do during interviews, why networking is essential and where to invest energy in your job search. You can connect with Dream Job Ready via our Socials:- LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreamjobready- Facebook / @dreamjobready- Instagram / @dreamjobready- Twitter / @dreamjobready We welcome your feedback and questions via Email dreamjobreadypodcast@gmail.comAnd if you'd like to financially support this podcast series, please make a contribution via https://supporter.acast.com/dream-job-ready-1 Music: ‘Funky Sunday’ composed and performed by Mark Matthews. Copyright 2020 | Remarkable