Episodes

Want to know the top ten resume tips for 2022? Listen to this episode of Coffee break and get ready to update your resume. Articles to help you update your resume: 1. CareerOneStop - https://blog.careeronestop.org/4-essenti...

This week's coffee break will focus on what DEI is, the effect the pandemic has had on DEI, and how to evaluate whether a company values DEI. This podcast is a companion to the podcast interview of Tissa Hami of Korsi Consult...

Tissa Hami is the Founder of Korsi Consulting - DEI Solutions for an equitable world. Tissa has had a career trajectory that often put her as the only woman, the only woman of color, or the only immigrant woman in the room. T...

On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST , I will be hosting a webinar on Virtual Interviewing. During the webinar, we will review 10 tips and strategies for rocking any virtual interview. To sign up for the webinar...

Self-Care is more than a catch phrase, in 2022 its vital to our mental health. Listen to 8 dos and don'ts for self care taken from Success Magazine's Instagram page. Do you have any self-care tips to share? If so, please po...

This Coffee Break is on the subject of procrastination. In his best selling book "Eat That Frog", Brian Tracey gives 21 suggestions for how to stop procrastinating and achieve your goals. In this podcast, I will focus on th...

This is a new segment of Pivot Point, Success is a Journey called "Coffee Break". In the time it takes to make a cup of coffee, you can learn about a topic to help support your career growth. Every week I will discuss a top...

Sometimes when you start down a career path, it is hard to tell where it will lead. However, if you embrace who you are and use all your life experiences, you'll be prepared when opportunity knocks. This sums up the career t...

Tailored for Success, Inc. is. nonprofit organization that empowers job seekers to become economically self-sufficient by providing resources, skills training and supportive reinforcement. Since 2000, we have been empowering ...

In this episode, I sit down with Sara Scheckles of Sara Sounds to discuss her career as an audio book narrator. We discuss not only her career but the nuances in the audio book industry. Sara details how she got started in ...

This episode is a replay of the Women's Empowerment Workshop which was held in March during Women's History Month. The discussion focused on how women should use all the resources available to them to shorten their job searc...

In Episode 14, I have the privilege of interviewing Cecilia Akuffo the author of a blog entitled " Workplace Fairness & Dignity ". As you will hear, Cecilia is an articulate woman who has a passion for shedding light on an i...

Networking in these challenging times of COVID-19 has become real. In order to move your career forward you have to understand the value of networking and how to make the most of your network. Over the past several months, ...

In 2015, Tailored for Success was given a grant to start a program to assist women veterans called - Boots2Suits, A Program for Women Veterans. Since the program began, we have been working to increase awareness around the i...

In this episode, I pick. up my conversation with Lovern Gordon, President of Love Life Now (www.lovelifenow.org). The episode begins with a listing of the different types of abuse: coercion and threats, intimidation, emotiona...

Sometimes success is getting out of an abusive relationship and reclaiming your identity. In this episode, I interview Lovern Gordon, President and Founder of Love Life Now Foundation (www.lovelifenow.org). Lovern is passio...

A quick podcast on taking responsibility for your success in life. Once you start looking inward as to why you are not achieving the results you want, circumstances in your life will change. The podcast is a departure from m...

Black & Golds – Green Dynastea – The Flood These are just some of the cookie flavors of Top Shelf Cookies. In 2014, Heather Yunger started Top Shelf Cookies after several job changes that resulted in being told she’d never be...

In this episode, I talk with Nicole Lawrence O'Brien, the Founder of Ruth's Way for Women. Ruth's Way for Women is located in Lynn, MA and started as a recovery house for women. After a few years, the organization pivoted t...

This podcast episode goes into detail about the limiting beliefs we all have at times. Limiting beliefs which are really excuses, bad habits and rationalizations for not achieving our goals. The book Once Upon a Cow by Dr....

Kisoboka means "it is possible" in the Uganda language. Kisoboka Uganda is a Lexington, MA based nonprofit that has had a significant impact on a village in Uganda called Bakka since 2008. Hear from the co-Director of Kisob...

This is part 2 of a discussion of how David Hart came to be an advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Part 2 details how his brother, Christopher, was given a seat in the Melrose public school ...

This podcast chronicles the beginning of a parent's advocacy organization that was incorporated in 1974 as the Concerned Citizens for the Mentally Retarded; now known as "CCMR". CCMR was founded by Charles Hart and a group o...

In this podcast, I explore the difference between luck and opportunity. Sometimes, we all make excuses for why things are not working out, it's only natural to get discouraged. When you are feeling like this, I recommend th...