Listen "Your Career Questions Answered: Navigating Nerves, Feeling Stuck, and Starting Fresh"
Episode Synopsis
Are you feeling nervous about interviews? Wondering what job and career options there are for you? Have you been applying for jobs and internships for months with no progress? 🎙️Welcome to UMBC Careers Unleashed!This episode is packed with practical advice and resources tailored for your career journey. You will walk away with top tips on navigating your nerves, networking and job searching, preparing or not preparing, figuring out what you can do, and tons of tools and resources you can access RIGHT NOW, wherever you are.📝Comment with other questions you have!We will do this segment every so often so we can tackle head on what you need answered now. Questions answered in this episode: "What do I do if I’m nervous in an interview?" | “How do I answer ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ | “How do I figure out what I am interested in?” | “I have been applying for months online and still don’t have a job, what do I do?” Resources Mentioned in This Episode:📩 Questions and [email protected]👩💻Interview Prep Platform:Big Interview 💼Find Jobs & Internships: Career Center and On-Campus Recruiting |Handshake | LinkedIn | Idealist📚Explore Majors & Careers: FOCUS2 Assessment |Stepping Blocks|Additional Tools🔍Network Like a Pro: Retrievers Connect | UMBC LinkedIn Alumni📅Career Appointments: Schedule HereEpisode Highlights:⏰ 2:23 – "What do I do if I’m nervous in an interview?"⏰ 6:00 - Preparing- what does that look like?⏰ 9:00 - Answering “Tell Me About Yourself”⏰ 14:45 - “How do I figure out what I am interested in?”⏰ 23:10 - “I have been applying for months online and still don’t have a job, what do I do?” ⏰ 33:00 - “How do I find and get a job or internship?”Available now on YouTube, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Thanks for listening to UMBC Careers Unleashed. If you have other questions about the job search or figuring out your career path, please📝 comment, ❤️like, and 🔔subscribe. We are taking questions throughout the year and will be answering them here every other week. This podcast is sponsored by UMBC Career Center, Recording and Production by Judson Asomani, Directed by Marykate Conroy, Music and Intro by Isaiah Dunn, Hosted by Stephanie Taylor Okoukoni, Graphics by Dustin Eby, Sam Nguyen, and Tolulupe Ajabade.