LinkedIn Learning Career Chats Series

👋 Hey LinkedIn community! 

 Shyvee here! I’m part of the LinkedIn Learning team, and I am so excited to share ✨ a special ‘Career Chats’ live series ✨ with you! 

I’m partnering with my Content partner, Almeera Jiwa Pratt, to interview thought leaders, builders, and influencers to inspire millions of learners like you to make meaningful progress in your career this March! Leaders will share their career journeys and lessons learned along the way to uncover how they got to where they are and pay it forward to the next generation of learners 🥳

🥁 Without further ado, here are the upcoming live sessions 🥁

Career Chat with Austin Belcak on Landing Your Dream Jobs Without Applying Online [March 14, Monday @ 12-12:45am PST]

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Austin Belcak is the founder of CultivatedCulture.com where he helps people land jobs they love without traditional experience and without applying online.

Austin’s job search system stems from his personal experience and has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Fast Co, and Inc. and he has helped thousands of job seekers land jobs at places like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Tesla, SpaceX, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, ESPN, the NFL, and more -- without applying online.

Join us live this March to hear Austin shares his personal experiences transitioning from a new grad with a biology degree, a 2.58 GPA, and a job in healthcare to landing interviews at Microsoft, Google, and Twitter resulting in a 5+ year career at Microsoft where he was promoted multiple times! We will also share free tools from Austin (Resume Builder, Resume Scanner, Resume Bullet Analyzer, and Email Finder) to help you jumpstart your job search!

👉 Check out Austin’s LinkedIn Learning course: Nano Tips for Landing Your Dream Job with Austin Belcak

Career Chat with Eric Sim on Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success [March 15, Tuesday @ 5-5:45pm PST]

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Eric Sim is a former Managing Director at UBS, a CFA charter holder, a lecturer, founder of the Institute of Life, and author of Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success. Eric is also one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices with 2.8 million followers. Eric’s story starts with a humble beginning - selling prawns at his father’s noodle stall in Singapore, bartending, and being rejected by Princeton’s Ph.D. program. 

Join us live this March to learn how Eric takes small actions to combat these setbacks and rejections, and achieve big career success in a simple, efficient, and sustainable way! Learn practical tips and valuable career and life lessons from Eric on how we can all be creators of our own destiny and success!

Career Chat with Liz Fosslien on Harnessing Emotions in the Workplace [March 16, Wednesday @ 9-9:45am PST]

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Liz Fosslien is an expert on how to make work better, Head of Communications and Content at Humu, and co-author and illustrator of the upcoming book Big Feelings and the Wall Street Journal best-seller No Hard Feelings. Her illustrations have been published/featured in the New York Times, The Economist, Time, TED, and CNN. She regularly speaks about emotions at work at organizations including Google, LinkedIn, NPR, and Spotify.

Join us live this March to learn from how Liz finds her voice and builds a brand in the “emotions at work” space, and how we can all harness the power of emotion in the workplace!

Career Chat with Selena Rezvani on Leading with Confidence [March 18, Friday @ 9-9:45am PST]

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Selena Rezvani is an award-winning author of two books and an expert on leadership and self-advocacy for women and other under-represented groups. She consults with leading organizations such as Microsoft, J&J, The World Bank and many others. Her TEDx talk won a Croly Journalism Award, she wrote an award-winning column on women in leadership for the Washington Post, and she served as a commentator on NPR's nationally syndicated "The 51% Perspective." She continues to be a regular contributor to NBC News’ Know Your Value.

Join us live this March to hear Selena shares her career journey, how she propels women into top echelons of leadership and elevates the workforces. Learn practice tips to be your own fierce self-advocate, build complete confidence in minutes, and master self-motivation!

👉 Check out Selena’s LinkedIn Learning courses: Being Your Own Fierce Self-Advocate, Complete Confidence in Minutes: Weekly, Mastering Self-Motivation, Executive Presence: Tips for Women, and How to Develop Friendships and Connect Meaningfully with Work Colleagues

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Career Chat with Gemma Leigh Roberts on Developing Mental Agility and Resilience [March 21, Monday @ 9-9:45am PST]

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Gemma Leigh Roberts is a chartered psychologist and author of Mindset Matters: Developing Mental Agility and Resilience to Thrive in Uncertainty. 3 million learners have watched her online courses on psychological resilience, emotional intelligence, growth mindset and mental agility. 

Over 500,000 people have subscribed to her Mindset Matters LinkedIn newsletter, where she publishes bi-weekly articles on how to create a mindset to achieve results. She regularly writes for and features in Stylist, the Guardian, Yahoo Finance, Forbes and Business Insider and has appeared on the BBC. Gemma also works with companies such as BP, Oracle, HSBC, Allstate, Microsoft and Spotify to help create resilient teams that thrive in uncertainty. 

Gemma will be going live this March with Almeera Jiwa Pratt, as part of a special LinkedIn Learning ‘Career Chats’ series, to share her career journey and help learners master mindsets to navigate change successfully and thrive in uncertainty!

👉 Check out Gemma’s LinkedIn Learning courses: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence, Developing Self-Awareness, Enhancing Resilience

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Career Chat with Jonathan Rochelle on Growing Your Careers in Big & Small Companies [March 22, Tuesday @ 9-9:45am PST]

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Jonathan Rochelle (JR) is a VP of Product at LinkedIn, leading product and creative teams focused on bringing the best content to LinkedIn Learning and empowering instructors and experts to share their knowledge with the world’s professionals. JR started his career in software engineering and co-founded two successful technology companies, one of which was acquired by Google. JR spent 14 years at Google, during its most transformative time, building the Google collaborative products (Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, Drive, etc.) used and loved by billions of active users and later, starting and leading Google Education products. Prior to joining LinkedIn Learning, JR was the Chief Product Officer at Zapier, and continues to be an investor and advisor to founders and startup companies. Outside of work, JR loves creative maker projects, electronic music, and advising students and early career professionals in their journey to become entrepreneurs. 

 Join us live this March to learn from JR’s diverse experiences founding and exiting his own startups and leading changes and transformations within large, growth companies. Hear firsthand about JR’s career journey and what he’s learned so far from his career decisions!

Career Chat with Jerry Lee on Turning Underdogs into Winners [March 23, Wednesday @ 12-12:45pm PST]

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Jerry is the COO/Founder of Wonsulting and an ex-Senior Strategy & Operations Manager at Google & used to lead Product Strategy at Lucid. After graduating college, Jerry was hired as the youngest analyst in his organization by being promoted multiple times in his first 2 years. After he left Google, he was the youngest person to lead a strategy team at Lucid. 

Jerry started Wonsulting to help millions around the world land their dream jobs. Through his work, he’s spoken at 250+ events & amassed 400,000+ followers across LinkedIn, TikTok & Instagram and has reached 100M+ jobseekers globally. In addition, his work has been featured on Forbes, Newsweek, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, LinkedIn & elected as the 2020 LinkedIn Top Voice for Tech. 

Join us live this March to hear Jerry shares his career journey, story of founding Wonsulting, and practical tips to get your dream careers!

👉 Check out Jerry’s LinkedIn Learning course: Nano Tips for Finding a Job with Jerry Lee

Career Chat with Erica Lockheimer on Leading From the Front and Paying It Forward [March 24, Thursday @ 9-9:45am PST]

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Erica Lockheimer is the VP of Engineering at LinkedIn, where she oversees the largest line of business - LinkedIn Talent Solutions and LinkedIn Learning. Erica was the first person in her family to graduate from college, and 20 years later, she is leading large teams to build products that impact millions and to represent a vision to create economic opportunities for every member of the global workforce. Outside of her “day job” as an engineering leader, Erica is also an active advocate and frequent speaker on the topic of women in technology. She seizes every opportunity to empower women to be the change we want to see in the world!

Join us live this March to learn from Erica how to become an effective leader with a growth mindset, how to elevate others along the journey, and how to be part of something that is bigger than you! 

👉 Check out Erica’s LinkedIn Learning course: Leadership in Tech

Career Chat with Kara Goldin on Overcoming Doubts and Doubters with Undaunted Courage [March 24, Thursday @ 12-12:45pm PST]

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Kara Goldin is the Founder of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. Kara has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, and The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Kara’s first book, Undaunted, is a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Best Seller. Her story founding Hint shows that true bravery is deciding to move forward, despite your fear, setbacks, failures, and frustrations. What would you do if you weren’t afraid? 

Join us live this March to learn how Kara took incredible risks and overcame huge challenges in founding Hint, how she persisted and mastered undaunted courage to not let fear hold her back from chasing her ambitions, and how we can all overcome our doubts and doubters, undaunted. 

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📣: All live sessions will be recorded and please RSVP to receive notifications to access the recordings (same links as the event RSVPs).

We hope to see many of you live this March and drop us a note below 👇 if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this series! We’d love to hear from you!