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How to Stay Motivated in Your Career During COVID
Carly Chase, Laura Castaing
If you are having trouble focusing amongst everything happening in the world today, find yourself cleaning...
If you are having trouble focusing amongst everything happening in the world today, find yourself cleaning your closet to avoid sifting through LinkedIn for a hint at what you should be doing for a living, or just think it would be so be nice if you could just watch Billions in peace knowing your career planning was on track, you are not alone! We'll be sharing tips and tactics for how to stay reset and stay motivated throughout the rest of 2020. You’ll learn skills to stay motivated in even the most annoying of times.
You will walk away from this chat with:
- Some of our favorite tips on how to keep the motivation up through the bad news
- How to effectively network to avoid getting bogged down by endless connections that don't seem to get anywhere
Meet The Speakers
Carly Chase
Founder of Crabwalk
Carly Chase’s 15-year career has included stints at big institutions (e.g. Goldman Sachs, The City of New York under Mayor Michael Bloomberg) and NYC based startups (e.g. PivotDesk, SquareFoot). Currently, she serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. She runs programs including MIT’s summer accelerator based in NYC and coaches students across campus to be effective entrepreneurs and humans. She is also a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. You can read more about her on LinkedIn.
Laura Castaing
Laura Castaing is an executive coach based in NYC with 14 years of operations experience. She worked directly for founders and managed over 500 people at startups including Managed by Q and HowAboutWe. She has an MBA from Kellogg, an engineering degree from Duke, and three years of experience full-time coaching. She coaches founders and successful professionals facing work transitions. Her approach combines a high level of empathy, a deep understanding of business strategy and career development, and an action-oriented mindset. You can learn more about her on her website and on LinkedIn.
Q&A
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Staying motivated to do painful job hunting tasks while parenting/homeschooling unwilling teens.
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
Staying focused on personal and business priorities when so much of my time is being taken up with staff support, communications and admin as we work remote and navigate COVID - and now a tropical storm!
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
How can I stay motivated when an integral part of my job focuses on social media and monitoring our social channels, when it seems like everything coming across social is dark, heavy news? It is...
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
How to find motivation when shifting back to the office from having so many outside sources for motivation before (walking outside, accomplishing a quick task at home, etc).
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
What are some good strategies to recover focus after being distracted by either the news or internal procrastination efforts?
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
I did a programming bootcamp last year and I decided to study independently rather than put a lot of effort into job hunting, since I had just lost a lot of confidence. A year later, after...
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
Do you have any mind-set hacks to promote positive thinking?
Posted on 2020-08-03 -
Are there specific skills and characters that recruiters are now paying more attention to with the new covid environment?
Posted on 2020-07-31 -
I really struggle to earn a consistent income, or know where to look for jobs that pay well. What are some suggestions you have for elevating my professional search?
Posted on 2020-07-31 -
I've been 'ghosted' by two companies after going through several rounds of interviews. Are there tips you can offer to avoid this? Or how to not take it personally?
Posted on 2020-07-30 -
Any advice for people who have been laid off or furloughed?
Posted on 2020-07-28 -
I'm just interested in hearing ways to motivate during career transitions in COVID. Thanks for hosting this.
Posted on 2020-07-28 -
How do I highlight my interest when it seems a bit minor topic in my field?
Posted on 2020-07-26 -
When working in an office you can organically strike up conversations in the hallway, break room, etc. in part because it is easy to see if someone is available for a casual conversation. These...
Posted on 2020-07-26
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