My Career Journey

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Learn about the field of financial crimes compliance from expert Orlando Perez. In the episode, Orlando talks about how he ended up in financial crimes compliance, what the role entails, the skills you need to be successful, and how a learning and growth mindset allowed him to take advantage of exciting opportunities that opened doors and led him to where he is today. He also shares how AI has impacted the industry and interesting stories of crimes he's investigated. ------Highlights from the episode include:0:00 - Intro2:00 - What financial crimes compliance is4:12 - How Orlando found out about financial crimes compliance7:07 - Orlando’s career journey9:46 - What backgrounds and career paths could look like for people working in financial crimes compliance11:50 - What a typical day looks like14:07 - Interesting financial crime stories16:42 - How financial crimes get flagged18:45 - Skills that make someone successful in financial crimes compliance21:33 - How long it can take to solve a financial crime22:35 - What does success look like?23:32 - Impact of AI on financial crimes25:37 - Growth opportunities in financial crimes compliance27:31 - Benefits of working for bigger companies29:29- Most surprising thing about working in financial crimes compliance 31:49 - Leaving a job on good terms34:27 - Advice and closing------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Learn how to recognize signs of burnout and stop it before it’s too late. In this episode, hosts Emily and Allegra talk about the 3 main types of burnout (frenetic, under-challenged, and worn-out), how they’ve experienced each type, the signs of burnout, and tips to overcome it, including a burnout avoidance framework.------Highlights from this episode include:0:00 - Intro0:49 - Allegra explains the 3 main types of burnout: Frenetic, underchallenged, and wornout2:27 - Emily and Allegra tell stories of how they’ve experienced the different types of burnout8:14 - How Emily and Allegra recognize signs of burnout before it gets too late10:27 - Tips to overcome burnout before it gets bad, including a burnout avoidance framework16:18 - Closing------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Learn about different approaches to grow existing connections. Hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari talk about strategies that work for them to deepen relationships, who to keep in touch with, when to do it, ways they make networking work for their schedule, channels they use to keep in touch with people, and more.------Highlights from this episode include:0:00 - Intro1:28 - Did you know? - Interesting facts we found while researching3:47 - What operational, personal, and strategic networking looks like when growing connections8:44 - Our strategies for growing connections with people15:17 - How we choose who to keep in touch with19:16 - How much time we spend keeping in touch with people21:35 - What we get out of staying in touch with people23:04 - How Emily reached out to her network during a period of uncertainty when she quit her job before moving to Sweden25:36 - Referrals27:24 - Ways we make networking work for our schedules29:18 - Channels we use to keep in touch with people33:14 - Final advice and closing------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Curious about how to network and make new connections? Hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari talk about what networking is, when to do it, who they connect with, their approaches to meeting and reaching out to new people, common mistakes and turnoffs, thought leadership, and more. ------Highlights from this episode include: 0:00 - Intro1:05 - Did you know - Interesting facts we found while researching3:05 - Networking definition3:34 - When we recommend networking5:06 - Who we look to connect with and how6:21 - Making new connections through groups and communities7:33 - Making new connections though attending events9:46 - How we define and do cold outreach, or messaging people without knowing them11:23 - Framework for cold outreach14:57 - Common mistakes and turnoffs while networking18:42 - First impressions at events in person20:01 - Thought leadership25:42 - Final advice and closing------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ever wondered what it’s like to be an actor in Hollywood? Guest Keisuke Hoashi has been in the business for over 30 years! He's done it all – commercials, films, TV shows, theatre, voiceovers, and much more. He’s also a writer and musician and co-founded a music camp where he was the musical theatre director and where he and My Career Journey co-host Emily Banzhaf met!In the episode, Keisuke shares how he broke into acting, how he built his network from scratch, how he learned how to act, the depth he goes to prep for an audition, tips on getting an agent, how he deals with nerves, and hilarious stories from set. He also talks about starting out in the arts, the importance of his father in his life and career, the jobs he worked until he was able to support himself as an actor, when he realized he loved acting, running the music camp, transferable skills, and much more.To check out his incredible body of work, go to www.hoashi.com or find him on all socials at Keisuke Hoashi:IMDBWikipediaX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramLinkedIn------Highlights from the episode include: 0:00 - Episode intro2:47 - Keisuke intro, background, and formative years in the arts5:13 - Realization that he didn’t have what it took to be a professional trumpet player 5:55 - Parallel career as a performer8:28 - Job at the NY State Government as a writer and graphic designer9:31 - Setting low expectations11:23 - The realization in 2nd grade that acting was something Keisuke loved to do13:46 - Working in tech 19:43 - Moving to Hollywood to pursue acting21:42 - Building a network in LA without knowing anyone23:25 - Getting started acting in commercials25:22 - Taking acting classes27:37 - Types of training required for each type of acting 29:34 - What commercial acting is like31:49 - Getting into film and TV32:46 - Dealing with nerves and stage fright 38:09 - Being boxed into roles as an Asian American actor40:26 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch42:41 - Running into people when auditioning for roles and 2 chances Keisuke had to be the next Ken Jeong44:44 - The importance of personal branding and Keisuke’s tagline #1 Asian Every-Man. 48:11 - Chair farting while playing Judge Lance Ito 48:54 - Favorite stories from set53:51 - How Keisuke’s audition prep changes depending on what role he’s auditioning for. Talks through how he used his real life experience on his audition for Brooklyn Nine-Nine58:27 - What Keisuke’s life looks like as an actor, balancing auditioning and working1:00:52 - Getting creative with auditioning on the go and Keisuke’s experience generating work vs. going through an agent1:02:09 - Tips for getting an agent and what not to do1:07:00 - Advice for finding what fulfills you and what you really want to do 1:09:39 - Doing a 45-minute standup set at a camp concert that got delayed1:11:36 - How Keisuke’s tech skills helped the camp he co-founded become successful1:15:08 - Mentorship1:20:18 - Closing

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Guest Nankya Senungi has been through multiple career shifts, layoffs, and other major changes, but her passion for helping people and positive outlook are two things that've stayed consistent throughout every transition.In the episode, Nankya talks about what it’s like to be a consultant and how she turned working with Salesforce into a career. She also talks about how faith influences her career, how she's navigated layoffs and turned them into opportunities, how she builds and nurtures relationships, her experience working with a career coach, and more.------Highlights from the episode include:0:00 - Podcast and episode intro2:00 - Nankya’s intro and career journey4:47 - How faith influences Nankya’s career6:41 - Navigating layoffs and what Nankya gained from it12:29 - Advice for people going through layoffs14:46 - Building and nurturing relationships18:23 - What Salesforce is, training,21:49 - What the Dreamforce event was like24:04 - Salesforce training26:26 - Motivation for starting a consulting business29:25 - Working with a career coach32:36 - Mindset in consulting vs. working for one client or company35:34 - How Nankya learned the business side of consulting37:47 - Advice on taking the next step in your career38:54 - Closing out the episode------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari approach personal branding. They talk about what it is, the biggest mistakes people make, how they define and how people know their personal brands, how they’ve navigated rebranding themselves in different points in their lives, and much more.------Highlights from this episode include:0:00 - Intro1:51 - Did you know - Facts we found while researching2:54 - How we define personal branding6:38 - Biggest mistakes people make with personal branding13:01 - How we define our personal brands14:50 - How people know our brands20:15 - How we’ve navigated rebranding ourselves in different points in our lives24:26 - Final advice and closing------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Check out our interview prep guide, now available on Substack! In the guide, you'll find:Our simple 4-step approach to interview prepHow to organize your interview prep informationWhat to research before the interviewWhere to find the informationQuestions to prepare forQuestions you can ask interviewersPrompts to help you write stories from your experienceA storytelling frameworkWays to practice interviewingAnd much more!------Here are the links to the deep dive episode this guide is based on:PodcastYouTube------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Learn how hosts Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari think about and approach mentorship. They cover what mentorship is, myths about mentorship, when to look for mentorship, what to look for in a mentor, how to find and reach out to mentors, signs a mentor may not be a good fit, what successful mentorship looks like, and much more. ------Highlights from this episode include:0:00 - Intro1:02 - Did you know - interesting facts we found while researching1:50 - What mentorship means to us3:38 - Mentorship myths5:56 - When we look for mentorship7:39 - What we look for in a mentor9:04 - How we’ve found mentors10:21 - How we reach out to mentors13:02 - How often we connect with mentors14:38 - Who’s responsibility it is to drive the mentorship15:20 - Signs a mentor may not be a good fit16:27 - Bad mentorship experiences19:26 - What a successful mentorship looks like20:48 - Our mentorship experiences23:47 - Learnings from being mentors27:37 - Advice and closing------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube✍️ Subscribe on Substack📸 Follow on Instagram

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Guest Marlinda Galapon has worked for some of the biggest companies in the world, including Yahoo, Salesforce, and Zendesk. However, the path to getting there wasn’t easy.She originally started in nursing and then realized that’s not what she wanted to do. So she dropped out and worked a mix of contract and odd jobs until she found a full-time job in tech as a conversation designer. It took her about 5 years to get where she wanted to go, but once she knew what she wanted to do, she never gave up.In the episode, Marlinda goes deep and talks about the impact of having an associate’s degree, navigating imposter syndrome, how she handles networking and putting herself out there as an introvert, what odd jobs she’s worked, the importance of mentorship and community, and much more.------Highlights from the episode include:0:00 - Episode intro2:06 - Marlinda’s career journey5:29 - Self-consciousness about having an associate’s degree7:15 - Paths into conversation design8:57 - Motivation to keep pursuing conversation design10:10 - Odd jobs in between contract jobs14:47 - Navigating imposter syndrome19:18 - Putting yourself out there as an introvert22:08 - Navigating networking as an introvert24:51 - Mentorship27:25 - The feeling of not belonging in certain spaces and how to overcome that29:53 - Finding community31:25 - Keeping the joy alive in your career32:12 - Advice for people considering a career change34:27 - Closing out the episode------🎙️My Career Journey is a podcast that highlights different career paths, tackles tough topics, and shares actionable tips and insights. Hosted by Emily Banzhaf and Allegra Montanari.------🎧 Listen on all major podcast platforms📺 Subscribe on YouTube📸 Follow on Instagram