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If you’re looking to pivot into your next big role, make more impact, increase your salary, or break into a top tech company, this podcast is for you. Yannick Kpodar, a LinkedIn alum, was once a struggling business graduate who couldn’t find a job. Through trial and error, he learned the “secrets” to hacking the job hunt process and leapfrogging in his career. Since then, he’s been able to break into B2B Sales in a Fortune 100 company, pivot into Product Marketing at Linkedin in San Francisc ...
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Welcome to the Career Hacker Mini Series. These are really short episodes that get straight to the point and tackle real-world challenges among career hackers in less than 10 minutes. In this episode, we're taking a bite out of Going All In. We go through the 7 steps you'll need to build the conviction to do whatever it takes to break into a top co…
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#11: How to Land Your Dream Job After Getting Let Go with Dominik Mertens
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Welcome to the 11th episode of the Career Hackers Secrets Podcast. Today we welcome Dominik Mertens, a mother of 3 who, after running events in higher education for 15 years, lost her job due to Covid. Despite her fear of not knowing what was next, she didn't settle. She didn't lose sight of her goal, and she managed to pivot into an incredible new…
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#10: Finding Self-Compassion and Pivoting Into Your Dream Job with Selma Chang
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Welcome to the tenth episode of the Career Hackers Secrets Podcast. Today we chat with Selma Chang, a rock star product marketer who pivoted from sales. I met Selma at LinkedIn in San Francisco a few years ago when she was passionate about pivoting into product marketing. You'll hear specifically how Selma overcame imposter syndrome and how she ove…
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Welcome to the Career Hacker Mini-Series. These are really short episodes that get straight to the point in real-world challenges among career hackers in less than 10 minutes. In this episode, we're taking a bite out of the reasons Why LinkedIn Premium is Worth It. You cannot afford to miss out on LinkedIn Premium, regardless of if you're job searc…
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#8: From Musician Touring the World to Sr. Director at Salesforce with Latrice Barnett
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Welcome to the sixth episode of the Career Hackers Secrets Podcast. Today we welcome Latrice Barnett. Latrice was once a band musician touring the world, and now she is a Senior Director at Salesforce in Silicon Valley. We'll get into the details of how she decided to completely change her life after 9/11 when she quit her very lucrative job to bec…
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#7: 10 Steps to Create a Killer LinkedIn Profile
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Welcome to the Career Hacker Mini series. These are really short episodes. I get straight to the point and tackle real-world challenges among career hackers in less than 10 minutes. In this episode, we're discussing the 10 Steps to Create a Killer LinkedIn Profile. An optimized LinkedIn profile will ensure that you get noticed over and over again w…
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#6: How Angel Gonzalez leveraged soul-searching, Y-Combinator projects, and intuition to pivot into Product Marketing
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In this episode, I introduce speaker Angel Gonzalez, and we talk about how he went from an accounting major unsure of where he was going to a product marketing manager at Linkedin. This company hires less than 1% of all applicants. Angel was a man on a mission. He shares about his process of figuring out what he wanted and then how he got it. And j…
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#5: From fashion stylist to tech, to business owner: Evolve, adapt and monetize your expertise with Lisa Francoeur
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Welcome to the fifth episode of Career Hackers Secrets Podcast. Today we welcome Lisa Francoeur, entrepreneur, female leader and world-renowned motivational speaker. Lisa is the CEO at Fancyfied and a consultant devoted to scaling empowerment globally. She is also the cofounder of Crypto Tutors, an educational platform which is all about simplifyin…
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Welcome to the Career Hacker’s Mini Series. In this episode, we're taking a bite out of the 11 Secrets of Career Hackers. These are the principles, tips, and strategies that define a Career Hacker and set them entirely apart from other top candidates. This is for anyone at any level who is looking to get the edge, mindset, and insights to have an a…
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#3: From the front lines of Bagdad to Silicon Valley and Venture Capital with Dan Savage
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In this episode, I introduce speaker Dan Savage, and we chat about his journey from joining the army to transitioning into tech at LinkedIn and the prestigious VC firm, Sequoia. Now he is a VP at Shift.org, where he helps fellow veterans pivot into their new civilian careers. Dan gets real with us and talks about the anxiety of not knowing what is …
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#2: 6 steps to pivot into a top tech company
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Welcome to the Career Hackers Mini Series. These are really short episodes that get straight to the point and tackle real-world challenges among career hackers. The objective is to get the most essential advice you need in less than 10 minutes. In this episode, we're taking a bite out of the Six steps to pivot into your dream job. These are precise…
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#1: From Sales Ops to Venture Capital with Jeremiah Clark
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Welcome to the 1st interview on the Career Hacker Secrets podcast. Today we welcome Jeremiah Clark, a black man from Atlanta, Georgia, who grew up in a single-parent household. It hasn’t been without any struggle, but Jeremiah managed to break into LinkedIn, pivot into Pinterest, and later pivoted once more into venture capital in the most competit…
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My name is Yannick Kpodar. I'm a former Product Marketing Lead at LinkedIn, a Top 100 Product Marketing influencer, and current Global Product Marketing Director at a top 40 Startup in Europe. I'm on a quest to interview ordinary people pivoting into incredible jobs in top tech companies. From a fashion stylist to a seven-figure enterprise account …
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Introducing the Career Hacker Secrets Podcast!
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My name is Yannick Kpodar. I'm on a quest to interview ordinary people pivoting into incredible jobs in top tech companies. From a fashion stylist to a seven-figure enterprise account executive at LinkedIn, from musician to a senior director at Salesforce, from a US Army infantry officer to a VP at a startup, from a black man who grew up with his m…
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