The 5 Best Career and Advice Podcasts to Improve Your Job Prospects
Curated for EarBuds by Bryce Webster
We know you’re always looking for something to listen to in those podcast earbuds of yours, EarBuddies! We’re on a mission to bring you endless lists upon lists of the best podcast recommendations out there because we believe that podcasts are the best form of entertainment. It seems like everyone is discovering podcasts lately, and we’re here for you!
This EarBuds podcast list was put together by a long-time curator and friend of the EarBuds community. Bryce Webster is very interested in entrepreneurship has many side projects and ventures going on. He cares deeply about the notion of where a career can take you. That’s why, for the two podcast lists he’s curated for us, both of them have touched on personal growth and career-related topics.
You can find both of those lists here and here.
Today, we’re focusing on the best career and advice podcasts. Enjoy!
Why did Bryce choose to share career and advice podcasts with us? Career advice is more important than ever during a time of economic contraction like we're in today. So, double-down on best practices and set yourself up for success as you navigate the uncertain road ahead.
Now, more than ever, people are seeking career and advice podcasts because of the state of the economy. Unfortunately, many have lost their jobs and are looking for ways to learn more about the top in-demand careers out there. These are the best podcast episodes to check out if you’re looking to beef up your resume.
P.s. listen to these podcasts with your podcast earbuds.
Here are the podcast episodes:
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Reid Hoffman: Mastering Your Scale for the Unexpected
69 minutes
All-around good career advice from Reid Hoffman, Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of LinkedIn.
About the Jordan Harbinger Show: Jordan chats with scientists, authors, performers, and he takes in wisdom and facts from the smartest people out there. As a listener to this podcast, you get a first-hand view (or listen) of new skills to gain, stories to understand, tactics to weigh, and so much more. This podcast is for you if you’re in the mood to be both entertained AND to take in some knowledge.
About Reid Hoffman: Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. Hoffman was the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a hybrid business-social online platform based in Silicon Valley.
The Work Remix
"Bringing your Human to Work" During COVID-19 with Erica Keswin
8 minutes
A timely episode on working through COVID-19 from Lindsey Pollack, a leading authority on millennials in the workplace.
About The Work Remix: The Work Remix with Lindsey Pollak podcast offers a positive approach to personal and organizational change that combines classic business practices from the past with modern ways of working. Lindsay teaches through her podcast that in today’s fast-paced, high tech, multigenerational work environment, we have to learn to mix it up in order to be successful.
About Erica Keswin: Erica Keswin is a business expert in the art of “working human.” She helps top-of-the-line businesses, organizations, and individuals improve themselves and their work by first acknowledging and taking in account their personal relationships, always with an eye toward human interaction, touch, and how it mixes with high-tech. Her book, Bring Your Human to Work: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business and Just Might Change the World (2018 McGraw-Hill) was a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
WorkLife with Adam Grant
33 minutes
Entertaining episode that highlights the importance of role players vs. all stars.
About WorkLife: In this podcast, organizational psychologist Adam Grant brings you interviews with professionals and experts who help us to make our day-to-day experiences in the office not suck. Grant will teach us how to love criticism and to reframe workplace frustrations. He believes that after you listen to this show, “you’ll never see your job the same way again.”
Invest Like the Best
83 minutes
Learn why generalists triumph in a specialized world. (*Note: career gold starts around minute 47 for those that want to get straight to it).
About Invest Like the Best: In this podcast, you will explore the ideas, methods, and stories of people that will guide you on the path of investing your time and money in smarter, more efficient ways.
About David Epstein: David Epstein is a writer, expert researcher, and the author of two great books. His second, Range, is newly released and comes highly recommended by host of Invest Like the Best, Patrick O'Shaughnessy.
Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu
Seth Godin on How to Be a Linchpin
55 minutes
Learn how to be a linchpin from an absolute master of marketing, Seth Godin.
About Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Impact Theory podcast is a weekly interview experience that explores the mindsets of the world’s most successful to learn the secrets of their crafts. It’s hosted by Quest Nutrition co-founder Tom Bilyeu. Impact Theory is made to give listeners the tools and know-how they need to unlock their potential and impact their surroundings.
About Seth Godin: Seth Godin is a serial entrepreneur who has a degree from Tufts University in computer science and philosophy, as well as an MBA from Stanford. Godin is a well-respected marketing expert.
Take a listen to these shows and let us know what you think! Feel free to get in touch via Twitter. You can find us here.
