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Season two of Skills Recharged is wrapping up on a motivational note. Michele is grateful for all the industry experts that joined the skills recharged conversation this season. The communication with many of you has been an informative exchange of knowledge gems, inspirational, and an exchange of virtual high-fives to stay the course. Cheers to 2020 being an abundantly phenomenal year for us all blazing the career trails of our choosing.

The skills recharged conversation continues with returning guest Career Coach & Private Banker, Dalan Vanterpool during episode five. Dalan helps professionals navigate and connect to fulfilling careers through his podcast, Focus The Fire. By day he advises high net worth clients. During this episode, Dalan shares financial wellness insight on how to make strategic choices with your career that will potentially recession-proof your livelihood.

The skills recharged conversation continues with Staffing & Recruiting expert, Tim Lesnick during episode four. Tim has over 16 years of experience in the staffing business and interviewed well over 10,000 applicants and have placed nearly 4,000 candidates on a contract or full-time basis. During this episode, Tim shares how his career persevered to have longevity through two recessions and accomplished his personal and professional goals by networking with a purpose.

The skills recharged conversation continues with Corporate Trainer, Mahjooba Bianchi during episode three. Mahjooba is a Registered Educational Provider for the Project Management Institute and an accredited and certified PMP Instructor. She has helped over 500 project management professionals ace the PMP Exam using her proven 3T System. During this episode, Mahjooba shares her perspective of why more professionals should invest in acquiring industry certifications.

The skills recharged conversation continues with Mental Health Therapist, Victoria Henry. She has demonstrated a history of working in the mental health care industry and community outreach throughout Central Florida. Victoria helps clients develop skills to successfully take control of their mental health and build healthy relationships. During this episode, Victoria shares how demonstrating mindfulness can help you manage your emotions and overcome fear-based thinking to prevent career burnout.

The skills recharged conversation continues during season two. During episode one, Michele encourages listeners to build upon the soft and skills takeaways from season one. Michele shares career assessment resources and gives a sneak peek of what topics will be discussed during season two with industry experts.

Michele focused on the top three in-demand soft and technical skills identified by LinkedIn for 2019 during this season. Gratefully, she got the listeners to think about how they're going to stay competitive and gainfully employed as the Age of AI continues to transform the workplace as we know it. This episode is the season finale for season one of Skills Recharged. Michele is encouraging you to start today to recharge your skills both soft and technical.

Analytical reasoning is the featured skill for episode six of season one of Skills Recharged. Companies need more professionals breaking down complex information, events, and situations to identify patterns along with causes and effects. Being able to cultivate smart decisions from a mass amount of data is in demand. Michele is sharing tips on how to strengthen your analytical reasoning skill set.

Collaboration is the featured skills for episode five of season one of Skills Recharged. As projects grow increasingly more complex and global in the Age of AI, effective collaboration becomes important according to LinkedIn's post The Skills Companies Need the Most in 2019. Collaboration requires a cooperative spirit and mutual respect. Michele shares tips and perspectives on how to be collaborative in communication with colleagues and managing tasks.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the featured skill for episode four of season one of Skills Recharged. Many blue collar, white collar, and new collar professionals may need to acquire an artificial intelligence skill set to remain competitive and hire ready in their industry of choice. Acquiring some skillsets is primarily about gaining knowledge oppose to completing the tasks related to the skill daily. Michele is sharing a general snapshot of artificial intelligence's impact as a skill.

Persuasion is the featured soft skill for episode three for season one of Skills Recharged. Companies need more employees that can demonstrate that they are masters of persuasion to help generate sales and overall consumer buy-in. From onboarding employees to getting teams to work cohesively together, the art of persuasion influences acceptance and strengthens business dynamics. Michele shares tips and scenarios that can potentially help you excel at persuasion in your communication.

Cloud computing is the featured skill for episode two for season one of Skills Recharged. LinkedIn has listed cloud computing as the #1 hard skill needed most in 2019. As more workloads transition to the cloud, the call to close the skill gap is in demand. Michele shares industry insights and career tips that will help launch your research on determining if cloud computing is possibly good skill fit for you.

Creativity is the first skill kicking off Season One of Skills Recharged. Creativity is the #1 soft skill companies are looking for in 2019 and breeds solutions. Creativity can be learned. Michele chats about ways to get your creative juices flowing and potentially be led to career opportunities you didn't foresee but grateful to find.

Episode 57 of The Career Tipper podcast is from our archives vault that features the original voice of Apple’s Siri, Susan Bennett. Her voice talent is the persona on devices worldwide. During this episode, Susan chats about  the lessons that she has learned along her journey to accidental fame, how technology has transformed the industry, and how she keeps her skills recharged.

Episode 56 of The Career Tipper podcast features Christine Michel Carter. As a writer, speaker and consultant Christine has become a voice for millennial moms and diverse professionals and labeled a thought leader for marketing to millennial consumers. She has been featured in, and guest contributed to TIME, The New York Times, Harper's BAZAAR, Health, Ebony, and Women’s Health. During this episode, Christine chats about branding your skills.

Episode 55 features Debbie Hoffman. She is the Founder & CEO of Symmetry Blockchain Advisors, Inc. where Debbie works with clients in their endeavors related to education, strategy, compliance and development of blockchain solutions.  She spent a decade of her career as a real estate finance attorney at a law firm. Debbie was selected as a 2018, 2016 and 2014 Woman of Influence by Housingwire Magazine. During this episode, Debbie chats about making a career transition into blockchain.

Episode 54 features Regine Bonneau. She is a leading expert and practitioner in governance, risk management, compliance, and cybersecurity. Ms. Bonneau is the Founder and CEO of RB Advisory LLC, which provides cyber risk management, security assessments, compliance services, forensic audits, and privacy consultations for private sector and government clients. During this episode, Regine chats about her career path in cyber security and the heighten awareness needed by all.

Episode 53 of the Career Tipper podcast features Michele Badie the Host and Professional Development Advocate. She is celebrating and gives a review of year one of the podcast. Michele shares Career Tipper trivia too. Tune in as she shares her experiences and takeaways over the past year of helping professionals evolve to their professional best through the podcast.

Episode 52 of The Career Tipper podcast features Dr. Roshawnna Novellus. Roshawnna is the Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a financial technology platform with regulatory approval to help women secure funding to grow their ventures. EnrichHER is disrupting traditional and predatory lending terms through its credit model and lending environment. During this episode, Dr. Novellus shares insight on building ecosystems that help women get funding to grow incredible ventures through capital and connections.

Episode 51 features Nicole Webb. Her competitive nature helped her excel quickly throughout her 10+ years as an HR professional. She realized that working tirelessly wasn’t drive, it was her fear of failure. She quit and launched NK Webb Group. Her mission is to educate and equip individuals to take ownership of their careers and do work they love. Nicole is a Forbes Coaches Council member and authored The Workplace Playbook. During this episode, Nicole chats about career accountability.