Welcome to the Careering Podcast

So you know what to expect, here's an early heads up that there will be an f-bomb or three, raucous laughter, and a collection of rants and reckons on all things career. It is hosted by author and creator of Careering9, Melissa Davies, and her partner in crime, Kelsie Inglis. The intent is to share our diverse work/career/life experiences and champion and support Kiwi women to succeed on their own terms. We hope what we share is useful for everyone, and we will be putting the spotlight on the issues that women specifically often have to navigate which at times, means it might get a little uncomfortable but when we all know better, we can do better. We want to help create safer and more inclusive spaces for everyone - nothing like grand ambition to kick off with!

If you’re brave, take a seat, settle in and listen as difficult career and workplace issues get tackled. Sometimes we’ll be wrong, sometimes we’ll be right but we’ll deliver it with confidence and a touch of colourful language so at least it will be entertaining. These will be releasing regularly wherever you get your podcasts so please remember to subscribe, rate and like us on all the channels. We love questions, stories and topic ideas so send them our way!

Ep.20 Season Finale!

In our final episode of Season One we're looking back at what we've learned and what we're excited about in 2023. From negotiating pay and setting goals to learning more about ourselves and the world we work in, this first season of the Careering Podcast has been a fantastic ride. 

We'll be back in winter for Season Two after some well deserved rest and recovery. If you have any topic or guest ideas, please get in touch with us on the channels below. We want to hear them all!

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Ep.19 F Series: Fishbowl Q&A

In our final F Series episode, we're digging deep into the fishbowl of career questions, also affectionately known as the 'crystal salad bowl of things that are hard to answer'. 

​Join us as we tackle some of the most asked career development questions with a fair few giggles along the way.

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Ep.18 F Series: Find out about Kelsie

In this week's F Series, it's time to learn more about our co-host Kelsie. Even though we hear her stories all the time, this week we're diving a little deeper into her career and how saying yes and an unexpected injury influenced how she got to where she is today.

Episode Links

The Colbert Questionnert https://thecolbertquestionert.com/ 
Connect with Kelsie https://kiaorakelsie.nz/ 

Ep.17 F Series: Find out about Melissa 

In this week's F Series, we're learning all about Melissa. Join us as we dive deep into Melissa's bizarre career path, what her actual job is at the moment and what makes her the perfect person to host a podcast about the female career in NZ/Aus.

Episode Links

The Colbert Questionnert https://thecolbertquestionert.com/ 
Melissa's startup Holdmine www.holdmine.com 

Ep.16 F Series: Family, familia, whānau

In this week's F Series,  we're talking about the impact of family at work. Join us as we dive into the topic from all sides including the impact on people with children, those without and those that are responsible for other dependents like elderly parents. As always, we'll talk about our experiences whilst also looking at the gender bias through the lens of care and unpaid labour.

Episode Links

James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn Tweet - @XplodingUnicorn twitter.com/XplodingUnicorn/status/1585744314528804865
Gstaad Guy TikTok - @gstaadguy tiktok.com/@gstaadguy/video/7164444863633575174

A Note About the F Series 

If you're a regular listener, you know we're not afraid of an F bomb so to expand our vocab further than our creative uses of the word F**K, we're diving into a whole F word series.
If you're new, head back through our previous episodes to see the rest of the F Series including being fat at work, finances, failures and f**k ups and of course, fun!

Ep.15 F Series: F&*^ing feelings

We're continuing our F Series this week with a discussion on those pesky things we all experience - feelings. Join us as we talk about our experiences dealing with a range of emotions at work, how men and women are often treated and judged differently when displaying emotions, the unspoken workplace "feeling rules", and Kelsie's leaky eye syndrome.

Episode Links

Darren Matthews Tweet - @Darrenmmatthews twitter.com/Darrenmmatthews/status/1586663443888848897
Louis Hanson TikTok - @louis.hanson tiktok.com/@louis.hanson/video/7161269915154992385

Ep.14 F Series: All things finance quad pod

Jen and Jane from Jen and Jane's Excellent Adventure are back with us this week for a deep dive on all things finance. As part of our F word series, we're discussing how we talk about money as women in Aotearoa, our emotional responses to the convo and the importance of spending, saving AND investing.

Episode links

The Moon’s Wife - @bookishseawitch twitter.com/bookishseawitch/status/1582744731942985728
Alli Bellairs TikTok - @alli_bellairs tiktok.com/@alli_bellairs/video/7142577263488322858 

Ep.13 F Series: F**king fun quad pod 

We're super excited to have Jen and Jane from Jen and Jane's Excellent Adventure joining us for our first ever Quad Pod! The four of us are continuing on with our F word series with this week's topic... FUN. Join us as we chat/giggle our way through a discussion on why fun at work is so important, how to have more of it and most importantly, why 'to do lists' can suck it. 

Jen and Jane's Excellent Adventure

Their site and courses can be found here , or give them a follow on Instagram or Facebook. While you're at it, check out their podcast on Spotify or Apple.​

Episode links

Matthew Kobach Tweet - @mkobach twitter.com/mkobach/status/1582513322137907200
Ana Del Castillo TikTok - @ana_del_castillo_ tiktok.com/@ana_del_castillo_/video/7110298431968546090

Ep.12 F Series:Failures & f**k ups

Welcome back to our F Series. If you're a regular listener, you know we're not afraid of an F bomb so to expand our vocab further than our creative uses of the word F**K, we're diving into a whole F word series.

This week we're tackling the awful things we all avoid like the plague - failures and fuck ups. Join us as we talk about the difference between the two, share our own spectacular career fuck ups and of course, go off on some random tangents about rugby, therapy and everything in between.

Episode links

Ben Conarck Tweet - @conarck twitter.com/conarck/status/1243261985766195200
Alex Frankel the Lion Haired TikTok - @alexfrankelthelionhaired tiktok.com/@alexfrankelthelionhaired/video/7145943170709196075

Ep.11 F Series: The F Word

This week we're kicking off our F Series. If you're a regular listener, you know we're not afraid of an F bomb so to expand our vocab further than our creative uses of the word F**K, we're diving into a whole F word series.

To start our series we're tackling the mother of all F words. The one we, especially as women, avoid at all costs. This week we're talking about the word FAT and what it means to be fat at work.

Join us as we share our experiences and reckons on everything from weight, diet culture, body acceptance and the impact of it all in the context of our workplaces.

TW: This episode is a bit intense and discusses some topics that might be difficult to listen to. If you're not in a space to listen to it, feel free to skip this episode.

Show notes

 Ok2BeFat (She/Her) Tweet - @Ok2BeFat twitter.com/Ok2BeFat/status/1532528111039946752
Mandy had to do it TikTok - @mandyhadtodoit tiktok.com/@mandyhadtodoit/video/7125950446430113026

Ep.10 Goals, goals, goals

Following on from our episode about defining success, we're tackling goals and goal setting. Buckle up and settle in as we deliver our longest rant yet, working through our thoughts, feelings and reckons on fuzzy goals, hustle culture and the impact of setting goals through the lens of dieting.

Show notes

Melissa's Tweet - @silverdeltaMD twitter.com/silverdeltaMD/status/456618563197886464
Mike Sakasegawa TikTok - @sakeriver tiktok.com/@sakeriver/video/7122196948513230126

Ep.9 Bad Boss Bingo

This week we're tackling the topic of bad bosses. Join us for a chat about our experiences with a spectrum of bad, how to deal with them and a cheeky game of bad boss bingo.  

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ShayLee Raye TikTok - @shayleeraye tiktok.com/@shayleeraye/video/7117704409110351150
Dr Hayley Lewis Tweet - @Haypsych twitter.com/Haypsych/status/1557728580628385794 
Lesbimum TikTok - @lesbimum tiktok.com/@lesbimum/video/7118381123146730757

Ep.8 Job market reckons

With low unemployment across New Zealand, now's the time to go after that job you've always wanted. On this week's episode of Careering, we're giving our reckons on the Aotearoa job market, skill shortages and the future of jobs. 

Show notes

 NZ Skill Shortage List skillshortages.immigration.govt.nz 
Owl! at the Library Tweet - @SketchesbyBoze twitter.com/SketchesbyBoze/status/1548769484613320705
The Four Letter Word TikTok - @thefourletterwordco tiktok.com/@thefourletterwordco/video/7112196485474700546

Ep.7 Misogyny at work

This week we're diving in the deep end and talking about our experiences with misogyny at work. Overt, covert and casual, we're discussing it all and how to deal with it when you come face to face with it. 

Show notes 

Lynda Carter Tweet - @RealLyndaCarter twitter.com/RealLyndaCarter/status/1548777276166348800
Brianne Worth TikTok - @brianneworth tiktok.com/@brianneworth/video/7111545673287273729

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Ep.6 Getting personal with branding

​This week we're getting ranty about personal and business branding. Join us for our reckons on harnessing your personal brand for good, reasons why brand is so important for businesses and of course, a fair bit of swearing. 
Val Geisler Tweet - twitter.com/lovevalgeisler/status/1534640803129221123
Evelyn TikTok - tiktok.com/@etrainlife/video/7090688201760738606

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Ep.5 Feedback vs Criticism

Join us this week for a big ole discussion on the differences between feedback and criticism. We cover everything from car jams, multi-verse Kelsies, our experiences with criticism, how gender bias plays into it and top tips for giving and receiving feedback.
Silver Delta STAR Feedback model - silverdelta.co.nz/blog/simple-model-for-constructive-feedback
Jen Heemstra Tweet - twitter.com/jenheemstra/status/1534509645821267968
Gabby Villasenor TikTok - tiktok.com/@fuelledbyfeeling/video/7086622694636031238

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Coming soon

Ep.4 Finding your way of working

This week we’re delving into different ways of working and discussing the pros and cons of freelancing, contracting, permanent employment and being a founder. Join us as we share a bunch of our own experiences, discuss freelancing tips and find out why ballet and patience will never appear on Melissa’s resume.
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Show Notes

Alana Podrx Tweet - twitter.com/AlanaPodrx/status/1513538409393926145
Elora TikTok - @Online1RoomSchoolhouse tiktok.com/@online1roomschoolhouse/video/7075832896497503534 

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Coming Soon

Ep.3 Screwing the Crew

We’re getting a bit scandalous this week and diving into the good, the bad and the ugly of office hookups. Join us for a few laughs and a chat about the right way to have an office romance and where NOT to have office sex.   

Show Notes

Becoming, Michelle Obama - becomingmichelleobama.com
Mandi Shaw Tweet - twitter.com/MandiShaw17/status/1518125345966153729
FiaJames_ TikTok - tiktok.com/@fiajames_/video/7079919260059012395 

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Ep.2 - Negotiating a Pay Rise

In this week's Careering podcast episode we’re tackling all things pay rise - asking for them, giving them and all the money we lose not negotiating them. Join us for a chat about our own experiences and some practical tips for having robust, fact-based salary conversations.

Show Notes

Hays Salary Guide hays.net.nz/salary-guide  
Tejal Wagadia Tweet twitter.com/coffeeandtejal/status/1506304267899998208  
TheReal_Becca TikTok tiktok.com/@thereal_becca/video/7088058595589295402  

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Ep.1 - Defining Success

In the first ever episode of the Careering Podcast, we kick straight into the big topics. Join Melissa and Kelsie as they discuss what success means to them, how it's changed over the years and the impact of the word 'should'.

Show Notes

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/blog/introducing-our-new-pregnancy-loss-and-miscarriage-leave/ 
Barrett O'Neill https://twitter.com/barrettjoneill/status/1516034922019962883 
Her First 100K https://www.tiktok.com/@herfirst100k/video/7087313423146421550?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7090336838603048449

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#notetoself

“Should is a futile word. It's about what didn't happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.” 

Margaret Attwood

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The Team

Melissa Davies

Founder of Holdmine and Independent Director
Melissa has worked with a diverse range of organisations from tech and fitness businesses, local Government, and trade based owner/operators to leading engineering organisations with over 5000 staff, and tech ventures. In each role she has focused on achieving a positive step-change in business performance, and supporting the people involved to achieve their goals.
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Melissa loves connecting and empowering people, making a positive impact and delivering great financial and social returns.

Kelsie Inglis

Marketing and Brand Strategist
Kelsie's a brand and communications aficionado, not the kind that is just book-smart, she's been hands on and led teams to sprint through a few 100 campaigns, including ones to grow the Wellington economy and major government department brand work internally and externally.  She's also taken the stage to lecture in Hangzhou, China.

Hailing from Motueka originally, Kelsie's a recent addition to the Otautahi population after having an on/off relationship with Wellington for almost a decade.