Career Advice
Women in Tech; From Academia to the Workplace
Coping with Burnout
INTRO Part of burn out in the tech industry comes from expecting too much from your career. Expecting one job to bring you status, financial stability, validation, and purpose is a tall order. There are other things in life outside of work that are rewarding too, such as starting a family, and maintaining meaningful personal…
Read MoreManaging a Career and Motherhood
GG: I was curious about how you guys dealt with the whole point about being in tech and a lot of what we do in tech is very rational and planned and logical. And I know that there’s obviously a lot of juggling and a lot of pivoting you have to do and reactiveness. But…
Read MoreRe-Entering the Workplace After Maternity Leave
Lewis: Now, in terms of re-entry back into the workplace, whether you’re in America and you get three months, which, by the way, is crazy, I’m from London and a year seems like a fair amount of time to be able to invest in your child. Initially, not enough I’m sure but America three months…
Read MoreTaking your first step into Robotics
Lewis Adams-Dunstan sat down with Remy Glaisner, Research Director at IDC, a leading research and solutions company for the newest topics and technologies to focus on the topic of robotics and where the future lies for employers and employees. International Data Corporation (IDC) is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events…
Read MoreFrom Engineer to Director with Google
Lewis: So welcome back everybody to Preparing The Un-prepared. This is a podcast that aims to help people in data make smart career and hiring decisions. Today, I’m going to be joined by the impressive Imed Zitouni who’s currently the director of engineering at Google. Imed has an extremely impressive career that started in France…
Read MoreThe Power of a Strong Personal Brand
“Things are changing around the globe. From now on, companies will be more open to pursuing talent where it exists, not where they want it to exist. So, your online personal brand is more important than ever.” Eric Weber, data thought leader and GM of Data Science at Yelp said this in our latest installment…
Read MoreTop Tips for Building a Personal Brand
In the last in our mini webinar series with Eric Weber, Data Thought Leader and GM of Data Science at Yelp, he gave us his top tips for building a personal brand: 1. Start in ONE SPOT. Don’t try to tackle multiple channels at once. 2. Build things organically. 3. It’s a marathon not a…
Read MoreBuilding a Strong Profile
‘An interview is insufficient to truly assess someone’s qualities’… What do you think? In this video of Preparing the Unprepared Lewis Adams-Dunstan and Ben Taylor discuss other ways to create more exposure by using all the platforms and avenues possible. If you’re looking to build your profile then you NEED to watch this video! Transcription:…
Read MoreBuilding a Strong Network to Drive Your Career
Transcription: Lewis: So welcome to preparing the unprepared, as some of you know. My name is Lewis Adams Dunston. And this particular episode is going to be filmed with Ben Taylor, who is currently an evangelist at Date’s a Robot. I’m on a mission right now to connect with as many thought leaders and knowledge…
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