WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.600 Sona cast time at Chia Girl Sona, what's up? Hey, Hey, 2 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:05.639 you play a Putton the g biz, you know, with the bad look 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:08.800 that Oakland is getting right now, really the whole Bay Area shoot all up 4 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:12.240 and down the West coast. Really, all these robberies and bipping and whatever. 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:16.440 You know, we're talking about trying to get yourself focused to get a 6 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:21.920 legitimate occupation. Yeah, you know there are other careers besides bipping and fevery. 7 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:24.679 And you know out here in these barrious streets, believe it or not, 8 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:28.640 jobs are growing every single day. Bro, There's so many opportunities out 9 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.840 here, job fears upon other spaces can actually go get employment. Yeah, 10 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:37.560 but I think, like for some people, like the kahonas it takes for 11 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.799 you to go bash somebody's window and steal their shit, if you would take 12 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:49.799 that energy and take the first step toward something bigger, right and something non 13 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:55.679 criminal, something that's gonna feed your spirit instead of put like evil stuff on 14 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.840 your back from doing other people in this way, like what you could do. 15 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.519 So, I mean, we talk about it on the show pretty much 16 00:01:03.519 --> 00:01:07.719 all the time, about how we encourage people to take that higher road. 17 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.680 But we have a guest today Madeline Mackie, who actually is a specialist in 18 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:17.280 this. She's a job coach right all the way from ex cons to women 19 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.879 who just you know whatever, can't find their way, etc. Like she's 20 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.560 worked and gotten jobs for what over two thousand people? Over two thousand folks. 21 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.680 That's how you know this woman is the real deal, Burrah. And 22 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.879 I'm being honest with you. If you're out there and this is touching your 23 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.879 heart, or if you know somebody who needs this woman's help, this is 24 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.319 the perfect podcast for you to be listening to. Yeah, exactly, Madeline, 25 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.760 Hello, how are you? I am doing well? Helps everybody doing 26 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:49.120 today? Blessed good, blessed And hopefully folks are tuned in and getting some 27 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.640 of this you know, game and opportunity that you're about to share with us 28 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.680 today. Absolutely, it's time to activate your careers all across the Bay Area 29 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:05.640 and make things absolutely so, Madeline Mackie, for everybody is a career coach, 30 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:09.479 right, a certified jobs coach basically, So where would we even begin 31 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:14.439 For somebody who's either young or decided they didn't want to go to college, 32 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.719 or whatever it might be, whatever moment they may be in their life where 33 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:21.840 they want to start focusing on what they want to do. Like, what's 34 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:25.919 step one aside from acknowledging the fact that you want to do something right. 35 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:30.800 So let's say that's the pre step acknowledging that it's time to make a change. 36 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:36.039 Then step number one is stay ready so you don't have to get ready 37 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:40.479 because you never know when the next opportunity is going to knock on your door. 38 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:46.319 So it's really important to always keep your career documents up to date and 39 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:51.800 ready to send out at a moment's notice. So many people come to me 40 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.240 and say, oh my gosh, there's this great opportunity, but I don't 41 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.759 have a resume. I haven't touched my resume in a year. Two years 42 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.800 by I had one person say I did my resume on a typewriter? Was 43 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:07.319 the last time I did it? Yes? Right, So we got to 44 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.159 keep those documents up to date. Every six months, you should be updating 45 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.000 your documents so that they are ready to go. And I also see that 46 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:19.639 you're a huge believer in LinkedIn. I'm actually looking at your LinkedIn right now, 47 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:23.439 and I'll say, over two thousand people hired doing Gall's work. Nice, 48 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:28.960 Thank you very much. And if that didn't happen overnight. That took 49 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.680 time. So I use LinkedIn not just to find a job, but to 50 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:38.280 do my job right because LinkedIn you can find resources, you can find mentors, 51 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:42.759 you can find customers. So those of you that are entrepreneurs, your 52 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:47.319 customers are on LinkedIn, So spend some quality time with it. Become a 53 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:52.719 power user, so that your next job, your next opportunity, your next 54 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:58.039 client, your next speaking engagement, maybe even the publisher of your life story 55 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.039 is no farther away than a clique. That's definitely good information. Now what 56 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:05.120 else do you like to tell folks if they're looking to you know, continue 57 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:10.000 to expand, maybe if they're looking to move into a second you know, 58 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.759 career in their life, or if they're still trying to figure out number one. 59 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.040 Right, So, I think it's just really important that all of us 60 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:21.519 keep learning new things, right as the old Jackson five song says, ABC, 61 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:25.680 well easy as one, two, three, right right, Yeah, 62 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:28.680 we've got to keep learning. Like right now, the big thing out there 63 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:33.040 is AI and either people know how to use it or they are petrified of 64 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:39.759 it. But to learn a new skill is no further away than a YouTube 65 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:45.160 two minute video. So a lot of us have gone to YouTube University to 66 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:48.639 learn all sorts of things, how to change a light bulb in our house, 67 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:54.240 how to fix the plumbing. And you can also use technology. You 68 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:58.959 can use YouTube, you can use LinkedIn, you can use your local library 69 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:04.519 to learn something new. So a new software, a new leadership or conflict 70 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:11.240 resolution methods, or even a new language. It's gonna help increase your value 71 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.759 out in the marketplace. So don't let those skills get stagnant. Pick one 72 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.759 thing, just one thing, put it on your calendar, because we all 73 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:20.560 know if it doesn't go on the calendar, it's not gonna happen. And 74 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:27.920 say, for thirty minutes every week, I'm gonna learn one new thing that's 75 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.680 big, and that's that's a really good tool you could absolutely start today. 76 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:35.639 I also see that you're that you're one that you know lives in pretty much, 77 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:40.160 you know, believes fully in the in the side hustle. You know 78 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:42.879 how you're in a Bay area. You can't just live off of one income. 79 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:46.560 You gotta have about thirteen to twenty four different things that you do on 80 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:51.720 the side right right, because rent here is expensive and the last thing you 81 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:57.319 want is Unfortunately, we just saw in the news this week another big company 82 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:00.759 is laying off thousands of people. Right, what are you gonna do if 83 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.399 that paycheck stops all of a sudden, if no money is coming in, 84 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.199 a lot of us are like, I don't know if I can make my 85 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:11.720 rent next month that the paycheck stops. So I tell everybody, do the 86 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:17.839 hustle. Get you a side hustle. So whether it's baking cupcakes or turn 87 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:21.839 in a craft you like to do. Maybe you're a big knitter, make 88 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:28.319 this so your craft's available on an Etsy store. Maybe you're a software developer, 89 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.959 design a new mobile application. Maybe you like children and you babysit. 90 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:39.079 Maybe you're a teacher and you can make your curriculums available for homeschooling. Whatever 91 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:44.360 it is, you do, find something to have another source of income. 92 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.560 And that's the beauty of it right now is that there are so many opportunities 93 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:51.720 to do that. Even being an uber or lift driver is just knowing that 94 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:56.759 you have extra money coming in. First you put that money away. Don't 95 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.000 go spend it all in one place. Put that money away for right now 96 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.040 out save it. But then see if something does happen you lose that that 97 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:09.639 full time position, then you can just ramp up that side hustle and might 98 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:14.759 and keep coming in, breaking up a little, breaking up. Okay, 99 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.759 there we go, there we go. So by having that side hustle, 100 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:24.399 no matter how small it is, if you lose that paycheck, you can 101 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:29.480 then ramp up the side hustle and keep money coming in the house. Yeah, 102 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:31.040 and that's and and that again, that's something that I think is very 103 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.879 important, especially in this barrier economy, because God knows, you know, 104 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:43.079 they gonna be charging for air in a second here right right, and madeline 105 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.279 for folks who are just you know, maybe they're focused on just building their 106 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:48.480 career. Maybe they haven't thought too much about a side hustler, haven't thought 107 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.720 you know, about outside options in terms of like going back to school to 108 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:55.600 find things out. What is what's some tips of information that you can tell 109 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.199 them if they are just focused on sticking to plan A Hey, there's nothing 110 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:03.240 wrong with plan, but make sure your career is not a solo act. 111 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:07.759 So a lot of us hold our career inside. We don't share what we're 112 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.720 doing, we don't share our accomplishments, we don't ask for help when we 113 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.879 need it. Many of us didn't get where we are today without some help 114 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:24.079 from other people. So create your own board of directors to help you navigate 115 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.759 the changes that are happening and the challenges in your career. So you need 116 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:33.679 to have a mentor. You need to have a financial planner to make sure 117 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.799 your money is right. Make sure you have trusted colleagues that you can go 118 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.519 to it with advice, because we all know something always goes down in the 119 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:46.519 workplace and you need advice. You want to have a career coach, you 120 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.519 want to have a cheerleader. Think about who could help you navigate all these 121 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:56.759 ups and downs that you could be facing in your career. Your career is 122 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.360 not a solo act, and many of us found and our current roles or 123 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:07.320 our next roles from someone in our community. So don't do this by yourself. 124 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.120 Get help, right Well, I mean, these are all wonderful, 125 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.399 wonderful tips I think the folks can definitely utilize. And you know, again, 126 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.080 you know, with everything that's going on out here in these various streets, 127 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.399 I think that a lot of folks, you know, forget that you 128 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.240 know, working is definitely the backbone of making things happen. I mean, 129 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.080 I know it's a lot happening outside. People are finding, you know, 130 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.360 alternative ways to try to get their paper. But I feel like, you 131 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.759 know, if you keep pushing it, keep spreading the good word of you 132 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:33.519 know, sticking to that sticking to that plan a, it'll definitely help a 133 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.960 lot more folks out here in these streets. Yeah. Absolutely, So get 134 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:41.519 it together, stay ready so you don't have to get ready. Use LinkedIn 135 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.960 to do your job, not just find a job. Be a lifelong learner, 136 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.440 do the hustle, get a side hustle, and remember your career is 137 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.080 not a solo act and you will be activating your career in no time. 138 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.080 Can you share with us, like one of your true stories of maybe one 139 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:00.759 of the people that you did help make this accomplishment, Because I feel like 140 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.279 people are their own worst enemy when it comes to thoughts of what they can 141 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.080 do, what the possibilities are, they automatically shut themselves off of having an 142 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.639 opportunity mentally, and so they don't physically follow through with it. So have 143 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:18.399 you had people like this where they're like, oh, I can't like I'm 144 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:20.399 an ex con or I'm like this, or I'm like that, and the 145 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:26.399 community, you know, or something that you recall from one of your success 146 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.759 stories. Absolutely, So I'm gonna tell you a little bit about my client, 147 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:35.720 Marene Maureene never had a job. She only had a high school degree, 148 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:41.120 and she spent a great part of her career taking care of first her 149 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:46.559 grandmother and then her parents, and that's what she did. And she had 150 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.600 a daughter, and I said, well, you've got some skills because you've 151 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:56.600 taken care of the elderly, so would you be interested in working in one 152 00:10:56.639 --> 00:11:00.679 of the assisted living facilities? And she goes, I love the You can 153 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:03.360 learn so much about them, and you know, at some point all of 154 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.320 us are gonna need just a little bit more patience and someone to take care 155 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:13.039 of us. So I wrote her a resume about being a home health care 156 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:18.519 aid for a private family that was her company, that was taking care of 157 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.440 her grandparents, taking care of her mother and her father. We put all 158 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.559 of the skills. She assisted them with activities of daily living, doing their 159 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:33.000 budgets, bill paying medical appointments, prescription refills. She documented this. She 160 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:39.799 was able to get testimonials and references from her parents, doctors and medical team, 161 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:45.720 and the social worker. We put together a fabulous resume she took it 162 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:50.039 to an assistant living facility in her neighborhood. They hired her on the spot, 163 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.279 and she says, Miss Mallan, I can walk my daughter to school 164 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:58.519 now because it's right next door to my daughter's school. So I drop her 165 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.240 off. Then I go and I do my job and I get paid and 166 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:07.120 I'm home by three o'clock and I can be home for my family. I 167 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.200 never thought I could have a job, but you took what I know how 168 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:15.679 to do, and you wrote a resume, helped me interview, and now 169 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.440 I can take care of my family. That's a beautiful thing. It is 170 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.480 amazingly is yeah, absolutely, So what would be your just you know, 171 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:26.600 I know these are steps, right, and I don't know if people can 172 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.799 you know ingest all of them at one time. So if you could condense 173 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:37.279 down like what your advice would be to like maybe one sentence or just one 174 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.399 you know, supportive thought that somebody can sit and be like okay, and 175 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:46.399 they'll play that sentence or hear those words over and over again in their head 176 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.120 until they finally decide that now is the time to move forward. Right, 177 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.879 So what would those words be with your experience of working with people that probably 178 00:12:54.960 --> 00:13:00.720 you know again doubt themselves or afraid to take that step. What would that 179 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:07.919 be My advice to anyone is it's never too late to take the first step 180 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:16.440 to activate your career. It's never too late. So you can start today 181 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:22.639 tomorrow to activate your career dreams. It just takes one step. It's that 182 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:26.279 first step that's the hardest, right right, and then once you get focused, 183 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.960 then things start clicking and you're feeling good about yourself. You express that 184 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.320 energy out, people feel it and they see it before you know, you're 185 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.600 right on the road to success or whatever you might see at the end of 186 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.080 that. So exactly. Yeah, I appreciate you, Madeline. Thank you 187 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.039 so much for taking the time to share this with us. Obviously we're gonna, 188 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.000 you know, put this on all our platforms or whatever and invite people 189 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:50.759 to just come and get this encouragement. But how can they you know, 190 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.600 tap in with you. You can shout out, like your social media platforms, 191 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.799 do you have books, audio books or anything that they can get to 192 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.639 thank you. They can reach out to me at mat mackey on LinkedIn. 193 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.559 That's m A d E l y N m A c k i E on 194 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:11.200 LinkedIn. Or that is my website also ww dot madelinemacki dot com. I 195 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:16.639 would love to talk to them about activating their career dreams. Perfect all right, 196 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:18.480 Yeah, thank you for taking the time of share with us today. 197 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:20.759 We appreciate it. You're welcome. Have a great day, guys. You 198 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.000 I read the same, you too, Bye bye bye bye words to live 199 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:26.679 by right there, Man, that was a lot of game being shared, 200 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:30.679 She's she definitely said a whole lot. I hope you were paying attention, 201 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.600 man, because you know, it really starts with you. You got to 202 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.559 take that first step if you really want to get out here and make a 203 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.600 change in life. That's it, you know, it's that first one, 204 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.960 Like she said, it's never too late, No, if you're twenty three 205 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.240 or thirty three or forty three fifty three, like right, you know, 206 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:50.840 if you feel like your life has not gone exactly how you think it could 207 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.919 have, if you're probably right, you know yourself better than anybody, right, 208 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:58.679 So take that step, try something new. Look at me like I 209 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.879 have done radio for what how long? Now? Yeah? And I was 210 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:03.200 like, you know what, I'm about to take these real estate classes? 211 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.039 Did that pass the test the first time? And it was just you know, 212 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:11.759 I was nervous and felt anxious about it every step of the way. 213 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:16.240 But that's how you know you're doing something that's challenging your spirit and your mind 214 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.639 and it's probably worth having. Yeah. So, I mean a lot of 215 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.840 times, you know, we just we get in our own way. And 216 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:24.840 you know, if you can go ahead and just set that to the side, 217 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:30.679 step away from saying well I'm not sure, oh I can, or 218 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:33.240 just move that doubt out of your head, man, you know, and 219 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:37.240 once you do that, I promise you lock in and the rest it won't 220 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.919 be easy, but it'll be doable. I mean, it could be easy, 221 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:43.039 don't You don't know till you try. That's the fact. Yes, 222 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:48.159 you know, levels we're trying to level up, trying to be better people, 223 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.559 be better to each other, right, create a positive community for our 224 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.759 young ones and whatnot. We don't want to teach them robbery and bipping to 225 00:15:54.840 --> 00:16:00.279 get by taking bags into grocery stores and just filling that shit up and walking 226 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.519 out, Like why do we want to teach that and get them in prison 227 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:07.639 or whatever the case may be? Moving forward? So why not direct that 228 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.279 energy towards something positive? What's what's it gonna do, ain't gonna do nothing 229 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:15.000 to help your life be better. 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