If getting out of a work rut, identifying your transferable skills or tackling career related anxiety is keeping you up at night, join us on the couch with career expert Leah Lambart and SEEK’s resident psychologist Sabina Read to get your questions answered.

With year 12 students anticipating their VCE results, today’s talkback forum on careers was hosted by Ali Moore with oncologist and author Dr Ranjana Srivastava, Career Coach Leah Lambart and Vice-Chancellor professor Justin Beilby of Torrens University.

Nights with John Stanley reviews the day’s news and current affairs and follows the breaking news of the night.

The job market can be especially tough during a recession or any period of economic uncertainty, and unfortunately some see this as an opportunity to take advantage of others.

We then dive deeper into the power of networking and chat with Career Coach Leah Lambart (founder of Relaunch Me) and executive recruitment specialist Sinead Hourigan (Queensland director, Robert Walters) to find out what are the big changes to networking.

On episode #5 we were joined by Leah Lambart, career and interview coach and founder of Relaunch Me a leading career consultancy that helps you find the career you were meant to do. We cover Leah’s own professional journey, how she found career purpose and her expert top tips for navigating your own career during and post Covid-19.

In this episode, Leah Lambart talks to Luke Marshall, Executive Recruiter from EMU Search about what candidates can be doing to continue their job search during the pandemic and to ensure that they stand out from the competition.

An empowering podcast with Career Coach, Leah Lambart, where we discuss how to secure the career of your dreams, how to change if you are locked in a career you don’t like and how to create energy in your current career by re-framing and using personality strength profiling.

In this episode, Leah talks to Brent Clayton from Fire Recruitment Australia about what candidates need to do in order to be successful in fire services interviews including knowing themselves, understanding the role of a firefighter and preparing correctly.

“If you don’t have natural empathy, dealing with patients over an extended time can become very tiresome as this is not a natural strength,” says Leah Lambart, Melbourne-based owner-director of a career coaching firm.

For workers in their late 20s or early 30s, deciding whether to enter management is a common dilemma explains Melbourne-based career coach Leah Lambart.

Leah Lambart, founder of Relaunch Me, says that social media has completely changed the game when it comes to keeping up appearances.

Lambart says she often sees clients who look successful online but are not earning enough money to pay the bills.

While it’s an unfortunate reality due to the current economic climate, career and interview coach from Relaunch Me, Leah Lambart and SEEK’s Resident Psychologist Sabina Read say you can recover professionally and restore your confidence after a redundancy.

Leah Lambart, Career Coach from Relaunch Me, says many people “feel that perhaps their expectations are too high,” and that they should stay in their job even if it makes them unhappy.But the truth is we all deserve to not only be satisfied, but fulfilled by our work.

Leah Lambart, Career Coach from Relaunch Me says resumes that are achievement-focused help employers discover how you have been successful in your previous roles. “Add key achievements under each of your most recent positions,” advises Lambart. This doesn’t necessarily have to include awards bonuses or promotions, but rather how you have made a difference to the business.

Advancing through a job application process can be thrilling, but sometimes you can get swept up in the moment and forget to find out all of the important information before you say yes to a job offer.

Advancing through a job application process can be thrilling, but sometimes you can get swept up in the moment and forget to find out all of the important information before you say yes to a job offer.

To help you out, we asked Matt Harrison, Managing Partner at Hope & Glory Executive, and Leah Lambart, Career Consultant at Relaunch Me, what to look out for and ask your prospective new employer.

Leah Lambart is a Career Coach from Relaunch Me and an expert when it comes to achieving career goals. Here are her five key tactics for setting realistic, achievable goals for your working life.

“Many job search coaches would say that networking is the most important and most effective way of landing your dream job,” says Leah Lambart, career coach at Relaunch Me. “Essentially, networking is about finding a job via who you know, rather than what you know.”

Leah Lambart, Career Coach from Relaunch Me, has worked with many people who have had to leave their places of work for a range of reasons. Here are her tips for talking about why you were let go.

“Think about the skills you’ve gained and the wins you’ve had,” Lambart advises. “Remember to document these on an ongoing basis to remind yourself of how much you’ve achieved even when you have bad days.”

Just how important are tailored resumes, squeaky clean social media profiles and comprehensive cover letters? We asked employers to share – and you might be surprised at their answers.

There are many reasons why career satisfaction is important, says Leah Lambart from Relaunch Me. “We spend so much time at work that being in a career that isn’t enjoyable or satisfying can have a very detrimental effect on our overall being.” Many people suffer from lack of confidence, stress and anxiety due to working in jobs that aren’t aligned with their strengths, interests or values.

“Some people have no problem doing this, but others find it extremely difficult and feel almost compelled to accept an offer, particularly if the recruitment process has been quite drawn out and involved,” says Leah Lambart, Career Coach at Relaunch Me.

Leah Lambart of Relaunch Me says, “Everyone seems to be on the treadmill; working late, coming in early, eating at their desks and working weekends. The problem is that lack of work-life balance over an extended period can lead to burnout, so it’s important to recognise the symptoms ahead of time.”

Many of us start a new year by setting resolutions or goals, but as time goes by we don’t always achieve them. We may have set too lofty a goal, or too many different resolutions at once, that we don’t know where to begin.

Do you ever get the feeling you’re self-sabotaging? Do you catch yourself dwelling on negative thoughts that you know you shouldn’t be thinking? The truth is, many of us do. But toxic thoughts are something successful people avoid for a reason: they harm your career.

Dramatic changes in the job market – and the way we live – have left many of us re-thinking our priorities in the wake of COVID-19, and doing some soul-searching into what really matters. And for many of us, it isn’t money.

Change to our working lives, routines, and the world around us can be hard – and it has been for many of us during COVID-19. But this kind of upheaval can also do something else: it can make us stop and reassess the way we’re living our lives and what we really want – including in our work.

If you’re concerned about job security, a career change to a whole new industry could seem tempting.

In fact, 41% of Australians have been rethinking their career due to COVID-19, SEEK research reveals.

But before you leave a job to make a swift move to a new industry, there are six potential pitfalls to consider. Leah Lambart, career coach at Relaunch Me, gives her insights.

“COVID-19 has caused uncertainty for many job seekers and while you may be concerned about your job options, it’s still important to consider whether a position is the right fit for you at the moment,” says SEEK’s Resident Psychologist Sabina Read.

Here Read and career and interview coach Leah Lambart share when and how you should consider turning down a job offer.

Leah Lambart is a career and interview coach, and the director of Relaunch Me, a Melbourne-based service that helps people find more meaningful and fulfilling work. From recent school leavers to people in their 50s and 60s, Leah and her team have been assisting people to find their ‘career sweet spot’, where strengths and interests collide, since 2014. 

Career coach Leah Lambart says there are numerous career management strategies that workers can adopt to stay ahead of the competition.“Now is the time to really work on your skills,” Lambart says.When business does resume, there will be a lot of competition for jobs but if you can show recruiters how you worked on your skills during this period you will be in a much better position.”

Providing a potential employer with extensive insights or work samples can constitute free consultancy. Candidates might be asked to complete a cost-benefit analysis or review a set of accounts, says Melbourne-based career and interview coach and Relaunch Me director, Leah Lambart.

While salary is always important, other strategies can be used to attract candidates. The most sought-after perk is flexibility, says Leah Lambart, a career and interview coach and founder of Relaunch Me. Employees value “some leeway that allows them to attend a school event or go to an appointment without being made to feel guilty about it”.

Leah recommends assessing your own strengths and weaknesses to find out exactly what you can bring to a new role.“Before you go out to market you need to be able to identify, understand and articulate your key transferable skills and how you can apply them to your ideal role or industry. Brainstorm with a career coach or friend to get a list of your transferable skills”.

Lost your job because of the coronavirus? We spoke to a Melbourne careers expert and heard from Melburnians who made the switch to new employment. Here’s what they said.

Does burnout mean it’s time to check out – or are there ways to come back brighter and stronger? Career Coach Leah Lambart says nursing has many transferable skills, but challenging times don’t always signal the end of a career.