The Career Butterfly

Meg Applegate is a certified resume writer and personal branding strategist with Hinge Resume, a boutique firm that offers career branding for women that opens doors. In this interview, she shares all her wisdom on these topics! If you’re interested in working with Meg, she can be booked privately or you can check out her course, The Resume Key. Also mentioned in this podcast:

Kat Price is a perfect example of someone who says yes when the right opportunity knocks at her door. It's how she started her own business. It's how she started substituting. And now it's how she became a full-time recruiter. What opportunities are knocking on your door right now? How could you say yes?

Returning to work after several years away is not a simple task, but the good news is that you do not have to go it alone. Amy Dantzler returned as a consultant to the same global health care consulting firm she had worked for several years before, but it wasn't as simple as dropping right back in. In addition to reactivating her network of contacts, she had help along the way fro

Have you ever picked a word of the year? My word for this year is IMPACT. That is the word that I plan to use to guide my decisions this year. The Career Butterfly

What’s your thing? You know, that thing inside of you that you’ve always wanted to do. Dona Sarkar, author of #DoTheThing, is here to help you discover your thing, get out of your own way, and get it done. She’s a good one to be giving the advice as she’s had lots of “things” over the years. In addition to her career at Microsoft where she is currently the Director of T

Desiree Briel Rodi returns to the podcast this week to share her expertise on Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Not only are these skills becoming more acknowledged - and needed - in the workplace, but they are also skills that we all get to work on every day in our personal lives: the ability to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively; the ability to recognize, understand, a

Leslie McCaddon found her dream job as an outreach coordinator for a national non-profit mental health clinic serving military families, but not too long ago she was in a very different position. A widowed mom of three children, before she was ready to create the job of her dreams, she had to first get over the story she was telling herself - that no one would want to hire someone

Karen Rae doesn't shy away from telling other women her career break was 27 years long. With her kids grown, and facing an empty nest, she knew she was ready for something else. Even though she knew nothing about video production, she decided what she really wanted was to create her own show! That was just the beginning of Fave Lifestyles which has become a vibrant lifestyle commun

This episode is a quick check-in and the last one you'll see under the name Ready Pause Go. Starting January 24, 2022, you will find this podcast under the name The Career Butterfly. Our website is moving too. We're still all about inspiring, guiding, and supporting women from the career pause into their next step. Just like butterflies, we honor the cocoon phase and then find our

Remote work used to be unachievable dream for busy parents. The pandemic changed all of that. While remote work definitely has its own set of challenges, it is here to stay and that is good news for all of us! Tune in to here more about how to find your own remote job. readypausego.com