Per My Last Email

In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into the more subtle (but incredibly important) forms of networking that you might not be thinking about. Whether it’s honing your personal brand or expanding your weak ties, Kaila and Kyle share some excellent tips on the more unexpected ways to network.

00:00 Intro

00:39 Kaila’s experience with back-channeling

04:26 Peer-to-peer networking

10:56 Building up weak ties

14:16 Building your personal brand

18:42 Ways to grow your personal brand (beyond posting on LinkedIn)

20:17 The networking you do with your own boss

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

In this special bonus episode, Kaila and Kyle tape their very first live episode at Verizon HQ in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Listen to hear Kaila and Kyle share what they learned from their own early career experiences with Verizon’s intern class (aka VTerns), as well as hear professional insights and advice from Christina Schelling, Verizon’s own SVP of Human Resources (whose early career experiences include working for the CIA).

00:00 Intro

03:08 Kaila’s internship experience at Goldman Sachs

04:19 Kyle’s first career experiences

08:57 On figuring out what you want to do with your career

11:41 The 30-60-90 Framework

16:41 On learning from your bosses

17:47 Using naivete to your advantage

19:59 SVP of Human Resources, Christina Schelling

22:02 Christina’s experience at the CIA

26:41 The unexpected skills that are becoming more valuable today

30:25 The areas that young professionals should focus on developing in the first 5 years

35:33 The cost of perfectionism in your career

39:37 The questions young professionals should ask in interviews

This episode was sponsored by Verizon. Visit mycareer.verizon.com to apply to open roles and learn more about working at Verizon today.

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

In this episode, Kaila and Kyle discuss why perfectionism is actually a negative at work (and in life), and how to overcome it. And as a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, Kaila offers some excellent tactics and tips.

00:00 Intro

01:48 The misconception about perfectionism

06:16 The impacts of perfectionism

14:38 On whether we overrate intelligence

16:22 Measuring the delta between time and output

19:31 100 rejections in 100 days

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into and debate the most overrated and underrated work perks, and how to make the most of the ones you’re probably overlooking. Summer Fridays? Education credits? Unlimited PTO? You might be surprised by some of their controversial takes.

00:00 Intro

00:14 Reviewing the Morning Brew company party

05:09 Kaila’s party strength vs. Kyle’s party strength

06:53 Are company parties a good work perk?

08:42 Underrated work perk #1

10:28 Underrated work perk #2

11:37 Underrated work perk #3

14:15 Underrated work perk #4

15:04 Underrated work perk #5

16:18 Overrated work perk #1

18:35 Overrated work perk #2

21:57 Overrated work perk #3

24:45 Overrated work perk #4

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!

In this episode, Kaila and Kyle list the most annoying and the most appreciated qualities in a coworker. Plus, how to make the most of those good qualities and navigate the grating ones.

00:00 Intro

01:08 Coworker pet peeve #1

06:02 Coworker pet peeve #2

10:15 Coworker pet peeve #3

12:50 Coworker pet peeve #4

15:23 Coworker green flag #1

19:19 Coworker green flag #2

21:00 Coworker green flag #3

23:23 Coworker green flag #4

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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!