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The Career Bloom Podcast
Career advice with a little Southern sass and zero corporate fluff.
The Career Bloom Podcast is where twelve years in HR meets real talk and a strong cup of coffee. Host Lauren Deats has sat on both sides of the hiring table, and she's here to tell you what actually happens after you hit submit. The good, the cringe, and the stuff nobody says out loud.
Every week she's breaking down the job search, the interview room, the offer, and the messy middle of building a career you don't dread. One week it's how to quit tanking your own interviews. The next it's what hiring managers really think when they read your résumé. Whether you're job hunting, pivoting, climbing, or running the team that's doing the hiring, pull up a chair. There's something here for you.
You'll get a Horror Story of the Week you'll feel in your bones, a Listener Mailbag where your questions get answered straight, and a Tip of the Week you can actually use before the weekend.
New episodes every Thursday.
Ready to stop guessing and get a real plan? Book a free thirty-minute consult at careerbloomsolutions.com/free-consultations. Résumés, career, or interviews. You bring the mess, we'll sort it out together.
Bless your heart, you're going to be just fine.
The Career Bloom Podcast
Latest Episodes
Class Is In Session: Decoding The Market You Are Actually In
She ordered a large coffee and then apologized for ordering a large coffee.That is the part I remember. Eighteen months into a job search, and the thing she felt she had to apologize for was the size of her drink.She was not und...
How To Know What You Should Be Paid (The Number You Have Never Said Out Loud)
Every dollar you have ever earned was a number somebody else picked. Your starting offer came out of a range you never saw, and every raise since has been a percentage of it.This week Lauren gets into why your first offer is still settin...
You Cannot Write a Resume About a Stranger
Season 8 starts today, and I want to start it with a confession.I have spent almost twelve years deciding whether other people's resumes were worth ten more seconds. And there was a stretch of my own career where, if you had asked me wh...
The Job Market, Decoded. Part 4: Come Here, Sit Down
"Lauren. Is it going to get better?"I have dodged that question for about a year. I've given the diplomatic answer, I've given the data answer, and both of those were a coward's way out.So here is the honest one. No, I don't thi...
The Job Market Decoded Part 3: The Number Is Not The Offer
Wage growth just slid to 3.5% over the past year, down from the 3.7% to 4.0% range it held from mid-2025 through February. Translation: the automatic raise you used to get just for switching jobs is gone. You have to ask for it now....
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