Career Crossroads is a podcast brought to you by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services that aims to connect job seekers with valuable resources to help them gain skills, find quality work, and get back on their feet. Whether you need assistance with resume writing, interview prep, finding an apprenticeship, or navigating reemployment, this podcast will provide tips and information about the free services available through Wyoming's workforce centers. To learn more about Wyoming Workforce Services, visit https://dws.wyo.gov/
E08: Explaining Career Gaps: What Employers Really Want to Hear
Career Crossroads explores how job seekers address employment gaps by highlighting transferable skills and rebuilding confidence to re-enter the workforce.
12 Jun 2025
E07: Financial Planning While Unemployed
This episode explores financial planning strategies for unemployed individuals, providing tools to assess income, create budgets, and make informed decisions about savings and resources.
11 Jun 2025
E06: LinkedIn and Beyond: Refreshing Your Online Professional Presence
Listeners discover how to rebrand themselves for today's job market by updating their LinkedIn profile and managing their digital footprint to align their online image with their career goals.
10 Jun 2025
E05: The Red Flags of Scam Job Postings: What to Watch Out For
This episode explores the red flags of scam job postings, revealing tactics used by scammers and arming job seekers with knowledge to navigate their search confidently.
2 Oct 2024
E05: RESEA Explained: How Wyoming Helps Job Seekers Before Benefits Run Out
In this episode of Career Crossroads, we explore Wyoming's Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program for unemployment insurance claimants. Staff from the Unemployment Insurance Division break down work search requirements for Wyoming residents and explain what counts as job search activities. Learn about opportunities through the Department of Workforce Services, from job fairs to career planning sessions, and how the state's unemployment system works to support residents finding employment.
3 Jan 2024
E04: Resumes That Open Doors: Highlighting Your Transferable Skills
In this episode, you will discover best practices for creating compelling job resumes and cover letters. Learn how to move away from generic chronological resumes towards skills-focused hybrid resumes tailored specifically for your desired positions. Get tips for effectively communicating career gaps due to caregiving, illness, incarceration or military service by highlighting your transferable abilities. You’ll also learn how to access free local experts to translate your background into resumes that help you stand out to employers.
6 Dec 2023
E03: Navigating Your Career Path with Labor Market Insights
In this episode, you'll learn about utilizing labor market information in career planning and job searching. Shelby Cunningham, RESEA Program Manager for Wyoming Workforce Services explains that labor market data encompasses employment trends, wages, job outlooks, and more on a granular, geographic basis. She also provides details about how those receiving unemployment benefits can access this information from their case worker and how to access online resources that drill down labor market data even further by interest inventory and required education.
4 Dec 2023
E02: Acing the Job Interview: Tips for Presenting Your Best Self Virtually and In-Person
Tune in as Shelby Cunningham, RESEA Program Manager for Wyoming Workforce Services, returns to discuss best practices for job interview preparation and success. Shelby outlines helpful tips like getting enough rest, testing your tech setup, finding a quiet space, and researching the company and role. She also explains how interviews now often focus on behavioral questions that reveal how you handle conflict, mistakes, communication styles, etc rather than just technical skills, and stresses practicing answers with specific examples and thoughtful questions about company culture. You'll also discover what employers are most looking for when interviewing job applicants!
1 Dec 2023
E01: Connecting Unemployed Workers with Jobs: An Introduction to Wyoming's Workforce Services
In this debut episode of Career Crossroads, you'll hear from Shelby Cunningham, RESEA Program Manager for Wyoming Workforce Services. Shelby discusses the goals of the RESEA program to connect unemployment benefit recipients back to work more quickly. She also addresses common misconceptions of the workforce centers as just "unemployment offices," when in fact their mission is the opposite - to help people find and retain good jobs. You'll also hear the wide range of free retraining, skill-building, and placement services the workforce centers offer job seekers and employers alike, especially important with today's labor shortages.
Podcast Authority Score: 10 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
19
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
0
Contact Career Crossroads
Guest appearances
Does not typically book guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Career Crossroads?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
