The Career Bloom Podcast

About 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.

Publisher

Career Bloom Solutions LLC.

Category

business · education · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jan 2026

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026

   Unlearn It: The Resume Rules You Were Taught (and What to Do Instead)

   Send us Fan Mail One page or bust. Open with an objective. "References available upon request." If you learned it in a career class, it might be costing you interviews. This week kicks off Unlearn It, a six-week series where Lauren Deats crosses out the career advice everybody swears by, one set of rules at a time. First up: the resume. You'll learn why these rules made sense in the Paper Era, why they backfire in the Parser Era, and what to do instead. Plus a Halloween Horror Story of the We...

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   Class Is In Session: Decoding The Market You Are Actually In

   Send us Fan Mail 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 underqualified. She was not lazy. She was up at six, she was applying, she had a system. She was following a map for a city that had been rebuilt. This week I am starting something I have never done on this show. Not topics. A curriculum. Six weeks,...

3. 

   13 Aug 2026

   How To Know What You Should Be Paid (The Number You Have Never Said Out Loud)

   Send us Fan Mail 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 setting your pay five years later, the three numbers you need written down before anybody asks you anything, and where to find real salary data for free using pay transparency states. Plus the two words that cost one candidate twelve thousand dolla...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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