Barbara Limmer is a professional Career Coach and Consultant who has personally coached thousands of professionals and executives from around the world. She brings extensive experience working in all sides of the hiring process, including career management, human resources, and executive search. She previously worked with MBA students and alumni as a Career Management Director at Thunderbird School of Global Management and in a variety of human resources roles focused on recruiting, training and employee relations for companies including Bank of America and MetLife. She also worked as a "headhunter" in New York City while attending graduate school. In all of her positions, she continually conducted either "real" job interviews or "mock" interviews, providing real-time, detailed and in-depth feedback on what could be improved in their answers. Laura Browne has extensive experience in leadership and management development. She was a Senior Director of Human Resources for a global tech company where she taught managers how to be better interviewers. She is a speaker, trainer, and coach who helps global leaders and individuals be more successful. At Career Coffee Break (www.careercoffeebreak.com) she shows clients how to get promoted and make more money at work by negotiating raises and higher starting salaries at new jobs. Laura is the author of three business books and two fiction books including Help! My Company Swiped Left!, Increase Your Income: 7 Rules for Women Who Want To Make More Money at Work, and A Salary Cinderella Story (Or How To Make Money Without A Fairy Godmother). Laura has written for Forbes and has been quoted as a business expert in major publications including Cosmopolitan, Family Circle magazine, and USA Weekend.
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Barbara Limmer: www.linkedin.com/in/barbaralimmer
Laura Browne: www.linkedin.com/in/laurabrowne/
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In episode 572 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what inspired them to write "Interview Speak", how their backgrounds in HR, executive coaching, and leadership development inform the structure and content, how college students can stand out in the interview process, interview questions that trip people up the most, how students can use the job posting to prepare, what are the different types of interview questions, the role of body language and attire during the interview, what are some cringe interview responses, how we can recognize what the hiring manager really wants to figure out, and what college students should do after the interview. Enjoy!
