Claire & Chels, two small business consultants, recant tales from their intense and varied work history, and share stories of guests and listeners as well. Sometimes there is crying.
Claire & Chels resurface after 14 months of radio silence and personal chaos. Recanting over a year of life loss, work insanity, toxic bosses, weight loss, career wins, health issues, roller skating, psychological healing with marijuana, and everything falling into place. There is ALMOST crying. Grab an ice cream and tune in, they're back for at least 50 minutes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels, and returning guest Ren Rice of @StitchCrvft discuss making drastic career changes spurred by the current global Pandemic, as well as the tempting business model of Youtube Art Vloggers. You learn about their favorite art vloggers, generational trauma, and finding common ground in places you didn't expect to. There is some crying. To support the AAPI community and to help stop the spread of Asian Hate, please visit this link to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-aapi-community-fund The crew at 'Experience' strongly stands against hatred and violence toward all communities, and the exponential growth of hate crimes against our fellow Americans is tragic, disgusting, and wrong. Artists and Vloggers mentioned in this episode: Tiffany Tan (Apple Cheeks): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ9XXjX0eNReH28Ass8E-hw Vicki Xu (Thanksxu): https://www.youtube.com/user/vampknight65 Ren Rice (StitchCrvft): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCth9R8k9xKewheodOeSfqfA Anoosha Syed: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs1dsJI_9ekAxWSgu3YQz6w Jisi Im (JSoupy) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbG_3qu4MaS6RYwc9_1r7Zg Furry Little Peach: https://www.youtube.com/user/WeAreLittlePeaches Paloma the Peach: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Paloma+the+peach Radhia Rhaman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClrBC0OlMWEuP-xJOwX1WQg Linh Truong (WithLoveLinh): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDivkE8Ckgk14fu1XChEp7w --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Chels discuss their hopes for this podcast and the important work that the organization "Change Berkshire Culture" is doing in exposing the institutionalized abuse in cultural non-profit work. You learn about Unions, Non-Profit Board culture, and books about building a podcast. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Chels discuss their career moves over their two month break, the upcoming potential guests for this unofficial second season, and Chels's recent ADHD diagnosis. Women are severely under-diagnosed for ADHD, and only in the last few years have American medical professionals been willing to entertain the idea that instead of chronic depression, these women are suffering from a very, very treatable disorder. Chels discusses what Adderall has done for her life and mental health in a short two months. There is no crying. For more information on Adult Women with ADHD, and if this sounds like you, please find many scholarly articles here: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=studies+on+ADHD+in+women&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Chels share tropes and memories of obligatory company holiday party experiences. You learn about what not to give your employees for Christmas, Kim from accounting, and chinchillas. There is no crying. *NOTICE*** We're taking January off. We'll see you all in February! Happy New Year frenz! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Chels discuss business partnerships and how to protect yourself, family, business, and clients in a partnership. You learn about partnership agreements, business dissolution, and hear a listener experience. There is dog moaning, but there is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels, two business consultants, recant tales from their own intense and varied work history, and share stories of guests and listeners as well. Sometimes there is crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels discuss a friend's situation in a toxic work environment, and offer ten signs you might be in one yourself. You learn about ways to protect yourself in toxic situations, some toxic situations Chels and Claire found themselves in, and Gilmore Girls logistics. There is no crying. Investigate companies you're interviewing with: www.Glassdoor.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Chels is in Massachusetts with Claire this week. They discuss Claire bringing Chels into work with her at the Inn on Halloween. You learn about Gilmore Girls fantasies, the intimate life of Edith Wharton, and post election relief. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
*In spite of promises, this is the only podcast recorded on this day.* Claire tells Chels the story of discovering the builder of her historical home was tangled in the largest unsolved murder mystery in the Berkshires. You learn about possibly unhealthy anxiety coping skills, rich people problems, and Claire's historical home. There is no crying. ... yet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire discusses the time she attempted to rescue a struggling CoOp marketplace. You learn about business death by committee, classical sexism and demeaning by boomers, and aggressive vegans. There is no crying. (ok, just a tiny bit, but the good kind.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Chels discusses her scandal-ridden, politically fueled time as a rodeo queen on her county fair court. You learn about horse pageantry, western pleasure bareback *giggle*, rodeo sex tapes, embezzlement, and yes, even murder. Trigger warning; this episode briefly discusses animal murder at the 50 minute mark. THERE IS CRYING. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Claire (Willett) take over an episode while Chels prepares to evacuate wildfires. They discuss Dungeons and Dragons, Global Warming and fires, Twitter life, and grant writing. You learn about Tarot decks, high school jobs, the grey soup can that is 2020, and why this time loop is hard to write about. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Chels discuss wedding photography, wedding coordination, and the jobs you're not paid for but have to be ready to slay anyways. You learn about bridesmaids and honesty, drunken families, a run over foot, a family tree that doesn't fork, and why kidnappings and hazelnuts bring us joy. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Welcome to Sunday Service, where mimosas are free, and the TEA IS HOT. In these mini-sodes we share your best and worst customer service stories. This week you hear about the BEST coffee shop camper, and TW: Poop story. So stand in line, sit at a booth, sing a hymn, and TIP YOUR SERVERS. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Chels discuss pre and post pandemic etiquette in the service industry. You learn about bad pie charts on news networks, bad customers, good servers, and how an existential crisis can be helped with tiny vegetables and Brooklyn 99. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Welcome to Sunday Service! Where the mimosas are cheap (because they come from your fridge) and the TEA IS HOT. In this Sunday Service, we serve you three stories from fellow Service Industry workers. You meet the anonymous Patron Saint of Fast Food Fortitude, Jenny the OG bartender, and Molly, the Warrior Angel of Red Hat Exorcisms. There is no crying. There is only Brunch. We'll be here all morning, please remember to TIP YOUR SERVERS. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire and Ren discuss Imposter Syndrome, toxic work culture, and mental health in the work place. You learn about Fandom Couture, Studio Ghibli food and Clarence the Show, millennial hustle culture, and how to support creators. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels discuss the toxic white feminism at Refinery29. You learn about how to be a better ally, never trust HR, and the best whiskey for an old fashioned this weekend. There is no crying. Sources: Sesali Bowen https://influence.co/nofilter/black-at-r29-refinery-29-bustle-conde-nast-media-twitter-instagram Kerry Flynn https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/media/journalists-diversity/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/media/refinery29-workplace-culture/index.html Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno https://www.fastcompany.com/90517404/this-is-how-women-of-color-can-navigate-relationships-with-white-allies Caroline Kitchener https://www.thelily.com/these-millennial-brands-were-founded-on-feminism-employees-of-color-say-a-racist-culture-left-only-white-women-empowered/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels discuss their latest hustles as well as their favorite jobs. You learn about vintage clothing, wedding photographer confessions, and Chels's ab. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels interview Instagram Fandom Influencer @Solanah. You learn about vintage culture, blogging as a lifestyle, and the @Galactic_Coven. There is no crying. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire interviews Chels about her time working in a casual "Italian" dining establishment. Break out the breadsticks because you learn about bad dates, server pools, Italian appropriation, and what that dressing is REALLY made of. There is no crying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels talk about odd jobs: photographing a Pandemic Wedding, and working in a custom wood sign shop. You learn about Manc-Aves, D&D Barbarian Classification, Parrot-heads, and Supreme Court Justice Adrienne C. Nelson. There is almost some crying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels talk about their earlier experiences in the world of teenage female customer service of the 1990's. You learn about Tack Shops, Burger Aquariums, and Hat Shaping. There is no crying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Chels interviews Claire about her experience as a pastry chef in a two haunted locations. You learn about baking schools, techniques, some fancy names, and about ghost children hangin' out with baking staff. There is no crying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire interviews Chels about her time as a young mall security guard in the northwest. You are introduced to a colorful cast of characters, the antics of America's worst couple (Chet & Stacy) and the inner-workings and dramas of shopping malls. There is no crying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
Claire & Chels introduce themselves and the podcast, and discuss what they wanted to be when they grew up. There is some solid horse-girl talk, admissions of black light poster love, and no crying. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experiencecareerstories/message
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