Happy Hour with Brittni & Penny

Welcome to this week's fun and fruity episode! Holidays: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45523646_Effects_of_vacation_from_work_on_health_and_well-being_Lots_of_fun_quickly_gone Accidental Tech Podcast: Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters. Hosted by Marco Arment, (Overcast) Casey Liss, and John Siracusa: https://atp.fm/ Dithering Podcast - Ben Thompson from Stratechery (analyst) and John Gruber (markdown): https://daringfireball.net/2020/05/dithering Employee Engagement: https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2020/05/07/this-is-actually-the-perfect-time-to-assess-your-companys-employee-engagement/#7dfbd7734c2e This American Life - Broken: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/this-american-life/id201671138?l=en&i=1000487628217 Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en We’ll see you next week 💕

Spring has sprung and we've got lots to talk about! This week we’re debating a couple of hot topics that are on our minds, including confidence at work and beyond, why it's so important to define your offering (especially now), the nature of expertise, and the fact that Penny is Extremely Online (what that means will be explained). Hope you enjoy!   A couple of links 🙅🏽‍♂️Getting out of zoom calls: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/smarter-living/coronavirus-zoom-facetime-fatigue.html?referringSource=articleShare 🏡What is Hygge? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygge Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕

We have been entirely selfish for this episode and focussed on a subject that is very pertinent to our lives right now….time management!! Everyone struggles with it, don’t they?! We hope so, but after this episode, we’re sure you’ll feel much more confident planning your days 😁 Show Notes: Harry and Meghan must have listened to our last episode!! Prepare for some baby spam Penny finally hits her groove in 2020 Marky Mark’s daily schedule We’re looking for an assistant!! Job description in the episode <3 Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕

If you’re thinking about quitting your job, there’s a lot to consider. Are you ready for your next move? Are you currently positioned for a successful transition? This week on Happy Hour we’re walking you through the best steps to take when you want to quit your job and move on to bigger and better things! Show Notes: 🙅🏾‍♀️Saying NO ⏰Struggling with time management 🥂Happy Hour had an event! 🌭Are members clubs awful? ✨Should you quit your job? 👞How to position yourself in the market 👨🏻‍💻What skills should you be learning? 🎙Link to Developing your professional voice ep Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/ We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕

This is our year-end ramble fest where we talk about all the most pressing things on our minds. Including how to behave at your holiday party, whether it’s ever okay to flirt with a client and are kids these days grow up knowing how to be adults?! That and much much more! It’s our last episode of the year so we made it extra festive! See you in 2020! Show Notes 📝 -Adulting classes? https://www.thecut.com/2019/12/college-students-and-postgrads-enroll-inadulting-classes.html -Penny’s hilarious story: Mark Manson vs Marc Maron -Trusting your gut: https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/12/intuition-gut-feeling.html -Subtle art of not giving a fuck -LinkedIn endorsing skills, yay or nay? -Should you mix your personal and professional voices on social media? -Holiday parties, hook ups and gift giving -Flirting with clients?! Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en We’ll see you next (next, next) Tuesday (Jan 7, 2020) 💕

This discussion is a super important one and we’re thrilled to bring it to you. This week, we’re helping you to figure out how to set up a strong, stable foundation for your career so that if you want to make a move, if you’re forced to, or if you want a promotion, you’re all good to go. We call it the career health check and it's something that everyone should do sooner rather than later. Enjoy! Show notes: ✈️ We just got back from Web Summit! 💸 For the record, we generally try to give homeless people money ;) 😬 We talk about the worst talk we’ve ever seen 🌈 Making the most of the benefit of hindsight 🏅 How to make sure you’re on track for career happiness! ❤️ Joy = happiness = connection 📞 HOLD THE PHONE! Esther Perel is making a pod about work. CANNOT WAIT. 🧠 Range by David Epstein  Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/812538469107105/) for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/ We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕

Penny gives herself some advice and Brittni's gone freelance! Plus, you know when you're in an interview or just started a new job and have the thought, "was that a red flag or am I just being dramatic?!" This week, we talk all about what we like to watch out for in the application process, during an interview and in the early days of a new job! Happy listening! Show Notes: 🙆Brittni goes FREELANCE 🌱Growth Mindset ❌What are the deal breakers? 💼Redflags to watch out for in job interviews Thanks so much for listening! Join our community on Facebook for more regular tips, chats and fun work-related things! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials: Penny’s Instagram Brittni’s Instagram We’ll see you next Tuesday 💕

We've all been in the situation where morale is down, motivation has gone out the window and achieving results from your team is a million miles away. Whether you are a manager or not, there will be times where you need to pull your colleagues out of the preverbal gutter. This week we talk all about what to do when everyone you work with seems to be down in the dumps.  Show Notes: 🙄What even is Mindfulness? 💞https://www.workresponsibly.org/ 🎧Unfuck Your Brain Podcast with Kara Loewentheil 👩🏽‍🏫Lightning Decision Jam Workshop from AJ&Smart Join our community on Facebook! Have a question? Send it to happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com We'd love to hear from you! Instagram: @brittnibow @vanta_blackmore Thanks for listening! If you like our podcast, please rate, review and subscribe!! It would mean the world to us. Have a wonderful week! 🍓

Get your Amazon account ready!! This week we’re going wild with yet another weird format! Because why not! We’re covering some fabulous books that have really influenced us, and that we HIGHLY recommend. This one get's really good, we hope you enjoy it!  Show Notes: ☠️We all die alone ok? And that’s alright! 🙅🏻Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story  by Angela Saini 🔥Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 🤕Why Won't You Apologize? Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts by Harriet Lerner PhD 👑The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath 💡….and the Big Idea is….?!!! 💫Penny and Brittni share moments that they’ve created for themselves and others 🏠Diana Ross: It's My House (listen now!) Thanks for listening! If you have a question for us, send it to happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com  Follow Brittni and Penny on Instagram!  We love you 💕

For many introverted people, the thought of leadership is scary. In this episode we talk about how you can take charge in a workshop, run an effective meeting, lead a team, all the while still being YOU (introverted)! We also discuss the challenges of getting a job in a different country… we both happen to be experts in this one 😉 Ps. WE HAVE A NEW MIC! Our sound should be crazy good in this episode (and in all future episodes) HURRAY!  Join our Happy Hour Facebook Group! Meet new people, ask questions and have a whole mass of cool people supporting you in your career! 🎙WE GOT A NEW MIC! 🎶The sound of an oboe goes like this 🙊We have a new community for you to join! 🚘Let’s get automated 👽Brittni learns about “Singularity” 👩🏽‍🏫Facilitating workshops as an introvert 📕Book Recommendation: Quiet by Susan Cain  💼Applying for jobs in a different country 💻How to write a killer cold email 🇦🇺Penny tells us about the Australian food scene Send your questions to our email: happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com  Resource of the week: Happy Hour Career Talk Facebook Group! Join us and let’s get the conversation going! Follow us on the SOCIALS!  Instagram: @brittnibow @vanta_blackmore Twitter: @penelope_noir Thanks for listening! If you like our podcast, please rate, review and subscribe!!  It would mean the world to us. Have a wonderful week! 🍓

Does anyone actually read these notes? Say "hell yes" if you do and completely ignore this text if you don't. This week, we talk about interns and how they can be stressful, and also, the golden ticket....how to be good at your job!! Show Notes 🙋🏻Penny’s a freelancer now! 😢Is business development thankless? 💿Swedish DJ Adam Beyer  👸 Brittni is now a feedback queen (Feedback special coming!) 💪Situation Behaviour Impact Feedback Model 💡Ben Franklin Effect 📱Brittni’s always instagramming 📋 How to manage an intern (resource of the week!)  Big thanks to our podcast producer and sound designer, Max Gosford. If you’d like Max to work on your podcast, you can get in touch with him here - maxgosford@gmail.com 🍣 Got a question? Send us an email! happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on social medias! Instagram: @brittnibow and @vanta_blackmore and Penny is also on Twitter @penelope_noir :)

Brittni’s drinking again and Penny is happy about it. In this fiery episode of Happy Hour, Brittni and Penny discuss how to say no to your boss, especially when you’re someone who always says yes. They also dive into the controversial debate, do you need to manage women differently than men in the workplace? If so, how? This episode is packed full of actionable advice, podcast recommendations and books you should be reading! Don’t forget to rate and review the podcast, and more importantly, share it with your friends! Show Notes 👧🏼Brittni’s first alcoholic drink in....a while 👧🏻Penny was missed in the office this week 🎙Podcast Recommendation: How I Built This, episode with Jen Rubio from Away Luggage 🎙Podcast Recommendation: Hello* Monday with Tim Brown 💕Eileen Fischer is PURE CLASS 📚Book Recommendation: The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo 👑How to know if you’ll be a great manager (Brittni reads an excerpt) 🎬Brittni’s content idea workshop 🚀The power of the co-creation effect ✅Always saying yes at work 📆The power of calendarizing your day 🙋🏽Should we manage women differently than men? 🦄 The meritocracy myth 🍌How to manage people who are more experienced than you Resource of week! Ask a Boss from thecut.com Got a question? Send us an email! happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on social medias! Instagram: @brittnibow and @vanta_blackmore  *Penny called it Happy Monday, but it’s actually called “Hello Monday” 😁

In this Friday recording of Happy Hour, Brittni and Penny discuss (over Gin and Tonics) what to do if you find yourself crying at work. Can you recover from it? They also give some advice to a new grad who’s confused about what to do next. How do you deal with today’s job market and the feeling of being paralysed by choice? Look forward to some discussions around drunk shopping, working in the fashion industry and Brittni struggling to find the word “outlet” in her brain.  Show Notes: 🙋‍🙋🏻 What do Brittni and Penny actually DO for work? 🙅🏻‍Why Penny’s younger self wouldn’t be excited by what she’s doing today 💅Glamorous jobs aren’t actually glamorous at all 🎨What is a creative outLET?! 👠Penny was an all star sales woman at Nine West  😢What to do if you’re crying at work (12:00) 🎓Straight out of university, how do you figure out what to do next?! (19:58) 🌱Growth vs. Fixed Mindset (Ted Talk by Carol Dweck) (24:30) 📚Mindset: The new psychology of success (Book by Carol Dweck) 👔The best way to decide what career paths interest you (28:06) 📃Is career hopping okay on your resume? 🚀Resource of the week: Principles, by Ray Dalio  

Join us for the great debate: Personal branding - for or against?! We'll also be chatting (read: complaining) about brain picking and how to do it properly, if you must.  Ask us a question and get it answered on the Podcast! Email: happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! @brittnibow @vanta_blackmore 

In the very first episode of Happy Hour, we're tackling the difficulties of being told you're overqualified and tips on networking without the cringe factor.  Ask us a question and get it answered on the podcast! Email: happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! @brittnibow @vanta_blackmore 

It's our last episode for a little while, and it's a ripper!! We're sorry it took us so long, but you know what they say, better late than never 🤓 Stay subscribed to keep updated on any future episodes that might be in the works!! Follow us on the socials! Penny’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vanta_blackmore/ Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en We’ll see you again a little later 💕

Since we have 90 episodes in the bank these days, we figured that we should use them! Plus, sometimes it's too hot for us to record. Apologies, but we'll be back next week! Thanks so much for listening 🙏 Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en Penny's newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/189c5db78d87/pennyslinks?fbclid=IwAR2dFz3FcWsIYyHjJNmoVswmjob352zHLbvAgfH1oCEleTEMPsiRG8QSvAM We’ll see you next week 💕

There's some pep in our step this week! We record this one right before taking off for a weekend away, so we are PUMPED and you might be able to hear it in your earholes.  We explore whether you should treat life as one big experiment, why it's important to have "girl time" and our take on the Friends reunion! 😅  Here are some links!  Cruella - The movie  Sentimental in the City Podcast The Friends Reunion  Thanks so much for listening! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Brittni’s Instagram Penny's newsletter We’ll see you next week 💕

This week we are scrambling eggs live on air. Just kidding! This is a test to see if anyone reads the shownotes. But Penny, what are you two gonna talk about!?! Well, I'm so glad you asked. On this week's episode we discuss a different way to approach your new, the three different ways to tackle career uncertainty (there might be more ways, but we're discussing just a few here), as well as the Bo Burnham Netflix special and the art of getting dressed. Do join us! Anticipating a good time: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/09/anticipating-a-good-time-is-half-the-fun Here is a playlist to pump out work to: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXa2SPUyWl8Y5?si=48wiHjJSQl-fa9jwrCWthQ The Bo Burnham Netflix special: https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/bo-burnham-inside-welcome-to-the-internet.html Thanks so much for listening! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Follow us on the socials! Brittni’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en Penny's newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/189c5db78d87/pennyslinks?fbclid=IwAR2dFz3FcWsIYyHjJNmoVswmjob352zHLbvAgfH1oCEleTEMPsiRG8QSvAM We’ll see you next week 💕

This week we traverse topics from getting a business coach, to reading books from the early 2000's, to self-actualisation. This episode is jam-packed with advice, books, opinions, musings and loads of laughs. Join us!  Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Confidential_(book)  Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat,_Pray,_Love Brene Brown on Daring Leadership: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-armored-versus-daring-leadership-part-1-of-2/ This Jungian Life: https://thisjungianlife.com/episode-164-assessing-your-values-meaning-motivation/ Blindboy Podcast - On Becoming a Person: https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/onbecomingaperson I’ve got re-entry anxiety – but it’s not contagion I fear: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/23/ive-got-re-entry-anxiety-but-its-not-contagion-i-fear-coco-khan  The Nervous Person’s Guide to Re-entering Society: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/well/mind/covid-back-to-normal.html Thanks so much for listening! Have a question, suggestion or topic request? We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at happyhourcareertalk@gmail.com Where to follow us: Brittni’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittnibow/?hl=en Penny's newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/189c5db78d87/pennyslinks?fbclid=IwAR2dFz3FcWsIYyHjJNmoVswmjob352zHLbvAgfH1oCEleTEMPsiRG8QSvAM We’ll see you next week 💕