1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,420 Hello! Welcome to the Careers4Kids podcast where kids learn careers. This is 2 00:00:06,420 --> 00:00:12,840 Maxwell Valencia and Henry's unfortunately not here but it's okay though and today 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:20,920 we have Taryn Evans, a career coach. Hello Miss Evans! Thank you so much for 4 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,280 spending your time to be on Career for Kids. We have a good interview now. Let's get 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:34,520 started! Let's get started. The first question is tell us what your family do right now. 6 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:42,920 I am a career coach for the Westport Library. That is my title. That's really 7 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:51,440 interesting. So what does a career coach do? So we're career coach assist people 8 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,440 or the population, whoever they're serving, and career support. So that can 9 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:02,960 be finding a job, it can be transitioning into another job from a job to another 10 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:12,400 job, it can be helping them to build a resume which is something that displays 11 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,740 all of their work experience, helping them to find jobs that are available so 12 00:01:18,740 --> 00:01:22,940 connecting them with jobs that are open and available in the 13 00:01:22,940 --> 00:01:28,240 community and helping them prepare for interviews and helping them to work 14 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:33,160 successfully. So it's a little bit of everything. Yeah, that kind of sounds like us. 15 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:42,540 We're interviewing people and we're talking about careers. Yeah, yeah. So we do some of that too. 16 00:01:42,540 --> 00:01:49,120 So you should probably come in and help us one day. How'd you get to the position as a 17 00:01:49,120 --> 00:02:02,160 career coach? Well, I've worked in the field for a while now. I started off as a 18 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:08,920 job coach years ago and it was a job that I had when I was in school and I 19 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:16,440 absolutely loved it. And so what I would do as a job coach, I will work in the 20 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:23,080 community with a population and I would make sure that they have all of the job 21 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,960 supports that they needed and supports that they needed in place for them to be 22 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,240 able to work successfully. And I said, you know what? Oh my god, I love this. I 23 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:37,960 want to continue to do it. And so I just took off from there. So I transitioned 24 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,680 but I stayed in that in the career services field for short. 25 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,680 Oh, that's really interesting. I got to that position because I like it. 26 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:53,680 Yes. And what part of being a career coach do you enjoy the most and dislike the most? 27 00:02:53,680 --> 00:03:07,800 I would say I love, I love helping people and so in any way that I can assist or be 28 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:12,120 a resource to someone, that's my favorite part. So whether it's assisting with a 29 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:17,560 resume, connecting them with a job lead or to a job, as long as I'm helping 30 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:23,080 someone, I love that aspect of it. I like how you help people, it's really nice. 31 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:31,080 Yeah. And what would you say not enjoy the most? It's a little bit upsetting. 32 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:37,160 I would say for me right now, it's not actually my position here, it's actually 33 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:43,720 the job market. I don't like the job market right now. And so for me if I could 34 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:49,000 change that I would and I don't like it that much. So it's hard, you know, it's 35 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:55,240 hard to do what I do and connect people with resources and jobs. It makes it, it's 36 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,680 definitely a barrier when the job market is not where we need it to be and there 37 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,880 are a lot of opportunities. Yeah. You've talked about this before but was this the 38 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:13,640 dream job you imagined yourself when you were a kid? I will say I am in the field 39 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,560 of what I have always dreamed of doing. So I've always dreamed of helping people. 40 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:26,120 So I would say yes. I always wanted a position of where I can help someone and 41 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,920 you know, those with my game fulfillment in my position and I do that here for 42 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:37,480 sure. That's nice. I love how you like to help lots of people. It's really nice. 43 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,720 Yeah, it's good. We need people to help other people. That's how we make the 44 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:48,920 world go round. Yeah. Your job is just not about you making some income. Usually 45 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,360 not about that but there's another type of job where you're supposed to help 46 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:59,720 people. Mm-hmm. That's it. When you were young, who were like your main items? 47 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:15,160 When I was young, I definitely itemized Oprah Munfrey because I have always 48 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:22,120 loved how confident she was and she had her own talk show which is actually that 49 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:28,440 is that has been my dream job is to have a talk show. But she's been able to 50 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:33,320 accomplish that and so much more very confidently and she's been able to help 51 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:38,840 so many people. So she's definitely been my idol. I've heard about like how you 52 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:42,920 want to help people but specifically why did you pick this job and like what made 53 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:52,360 you do this? I would say because I am always looking for opportunities to grow 54 00:05:52,360 --> 00:06:00,280 and to learn new things. And I think that this job, it puts me in a position where 55 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:04,280 I have to grow and I have to learn new things because things are changing every 56 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:12,680 single day. And the job market, things just job trends and you know just staying 57 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:18,200 current on things that resources that are available that I need to know in 58 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,720 order for me to help others. So this position definitely puts me in a position 59 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,480 that puts me in a place where I have to continue to learn and I have to continue 60 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:30,600 to grow. And that's why I applied because I was up for the challenge. 61 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:37,000 Yeah it's good always to grow, always to learn new things like it's always nice to 62 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:43,080 do that especially if you're at a young age. Yes absolutely. And meeting new 63 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,240 people you can never go wrong with meeting new people, growing your network 64 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:53,640 and yeah. And out of your entire career what was like the biggest highlight? 65 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:01,640 Out of my entire career what was my biggest highlight? 66 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:23,400 I would say my biggest highlight in my entire entire career would be 67 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:36,200 in my previous position I worked as an employment specialist and I was 68 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:45,160 recognized in my last position because I had the highest percentage of clients 69 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:52,440 on my caseload that were employed. So everyone was on my, everyone was 70 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,600 employed on my caseload I think except for like two people. So it was a very 71 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,960 high number and I remember at that point in my career I worked very hard. I spent 72 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,520 a lot of time in the community and I spent a lot of time on preparing my clients 73 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:11,800 for positions and creating opportunities for them and so I was I was very happy 74 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,760 when I was recognized for that at work. 75 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:20,440 And what are the biggest challenges that you think can be solved by our generation 76 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,440 that you would want us to solve for you? 77 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:31,560 I would repeat the question please. 78 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:37,400 What are the biggest challenges that you think can be solved by our generation that 79 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,400 you would want us to solve for you? 80 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,120 What are the biggest challenges that you think can be solved by our generation that 81 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:45,640 you would want us to solve for you? 82 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:59,240 I think that your generation, I think that your generation can benefit us if you guys 83 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:07,000 dream big and when I say dream big whatever it is that you guys set your mind to do, do it 84 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,720 and don't wait until you're younger, I mean don't wait until you're older. If there's 85 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:17,720 something that you want to do and you have an idea or whatever it is you stay focused 86 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:24,280 on that and that will help us because you guys will be creating more opportunities 87 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:32,120 but then you guys will also be inspiring you know others to dream big you know. 88 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:39,480 So there's no, people say the sky's the sky's the limit you go above the sky just keep going 89 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:48,040 just keep going. I know that's like a challenge like it's kind of a challenge it's a nice way 90 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,920 to say it so I'd say someone wants to be a career coach or like help people what would 91 00:09:52,920 --> 00:10:01,160 you tell him or her? I would tell them to um explore the career space now 92 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:08,120 stay updated and educate yourself on career trends um look for opportunities where you can mentor or 93 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:15,560 volunteer just to see if you like it um see if it's a space that you wanna you wanna be in um 94 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:22,680 and just to get out there there are a lot of um information on the on the internet but here at 95 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:29,320 your local library there's free workshops and so I think that anyone who wants to get into this 96 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:36,920 space as a career coach start now. Yeah always get a good start so it's good. 97 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,880 At the same time enjoy being a child. Yes. 98 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,400 And what is your main life advice for kids listening to this podcast? 99 00:10:49,400 --> 00:11:01,960 Um I would in addition to dreaming big and staying focused on um accomplishing your goals is to 100 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:14,360 I think I will also add to that and I would say you are and this is from a presentation last week 101 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:25,480 at our networking group um is to remind yourselves that you are capable that whatever it is that you 102 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:33,800 want to do if you can think it you can do it and to not be so hard on yourself and be good to 103 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:41,560 yourself because in order for you to be great at something you have to be good to yourself and you 104 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:48,680 have to be you have to feel great in order for you to produce something great right and so I think 105 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:53,640 I think we think that we you know we have to work so hard and work so hard but we forget to take care 106 00:11:53,640 --> 00:12:02,200 of ourselves so if anything it will say if I would say um take care of yourself work hard to take 107 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,040 care of yourself and um give yourself the best so that way you can do your best work. 108 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,880 Thank you so much Tarine for allowing us to interview you. I'm sure more kids will be inspired 109 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:17,800 by this interview. No problem thank you so much for having me. No problem and to whomever is 110 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,760 listening thanks for listening to the careers for kids podcast. We hope you enjoyed the episode 111 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:38,520 and we'll see you in the next episode. Bye! Bye bye!