Oct 1, 202640 minS3
In the last episode, 118 we mentioned that having a personal board of advisors is helpful. For this episode, we thought we would go over what a personal board of advisors is, how youmight create one and why this is...
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Propelling Careers
Hosted by Lauren Celano · business · EN-US
About this Podcast:
Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould launched this podcast in 2024, when Jim was the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School. Jim is now the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.As we develop new episodes, we will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions.
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What is Propelling Careers about?
Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould launched this podcast in 2024, when Jim was the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School. Jim is now the Executive Director of the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
Who hosts Propelling Careers?
Propelling Careers is hosted by Lauren Celano. The show has published 121 episodes to date.
What has Propelling Careers covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Ep 119: Building your Personal Board of Advisors - Propelling Careers Podcast" (1 October 2026, 40 minutes), "Ep 118: Myth Busting - Leadership and Failure - Propelling Careers Podcast" (17 September 2026, 37 minutes), and "Ep 117: Myth Busting - Propelling Careers Podcast" (11 September 2026, 33 minutes).
How often does Propelling Careers publish?
Propelling Careers publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 121 episodes.
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Booking probability for Propelling Careers is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Propelling Careers requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Propelling Careers's contact route on record: verified email.
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- Sep 17, 202637 minS3
In this episode we will focus on two myths that we hear often. One is Leadership skills are only important for people in formal leadership positions - like being a manager of people and the second one is that failure is...
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Ep 117: Myth Busting - Propelling Careers Podcast
Sep 11, 202633 minIn this episode we focus on myth busting including these points below. This is one of our favorite topics. The myth busting is one of the reasons we started the podcast. We like being a source of truth for people...
- Aug 31, 202629 minS3
Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 116. In this episode we will focus on how to sell yourself without being salesy - this topic has come up multiple times in many of our coaching discussions so we thought we...
- Aug 15, 202635 minS3
In this episode we will focus on tips to do effective informational interviews. In the last episode, 114, wetalked about networking tips. Since one way to follow up from networking could be an informational interview...
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- Jul 28, 202639 minS3
In this episode we will focus on tips to build and connect with your network especially during more informal get togethers that happen over the summer. We briefly discussed this topic in episode 108 and will dive deeper...
- Jul 19, 202645 minS3
Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 113. This is a continuation from episode 110, 111, and 112 - to cover more Questions that we received from the Festival of Genomics talk on Optimizing your CV in the Era of...
- Jul 10, 202644 minS3
This episode is a continuation from episodes 110 and 111 - to cover even more Questions we received from the Festivalof Genomics in Boston - our talk was Optimizing your CV in the AI Era. We want to give a shout out...
- Jul 3, 202640 minS3
Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 111. This is a continuation from episode 110 - to cover more Questionswe received from the Festival of Genomics in Boston. We want to give a shout out again to Jennifer K...
- Jun 21, 202642 minS3
Jim and Lauren recently gave a talk at the Festival of Genomics in Boston on Optimizing your CV in the AI Era. Wecovered a range of topics on resume creation, development and branding and we had a lot of questions...
- Jun 12, 202635 minS3
Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 109. We talked in our last podcast about a few ways to leverage the summer slowdown and one of these was to disconnect and unplug with intention. Therefore we thought we...
- Jun 5, 202635 minS3
<p>The start of summer marks a turning point in the year. This can be a great time to reflect and refocus and recharge. In this episode, we focus on tips including these below, to help you leverage the summer time...
- May 29, 202641 minS3
<p>In many of Jim and Lauren’s coaching discussions, the topic of building a target list to identify organizations of interest comes up. This seems to happen regardless of the original focus of the coaching session...
- May 21, 202638 minS3
<p>Jim and Lauren have had many discussions recently where people we speak with just feel overwhelmed in their job search / career navigation. Therefore, we thought we would do this episode to try to give advice for how...
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Ep 105: Questions from Jim’s talks at MGH, AAI and Beth Israel - Propelling Careers Podcast
May 13, 202642 minS3<p>In this episode, we will talk about a few more of Jim’s recent talks at MGH, AAI’s IMMUNOLOGY 2026 conference and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The talk at Beth Israel was Jim’s talk, “Self-work to Network”...
- May 7, 202632 minS3
<p>In episode 102, the topic of defining success came up while we were discussing Jim’s recent talk at Wheaton College.Since this is such an important topic, and one that can be very personal and individualized, we...
- Apr 28, 202635 minS3
<p>In this episode, we will focus on a few more of Jim’s recent talks. He has been busy over the last few weeks talking at places such as Wheaton College, the 3rd Annual New Mexico Postdoc Research Symposium and MGH...
- Apr 21, 202629 minS3
<p>In this episode, we will focus on one of Jim’s recent talks. He has been busy over the last few weeks talking at places such as Wheaton College, the 3rd Annual New Mexico Postdoc Research Symposium and MGH. We are...
- Apr 10, 202640 minS3
<p>In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice relating to building your personal brand on LinkedIn. In Feb 2026 Lauren gave two talks at the Transition to Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training...
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Ep 100: Celebration of our 100th episode and our first guest - Propelling Careers Podcast
Mar 31, 202642 minS3<p>Welcome to Propelling Careers Podcast episode 100. We cannot believe we have made it this far… One source I foundindicated that 6.25% of all podcasts make it to 100 episodes. Another source I found said about 5%...
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Jim Gould
University of Louisville School of Medicine
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Lauren Celano
Propel Careers
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Jennifer K. Ocasio Adorno
North Carolina State University
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Victor Guy
Life Sciences Event Producer, Front Line Genomics
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