All Episodes

71. Stop Applying with an Entry-Level Mindset: Positioning Yourself for Evaluation Manager and Director Roles

70. Your Relationship With Evaluation Gurus And Why It Matters For Your Career

69. Seven Strategies to Prepare For a Potential Layoff

68. How Evaluators Answer "What Do You Do?" Live from C2026

67. How Amy Built Career Clarity and Landed a Director-Level Evaluation Role

66. Too Junior for Senior Roles, Too Senior For Junior Ones? How Hairat Found Her Way

65. Women in Evaluation | How Doaa Abou Hussein Built a Pro-Palestine, Impact-Driven Consulting Firm

64. Women in Evaluation | Feminist Evaluation, Caregiving, and Identity with Claudia Olavarría

63. One Year On: Rebuilding After Career Disruption and Launching a Business with Beeta Tahmassebi

62. One Year On: Resiliency, Advocacy, and CES Leadership with Matt Sanscartier

61. One Year On: Leading AEA Through The Inflection Point with Karen Jackson

60. Making Learning Real in MEL with Florence Randari

59. Six Strategies That Accelerated My Evaluation Career

58. Personality Types and Leadership in Evaluation

57. How AI Is Transforming Evaluation Consulting with Slavica Stevanovic

56. Visibility Through Consistency: Cecilia Eva Beloqui's LinkedIn Journey

55. An Evaluator's Journey into Portfolio Careers: Mishkah Teladia's Story

54. Embracing Portfolio Careers With Kelsi Kriitmaa

53. Making The Case For Evaluation (Live from Eval25)

52. Owning Your Path: Mahesh's Career Story

51. Interviewing With Your Edge Part 2

50. Interviewing With Your Edge Part 1

49. Your Career Logic Model

48. The 6 Myths That Hold Evaluators Back In Their Careers

47. Feeling Like an Imposter as an Evaluator with John LaVelle

46. Building Your Consulting Sales Pipeline with Paul Bakker

45. Turning Learning Into Action: Building Evaluation Capacity with Allison Prieur

44. Three Times I Almost Stand In The Way Of My Own Career Growth

43. Why and How To Detach Your Identity From Your Job Title

42. Redefining Compensation Practices in Evaluation: A Conversation with Corey Newhouse and Komani Cedano

41. From Passive to Proactive: Improving Your Job Search Strategy

40. Reflections from the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC3)

39. The PhD Dilemma: My Experience In Academia

38. Five Career Reminders Grief Has Given Me

37. Cathexis Consulting on Being a B Corp

36. Work-Life Integration in Evaluation: A Conversation With Giovanna Montagner

35. Becoming a Credentialed Evaluator: Would I Do It Over?

34. Growing Your Career with Evaluation Competencies

33. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Nina Sabarre

32. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Monique Liston

31. Leaders Transforming Evaluation Workplaces: Kat Haugh

30. Transitions Across Sectors with Eric Barela

29. Ratiba's Learnings From Navigating Uncertainty in International Development

28. Transitioning to Corporate Philanthropy with Veronica Olazabal

27. Building Community: A Dialogue on Values and Collaborative Reflective Practice

26. The Power of Community in Our Careers: A Conversation with Torriel Harris

25. Navigating Salary Negotiations as a Woman

24. The Evaluation Hiring Perspective: Resume Myths and Tips

23. Writing Cover Letters

22. Knocking On Other Doors

21. Beyond the Basics: Transforming Your Resume

20. Amplifying Eval24 Voices: Career Risks, Goals, and Advice

19. To Apply or Not To Apply

18. How to Tailor Your Job Application

17. Healthy Job Search Mindset Part 3: Identifying Your Strengths to Improve Your Story

16. Healthy Job Search Mindset Part 2: Embracing Failure, Grit, and Resilience

15. Healthy Job Search Mindset Part 1: Maintaining Your Perspective

14. Beyond Attending: Leveraging Conferences to Grow Your Career

13. Navigating Our Fear Zone: Insights From Launching My Podcast

12. The Ink that Connects Us: Stories of Evaluators

11. Doodling a YOU Career: A Conversation With Chris Lysy

10. Bridging the Generational Gap: Transforming Workplaces for Younger Generations

9. Our Use of AI: Barriers and Self-Limiting Beliefs

8. Reframing a Bad Job Experience

7. Navigating Scarcity Mindset: Earning Potential in Evaluation

6. Lifelong Learning and Career Goals: A Conversation with Michelle Anderson-Draper

5. Plain Language: Seven Tips to Help You Use Appropriate Words

4. ADHD and Evaluation: A Strengths-Based Reflection

3. Elections and Reflections: Leading EvalYouth

2. Planned Happenstance

1. Positionality Statements

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