Seriously? Life in Business

Jayke and Jolie go over the harsh reality of teams and people changing in business. When old talent leaves and new talent arrives, how should the team adapt, react, and make sure they can put their best foot forward moving into a new team with new leadership... for better or worse.

Jayke & Jolie tackle the topic of Networking in the professional space, and why it kind f*cking sucks. They go over it's common practices and how to get better at the practice, and making networking more accessible for more people.

Jolie and Jayke talk about the current Job Market more, but more specifically on how to find what is growing and changing, talking about what job markets are growing and how to adapt your professional goals to fit into those categories and grant yourself new opportunities.

Jayke and Jolie go over the tragedy that is layoffs in the business space, why do they happen, who is to blame, and what to do if you're in the unfortunate boat of being laid off. They give advice and guidance on how to prevent and compliment on the unfortunate commonality in the business space.

Jayke and Jolie talk about Remote and Hybrid work, the benefits, detriments, and general opinion of the COVID-popularized workplace style. Primarily, they cover how both the employee and employer should treat Remote work to make sure it works effectively for everyone.

Jayke and Jolie return to the topic of Interviews, but this time covering the importance of why and interview is structured the way it in from both sides of the table. Giving insight into what interviewers look for, and some basic advice in how to prepare for what they ask.

Jayke and Jolie go over the best practices for the first 90 days in a new position, office, and company. Who to meet, how to stand out, how to set yourself up for success, and the importance of learning who you are in the larger machine.

Jolie wants to change it up this week, flipping the script and asking Jayke the hard questions. How did they get where they are, where are they aiming to go, how has their Life in Business been so far?

Jayke and Jolie return with more questions to answer, finishing up their discussions from the previous episode, with a brief discussion of Jolie entering retirement and what that entails for her life going forward.

Jayke and Jolie return with insights on consistency, empathy, and the challenges of changing habits. With Jolie's recent retirement, she candidly discusses what she will and won’t miss about work, critiques common career advice, and emphasizes the importance of flexible planning.

Jayke and Jolie take an extended episode talking about the aspects of Life in Business they missed in season one, the good, that bad, the beautiful, and the ugly.

Jayke and Jolie have talked about Resumes and Interviews, this week they talk about how to land the job. Practices for getting your foot in the door and setting boundaries with employers; they discuss these practices and their own experiences.

Jayke takes Jolie to the r/AskHR Reddit to test her 35+ years of experience with some tough questions from the community. Questions were sourced on day of recording, April 11th, 2025.

Jayke introduces Jolie to a fair few of the many "HR Horror Stories" from the internet. Jolie weighs her opinion on each story and gives her perspective as an HR Professional, whether in favor of the storytellers, or not.

Jolie recounts various experiences in the workplace; telling stories of the weird, odd, and disturbing from her 35+ year history in Human Resources. Stories contain content in relation to sex trafficking, sexual manipulation, and other mature topics, viewer discretion is advised.

Jayke and Jolie discuss the importance of work-life balance and how to introduce it in your own career, explaining its history and the different generational perspectives on the topic.

Jayke and Jolie discuss leadership in the workplace, dispelling misunderstood aspects of leadership and going in-depth on how to be a good leader, and what to do if you have a bad one.

Jayke talks about their experience with Resume Creation, how they were taught to do it, and Jolie explains how many resume practices are wrong and how she would recommend professionals create resumes in 2025.

Jolie and Jayke talk about DEI in the workplace following the 2025 Presidential Administration's recent policy changes around the topic, discussing it's history of ethical use, purpose, and execution in the workforce.

Jolie talks with Jayke about Job Interviews and how to best conduct yourself in them, expressing stories of different people she's interviewed and her advice, as an HR Professional, for those looking for work.

Jayke introduces Jolie to the ongoing Fake Job Epidemic and Jolie shares her perspective and frustration with the reality of an unreliable Job Market, giving insight to the hiring perspective.

Jayke and Jolie talk about New Age and Old Age Business, sharing who they are, their positions in the corporate world, and their outlook on the landscape of business.

The Trailer for the "Seriously? Life in Business" Podcast.