Friend of No Vacancy Live Michael Weinberg joins me to talk about his experience in hospitality and through the pandemic. Being a sales person based in Chicago it's been rough, but we talk about how he keeps a positive mindset moving forward! We also touch on relocation potential and why it's not as easy as some think for job seekers.

I speak to LJ Crawford who brings one of the most powerful stories I’ve had on this show. She talks about how she was able to turn around a toxic work relationship with her lead into one that resulted in them winning Platinum Sales Awards for the year by simply holding herself accountable. Even with that, she finds herself laid off causing her to lose her car and her home and this is BEFORE COVID. Through all of that she ends up landing her dream job and is now working on seven(7) books, all scheduled to come out within the next 12 months. This is as inspirational of a story as it gets.

Kyle comes to us from Hospitality M.D. If you aren’t familiar with his work, he has great hospitality themed content! He’s also a lifelong hotelier. He joins us to talk about how his interest in the industry started with his mother who is a 41 year veteran of the airline industry. He tells us about the unbelievably scary situation of working at a hotel that was being looted during the Chicago riots in the summer.

Cerissa Olson-Miller - Even if you haven’t heard of Cerissa before you’ve probably heard of her.  She’s the founder of Hospitality Family on Facebook, a group of close to 60,000 hospitality workers coming together to form an amazing community.  On this episode Cerissa talks about her hospitality career, what drove her to success, and then what happened to make her leave the industry.  We also talk about the community she has created on Facebook and why she continues to be involved, even though she is no longer in the industry.

Christine Trippi is one of the most energetic people you’ve ever met. She always has a smile and an energy that is infectious. She joined me to talk about her decision to leave a very prestigious job at one of the major brands to start her own company…3 months before COVID hit. How does she stay so positive and what opportunities has she found because of the pandemic?

On this episode I speak to Philip David from PSD Hospitality. We really dive into the restaurant side of the hospitality world and Philip brings his life long restaurant experience to the conversation. He's worked with some of the biggest restaurants in the country. We talk about how this could be a prime opportunity to open a new concept, how to work through fear of failure, and how to be an entrepreneur in anything you do.

Angela joins me to talk about the challenges she has faced by taking on new roles at work while also taking care of her elderly mother. How does she deal with the added stress of caring for a high risk family member while she is doing everything she can to try and stay employed? We talk about her situation and why it’s so frustrating to see people who can’t follow simple protocols and the real life danger they are putting others in.

Bianca joins us to talk about how her American Dream could have come crashing down due to COVID. From moving to this country from Brazil to working her way up to a VP level role, she struggled with the emotional distress from losing her position. She talks about how she made it through to land a job in an industry she was looking to get into, even before COVID!

This was such an amazing conversation! We speak to Amrita Nichols about her amazing journey from working in hospitality literally across the world to developing her own company in the U.S. One of my favorite quotes of her from this interview..."Build Your Why?" Another favorite quote..."Let Go Of Titles" You have to hear this!

Tamara Benavides joins us to talk sales. From starting outside the industry to transferring in to starting her own company we talk about how Sales are so important, not just for business, but for personal. How can you take those skills and show how transferable they are? How can you use sales skills to sell yourself in a job search? Tamara gives some great insight and words of encouragement.