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in our 25th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, reflects on a career chat with a teenager that he found inspiring on how the teenager came to the realisation that her dreams while sleeping had meaning in identifying a career for her. The learnings of this chat applies to all ages underpinning the importance of being curious as to your thoughts, activities and experiences in how they can have career meaning to you. Listening time: 6min 56sec.
In our 24th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks to Natalie Thorne who mixes Math, Problem Solving and Genetics to launch herself into DNA space to explore and discover the DNA universe and the extent to which DNA research and findings can be applied to human wellbeing. Listening time: 49min 11sec
In our 23rd podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks are things career journey with Phil Boland, who found another use for his hands from being an apprentice in the printing industry to being a Remedial Massage Therapist. Over the years he has committed to developing his craft and more recently was a Remedial Massage Therapist at the Tokyo Olympics for the Australian Team. Listening time: 29min 51sec
In our 21st podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks are things career journey with Kate Taylor, who with a Science qualification applied science methodology to become a corporate business problem solver. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 61min 9sec
In our 20th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks are things career journey with his first podcast guest that has ÍT all going on! The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 36min 45sec
In our 19th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, provides practical advice for Parents on how to be there for your Teenager by sensing the moments where your Teenager needs support, direction and/or feedback. Equally, he highlights the need for Teenagers to be proactive and open to allies and parents helping you. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 15min 5sec.
In our 18th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, explains how you are a product of your environment and introduces us to a way to improve our self awareness by using the Johari Window. This ‘window’ could change the way you look at life and yourself. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 12 min 48 sec.
In our 16th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks about how we are all smart in different ways. You know we all have our thing! Now your mission, if you choose to take it, is to delve, explore and investigate your ‘smartness’. Let me explain. This guy in 1983 Dr. Howard Gardner, Professor of Education at Harvard University. developed the theory of multiple intelligence. By you using this theory you can find your area(s) of smartness and think about how that could translate into career choices.
In our 13th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks about the importance of your resume resonating with the reader.. So the reader’s first instinct from reading your page turning resume is to put you in the “YES” pile for interview.
In our 10th podcast, David Kee, the Founder of Funkee Careers, explains how career evolution is a fundamental concept you need to understand and apply in knowing Who am I?, Where am I going? and How am I getting there?. The Who Where How is at a point in time. You see, you start out with a destination in mind and then events just unfold, some planned, some unforeseeable. Your career will evolve as you build your skills & experience and you learn more about yourself, different roles and industries.
In our 9th podcast, David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, introduces you to the career journey element of “How am I getting there?”. Instead of providing one of his zany analogies he shares his own personal experiences by taking his own “Where am I going?” statements and explaining the strategies he thought up to answer “How am I getting there?” He focusses on working out the opportunities in the FUTURE and determining the effort required NOW. Listening time: 12 min 48 secs
In our 8th podcast, David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, introduces you the career journey element of “Where am I going?” through managing and utilising employment information and self information to identify your most suitable career related options. He speaks of knowing “Who am I?” as the cornerstone to gaining understanding and clarity on “Where am I going?”. Listening time: 8 min 29 secs.
In our 7th podcast, David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, welcomes you to the world of theatre by introducing you to the Personality Play. A play that demonstrates the 4 personality dichotomies that underpin Myer Briggs Personality Assessments (or similar) by casting the opposites of each of the 4 dichotomies. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 9 minutes.
In our 6th podcast, David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, makes a comparison where at Christmas time there are many questions that need answering just as there are many career development questions that need answering. So in an attempt to answer these career development questions he gets a cooking bowl mixes in a number to cups of career development together with Christmas tidings to provide some tasty responses. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 15 minutes.
In our 5th podcast episode David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks about the importance of mindset and how your mindset can have an impact on your career opportunities and choices. The mindset terminology mentioned, being a person having a growth mindset or fixed mindset was discovered by world renowned Stanford University Professor Carol Dweck. Further to understanding “Who am I?” the podcast addresses mindset in respect to challenges, obstacles, effort, criticism and success of others. 10 minutes
In our 4th podcast episode David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks about a raft of career related interests in understanding “Who am I?” and their connection to careers. He provides an explanation on the vast array of possible interests by breaking them into interest categories that are defined and applied in the results of Morrisby Online Career Assessment Reports. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner. We hope the listening brings joy to your day, just as our purpose is to help you find careers that will bring you joy. Listening time: 12 minutes.
In our 3rd podcast episode David Kee the Founder of Funkee Careers, talks about aptitudes and their connection to “Who am I?”. He provides an explanation on 5 aptitudes being Verbal, Numerical, Abstract, Spatial and Mechanical and their relevance to particular careers. The commentary is presented in a lively and slightly humorous manner.
