Job Search for High-Performing Misfits
Are you a high performer driven to grow, make an impact, and achieve success in your career? Do you feel stuck, underappreciated, and burned out in your job?
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Authentic or AI: Trust Signals in Hiring with Thor Hesselberg (opens the original)
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When applying to dozens of positions yields complete silence, it is easy to assume your background or qualifications are the problem. But behind the scenes, the widespread adoption of AI tools and automated application bots has created unprecedented noise in hiring pipelines, leaving honest, qualified candidates buried under synthetic resumes and deepfake profiles. In this episode, Melissa Vining sits down with Thor Hesselberg , founder of WorkID.ai , to demystify what is really happening on the
Reframing the Job Search with ADHD Career Coach Jeanna Malines (opens the original)
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When you're a neurodivergent professional, searching for a new job can feel like trying to play a game where the rules were written for a completely different brain. Between unclear job descriptions, automatic rejection emails, and the overwhelming noise of a typical job search, high performers with ADHD or AuDHD often end up burned out or stuck in task paralysis. In this episode, Melissa Vining sits down with former recruiter, HR strategist, and certified ADHD coach Jeanna Malines to break down
Choosing Purpose with Dr. Mary Vining Radomski (opens the original)
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Many high performers rely heavily on their work as their primary source of purpose, meaning, and fulfillment—only to feel burned out or lost when a job fails to deliver. In this episode, Melissa Vining sits down with retired occupational therapist and rehabilitation scientist Dr. Mary Vining Radomski to unpack what scientific literature actually says about living with purpose. Together, they challenge the myth that purpose is a singular calling you have to hunt down, reframing it instead as an a
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