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Spotlight your TRUE self
Michaela Kettner
101 episodes
3 days ago
Empower yourself to build a successful, satisfying and fulfilling career by embracing your authentic self! Join me for practical tips, motivational boosters, and expert advice. This podcast is based on three pillars: Build up self-confidence Manage your emotions Communicate effectively based on NLP If you're tired of feeling overlooked, undervalued, or stuck in the wrong job - get the tools to express your true potential and finally land your dream job! Unlock your strengths, gain recognition, and cultivate a sense of fulfillment in your career. It's time to make your mark in the workplace!
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Empower yourself to build a successful, satisfying and fulfilling career by embracing your authentic self! Join me for practical tips, motivational boosters, and expert advice. This podcast is based on three pillars: Build up self-confidence Manage your emotions Communicate effectively based on NLP If you're tired of feeling overlooked, undervalued, or stuck in the wrong job - get the tools to express your true potential and finally land your dream job! Unlock your strengths, gain recognition, and cultivate a sense of fulfillment in your career. It's time to make your mark in the workplace!
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Spotlight your TRUE self
#100 Why joy beats motivation every time - the secret to long-term success

If you have set a long-term target for yourself – that can be finding a (better) job or running a marathon – what you need to be successful is NOT motivation, it’s also NOT discipline, but it is: JOY!

Here is why:

  • When you set yourself a target, you will have a huge initial motivation – but this will drop after a few days or weeks.
  • Discipline alone might keep you going, but just push you to do something in a painful way.
  • But when you enjoy the process you will keep going! Simply because you like it! And it will increase your chances to succeed, because other people can feel it if you put real passion into something.


I had committed myself in autumn 2021 right after I launched this podcast that I want to produce 100 episodes. I am so proud to reach this target now here today! 100 episodes after 3,5 years!

And what was the biggest contributor to that was indeed the joy that I had with coming up with topics, talking into a microphone, cutting and publishing the episodes and promoting them on social media.


With this milestone, I am also deciding to stop here. This 100th episode is also the last one so far of the ‘Spotlight your TRUE self’ podcast. Of course, all published episodes will stay online.


What I will do next is setting up my career coaching business and I will definitely continue to be very active on Social Media to share my thoughts and interact with you there. Let’s connect on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-kettner-6a67a993/ ) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi)!



Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, unemployed, target setting, reaching goals, achieving, success, long-term commitment, enjoy the journey, keep motivation up, finding discipline


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1 month ago
31 minutes 53 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#99 High salary, higher stress: The hidden cost of climbing the corporate ladder

If you are currently unemployed, you might think getting a job is what you need to make your life alright. However, there is something wrong in corporate companies – making having a job feeling anything else than “alright”:

  • Permanent contracts are offered first, while positions might get discontinued one year later, so the security you are looking for does not exist.
  • While the workload gets higher, companies cut costs and therefore positions, leaving more work distributed onto less employees which leads to higher pressure and stress levels.
  • While bad managers support such a system and ‘nourish’ the mental struggles of their people, good leaders eventually break under their own stress level after juggling the problems of their own people against slow or nontransparent decision-making of the higher management and weird company politics.


I have been there. And questioned at some point that the nice high salary I had as a manager and team lead compensates for my health going down in such a system. In this episode I share my very personal experience what I have observed happening with my own health while I was working as a manager – and how I saw my body changing after my lay-off.


It is time to question the system! I always wanted people to have a fulfilling career – but not for sacrificing their health for a job and suffering under bad leadership! If you want to see more about my next steps, let’s connect on LinkedIn or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi)!



Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, unemployed, job seeker, corporate company, open positions, lay-offs, cost saving, management, leadership, Human Resources, burn-out, workload, mental health, work-life-balance, competitive salary, toxic workplace, career change

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1 month ago
30 minutes 11 seconds

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#98 Get hired in Finland – interview with Lidiia Salo

Imagine you move to Finland, you have a degree from one of the best universities, have professional experience from the best companies – but still you don’t find a job in Finland. My interview guest Lidiia Salo is sharing her own story how she did not give up to get the right knowledge about the Finnish job market and talked to hundreds of people to find out what it takes to get hired in Finland.

Nowadays she runs her own company with exactly this name https://www.gethiredinfinland.com/ and successfully coaches other foreigners to get into employment quickly.

In this interview Lidiia is also sharing

  • What you should know about Finland and the Finnish mentality for your job search
  • What different aspects she covers as a career coach (CV review is only a minor part 😊)
  • How critical she sees the current labour market development in Finland
  • How to stay resilient and what are 3 practical tools to calm down your mind that you can apply right away


For those who are planning to pass the Finnish language test “Yki”, Lidiia also runs the project “Yki Pass” (https://ykipass.fi/).

If you are facing any mental challenges or even feel signs of burn-out from your job search, please check out the Abilitator test or the self-help programs from Mental Hub.


And if you want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, work in Finland, finding a job in Finland, unemployment rate, job hunting, career coaching, networking, mental health, rejection, failure, rejected application

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2 months ago
40 minutes 1 second

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#97 Boost your LinkedIn visibility: Writing posts that resonate and engage

“Your network is your net-worth!” – So, who do you make the most out of your LinkedIn network, and especially grow your networking contacts by creating well-visible content?

However, I know that many people either don’t like writing, don’t know what to write or don’t know how to translate their expertise into a text that resonates with anyone. So they end up with posting without plan – and get frustrated because they don’t get any views or reactions.

During the last 12 months I have managed to create multiple LinkedIn posts with multiple thousands or 10’000s views. And when I published that I will be fired, the post went viral and has reached 180’000 views until today.

And this is what I want for anyone else as well to reach something like this! Because based on this viral post I was flooded with supporting comments, contact requests, messages from people suggesting me to have a meeting, share my CV with them or that they can connect me to their own employers.

I have myself been to paid courses about copy-writing and content creation run by some of the best business coaches and copy-writers from the German speaking market. This knowledge I apply myself – and touch in this episode:

  • How to set the right intention for writing a social media post
  • Why it is crucial to know your target audience
  • What is the right structure of a highly-visible post
  • How do you find the right words
  • What elements should you include in your post and what should you avoid

However, this topic is too complex to fully teach it in one podcast episode. Therefore, you are welcome to join my masterclass “How to write and create highly-visible LinkedIn posts” on 17th and 19th June. This masterclass includes two ~2 hour sessions on the evening of 17th and 19th June, in which I will share with you all my knowledge about copy-writing in an interactive way. You can register here:

https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/how-to-write-and-create-highly-visible-linkedin-posts-tickets-1390572151739?aff=oddtdtcreator


Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, authenticity, be yourself, social media, LinkedIn, copy-writing, content creation, grow my network, getting more followers, go viral, resonance

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2 months ago
37 minutes 39 seconds

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#96 How to show up as your true authentic self

... and what coconuts and peaches have to do with that.

Whenever the spotlight is on us – whether you are speaking on a stage, holding a presentation, pitching your business ideas or in a job interview – it can be challenging to authentic and to fully be ourselves. We think we should “sound professional”, should not exclude or hurt anyone, should not be too emotional, and as a result we generalize formulations, sugar-coat problems and hold ourselves back to say what we really think.

In this episode I will share with you funny analogy – yes, with fruits ;) – so that you can understand

  • How you notice that you are not authentic
  • What is needed to be authentic
  • How you can find your stability in any situation
  • Why it is an advantage not to be liked by everyone


If you would like to know more about NLP and how to set a body-anchor (a powerful tool from Neuro-Linguistic Programming) for your inner stability, please contact me!


I am also planning to hold a masterclass in June on how to write viral (open-to-work) posts on LinkedIn as your authentic self! More about this on social media soon! Let’s connect on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-kettner-6a67a993/) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


And if you are looking yourself for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skillful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!


Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, authenticity, be yourself, stability, courage, safety within yourself, attract the right people, body-anchor, condition yourself, Neuro-Linguistic Programming

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3 months ago
22 minutes 53 seconds

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#95 I will lose my job

This is my reality right now. My manager position that I have had since January 2024 will be discontinued from 1st June 2025 onwards due to cost-cutting measures in my company and a decision to reduce the number of team leaders.

In this episode I want to share with you the background around my personal information, because I believe that this is very insightful as well to understand

  • What politics and dynamics are ongoing in big Corporate companies
  • That you cannot rely on a permanent contract or even your outstanding performance
  • What you should do (pro-actively) to be harmed the least from a lay-off
  • How to stay resilient in such a situation


I am exploring new opportunities now for me. I already received a lot of amazing support from my colleagues and networking contacts, which I am super grateful for!!!

If you want to follow my way, I would be really happy to connect with you on Social Media like LinkedIn or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

And yes, I am planning to hold a masterclass on how to write viral (open-to-work) posts on LinkedIn. More about this on social media soon!

And if you are looking yourself for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would still be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, unemployment, job loss, lay-off, terminated contract, company politics, organizational change, restructuring, trade union, unemployment benefits, feedback, reference, resilience

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3 months ago
36 minutes 35 seconds

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#94 What the data tells us about the Finnish labour market – Interview with Vaida Kavaliukaite-Kaijanmäki

Is the employment situation for immigrants in Finland really as bad as we think?

What does the statistics tell us?

And how can we use this data to initiate improvements both for international job seekers and Finnish companies to hire more diverse work force?

In this super-interesting episode I am interviewing Vaida Kavaliukaite-Kaijanmäki, who is a labour-market analyst, event coordinator and project manager with the vision to solve Finland’s labour market. We are covering, inter alia,

  • Why unemployment figures can be misleading
  • What we know about salary developments of immigrants in Finland
  • What are the 5 factors that bring you a clear disadvantage as a job seeker
  • What are the most common ways to find a job in Finland
  • How bad the employment situation in Finland is in comparison to other European countries

- all based on pure labour market data and statistical evidence.

If you want to see more data visualizations on this, follow Vaida on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavaliukaite/) or check out her tableau portfolio (https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/vaida.kavaliukait.kaijanm.ki/vizzes).


And if you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, unemployment, employment rate, job market, labour market, statistics, expats, immigrant in Finland, jobs in Finland

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4 months ago
49 minutes 42 seconds

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#93 “I have crossed 5 borders illegally to come to Finland” – Interview with Kingsley Ify

Kingsley grew up in Nigeria and just turned 18, when his parents died at a car accident. Suddenly he had the full responsibility for his four younger sisters, the youngest just being 7 years old.

It was clear that they will end up in poverty and without any future if he doesn’t find a way to take care of their financials. His only choice: getting to Europe, no matter what.

In this podcast interview, Kingsely is sharing the story of his impressive journey how he made it from Nigeria over Lebanon, Syria, Turkey to Europe (Greece) – illegally under horrible conditions. With the risk to get caught and being killed or ending up in prison.

I have never heard such a personal refugee story and it really knocked me off my chair. It made me realized how privileged we actually are here in Europe. And Kingsley’s story is surely inspiring for every immigrant!

Nowadays, Kingsley is having his own business in Finland. He is the founder of EliteZone, empowering C-level leaders, entrepreneurs, and employees to elevate performance and corporate success through exercise and fitness.

Check out his offers here: https://www.elitezone.fi/ - you could not find a better coach for building your fitness and resilience!



And if you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, resilience, refugee story, Africa, Europe, Finland, migration, better life, founder, fitness, personal training


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4 months ago
43 minutes 49 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#92 Do I need to spend money to have a successful career?

We have all knowledge available for free nowadays. You just need to pull your smartphone out of the pocket and use Google or ChatGPT to find information. And in plus of that we have access to free education from schools and universities.

So why should you pay a coach? What additional knowledge should a coach provide you that you don’t have available already and why should you spend money on this?

This might shock you now, but until during the last 5 years I have spend over 20’000 EUR for coaching services and private educations, like seminars, online academies and my certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

The knowledge I have gotten there I could have found maybe also online in a very scattered way. But coaching is not about the knowledge alone.

It is about enabling you to incorporate this specific knowledge that you need in the best way it works for you. Because time is money. It is not about the WHAT. The WHAT (the information) is always shared for free online. It’s about the HOW. How YOU can make it happen. And a coach is a catalyst for your fast transformation. You might of course be also able to make it happen without the help of a coach. It will just take you much longer to find the right knowledge and incorporate that into your every-day life with a lot of frustration and trial-and-error.


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, career coach, mentor, paid service, investing in myself, return of invest, private education

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4 months ago
31 minutes 26 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#91 You are not the only one who is struggling

Yes, the job market is extremely tough right now. There are hundreds of applicants for one open position and more and more headlines that companies are laying of people. Yle News has recently shared that the unemployment rate in Finland has increased to almost 10% and that the country is facing an economic depression:

https://yle.fi/a/74-20145914

To stay resilient and not get lost in your struggles, it is important to distinguish between

• Things that you cannot influence

• Things that you CAN influence

With this episode I would like to empower you to focus on the things you can influence, such as

  • Creating a good job application that increases your chances to get shortlisted
  • Show up in job interviews with a good attitude
  • Doing things that give you energy, outside the job search
  • Keep your eyes open for opportunities


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skillful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, resilience, mental struggle, desperate, desperately looking for a job, unemployed, optimisms


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5 months ago
26 minutes 20 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#90 Is the imposter syndrome jeopardizing your career?

Are you playing small in your job applications or at your workplace? Do you catch yourself thinking “I’m not qualified” or “I should not call myself an expert”?

That voice in your head could be the so called ‘Imposter Syndrome’ and it might be the very thing sabotaging your chances of landing your next career opportunity!

In this episode, we tackle the hidden barriers that the imposter syndrome creates for you, especially when you are a job seeker. If you are ready to work on your mindset (rather than just blaming external factors why you are not successful), this episode is for you.

You will learn:

  • What exactly is imposter syndrome?
  • How does it impacts your job search: From hesitating to apply to underselling yourself in interviews.
  • Recognizing the signs: Do you have the imposter syndrome yourself?
  • Practical steps to overcome it and rebuild your confidence!


Don’t let imposter syndrome keep you stuck! And if you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP


And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!


If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, imposter syndrome, self-doubts, arrogant, expert, not good enough, playing small, job application, salary negotiation, promotion

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5 months ago
26 minutes

Spotlight your TRUE self
#89 5 reasons why job applications get rejected

Is that you? You are writing hundreds of job applications, but you always get rejected. You never make it to the job interview. And you have no clue what should be wrong with your CV or cover letter.

In this episode you will learn about the most common five reasons why a hiring manager or recruiter rejects a job application. And only making one of these five mistakes can lead to a rejection.

So please check the CV and cover letter you are creating for a job against the following:

  1. Your skills are not matching the important requirements
  2. You have not made a visible effort to create CV and cover letter
  3. The recruiter/hiring manager has doubts on your availability
  4. You are “nothing special”
  5. You have a wrong picture about the job


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, writing a job application, rejection, failure, failing in job search, no success in job search, understanding what recruiters want

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6 months ago
26 minutes 34 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#88 Why you should NOT use ChatGPT for your job applications

You see a job ad, you want to be smart and quick, you feed ChatGPT with it to create a cover letter and think you have a good text to apply for this position.

I tell you as a hiring manager: It is very obvious when a job application was created with AI. And you immediately disqualify yourself with something like this.

Your job application is a representation for the work that the company can expect from you if they hire you. So, if you are

  • Only looking for a quick solution
  • Are too lazy to make deep effort
  • Too bad yourself in writing a simple text

sorry, then you should not wonder why you are not considered for the position!

Instead, in this episode you will learn:

  • How you should use ChatGPT instead
  • Why you might have the wrong strategy in your job search
  • What really makes a high-quality job application
  • How AI is established already in big companies


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skillful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, AI assistant, ChatGPT, Artificial intelligence, writing cover letter, generating job application, writing skills, communication skills, human interaction, leadership, self-leadership, ethics, ethical use of AI

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6 months ago
21 minutes 30 seconds

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#87 It can cost you your career to not have THIS skill

It doesn’t matter what you know. It doesn’t matter what you say or do. It only matters how you make other people feel.

And having the ability to imagine what other people think or feel (to make them feel good) is called:

Empathy.

Empathetic people have a “service-mindset” towards their co-workers. They think about others. They share information. They communicate pro-actively.

This will lead to things getting done. This will lead to efficient processes and better results. This will lead to a good atmosphere and team spirit.

Because of this, empathetic people are very often the most liked co-workers. They are appreciated, recognized, rewarded and are very often the ones offered a promotion.

In this episode you will learn:

  • What empathy is
  • What empathetic people do and how they do it
  • Why empathy will be crucial in the future working world (dominated by AI)
  • How empathy will increase your chances to get a job


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, empathy, being empathetic, service-minded, service-oriented, people-oriented, good communicator, job application, reaching out to the hiring manager, phone call


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7 months ago
23 minutes 14 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#86 Are you satisfied with what you reached in 2024?

If you look back on 2024 – how do you feel about it? What experiences have you made? Which decisions have you made? What people have you met? And did you achieve the targets you have set for yourself?

I looked back on my own year 2024 and realized that I have fulfilled all the following targets that I had set for myself at the beginning of the year:

  • Becoming a good manager for my team
  • Renew my website (www.michaela-kettner.coach if you want to take a look)
  • Nourishing friendships and connections with like-minded people
  • Founding a meet-up for female managers
  • Giving key-note speeches in front of a big audience
  • Going back to driving school
  • Resolving bad eating habits
  • Supporting people with 1:1 coachings and a group coaching program


I was able to do all that! And now I am benefiting from these results.

That made me realize: We have the power! We are the creators of our lives! If we have an idea, a wish or a vision, we need to get clarity about the necessary steps how to get there, writing them down and then DOING them!

What kind of life do you want to create for yourself in 2025?


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, fulfill targets, reach goals, look-back, end of year reflection, to-do list, action list, create your life, realize your dreams


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7 months ago
30 minutes 51 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#85 What you should reply to the question “What are your weaknesses” in a job interview

“What are your weaknesses?” or “Tell us about your biggest weakness!” – are you afraid to be asked this question in your job interview? Because you are so insecure what do respond to that?


Recruiters or hiring managers actually like it a lot to ask this question and there is a good reason for it, that I will explain you in this episode. And in addition, you will learn what are the four steps to give a really good answer when you are asked “What are your weaknesses?”. In short, these steps are:

  1. Do your homework and get clarity about your weaknesses (and also strengths) in advance!
  2. Be honest about your weakness and share an example to explain how that shows in every-day life!
  3. Share a strategy what you are doing to mitigate this weakness!
  4. Mention how this weakness can be turned into a strength!



If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skillful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skillful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, job application, finding work, looking for a job, job interview, what is your weakness, admitting own weakness, weaknesses, strength, imperfection, mistakes, honest, authentic, team, diversity


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8 months ago
30 minutes 15 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#84 Nervous about the job interview? – 3 tips to succeed!

Do you have a job interview upcoming – but you are afraid that you will miss this unique chance to land the job, because you are so nervous that this might jeopardize that you present yourself well there?

A hiring manager is inviting you for the interview also to test how it is to talk with you. So yes, if you are mumbling and stuttering, because you are so nervous, that will not give a very good impression.

But here are three tips to decrease your nervousness and make your job interview a success:

1) Get awareness for your fears: What are you afraid of when you think about the job interview? What are your worst-case scenarios? – Then derive little strategies for these situations how you could resolve them if they would really happen in the job interview.

2) Prepare by researching about the job, the tasks, the company and the persons who will interview you. Also think about the right dress code or how you will set up the video interview.

3) 99% of the job interviews start with the question “Can you introduce yourself? – And your response for this you can already prepare and practice at home as a fluent and concise pitch about yourself!


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).


Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, job application, finding work, looking for a job, job interview, meeting the hiring manager, talking to the recruiter, HR, job interview questions, nervousness

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8 months ago
34 minutes 18 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#83 You can’t afford it to be average when applying for a job

Yes, the job market is tough and when >100 of candidates apply for one position only about 10-15% of them get shortlisted to the first round of job interviews.

How do you get among this small share of people with your job application? How should your CV and cover letter look like to attract enough attention to the recruiter or hiring manager so that he/she really feels a desire to get to know you better?

In this episode I am explaining the following steps to you to create a high-quality non-average application:

  1. Do your homework. Research about the job and the company.
  2. Reach out to the hiring manager (if the contact is provided) to hear more about the daily tasks and challenges that the team or the company has.
  3. Create a structured and well-readable CV that contains the competences/skills/keywords that are needed for the job.
  4. Make the effort to write a personal cover letter that is nailing down your motivation for the job, which values you bring to the table and how you contribute to solve the challenges that the team/company is having. Use language and a format that stands out.
  5. If possible, even consider recording an application video – this is definitely not what the average is doing!


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, Successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, job application, finding work, looking for a job, writing a CV, writing a cover letter, creating an application video, getting short-listed, getting hired, get invited to job interview

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9 months ago
26 minutes 15 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#82 Searching a job is like dating

Have you ever dated someone that ended up in a relationship? I hope we all have! – And hey, this means that you know also how to land a job. Because searching for a job is like dating!

Many people who are desperately searching work have the feeling that the whole recruitment process is a big mysterious black box full of tricky technical challenges to overcome so that the own job application gets considered.

What is often forgotten: the hiring manager who has a position open in his team and wants to hire a new talent is also just a human being – who is looking for the perfect match for his/her team!

I am a hiring manager myself and have hired two additional colleagues to my team during 2024. Seeing the recruitment process from this side brought me valuable insights what is attractive for a hiring manager or recruiter – and what are the common mistakes that people make that are distractive.

I am sharing in this episode practical tips how you can make your job search more successful by thinking about the funny analogy from the dating world!


If you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, Successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, job search, looking for a job, getting hired, applying for a job, writing a job application, need to find work, select the right job ads and vacancies, finding open positions

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9 months ago
19 minutes 51 seconds

Spotlight your TRUE self
#81 Burn-out and depression have many faces – Interview with Tomi Kaukinen (part II)

“All my life I had been chasing success, but here I was – with 38 – and had no idea when I will ever work again.”

This episode is the second part of the interview with Tomi Kaukinen, a Finnish start-up entrepreneur who shares in a very open and personal way how he experienced a burn-out in 2017, after his company successfully expanded from Finland over Spain to Asia.

In 2018 he started talking about this dark period of his life in public – when burn-out and depression in the working world were still a taboo topic.

Nowadays he shares both – his experience in creating a successful start-up and his insights from overcoming the burn-out – with young founders and entrepreneurs under his mission “Licence to fail”. (https://licenceto.fail/)

In plus of that, he is creating educational and entertaining content – and very recently produced and published a documentary about the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, that you can watch for free on youtube (“Nietzsche in Sils Maria”).

If you have ever needed an inspirational impulse to think about the meaning of your life – this documentary is my absolute personal recommendation for you!

If you want to connect directly with Tomi, you can find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomikaukinen/


And if you are looking for a job in the Corporate world or want to take the next step in your career, I would be happy to support you in your skilful self-presentation and showing your true, authentic self to a company! Therefore, this podcast is based on three pillars:

• Self-confidence & self-esteem

• Managing your emotions

• Concrete communication techniques based on NLP

And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. – Subscribe to not miss any important points!

If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).

Keywords: Skilful self-presentation, Successful career, fulfilling career, important for career, successful in my job, self-confidence, entrepreneur, founding a start-up, burn-out, depression, high-functioning depression, personal crisis, existential crisis, meaning of life, Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophy

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10 months ago
38 minutes

Spotlight your TRUE self
Empower yourself to build a successful, satisfying and fulfilling career by embracing your authentic self! Join me for practical tips, motivational boosters, and expert advice. This podcast is based on three pillars: Build up self-confidence Manage your emotions Communicate effectively based on NLP If you're tired of feeling overlooked, undervalued, or stuck in the wrong job - get the tools to express your true potential and finally land your dream job! Unlock your strengths, gain recognition, and cultivate a sense of fulfillment in your career. It's time to make your mark in the workplace!