Agile Unemployment: Normalizing the Way We Talk About Being Out of Work

The Truth About Labor Statistics with Laura Michelle Davis

Ever wonder why when you read about the unemployment rate it doesn't quite match up to other news items such as the economy? Do you feel disheartened or frustrated when you read or hear that the unemployment rate is low but after a year, you still can't find a job? It isn't you! The job statistics reported by the US Department of Labor are not only antiquated but also leave out critical sections of our population such as the under-employed, contractors, minority workers, and anyone who is still looking for work after a "significant" period of time-- sometimes as short a period as four weeks! Join host Sabina Sulat as she sits down with CNET reporter and editor Laura Michelle Davis to shed some light on how federal and state governments need to improve how they define and report on unemployment.  

Why Self Care is a Must When You Are Out of Work with Gabby Lubin of Spark This Day

Practicing self-care when you are out of work is a double-edged sword. You finally have the time to spend on yourself but guilt and financial issues plus your need to find a new job are just some of the roadblocks to focusing on you. Proper self-care can reverse or prevent burnout and build your resilience. Burnout, the need for self-care, and the dangers of over-practicing self-care are just a few of the topics discussed by host Sabina Sulat and Gabby Lubin, owner and founder of Spark This Day (voted one of the top start-ups of 2021). This is a conversation you won't want to miss. 

Rebranding Yourself After Losing Your Job with Kait LeDonne

Instead of letting losing your job define you, let it be the moment that decides you! Think about turning crisis into empowerment by making it the opportunity to align who you are with what you do. Join host Sabina Sulat as she and personal branding expert and owner of Brandwise Media, Kait LeDonne talk about the steps of developing a personal brand that allows you to show up not as how you want to be seen but rather for the work you will do and how you will positively impact others. This interview will change the way you think and feel about branding. You won't want to miss it!

Trusting Yourself After Losing Work

Loss is the hallmark of losing your job. You not only lose income and benefits, but you can also lose your confidence, your identity, and security. One of the best ways to bounce back after losing your job is to ensure you don't lose trust in yourself. In this episode of Agile Unemployment, host Sabina Sulat has an honest conversation with guest, career coach Adam Piandes about why it is so important to rebuild trust in yourself through internal excavation and why doing so could be the key to return to work with confidence and resilience. 

Agile Unemployment Podcast: Rejecting Rejection

Rejection is a part of any job search, but rejection from a job application or interview does not have to be a roadblock, it can just as easily be only a detour. Rejection can even be the game changer that gets you to that dream job you've been working toward. In this episode of the Agile Unemployment podcast, host Sabina Sulat, talks through ways to go into the job search prepared to handle redirection of the "No" as well as ways to adjust your job search strategy after an unsuccessful application or interview. An episode you won't want to miss. 

Keeping Up with Your Healthcare When Out of Work

How do you handle your healthcare when you are out of work, or afraid of losing your job? In this episode host Sabina Sulat leverages her vast healthcare knowledge and former experience as a contractor with the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Inspired by her recent healthcare crisis she guides listeners through: 
Handling insurance after losing your job
Explains the tangle that is COBRA
Takes the mysteries out of the Affordable HealthCare Act and the state healthcare exchanges
And, offers best practices for keeping up with your health when you are job insecure. 
This is information you need to know before you need to use it!

Celebrating the One Year Release of Agile Unemployment!

In this bonus episode celebrating the first anniversary of the launch of Agile Unemployment, Sabina shares what led up to the launch of the book including how her network and "village" supported the accomplishment, what has happened since the launch of the book, and what the future holds for her and the Agile Unemployment community. 

How to ”Own Your Career, Own Your Life” While Unemployed with Guest Andy Storch

Host Sabina Sulat welcomes keynote speaker and author of Own Your Career, Own Your Life, Andy Storch to discuss the importance of Networking. Andy and Sabina also discuss how to make the mind-shift that what happens to you can also be the thing that happens for you so that you can begin the career and life you want and deserve. 

Agile Unemployment-What Do You Do for a Friend Out of Work?

Few people need the support of friends more than someone who is out of work. But so often our friends and loved ones feel just as helpless in our unemployment as we do and have no idea of what to do to ease our pain. In this episode of Agile Unemployment, Host Sabina Sulat takes a look at how the friend dynamic works when someone is out of work and gives some practical advice for supporting your friend during their unemployment. 

Agile Unemployment- What You Need to Know When You Go Back to Re: Working

A must-listen podcast for anyone starting a new job! Congratulations! You did it-- you got a job. Before you go back to work, Sabina offers proven advice on the things you need to do in your personal life so that when you go to work you can focus on your job and return to work your best possible self. 
Sabina covers how to successfully negotiate your start date; how to take care of your personal obligations such as child care, and she covers the importance of not letting self-care become a casualty of your new work schedule. Most importantly, Sabina talks about being aware of the post-traumatic stress that can come from losing your job and being unemployed-- how to recognize it and how to treat it.