What You Need to Succeed: Four Strategies to Land Your Dream Job
The path from college to career can feel overwhelming and uncharted. Am I taking the “right” classes? Applying for the “right” internships? Am I the “right” person?! Growing up I thought only the “right” people (i.e. not me) got to make TV a career. Until I learned there is no singular “right” path or person. It’s about staying the course in spite of self-doubt. Now, I’m sharing my roadmap that led me from feeling insecure in small town PA to making TV in NYC including the four strategies students need to succeed. . . with a little behind-the-scenes tea sprinkled in along the way!
Takeaways:
Four practical steps students can take right now toward their future careers
Tips on networking, interviewing and sending professional emails
How to reframe insecurities & anxieties and squash self-doubt
Insight into the day-to-day of writing & creative producing for talk shows, specials, short form digital & social content, branded content, and beyond (plus some of my favorite celeb anecdotes and encounters)
Career Path Q&A: Chelsea’s Journey to WGA Writer, Creative Producer & Host
The bespoke version of my flagship talk (above) for students interested in communication-related fields. Hear about my journey, my four mantras and then ask me anything! We’ll leave time for an in-depth Q&A so each audience receives the unique advice they need to land their dream job – or figure out which specific job is the dream!
Takeaways:
Practical steps students can take right now toward their future careers
Insight into the day-to-day of writing & creative producing for talk shows, specials, short form digital & social content, branded content, and beyond (plus some of my favorite celeb anecdotes and encounters)
Answers to specific questions and concerns
Resilience: The Art of Bouncing Back
I can still remember the exact moment I learned I wasn’t accepted to the NBC Page Program. I thought my entire career was over before it started. I wish I could tell 22-year-old Chelsea that things would turn out OK! Obstacles, rejection, and self-doubt are inevitable stumbles students will experience along on their journey from college to career. They can’t avoid them, but they can perfect the art of bouncing back.
Takeaways:
Strategies to avoid dwelling on setbacks and rejections
Discover ways to reframe mistakes & insecurities and keep things in perspective
Learn how to un-send an email (JK but if you know please DM me)
We’re All Weirdos
Campus life can be overwhelming when you feel like you don’t fit in. Until you remember that “fitting in” is a fallacy! Everyone has something that makes them feel like an outsider – whether that’s a mental health struggle, physical disability, addiction, unique worldview, or just the fact that they’ve always hated the way their chin looks from the side. As a Professional Weirdo* (*credits include but are not limited to: Tourette syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, eating disorders, never wanting children, being a woman, having a crush on the Home Improvement kid who isn’t Jonathan Taylor Thomas), I’ll share my weirdo journey and invite the audience to reveal and revel in whatever makes them feel different to remind them their “weird thing” is actually their superpower. There’s no such thing as normal — so let’s be weird, together!
Takeaways:
Great for first-year students or groups who could benefit from a bonding exercise
Get more comfortable embracing your imperfections and insecurities
Feel inspired and empowered to do everything you were putting off such as getting involved on campus, sending that resume, or scheduling that friend date
Leave feeling closer to your fellow audience members
