🎙️ SharpHR Career Corner is a podcast created to inform, enlighten, and inspire people at every stage of their career journey. We share practical tips, trusted resources, and conversations with professionals on all topics surrounding careers, work, and professional growth.
SharpHR Second Chapters: Unforgettable Career Stories is a featured series within SharpHR Career Corner. This series focuses on real career pivots, unexpected paths, and the courage it takes to begin again.
Hosted by career coach Karen Sharp-Price, these episodes highlight honest stories from people who have quit jobs, lost roles, reentered the workforce, or chosen a new direction when their work no longer fit. Together, both formats support clarity, confidence, and forward momentum in your career.
New episodes release monthly. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Episodes
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
This is the 2nd half of our special episode to finish off 2021 strong. Duncan Kirkwood talks straight to the audience and shares 3 pieces of advice during this holiday season. He shares with us hope for 2022! Enjoy! Happy Holidays!!
If you want to reach out to Duncan and have him come speak to your group, school or organization you can connect to him at linkedin.com/in/duncankirkwood
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
We have a fantastic interview for our last episode of SharpHR Career Corner for 2021. In Part #1, Duncan Kirkwood tells us about his career story growing up in Buffalo, NY. He talks about his journey from college to joining the Army National Guard to going back to get his Master's degree. And now you can follow his story as a global resilience advocate/speaker. And you don't want to miss Part 2 when Duncan speaks to our audience about resilience going into 2022.
If you want to reach out to Duncan and have him come speak to your group, school or organization you can connect to him at linkedin.com/in/duncankirkwood
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
We talked with Jennifer Hasse from The J.M. Smucker Company and learned more about all the household products that they make including Milk-Bone made right here in Buffalo, NY. We had a great conversation and learned more about the company, the company culture and the positions that they are hiring for right now even just before the holidays. You won't want to miss this conversation.
Contact Information about the positions opened, go to: milkbonebuffalo.com or jmsmucker.com/careers
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
SharpHR Career Corner sat down with Jill Fecher at Cypress North to learn more about what the company does and to hear about their internship program. Jill is the Chief Growth Officer and talked to us about why Cypress North is such a great place to work. This episode was heading into the Thanksgiving holiday so we asked Jill an extra special question. Listen to see how she answers it.
Contact Information - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillfecher/ and https://cypressnorth.com/careers/
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Looking for an internship as a Financial Advisor? Listen to this episode of SharpHR Career Corner as we talk to Nii Sowah, Internship Development Officer at Northwestern Mutual about their company and internship program. The internship program gives a real Financial Advisor experience to anyone who might be interested in this career path.
Contact Information - https://www.linkedin.com/in/niisowah/
Northwestern Mutual - Internship program https://www.northwesternmutual.com/internships/
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Today we spoke with Jennifer Hasse - HR Advisor from Resurgence Brewing Company to discuss company culture, job opportunities and why Resurgence is such a great place to work. You don't have to love beer to love all the things that Resurgence Brewing Company has to offer. Don't miss this episode!
Resurgence Brewing Company Career Page: https://resurgencebrewing.com/employment/
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
We sat down and talked to Kaitlynd Howell, Student and Early Career Administrator about Moog's internship program. Moog provides a number of internship opportunities not only in Engineering but in the business sector as well. We had a great conversation about what Kaitlynd does and we learned more about Moog and some of the perks provided to interns.
Contact information: Kaitlynd Howell - linkedin.com/in/kaitlynd-howell https://careers.moog.com/job-search-results/?keyword=internship
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
SharpHR Career Corner spoke with Say Yes Buffalo on this episode of our podcast. Stephanie Peete and Johanna Caplan are doing amazing work in the city of Buffalo. They are building relationships and finding amazing internship opportunities for college students that are from the city of Buffalo. If you are a company that would like to offer a paid internship to a college student reach out and contact either Stephanie or Johanna today.
Contact information - https://sayyesbuffalo.org/internship/
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
We sat down with Genevieve Paeglow and Daniel Schlein from Alliance Advisory Group. We learned more about the company and opportunities they have in different areas. They discussed with us their new Fellowship Program to help college students learn more about financial advisory roles. Great conversation!
Alliance Advisory Group - https://www.allianceadvisorygroup.com/p/careers Genevieve Paeglow - genevieve.paeglow@allianceadvisorygroup.com
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Do you make things to sell from home but would love the interaction with like-minded others whom you could learn and grow with? Or do you have a son or daughter who loves to work with their hands to build things but doesn't have the resources to help them explore that passion? Well you are going to want to listen to this episode of SharpHR Career Corner. Today we talk with Megan McNally, the Executive Director of The Foundry. Megan has a great career story of her own and will talk to us about her journey to where she is now. I know you are going to love it!
The Foundry - https://www.thefoundrybuffalo.org/staff
Introduction by David Bittner, Independent Producer - David Bittner, LLC Music provided by: Konstantin Kasyanov - Relaxed Inspiring Corporate