Here to Help

Chris sits down with Indeed's VP of Global Learning and Enablement, Aline Eastwick-Field, to talk about the importance of thriving at work.  Aline is passionate about helping Indeedians learn and grow. They discuss how childhood experiences can shape your learning path,  why curiosity and openness are key components to growth and what it means to want everyone to find their next job at Indeed.  As the executive sponsor of LIT, Aline will reflect on Hispanic Heritage Month and how her Mexican heritage shaped who she is today. 

Chris sits down with Indeed's VP of Global Learning and Enablement, Aline Eastwick-Field, to talk about the importance of thriving at work.  Aline is passionate about helping Indeedians learn and grow. They discuss how childhood experiences can shape your learning path,  why curiosity and openness are key components to growth and what it means to want everyone to find their next job at Indeed.  As the executive sponsor of LIT, Aline will reflect on Hispanic Heritage Month and how her Mexican heritage shaped who she is today. 

For the very special 100th episode of Here to Help Chris' guest is Haben Girma. Haben is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, an advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities, and the author of, “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.” President Obama named Haben a White House Champion of Change and she also received the Helen Keller Achievement Award and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben, who believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. Chris and Haben discuss the language of accessibility, how Disability Drives Innovation and fear should not hold us back from making the world better. Come join Chris and Haben and help us mark this milestone of 100 episodes. 

For the very special 100th episode of Here to Help Chris' guest is Haben Girma. Haben is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, an advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities, and the author of, “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.” President Obama named Haben a White House Champion of Change and she also received the Helen Keller Achievement Award and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben, who believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. Chris and Haben discuss the language of accessibility, how Disability Drives Innovation and fear should not hold us back from making the world better. Come join Chris and Haben and help us mark this milestone of 100 episodes. 

This week Chris is joined by Jacqueline Woodson. Jacqueline is an American writer of books for adults, children, and adolescents. She is best known for her National Book Award-Winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way.  Her picture books The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly were NY Times Bestsellers. After serving as the Young People’s Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress for 2018–19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020. Later that same year, she was named a MacArthur Fellow. Her TED talk "What reading slowly taught me about writing" has been viewed close to 3 million times. 

Chris will speak to Jacqueline about why she chose writing as a career, her mission to diversify publishing and why she has invested so much time, resources and energy into founding and running Baldwin for the Arts. 

This week Chris is joined by Jacqueline Woodson. Jacqueline is an American writer of books for adults, children, and adolescents. She is best known for her National Book Award-Winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way.  Her picture books The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly were NY Times Bestsellers. After serving as the Young People’s Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress for 2018–19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020. Later that same year, she was named a MacArthur Fellow. Her TED talk "What reading slowly taught me about writing" has been viewed close to 3 million times. 

Chris will speak to Jacqueline about why she chose writing as a career, her mission to diversify publishing and why she has invested so much time, resources and energy into founding and running Baldwin for the Arts. 

In this week's episode, Chris speaks with Marquis Parker, VP of Global Product Commercialization at Indeed. Marquis speaks about the role coaching and mentorship have played in his career and how he is helping Indeed ensure equity is at the core of our products.  He will also talk about how his experiences growing up in rural Virginia shaped his career and helped him view the world from a different perspective. 

In this week's episode, Chris speaks with Marquis Parker, VP of Global Product Commercialization at Indeed. Marquis speaks about the role coaching and mentorship have played in his career and how he is helping Indeed ensure equity is at the core of our products.  He will also talk about how his experiences growing up in rural Virginia shaped his career and helped him view the world from a different perspective. 

Have you ever wondered about what the role of a Chief of Staff at Indeed entails? This week Chris meets with Vera Hinojosa, his Chief of Staff, to talk about meaning and purpose. 

 Vera has worked at some of the world's biggest companies including Dell, HP, Arthur Anderson and NetSpend and on that journey a pivotal moment helped her to find the meaning and purpose in her career. This led her on a path of deep introspection and research.  She gained a masters in human dimension of organisations at the University of Texas, Austin and she joined Indeed in February 2020.  

This discussion will focus on why meaning is so personal, how to go about discovering and embracing your own meaning and how to create meaning and purpose at scale.  The discussion will also take place during Hispanic Heritage Month and Vera will share some reflections on her heritage and how it shapes her career today.  You leave this discussion with new ways to create meaning for yourself and your teams. 

Have you ever wondered about what the role of a Chief of Staff at Indeed entails? This week Chris meets with Vera Hinojosa, his Chief of Staff, to talk about meaning and purpose. 

 Vera has worked at some of the world's biggest companies including Dell, HP, Arthur Anderson and NetSpend and on that journey a pivotal moment helped her to find the meaning and purpose in her career. This led her on a path of deep introspection and research.  She gained a masters in human dimension of organisations at the University of Texas, Austin and she joined Indeed in February 2020.  

This discussion will focus on why meaning is so personal, how to go about discovering and embracing your own meaning and how to create meaning and purpose at scale.  The discussion will also take place during Hispanic Heritage Month and Vera will share some reflections on her heritage and how it shapes her career today.  You leave this discussion with new ways to create meaning for yourself and your teams.