Investing in yourself is the most valuable skill you can have and it will help you climb up the corporate latter and make better decisions. If you’ve clicked here, then you want to improve your career. I’ve listed the best articles and podcasts to help you be inspired and achieve your goals.
And of course, you can always contact me, Adam Yee, at podcast@myfoodjobrocks.com
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Podcasts
An Overview on Ideation to Commercilization
Career Advice from two food scientists
An interview with Karen Nachey and Jay Gilbert at the Institute of Food Technologist Office
Articles
Food Industry Jobs and What They Generally Mean
How I Got My Job In Product Development
Why You Shouldn’t Be a Food Scientist
How to Dominate Trade Shows
Why Every Corporate Food Scientist Should Go to The Fancy Food Show
Self-Help/ Self-Care
Tips On Being Hopeful and Not Super Stressed
Self-Care Tips for the Professional
How to Relocate to Another City for Another Job
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Inspiring Food Technology
If you’re interested in getting into a new field, then here are the episodes that are of the cutting edge of food science.
Podcasts
Paul Shapiro – Author of the book, Clean Meat
Deya Trujillo – Extrusion Engineer at Beyond Meat
Mitchell Weinburg – CEO of Inscatech (Food Fraud)
Todd Barr – GeoSpatial and Big Data Expert
Sapna Thottahil – Supply Chain Specialist at School Food Focus
Inspiring People Who Have Climbed up the Ranks
Here are a couple of interviews that are extremely inspiring and might just motivate you to get a career in the food industry.
Steven Gendel – Worked for the FDA for 25 years
David Despain – On communicating science better. Director of Nutrition Communications for Isagenix
Jessica Gavin – How to be a food blogging superstar while being a food scientist
Rachel Zemser – How to become a legitimate product developer and eventually a consultant
Russ Nishikawa – Retired, but a very fruitful life as he travels all around the United States
