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Career conversations

The moments at work when what you say has consequences: interviews, presentations, meetings, and hard conversations.

  • 6 levels
  • 46 lessons
  • An exam and a certificate at every level
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How a levelworks

Each level is a set of short lessons and recorded practice, and ends with a spoken exam.

  1. Short lessons

    One idea, one example and an exercise you record right away.

  2. Recorded practice

    Every take measures your pace, your pauses and your filler words.

  3. Exam and certificate

    A spoken exam closes the level. Pass it and the certificate is yours.

Level by level,what’s in this course

  1. Level 1 · 6 lessons

    Introduce yourself

    The first thirty seconds.

    By the end of this level

    • Keeps a steady pace when introducing themselves and their work, even when nervous.
    • Explains their job to someone outside the field without long gaps and with few fillers.
    • Says job titles and employer names in a self-introduction fully and clearly.
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    First impression

    • Breath and posture
    • Build your first sentence
    • The thirty-second version

    Tighten your introduction

    • Hold your pace
    • Drop the fillers
    • Why this job

  2. Level 2 · 5 lessons

    Tell your experience

    Give the story a shape.

    By the end of this level

    • Tells an experience for up to two minutes without filling the gaps with um and uh.
    • Pauses briefly before the result and doesn't stall in the middle of a sentence.
    • Reads a sample answer with every number and work term said in full.
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    The STAR method

    • What STAR is
    • Situation and task
    • Action and result

    Tell it in numbers

    • Measure the result
    • Use your pauses

  3. Level 3 · 5 lessons

    Tough questions

    Answers for the questions you dread.

    By the end of this level

    • Doesn't freeze on a hard question; takes a short beat to think, then starts talking.
    • Rarely reaches for a filler sound when explaining a weakness or a piece of criticism.
    • Keeps a steady pace even when nervous.
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    Without getting defensive

    • Your weakness
    • Why you're leaving
    • The gap on your resume

    The close

    • Talking about pay
    • Your turn to ask

  4. Level 4 · 10 lessons

    Presenting

    Opening, flow, close, and questions.

    By the end of this level

    • Gives a ninety-second project update or product pitch with few fillers.
    • Speaks to a team without rushing, pausing briefly between sections and not in the middle of a sentence.
    • Starts promptly when the floor passes to them and doesn't fall into long silences mid-talk.
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    Opening

    • The first sentence
    • An opening that hooks
    • Introduce yourself and your topic in thirty seconds

    Main message and flow

    • One main message
    • Structure with three headings
    • Don't read the slide

    Transitions and emphasis

    • Transition lines and pauses
    • Stress the number and the key word

    Closing and questions

    • A closing people remember
    • Short and honest in Q&A

  5. Level 5 · 10 lessons

    Speaking up in meetings

    Short, clear, on time.

    By the end of this level

    • Starts the first sentence right away when the floor comes to them in a meeting.
    • Gives the team news of a delay at an even pace and rarely falls back on fillers.
    • Leaves the pauses between sentences in a short contribution.
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    Getting the floor

    • Ask for the floor without cutting in
    • Start the first sentence without a wait
    • The short contribution

    Status updates

    • A one-minute update
    • Give bad news straight

    Disagreeing and asking questions

    • Polite but clear pushback
    • Ask a clarifying question
    • Summarize, then add

    Running the meeting

    • Open the meeting, set the agenda
    • Wrap up and hand out next steps

  6. Level 6 · 10 lessons

    Difficult conversations

    Keep your voice steady when the talk gets tense.

    By the end of this level

    • Keeps a steady pace when turning down a request or asking about pay.
    • Doesn't fall into a long silence in a hard conversation, and leaves a short pause after stating a decision.
    • States a percentage and the reasons behind it without filling in with um or uh.
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    Staying calm

    • Pace when you're tense
    • Pause before you answer

    Feedback

    • Behavior, impact, request
    • Taking criticism
    • Bring your boss a problem

    Saying no and setting limits

    • Say no to extra work
    • Offer an alternative

    Asking for a raise or a promotion

    • Say your percentage
    • Give your reasons
    • Answer a counteroffer

Programs built on this course

Four-week interview prep

A selection from the first three levels of the career course and from the telling-it-well lessons in diction. Each week you record the interview scenarios again. The Tough questions exam comes at the end of week three, and the last week is rehearsal.

28 days·11 min a day

Four-week presentation prep

The presenting level of the career course, the stress and intonation lessons from diction, and a selection from the short video level in the camera course. The presenting exam comes at the end of week three, and the last week rehearses the same lessons.

28 days·11 min a day

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