The past decade has seen the rise of social networking sites, mainly fueled by society’s needs to stay connected. They are not just a great platform for socializing, but they can also be a resourceful tool for education.
Think about it, when was the last time you looked something up online? The answer is likely recent. One of the sites that saw significant growth in popularity and reach over the past 10 years is YouTube.
The platform has turned into a melting pot of creativity, where people not only go to enjoy cat videos but also to learn about new products and experiences, among others.
According to the 2019 Global Digital Report by We Are Social and Hootsuite, YouTube is the second most-visited site after Google. The company claims to have over two billion active users worldwide on a monthly basis—that is roughly one-third of the internet’s population.
A 2019 Pew Research Center survey found that 73% of adults in the U.S. have streamed videos on YouTube—a majority of which said they used the site to stay informed and to learn new skills. In fact, the same survey revealed that 50% of U.S. adults cited YouTube as an important resource for learning.
This has prompted many to create educational content and share their expertise online, with the hope of inspiring viewers to live their best lives.
If you are here to kick start your career, don’t worry. We have compiled a list of today’s top 20 career channels on YouTube that can help you start off on the right foot.
1. Linda Raynier
If you’re looking for insights on anything career-related, from interview and resume tips to personal branding and confidence-building strategies, this channel is for you.
Linda Raynier
Linda Raynier is a career strategist, speaker, and coach for corporate professionals looking to enhance their personal brand. After receiving her certified public accountant (CPA) designation and working at a Big Four accounting firm, Raynier became a top-performing recruiter and headhunter in Toronto.
She has helped over 200 individuals land permanent roles–from analysts to senior executives—across the Greater Toronto Area. Raynier has also acted as a consultant and career coach for members of CPA Ontario.
Over the years, Raynier has established herself as a thought leader in the career and professional development space. On her YouTube channel, she shares valuable insights on career-building topics to millions of viewers.
If you are looking for tips and strategies related to interviews, interpersonal skills, and personal branding, this is the right channel for you.
2. Andrew LaCivita
I help professionals build a career they love.
Andrew LaCivita
Andrew LaCivita is a leading career and leadership coach, trainer, blogger, and speaker. He is an award-winning author of three books, including Interview Intervention: Communication That Gets You Hired.
LaCivita has dedicated his life to helping individuals and companies realize their true potential. As an executive recruiter, he has provided consultation to over 200 companies and helped more than 600 individuals secure new jobs.
On his YouTube channel, LaCivita shares tips and tricks that will help you build a career that you love. He now has over 140,000 subscribers.
3. Alex Andrei
Useful, practical, real-life tested job interview advice.
Alex Andrei
Alex Andrei is a co-founder of Big Interview, a company that provides practical and real-life tested interview advice. Initially, the company started with live interview coaching but has now expanded its services to include a self-guided virtual practice system.
The reason behind this is that the company believes interview preparation cannot be mastered through theory alone—practice is also needed.
Big Interview’s YouTube channel shares some of the easiest and quickest ways to prepare for your next job interview. You can also find sample lessons and additional resources. Its system is used by over 500 universities, libraries and government agencies (and millions of people worldwide).
4. Afzal Hussein
The career advice channel every ambitious young person needs to know about.
Afzal Hussein
Afzal Hussein is a London-born career consultant who is passionate about entrepreneurship, social mobility and public speaking. Growing up in a low-income household, Hussein worked against the odds into landing a sales position at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
After four years, he decided to leave the world of investment banking and start a YouTube channel to provide career advice to underserved groups.
He uses his YouTube channel to help students and graduates secure top career opportunities at top organizations. His videos consist of rare hints, tips, advice and insights towards building a successful career.
5. Madeline Mann
Rapid Fire Career Tips from an HR Recruiter
Madeline Mann
LA-based Madeline Mann is the woman behind Self Made Millennial, a YouTube channel that provides rapid fire, battle-tested career and job search advice.
As a top human resources (HR) recruiter, Mann wishes to use her “insider’s perspective” to help professionals make zero mistakes when applying for jobs and building their careers.
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Self Made Millennial has been featured on Business Insider, Newsweek, and named a “Top 10 YouTube Channel for Job Seekers”, and Mann herself has been named a “Top 50 Person to Follow on LinkedIn”.
6. Andrew Fennell
A great way to learn how to land a job you really want and maximise your income
Andrew Fennell
Andrew Fennell is a former recruitment consultant and founder of standout-cv.com, one of the UK’s biggest CV advice websites. He is also a regular contributor to websites like the Guardian, CV-Library, and Fast Company.
On StandOut CV’s channel, Fennell shares step-by-step videos on CV writing, job hunting and interview techniques to help people land their dream jobs and maximize their earnings.
7. Marat Chavtarayev
It inspires and gives specific answers to specific questions.
Marat Chavtarayev
Marat Chavtarayev is an HR and recruitment professional from Barcelona, Spain. He started a recruitment agency called EMMOTION, along with a YouTube channel, to help people find career success.
On his channel, you can find videos that teach you how to ace job interviews, gain confidence as a candidate and a professional, and deal with corporate politics.
Aside from career-related advice, Chavtarayev also teaches you how to play on your strengths and improve your weaknesses.
8. Jen Hood
Build analytics skills and careers to leverage the data that drives businesses.
Jen Hood
Jen Hood runs Avant Analytics, an analytics consulting company, and The Career Force, a website that provides analytics skills and career training.
With her 15 years of experience in analytics and data science, Hood has helped hundreds of people land new jobs through one-on-one coaching and other methods.
Hood’s YouTube channel offers a mix of hands-on tutorials, industry insights, and practical tips. She also demystifies the hiring process and the skills you actually need to get into data science.
9. Brian Yam
Career growth and job search insight from “behind-company-lines.”
Brian Yam
Brian Yam has over 15 years of experience in the food and health product space, having held multiple executive roles in various companies. He now consults for businesses across North America to help them bring their products to life.
Yam is also the founder of 101mentoring.com, where he helps adults and recent graduates launch their career. His YouTube channel, 101 Mentor, provides career growth and job search insight from “behind-company-lines”.
He has been a mentor since 2008 and worked with institutions such as the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Yam also shares career tips and strategies based off of the lessons from his personal mistakes in the past.
10. Jennifer Brick
My channel is here to help you elevate and accelerate your career by cultivating success with intention.
Jennifer Brick
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in criminology, Jennifer Brick sampled a few different careers before she found home in the tech industry.
She has spent more than a decade in professional services, mostly in leadership roles. The longer she led teams, the more she realized her true passion to help others. Her background as a criminologist also gives her a unique perspective on workplace issues.
Brick started her YouTube channel when she saw there was a need for videos that could help people in their careers after attaining their jobs. This channel is meant to cultivate a successful professional life by elevating and accelerating your career.
11. David Ross
College and career videos for young professionals
David Ross
David Ross was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. After completing his degree in English, he started a career as a technical writer. He then taught himself how to code and built his own website—where he has helped thousands create professional resumes.
Ross started his YouTube channel, Xamplio, in college to help some of his peers with formatting their papers. After filming a video on building strong professional resumes, the number of his audiences grew.
Today, his channel serves thousands of young professionals across the globe.
If you need help with formatting a paper, citing sources, or writing MLA and APA essays, don’t worry because Xamplio is the perfect resource for you.
12. Lauren McGoodwin
Career Contessa provides actionable career advice made for all women at any point in their careers.
Lauren McGoodwin
Lauren McGoodwin founded Career Contessa in 2013 after seeing a gap in career development resources for women, despite accounting for more than 50% of the workforce.
McGoodwin is a former university recruiter for Hulu, focusing on hiring, employer branding, and program management. She also wrote a thesis on millennials and career resources for her master’s degree at the University of Southern California.
Career Contessa is an inclusive career site where women can gain a competitive edge in the workplace through original career advice. If you are in the phase of seeking job opportunities or new ways to advance your careers, look no further.
The YouTube channel also features interviews with top female leaders. In addition, you can find curated, actionable tips, and advice that help women take control of their careers.
13. John Marty
I help people land jobs at top tech companies.
John Marty
John Marty is a former founder of Axxis Audio, an electronics company that raked in multi-million dollar sales. After selling the company in 2012, he funneled his earnings into an Internet of Things venture which, unfortunately, did not share the same success as his previous one.
At 31, Marty was broke and expecting a baby. Despite applying to 150 companies, he had zero job prospects. The situation forced him to take up a job at Best Buy for $12 an hour while reinventing himself with a master’s degree at the University of Colorado, and a six-month software development bootcamp.
After graduation, he landed the role of a senior product manager at American Express, before he was poached by Amazon in 2017. Marty’s journey has led to a deep sense of perspective, humility, and purpose that he draws on to help others in their careers and lives.
On his self-titled channel, Marty shares LinkedIn tips, career hacks, and personal development advice to help people find jobs in big tech companies.
14. Ian Jenkins
Discover how to get face-to-face with managers without using resumes, cover letters or even job boards.
Ian Jenkins
After going through a tough period of unemployment, Ian Jenkins discovered the formula to stand out above other applicants.
For 16 years now, he has been helping job-seekers get past application system processes and land interviews with hiring managers, without conventional tools like resumes, cover letters, and job boards.
His YouTube channel, Job Hunting Secrets, focuses on top methods used by successful job applicants, job-finding advice, and career-enhancing tips. You can also find free training dubbed “How I Average 6 Interviews A Week Without Using A Resume” on his website and channel.
15. Paul Cameron
A resource for job seekers to gain actionable tactics, as well as the motivation and encouragement they need to land the right job faster.
Paul Cameron
Paul Cameron is an information technology recruiter for DriveStaff and also a founder of SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com.
From the beginning, he has always had a passion for helping others land their dream careers. He knows that finding a job can be stressful, but he believes that people don’t have to settle for less–especially when it comes to careers.
In 2005, he became a co-host of a radio show in Chicago called Job Talk, where he helped job-seekers every week, for many years.
In 2014, Cameron started his YouTube channel and began making videos that provide tactical, proactive strategies to land great jobs. It is also a great resource for motivation and encouragement for those in the job-seeking phase.
16. Jeff H Sipe
There’s a better way to interview.
Jeff H Sipe
Jeff H Sipe has over 10 years of recruiting experience, including five years at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. He is passionate about preparation, practice, and positivity when it comes to job interviews. He also believes perseverance can lead to a life-changing experience.
In 2018, Sipe watched a video on job interviews that had over 10 million views, but he did not find the advice helpful for job applicants. That’s when he decided to throw on a hat, went out on his porch, and filmed a video himself.
Today, his YouTube channel offers unique content which takes a deliberate approach to help you succeed in all aspects of job search. His goal is to bring at least one piece of unique content—which he guarantees can’t be found elsewhere—to every video.
17. Jennifer M Tardy
Career advice for ALL humans and tailored to the experiences of historically underrepresented job seekers.
Jennifer M Tardy
Jennifer Tardy owns and operates Jennifer Tardy, LLC, a diversity and inclusion consulting agency in Maryland. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Virginia Tech.
Tardy also co-owns Proving What’s Possible, LLC, a mental health counseling organization that provides services to help individuals cope with mental illness and achieve community stability and independence.
Through her Career Success program, Tardy wishes to forge successful career opportunities between employers and members of underrepresented groups such as people of color, women, veterans, persons with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQ, and the next generation.
Her YouTube channel offers career advice, tools, tips, and tricks for people in their job search. It is also tailored to the experiences of historically underrepresented job seekers.
19. Peter Duris
Quick video guides with resume tips, cover letter tips, career guides and many more.
Peter Duris
Kickresume, as the name suggests, is a powerful resume and cover letter builder that helps you create a variety of career-related documents and websites.
On its YouTube channel, you can enjoy quick video guides including one-minute resume tips, cover letter tips, career guides and much more. It ultimately aims to help young professionals impress their future employers and land their dream jobs.
20. Margaret Buj
Interview & Career Advice
Margaret Buj
Margaret Buj is a London-based interview coach and talent acquisition manager with international recruitment experience. Since 2006, she has helped thousands of people around the world get hired, promoted and paid more.
Buj has been listed as one of the top career influencers to follow and her interview advice has been featured in Cosmopolitan magazine, Financial Times, Management Today, LiveCareer.com, Totaljobs.com and Work It Daily.
She is passionate about helping others discover what makes them unique. Buj will also show you how to present your experience and career history so that you come across as a perfect job candidate.
On her YouTube channel, Buj shares job search and interview tips which she gained from years of experience as a recruiter and interview coach.
There you have it, some of the top YouTube channels that will hopefully inspire you to find professional success. Don’t forget to subscribe to these channels to stay on top of the latest videos and trends in the industry.
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