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The Career Rebel

Lisa Kaye, the Career Rebel, is an expert in the fields of recruitment and human resources management. Lisa is the Founder & CEO of greenlightjobs, an innovative online recruitment website targeting the placement of media and entertainment professionals within animation, gaming, film, digital, television and new media. Launched in 2002, greenlightjobs has attracted an A-list clientele such as Microsoft X-Box, G4 Media, ABC Media Networks/Disney, Time Warner, Focus 360, Blue Sky Studios, Yahoo! Media Group, and Lucas Films. The site offers employers the ability to post jobs to the site for free and to subscribe to a premium service whereby they mine the database for pre-screened professional, creative and technical talent. greenlightjobs offers job seekers the ability to post resumes, media including, online portfolios for free and offers enhanced Career Services such as resume writing, portfolio review and career guidance with an upgrade to a Premium Membership.

In addition to launching the successful online business, Lisa consults with top entertainment and media companies in the areas of Human Resources business practices. Some of her clients include, Pixar, Stone Canyon Entertainment, Teletech, Scripps Networks, g4 media, Live Nation Entertainment, House of Blues, Disney Corporate Human Resources.

Lisa gained her reputation as a seasoned Human Resource executive with 20 years of experience working for top entertainment companies including Lifetime, ABC Television, Pixar & Pure Management . Prior to launching greenlightjobs, Lisa held the post of Senior Vice President, Human Resources for E! Networks, and served as a member of the Operating Committee for over seven years. Lisa was responsible for implementing and directing key "best practices" initiatives for the company including re-engineering of its senior management team. While at E!, Lisa was responsible for assisting with the staffing and organizational development of E! Online and assisted with the strategic launch of the style network.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of “CTHRA” The Cable and telecommunications Human Resources Association, which supports and serves cable television and telecommunications industry. For CTHRA, Lisa serves as Co-Chair of the Compensation Industry Committee – which produces the leading resource for HR professional on trends in compensation. Kaye attended St. John's University and is a graduate of Fordham University, with degrees in Media Communications and Journalism all obtained while working fulltime at ABC Television Networks.

She can be reached at lkaye@greenlightjobs.com or through www.greenlightjobs.com.

Stop Selling Yourself Short

By Lisa Kaye | Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 9:19 am | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Jobs & Recruiting
Everyone knows we are in a down economy.  If you don’t, then you are either richer than rich, or have been living in a cave for the past two years.  Just because you empathize with the state of the economy, does not mean you should forfeit your worth or value when it comes to what someone is willing to pay you.  So many of you think that you may have made a certain salary, earned a certain income level in the past and you can’t or don’t deserve to ask for the same amount of money now. What’s changed? Have you gotten less experience over the years? Have you depreciated in value? Just because you may not have worked in awhile or are trying it on your own for a change, doesn’t mean you are worth any less?

Course Correct Your Career

By Lisa Kaye | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 9:43 am | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Business, Jobs & Recruiting
When you feel like your job track has been all over the place and you’ve been running the relay like the Long Beach Grand Prix, it’s time to figure out how many laps you’ll need to get to the finish line.  It’s not enough to make sure you are in top order, but going the distance when the road is anything but clear makes you wish you were a bystander rather than in the race. When you are not sure where you are headed other than the circles you keep running, it’s time to course correct your career and get yourself moving in the right direction.

Your Job-Rock, Paper, Scissors

By Lisa Kaye | Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 11:00 am | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Jobs & Recruiting
The job search can and does feel like a crap shoot these days.  When you may feel no matter you do, how many networking events you attend, how many job postings you apply to, you are in a mean game of rock, paper, scissors and you are always a mis-match!  Even when you feel like your job search is more like a guessing game-guess again. You can win at this if you just sit back, and prepare yourself for an inevitable crap shoot with the occasional win.

It’s Your Career, Get On With It

By Lisa Kaye | Monday, January 10, 2011 at 11:02 am | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Jobs & Recruiting
When procrastination gets in the way of moving your career forward, you can either sit and let the stomach worms squiggle around inside or actually, get up and get on with finding out what’s holding you back. It’s never easy to make change when it’s something you started or was forced upon you.  Change is as we all know, tough on those who stubbornly fight against it or easy for those who move with the flow.  If you are holding onto something that no longer works for you in fear of the unknown, then procrastination has gotten the better of you.

Career Crossroads

By Lisa Kaye | Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 4:47 pm | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Site Categories: Jobs & Recruiting
Knowing when to make a left when you are going right, or to turn when the road seems to bend out of nowhere enables you to right the course of change when you come to a career crossroad in your search for the perfect job. Given the experience of sudden turns, bumps, changes in the terrain helps you to focus on staying the course even if you are not always sure where you are headed. It’s not as important to always have a clear vision of where your career is headed.  It is important however to manage the obstacles, challenges, opportunities and gifts you come to find along the way.

It’s Just A Job… Isn’t It?

By Lisa Kaye | Monday, December 20, 2010 at 3:14 pm | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive
For all of you out there dreading the seemingly inevitable, your own unemployment, your fears are not the answer. What you need to keep in mind is that your fear, like everyone else’s, is real and you can control how you think and how you react in any given situation.  Keeping your thoughts focused on the here and now and not what lies ahead or what comes next, will keep the fear of rejection at bay, at least until you come up with a strategy to find your next opportunity.  Remember, when all is said and done, if you have your health, your family and a good support system, all you need to keep telling yourself is that, “It’s just a job, isn’t it?”

Can You Hear Me?

By Lisa Kaye | Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 11:15 am | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Business, Jobs & Recruiting

Just like the dead-air you get when your cell phone reception fails, and you utter the same phrase like a mantra at least 20 times before you realize no one is listening, your job search can feel like that sometimes, when you recant the same phrase over and over again, “Can You Hear Me?”  Getting discouraged, frustrated, annoyed and downright fed-up with the lack of response, follow through and in some cases common courtesy, is unfortunately a routine part of the job search these days.  There is no accounting for poor manners when you can’t expect to even get a response back to the tune of “We’re not interested.” When your emails, voicemails and even FaceBook requests go unanswered, all you ever seem to want to ask is, “Can you hear me?”

When It’s Not The One…

By Lisa Kaye | Monday, November 29, 2010 at 1:33 pm | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Business, Jobs & Recruiting
Just because you’ve been working your butt off interviewing, networking and working every angle you can to find your next job, doesn’t mean every job is the right one for you.  When a job is not the one you were hoping it would be, you need to walk away from the a pending offer just like a you would a bad first date. For whatever reason when the job you want does not want you, you need to figure out a way to move on with grace, courage and the speed necessary to get enough traction between you and your next career move.

What Do You Really Want?

By Lisa Kaye | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 3:01 pm | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Business, Jobs & Recruiting
Knowing what you want from your career and thinking you know what you want, is the difference between saying you want to get married but never going on any dates. When you struggle with what you think you want from your next job because you are convinced that you just need to work, you do yourself a dis-service by not following what is truly in your heart from what’s pounding around in your head.  The pressure is on that is without question. Even though it looked like the economy was picking up the first half of the year to suddenly feeling like things have fallen off a cliff again, it’s easy to switch into panic-mode.  With unemployment benefits being extended to 99 weeks, it fuels the fires of doubt where it appears even the President is not confident in a job recovery anytime soon. Next time you find yourself ready to jump off a cliff because you just, “need to work” ask yourself, do you really know what you want?

Becoming a Job Warrior

By Lisa Kaye | Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 2:38 pm | Blog: The Career Rebel
Posted In | Blog Categories: Career Advice | Site Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive

It’s a job battle field out there and it calls for a warrior spirit.  Whether you live in the illusion that you possess “job security” or you are swinging from the vine hoping the limb won’t break before you hit the ground, this is no time for the faint of heart. Knowing that your job is a battlefield makes you appreciate the times when you can kick back and enjoy the ride even when you are not always sure where that ride will take you.  These tough times can make or break you but it will take a brave-heart-like warrior who can navigate the treacherous terrain at all odds.  Do you have what it takes to sit back and wait for change or make change happen for you?  Do you have the true job warrior spirit in you?

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