Podcast appearances · Radar

Allison Vaughn

Founder and CEO of Jackets for Jobs, Inc., a Detroit nonprofit that has provided professional attire and career training to 40,000+ job seekers since 2000; author and empowerment speaker.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Aug 7, 2026

Best of The Steve Harvey Morning Show

Best of The Steve Harvey Morning Show

Career Change: Alison She outlines common barriers job seekers face and how proper support transforms families and communities.

Aug 7 · 28m

Rushion McDonaldHOST

5:09

Yes

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:09

... just to see that you're stable.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:10

So to be able to say that I have lasted 26 years in the city of Detroit and clothed over 40,000 job seekers, that's a testimony in itself.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:19

So, and I think the reason that I've been in business so long is because God gave me the vision, and when God gives you the vision, He maps everything out for you.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:27

'Cause I didn't start off doing this.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:28

You know, I graduated from Michigan State, um, I bought a round-trip ticket to visit a friend in Los Angeles.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:34

I never used the return portion of the ticket.

7 MINS LATER

Rushion McDonaldHOST

12:38

Mm.

Strawberry Letter

Strawberry Letter

Career Change: Alison She outlines common barriers job seekers face and how proper support transforms families and communities.

Aug 7 · 28m

Rushion McDonaldHOST

5:25

Yes

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:25

... just to see that you're stable.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:27

So to be able to say that I have lasted 26 years in the city of Detroit and clothed over 40,000 job seekers, that's a testimony in itself.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:35

So, and I think the reason that I've been in business so long is because God gave me the vision.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:40

And when God gives you the vision, he maps everything out for you.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:43

'Cause I didn't start off doing this.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:45

You know, I graduated from Michigan State.

8 MINS LATER

Rushion McDonaldHOST

13:24

Mm.

Unfixed: How AI Is Reshaping the University

Unfixed: How AI Is Reshaping the University

Ep. 33 Teaching AI Literacy in Higher Education with Allison Vaughn & D.J. Hopkins

Jun 29 · 35m

D.J. HopkinsGUEST

14:01

Well, let's double that for the Gen Z professor we're hiring in a couple of years, because we just assume Professor Gen Z will be using AI and will be twice as productive as old DJ over there.

Allison VaughnGUEST

14:15

I'm serving on faculty affairs right now, our faculty affairs committee at San Diego State.

Allison VaughnGUEST

14:20

And we haven't gotten into that yet, but the AI conversation around retention, tenure, and promotion, like the process of that.

Allison VaughnGUEST

14:29

And so I was in a meeting yesterday.

Allison VaughnGUEST

14:32

None of us wanted to touch it.

Allison VaughnGUEST

14:34

We're like, we don't want to police it.

Allison VaughnGUEST

14:36

We don't want to forbid it.

17 MINS LATER

D.J. HopkinsGUEST

32:01

Allison, do you have a better answer?

Strawberry Letter

Strawberry Letter

Career Change: She explains how professional attire boosts self‑esteem and job‑seeker success.

Jun 19 · 28m

Rushion McDonaldHOST

5:40

Yes

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:40

... just to see that you're stable.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:42

So to be able to say that I have lasted 26 years in the city of Detroit and clothed over 40,000 job seekers, that's a testimony in itself, so.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:51

And I think the reason that I've been in business so long is because God gave me the vision, and when God gives you the vision, He maps everything out for you.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:58

'Cause I didn't start off doing this.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:59

You know, I graduated from Michigan State.

Alison VaughnGUEST

6:02

Um, I bought a round-trip ticket to visit a friend in Los Angeles.

6 MINS LATER

Rushion McDonaldHOST

12:17

Mm.

Strawberry Letter

Strawberry Letter

Uplift: She founded Jackets for Jobs-it has provided professional attire and career training to more than 40,000 job seekers.

Feb 25 · 36m

Rushion McDonaldHOST

5:13

Absolutely.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:14

If you Google the average lifespan of a business, it'll tell you for a small business, the average lifespan is like five years, long span, about 10 to 15.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:25

I mean, you're a money man.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:27

Banks won't even give you a loan unless you've been in business for about five years just to see that you're stable.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:32

So To be able to say that I have lasted 26 years in the city of Detroit and clothed over 40,000 job seekers, that's a testimony in itself.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:42

And I think the reason that I've been in business so long is because God gave me the vision.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:45

And when God gives you the vision, he maps everything out for you.

6 MINS LATER

Rushion McDonaldHOST

11:18

When people look at you, is it pressure to do more or you're just trying to sustain what you do?

The Steve Harvey Morning Show

The Steve Harvey Morning Show

Uplift: She founded Jackets for Jobs-it has provided professional attire and career training to more than 40,000 job seekers.

Feb 25 · 36m

Rushion McDonaldHOST

5:32

Yes

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:32

... just to see that you're stable.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:34

So to be able to say that I have lasted 26 years in the city of Detroit and clothed over 40,000 job seekers, that's a testimony in itself.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:42

So, and I think the reason that I've been in business so long is because God gave me the vision.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:47

And when God gives you the vision, He maps everything out for you.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:50

'Cause I didn't start off doing this.

Alison VaughnGUEST

5:51

You know, I graduated from Michigan State.

6 MINS LATER

Rushion McDonaldHOST

12:09

Mm.