Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design (careers )

A lot of people feel stuck in their jobs. Trying to break out can seem difficult or impossible (spoiler alert – it’s not actually impossible). Adam Bloom was about to graduate law school, and he felt stuck. He entered the workforce, and continued to feel stuck in his career for years. Learn how Adam set himself up to pivot to a new career path and finally found work he really wanted to be doing.

What you’ll learn 

  • The importance of of discovering your strengths so that you aren’t stuck in the wrong career 
  • The transferable skills to focus on in a lawyer career change 
  • How to overcome setbacks when you’re trying to find a career that fits 
  • Why taking chances on yourself can lead to growth and career happiness

 

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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Fear of the unknown can be paralyzing - especially during a career change - but you can learn to minimize and overcome that fear.

Margaret Fredrickson learned how to overcome her fear of admitting who she was and what she wanted.

We get really deep into how a career search is so much more than just a job search - it’s finding a career and a lifestyle that fits your needs. Margaret was able to get a great role that she, quite frankly, wouldn't have earned otherwise.

 

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over

https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/

Direct download: htyc436.mp3
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There is one thing that stops people from making a career change more than anything else. Indecision. Overthinking. “What if it doesn’t work out?” “What if I don’t like my coworkers?” “Are the benefits good enough?” “Am I qualified?” Questions keep your head filled and you miss out. How can you stop overthinking and finally start making decisions? Phillip Migyanko and Sharissa Sebastian discuss how you can stop this paralyzing process and make the decisions that really matter to you

What you’ll learn 

  • How to stop overthinking in order to make better career decisions
  • What triggers overthinking in the first place
  • How to break out of the “what if?” cycle

 

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. How To Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcast)
  2. Should I Quit My Job? How To Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcast)
Direct download: HTYC435-opt.mp3
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Do job qualifications always matter? Cheri was feeling unfulfilled and wanted to change careers, but when she looked through job listings, she felt like she didn’t have the qualifications to make a change she would enjoy. Listen in as Cheri chats with Scott about how she landed a role that (on paper) she was unqualified for. 

 

What you’ll learn 

  • The importance of not sacrificing what you want and need for a job that’s “good enough”
  • How your fear of negotiation may actually be beneficial
  • How to get outside of your own head when you feel unqualified 
  • The importance of letting go of roles that aren’t an ideal fit

 

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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One of the biggest things that we repeatedly hear from people all over the world is the issue of time. It takes a large amount of time to do just a normal career pivot, and even more time to make the types of career changes we focus on at Happen To Your Career. A career chang where you're really maximizing all areas of your career so it fits in your life and truly provides you with career happiness. So you want a career change… where are you going to get all this time? This is something we are helping people reconcile every single day. So why not turn that process into a podcast episode? Today I am joined by our Director of Client Success, Phillip Migyanko, to discuss how to create time to divert towards a career pivot.

What you’ll learn 

  • Specific tasks you can automate or outsource in your life 
  • How to set up your environment to save you time
  • How to hammer out time to focus on a career pivot 
  • Creating systems for things that we do all the time
  • The importance of “time limiting” during your career change

 

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2.  Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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Many people seem to get lucky in life - they get the best jobs, the best houses, the best cars.

That’s because the science of happiness works whether you are intentional or not. 

To get the best results, though, you must be intentional in your actions surrounding your life and career.

Jenn Lim shares how she learned to identify what was really important to her after she was laid off from her job and her dad was diagnosed with cancer. She learned how to be intentional and use science to create her own luck.

 

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over

https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ 

Direct download: HTYC432-opt.mp3
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When considering a career change, you should be asking, “what career fits me?” But instenad, most people beging to spiral with questions: “how am I going to transition to a new career when I have no experience in that industry?” Cesar had several roadblocks, mental barriers and limiting beliefs that he had to overcome before starting his career change journey. Leanr how he was able to achieve career growth & happiness by successfully switching industries from legal to nonprofit.

What you'll learn

  • How to get out of your own way 
  • The importance of identifying your signature strengths.
  • Why you need to evaluate your values, wants, and needs.
  • How to actually reach out to the right organizations (and get a response)

 

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  3. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: htyc431.mp3
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Not all career changes work out - the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

So what do you do when you realize that your previous career actually fit you? How do you pivot back into that career path after some time has passed (and the field has likely advanced)?

Louie shares why he changed careers from medical imaging into IT, the struggles he faced when he made that change, and how he pivoted back into medical imaging, ultimately leading him to career and life happiness.

 

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over

https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ 

Direct download: htyc430.mp3
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You just got promoted or hired. You’re super excited! Fast forward a year, the excitment has worn off and you find yourself doing work that doesn’t fit your strengths or interests. Reality hits: Your new, ideal role doesn’t fit you anymore. Learn how Nick took this exact situation and made an exciting career change by discovering his strengths.

What you'll learn

  • What to do when your ideal role no longer fits you
  • How to change to completely different career (without starting over!)
  • The importance of informational interviews when puzzling out your ideal career 

 

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: htyc429.mp3
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Many people are afraid to take risks because it’s easier to stay where they feel safe and comfortable.

But the problem is that if you aren’t willing to get uncomfortable, you could be cheating yourself out of career happiness.

Stephanie was plagued with an aversion to risk and was comfortably unhappy in her role. Once she finally saw the writing on the wall, she decided to face her fears and embrace the unknown to find her ideal role.



To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over

https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ 

Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com

Direct download: HTYC428-opt.mp3
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