Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design

Have you ever wondered if it's possible to pivot out of your current industry? One of the biggest challenges when it comes to career change is the inability to see outside of what you know and the career that you're accustomed to. HTYC career coach, Taj Dashaun found himself in this very place after his football career ended when he graduated from college. In today’s episode, Taj gives expert advice as he details the ups and downs of his many career pivots.

What you'll learn

  • The important distinction between how you want to live vs. what you want to do
  • How to know it's time to make a career pivot
  • How to transfer your skills to a new industry

 

Have career change questions? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

 

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. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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This is part two of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Flexibility & Autonomy.”

If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others.

In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work. 

 

Listen to Part 1 on Contribution! (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Direct download: HTYCB016.mp3
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A career change can seem daunting, but what if your life depended on it? Thomas lay on the ground for 2.5 minutes, paralyzed. A career-ending neck injury changed his life and career as he knew it in an instant. Learn how a former NFL player used his passion to find purpose and fulfillment off the field.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to Identify your passion vs. your purpose 

  • An exercise in trusting your gut when it’s time to leave a career 

  • Who to add to your team of advisors to help navigate your career change

  • How to overcome the fear that is holding you back from career fulfillment

 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

Have career change questions? 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. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

  2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Direct download: HTYC502.mp3
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If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others. In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work. This episode is part one and covers “Contribution.”

Direct download: HTYCB015.mp3
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Climbing the corporate ladder will bring you success, but will it bring you happiness? Learn how a senior-level manager rallied after a shocking job loss, figured out his top career priority, and pivoted into multiple offers from companies he was eager to work for.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to prioritize what is most important to you in your career
  • How Dan experienced true career happiness by stepping down from the executive level
  • The importance of going back to your roots to find exactly what your career has been missing
  • How to pivot after job loss and use it to your advantage

 

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

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

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

 

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. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC501.mp3
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How can you create more fulfilling work in your role and for your team? Two HTYC leaders, Scott & Cindy, take you behind the scenes to explain how the HTYC team creates fulfilling work by doing things a lot differently than the rest of the world. They share the specific processes that work for HTYC, and provide practices you can implement in your role today to begin the journey to more fulfilling work!

Direct download: HTYCB014.mp3
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HTYC has evolved from a blog project that helped people get raises and promotions to a company with an entire team dedicated to changing how work is done worldwide. Today’s episode discusses how the future of work is changing and how taking control of your career can help change the way the world does and thinks about work.

What you’ll learn 

  • What it means to change the way the world does and thinks about work
  • How to take control of your career
  • What you can do to help change the way the world works

 

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

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

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

 

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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (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: HTYC500.mp3
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What do you do when you decide your current job no longer fits you? Whether it’s an external shift, like your priorities change, or an internal shift, like a misalignment of values, you know something is off. HTYC career coach, Megan Crawford worked in recruiting for over 12 years until she realized her role no longer aligned with her values or what she wanted out of her life. On today’s episode, she discusses her career change journey from recruiting to coaching, including tactical steps you can take if you’re in a similar position!

What you'll learn

  • How to use fear of the unknown and uncertainty to fuel your career change
  • What to do when your new career isn’t what you thought it would be
  • The importance of acknowledging that you’re no longer in a career that fits you

 

Have career change questions? Email "conversation" to scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

 

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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC499.mp3
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In this bonus episode, Scott answers the following question we received from a listener: "I love my career but my spouse hates theirs. How do I support my spouse?" 

Have a question you would like to hear answered on the podcast? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Direct download: HTYCB013.mp3
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Do you feel connected to your role currently? Do you feel important? Do you feel like you’re close to burning out? Many companies focus on employee engagement, but their idea of growth and engagement isn’t guaranteed to be exactly what you want or need. In today’s episode, Rachel Cooke of Lead Above Noise talks about the four different types of growth and how you can drive your own career growth.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to know what’s holding you back from doing your best work
  • How to figure out your definition of career growth
  • The four components that create a really powerful employee experience

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

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

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

 

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. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC498.mp3
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