Can you answer the question: “Do you know what is most important to you?”

Think about it. Then, think a little harder…

If you aren’t sure what is important to you, from the things that you want to do, to how you spend your time, and to who you want to spend your time with, then you’re missing out on the potential career (and life!) opportunities that are out there for you.

By not knowing the things that are important to you, you are leaving yourself to just accept what opportunities you THINK are available to you right now.

In today’s episode, Scott answers a couple of questions that deal with how to bridge the gap between getting from where you are to where you want to be in your career.

If you’re wondering:

- What you need to do to get from this job to THAT JOB that you’ve got your heart set on, or
- How you’re supposed to make a complete career change without the proper education

Then today’s episode is worth a listen.

Check it out!

151 Bridging the Career Change Gap with Scott Anthony Barlow

Do you wake up in the morning excited to go to work?

If not, why?

Do you have an answer?

There is no reason to be living a life that doesn't suit you or make you happy.

The first thing to realize is that things don't work out unless you make them.

You are the person in charge of your life. Be willing to take risks. Learn to get into the habit of doing the hard things that need to be done to change your path to get you where you want to go in life and in your career.

This episode will encourage you to (re)condition yourself to be wired to take risks and live on the edge- to go after the things that you want in your life.

Our guest, Lee Cockerell shares his insight from years of experience learning and growing not only his storied career in the hospitality industry, but also his growth as a person.

Lee continues to enlighten people on how their experiences and what they're wiling to do to make the changes they need to in order to get where they want to go is the guiding light throughout their life and career.

Listen here.

Did you know that as many as 80% of all jobs needing to be filled never make it to an online job board?

Most people don't even know that there is a hidden job market out there.

And, if you do know about that hidden job market, you're probably wondering how you would even go about tapping into it.

You're in luck! Today you'll hear from Mac Prichard, a public relations strategist and the publisher of Mac's list, the premier resource for connecting passionate professionals to meaningful and creative work throughout Oregon and SW Washington.

In today's episode, Volunteerism and the Hidden Job Market, Mac shares why you shouldn't overlook professional volunteerism when it comes to furthering your career or when you're looking to make a career switch.

He provides insight on how you can be strategic in your volunteer opportunities and how easy it can be to build a strong network of industry professionals during your career search.

As Mac puts it:
Volunteering "gives you a chance to show others what you can do. It gives you an opportunity to connect with leaders and influencers in your field."

Listen to my chat with Mac as we'll also get into how you start that conversation about volunteering in the career field that you're interested in to get you ahead of the competition during your job search.

Are you tired of watching your colleagues get promoted?

Do you feel like you've been constantly looked over for that next pay raise?

Are you starting to feel like everyone around you is doing better than you in their career?

If you're ready to advance your career, we've got a solution for you. A six-step formula created by Bozi Dar that will help you accelerate your career.

The six-step formula helped him get six job promotions in six years which led him to increase his salary 15 times. Bozi continues his "mission to liberate you from the crappy, rehashed career advice from the so-called 'career gurus' and introduce you to career strategies that will get you 5x results in 1/2 the time (what I call the '10x effect')" at Career10x.com.

Today, we revisit Bozi's episode where he shares his step-wise process for identifying, landing, and succeeding in the job and career path that fits you!

Listen here: 148 How to Accelerate Your Career with Bozi Dar - Revisited!

On paper, it looks like you've reached all of the checkpoints of success:

You got good grades and graduated with a degree in a field that got you on the fast track to a job right out of college.

You got that promotion (and raise!) that you worked hard for at a job that any other person would be jealous of...

But then, it becomes quiet and you start to wonder:

"Is this all there is? Is this the path that I'm supposed to be on?"

Short answer: Probably not.

Next question: Now what?

Answer: Meet Lisa Lewis, HTYC's newest team member that just so happens to be:

1) A skilled and knowledgeable career coach
2) Today's guest on the podcast

In today's episode, 147 Follow the Breadcrumbs to Your Dream Career, Lisa answers a couple of your career search questions and shares her own journey to finding a career that came naturally to her (after experimenting with her other career interests, of course).

Listen here: www.happentoyourcareer.com/147

If your current job situation has you feeling like you're working in someone else's dream job and it isn't fitting with who you are or where you want to go, check out our career coaching services and have a chat with Lisa at www.happentoyourcareer.com/coaching

Have you ever wondered if you've got what it takes to start your own podcast?

The answer is: Yes. Absolutely.

Whether you want to start your own podcast as a hobby or if you want to make the switch to start your own business in podcasting, it is possible to get your own podcast going even if you have no experience.

So, if you're looking for some guidance to start your own podcast, we've got a special guest for you! The Podcast Answer Man himself, Cliff Ravenscraft.

Cliff Ravenscraft has built his podcasting business from the ground up and is proof that making a big career change is possible. He is “a firm believer that if you Pursue Your Passion, The Money Will Follow!”

Listen in as Cliff not only shares his experience to getting where he is now in the podcasting world, but he also shares some tips on how to start your own podcast with very minimal effort (& equipment) required!

Check out the full how-to guide on starting your own podcast here:
http://www.happentoyourcareer.com/146

Happy Three Years, HTYCers!

Today, my good friend and one of HTYC’s biggest supporters (from DAY ONE!), Mark Sieverkropp, is here to help me shed some light on some of the questions that you have sent in over the years.

If you’ve tried to convince yourself that:
“There’s no way that I can make money doing what I’m passionate about…” or

“There’s no way that I can find my dream career…a career that exists on my own terms…” or

“There’s no way that I can build my own business on what i really want to do because I don’t have any experience…”

I'm here to tell you that it is possible. If I can do it, YOU can do it, too.

It can happen. You can make a living by doing what you’re passionate about.

If you’re not sure about what that is yet, don’t worry. You will figure it out.

The best part is that you don’t have to have it ALL figured out right away.

If you've found yourself wondering how to make it happen for you and your career, take a listen as we tackle your biggest career questions.

Listen to the 145th episode: Making It Happen: Three Years & Counting!

What do you like doing?

Does it make an appearance at your day job?

Bringing more of yourself and who you are at your core into your workplace should be mandatory.

If it is the fear of starting fresh in a whole different career or new industry that is stopping you from finding a new path where you can be authentic in your work, don't worry about that. All is not lost as you change careers, every experience counts and the skills you gain throughout your career journey will be carried with you, adding more value to your skill set.

Changing careers to align your work with who you are is not only liberating, but it will also give you better chances for long-term career success and fulfillment.

Our guest, Joanie Connell, knows exactly how it feels to be doing work that she was slowly losing interest in as her passions began to come into light.

For her, the importance of being more authentic in her work led her to leave her engineering career and go back to school to dig deeper into her passion for people. She was also able to carry her experiences in the technology and engineering field into her new business venture as a consultant.

Listen to our chat with Joanie as she shares her story of leaving her engineering career to live a more authentic life to pursue a career that fueled her passion for helping people while utilizing her strengths in leadership.

http://www.happentoyourcareer.com/144

Discomfort: noun dis·com·fort \dis-ˈkəm-fərt\
1. Mental or physical uneasiness, 2. A feeling of being somewhat worried, unhappy, etc.

Are you comfortable with being uncomfortable?

Are you in a place in your life, whether in your career or not, that makes you feel uneasy? Maybe you're stuck in limbo wondering if you need to start transitioning out of your current career.

It's hard work to reflect during these times in our lives that make us feel stuck. Reflection and being completely honest with ourselves about where we are in our lives and where we want to be isn't an easy task. It's difficult to identify the things that are really important to us. But, we have to do it if we want to move forward.

Listen to our chat with Maxie McCoy as she shares how leaving her career comfort zone lead her to a much bigger and brighter future (one that she can't stop smiling about!).

Have you decided to take the leap into a different career? Or maybe you've decided to start your own business?

Making the decision to start a new business or completely head in a different direction into a new career path isn't an easy one.

Our guest, Jaime Masters, speaks from her very own experience of leaving her successful career as a project manager behind and jumping into the unknown. She is now an incredibly successful business coach with a strong network of millionaires. Her journey into the unknown opened her eyes to what is possible.

Jaime discovered that her strengths were in helping people. Her lessons to be learned are centered around the fact that "you have no idea what you're good at until you do it."

Listen in on our conversation with Jaime Masters. Jaime shares tips on how to be patient in the evolution of who you are. Every time you are asked to make a hard decision, you have to realize that it is a test to see how good you are at a skill.

Happen To Your Career - Episode 139

We talk about career transitions and finding and turning your passions into a career you love all the time, but what happens when you love where your career is now and you want to work on incorporating some of your other passions into your work life?

Maybe your career has nothing to do with the additional knowledge, skills, or passions that you want to leverage to create a better future for yourself. All you know is that you're motivated and ready to make some moves to start working on something big for yourself.

That's where the side hustle comes in.

Our guest, Tracey Minutolo, has quickly become a side-hustling professional on the topic of side-hustling. She's a full-time lab supervisor at a medical device and diagnostics company by day, and a side-hustling rockstar by heart. 

Tracey got her start in the side-hustle business when she decided it was time to get herself out of debt.

After years of feeling stuck, she found the world of business podcasts and decided to start a small virtual assistant side business, providing social media and community management and other support services for podcasters with purpose.

With the side-hustle fire lit under her, her skill set continues to grow and she is currently coaching others with their side-businesses as HTYC's Side Biz Coach.

Listen as she shares her career and side-hustle journey!

Have you realized that the career path that you're currently on might not be the one that you see yourself on for the rest of your life?

If you're ready to put an end to your career burnout and start doing something that matters to you, listen in on our conversation with today's guest, Paul Maskill.

What You Will Learn

• You will learn that you have the power to control your own destiny
• Taking a step back to re-evaluate your current situation will give you the insight you need to set yourself up to succeed
• Working at your passion will continue to open doors for you
• Staying disciplined and keeping your sights on your long-term goals is key to your success

Are you ready to put yourself in the position to make more money?

Whether you are changing your career entirely or aiming for a promotion within the company you already work for, our guest, Josh Doody, is here to share some insight on how to negotiate a raise or a promotion for yourself.

Listen as he explains these processes (although similar, they have slightly different steps).

What Your Will Learn:

- A step-by-step approach to negotiate a raise, promotion, or salary offer

- How-to determine your target salary or job title

- How-to deliver your pitch for that raise, promotion, or salary requirement for new job offer

- What happens when your negotiation doesn’t turn out the way you want it to

- How-to get over the fear of negotiating

Are you ready to negotiate a new career title, but aren’t quite sure what that may be yet? Check out our FREE 8-day course to “Figure Out What you Really Want for Your Career!”

Do you want to combine your passion and your career to create a life that gives you a reason to get up in the morning?

Are you ready to go out on a limb for the life you envision for yourself?

If you know the career and life path you want to follow but aren't sure where you can find the time to make it happen, our guest, Jay Papasan, shares the story of his career and how he makes the time to sort through life's chaos to get it all done.

Need help prioritizing? Check out Jay Papasan's "Time Blocking" Mastery Webinar at http://www.happentoyourcareer.com/tbm

We’ve taken the top questions that have been asked by you, our audience, and are sharing our thoughts through our own experiences of career changes.

We answer your questions from questions of career change mindset, to changes of strengths and interests, and whether searching for the dream career is even worth it.

Wondering how to get started in finding the work that fits you? Enroll in our free 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

What’s your dream career?  Are you convinced there’s something more out there for you than what you’re doing currently?  You might be on the Dreamer’s career path.  Expert Career Coach on theMuse.com and founder of Ready Set Rock, delivering powerful career and business training, Evangelia Leclaire helps us understand that even dreamers’ careers go through phases.  She walks us through her own personal career journey and shows us that the phases are not sequential, and there is something to be learned in each one!  What phase are you in?  For help uncovering the work you were meant to do, visit figureitout.co!

How do you make a career change when you’re burnt out, have no time and can’t figure out what fits you? That’s what Eric wanted to know! He was an engineer working for an oil company. He realized his job was not aligning with his values and felt the pull to do something that would make the world a better place. Learn how Eric found a career that fits (plus how he landed it!)

What you’ll learn 

• The importance of finding your signature strengths 
• How to create your ideal career profile 
• How to target only companies and opportunities that fit your career change goals 

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. Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) 
2. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Dave Stachowiak is the founder of Coaching for Leaders and the host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast.  He’s the Executive Vice President of Talent Development with Dale Carnegie of Southern Los Angeles and has led training programs for top organizations like the Northrop Grumman Corporation, The United States Air Force, the Boeing Company, and the University of California system.  He’s a senior instructor with Dale Carnegie Training, and Board Certified Coach.  Dave talks to us about the importance of accepting your career journey as anything BUT a straight line!  The twists and turns are not only to be expected, but to be appreciated!  For help finding the work that moves you, enroll in our FREE 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Have you been wanting to start a business of your own?  Is overwhelm about all of the aspects of running a small business held you back?  Christy Wright works with entrepreneurs through coaching and through her speaking events as part of Dave Ramsey’s team.  She talks to us about the unique issues that women face in starting and maintaining businesses.  They think differently.  They run their businesses differently.  They define “success” differently.  More women than ever before are stepping into their gifts and bringing them to market.  Learn how you can too!  For help finding the work you were meant for, enroll in our free 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Not where you want to be in your life?  Your career?  Have you embraced the fact that it’s all within your control and you have the power to change what’s not working?  Ashley Stahl is a career coach who helps 20-somethings and 30-somethings to find their purpose and land more job offers.  She also helps up and coming coaches to launch and succeed with their practices. What your life looks like is up to you!  For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Geoff Woods is the host of the Mentee Podcast.  His approach to connecting and building mentor relationships has taken him from medical device sales to now, starting a company with the founder of Keller Williams, the largest real estate company in the world.  In episode 66, he gives us some very tactical advice on how to find and land your own “army of mentors”.  He’s back again, but this time to dive deeper into his approach to initiating and building meaningful relationships with the people who inspire you most.  It has never been easier to reach out to those you admire.  Geoff talks about the one simple thing that is key to building relationships and why most people don’t do it.  For help finding the work that’s right for you, register for our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

We’re told to go to school, get a great job with the best salary possible, and then to build our lives accordingly.  But, what if we could turn this approach around?  What if we designed our lives FIRST and then went out and earned to support the life we truly wanted?  Clark Vandeventer and his family have done just that.  They’ve identified what they want and have developed a diversified method for generating income that fits the lifestyle they’ve designed for themselves.  If you’ve ever been curious about becoming location-independent, this is the episode for you!  For help finding the work that fits what you want in your life, sign up for our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Jerrad’s work was literally making him sick. The long hours and constant demands of the job had begun to wear on him to the point where he was waking up in the night with stomach pains. He knew something needed to change. This wasn’t what he wanted for himself or his family. He and his wife took action. Together they began designing the life they wanted. We know that there are a lot of other folks like Jerrad out there, stuck in careers that are making you miserable, and we wanted to share his story as proof that you don’t have to settle. You have more control over your circumstances than you might think. And you can either let your “life happen to you…or you can happen to your life!”

For help finding the work that fits you, visit figureitout.co!

“You can’t do what you want to be doing and get paid for it.” “I need to find my passion first.” “Stuff that comes easy can’t be valuable.” “I’ve seen other people have success with that, but it would never work for me.”

What mental barriers are you carrying around with you? You may be aware of some of them. Some of them might be buried a little deeper. We run through a handful of the most common limiting beliefs we’ve seen in our work. We break each one of them down and give you the tools to arm yourself against them when they show up on your journey to finding the work you’ll love! For access to our 9-episode “What Fits You” series, visit whatfitsyou.co!

Are you stuck? Have you had the realization that you need a new job, entirely new career or maybe even want to start your own business, but you can’t see a way to make it happen? Know where you want to go, but just can’t seem to get there? So, what’s holding you back? Debt? Fear? No time? Something else? We’ve got you covered. We walk through 5 of the most common barriers that most people come up against when they’re trying to make a career change and we give clear, actionable strategies for moving past each and every one of them.

What You’ll Learn

• The importance of prioritizing to make a career change, and why you have more time and more money than you think!
• How you can apply the same principles Scott used to get out of major debt in 3.5 years to break free of your own debt
• Why mindset is everything and how you can set yourself up to achieve whatever you set your sights on

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)

Does the idea of having just “one true calling” seem a little too limited for you? Do you find yourself being drawn to a variety of different career options? You might be a multipotentialite! In her last year of law school, when she decided that she didn’t want to become a lawyer, Emilie Wapnick began studying entrepreneurship.  Frustrated by her own inability to settle on a single “calling”, she founded Puttylike.com as an online resource and community for multipotentialites like herself.  She believes that multipotentialites have the responsibility to innovate and may even hold the key to solving some of the world’s biggest problems. She’s even delivered a TED talk on the subject! For help identifying your strengths, skills, and potential, and to learn how to turn it all into work you’ll love, visit http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

How would more success or more money change your life? Would you buy a better car? A nicer house? Live by the beach? Dan Norris tells us that life hasn’t changed very much at all for him following the success of his company WP Curve, one of the world’s fastest growing WordPress support providers. And it’s by design. When you know what you want in your life it becomes possible to build your life around you! Dan’s written two books, The 7 Day Startup, which became a Top 10 Bestseller in 3 Amazon categories, and now Content Machine which is all about creating a 7-figure content strategy and scaling it through automation, delegation, and a content team. For help finding the work that fits you, sign up for our free 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

Wish you were more productive? Mike Vardy’s got some really helpful strategies for maximizing the 24 hours we all get each day. Mike is a thought leader in productivity. He’s an author, speaker, and founder and President of Productivityist.com, a company that helps people stop “doing productivity” and start “being productive” through online and offline channels.  Before founding Productivityist, he was the managing editor of Lifehack's productivity blog. Learn what you can do to clear your mind and maximize focus. Find out how you can reduce the number of brainpower-depleting decisions you make daily and free your mind up for what really matters. And see how harnessing the power of routines can help you best serve your goals…because “time is the only resource you don’t get back.” For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

We’re celebrating 100 episodes of Happen to Your Career, the show that brings you inspiration to make the move to a career or business you love and equips you with the tools and roadmaps to make it happen! First and foremost, we want to thank YOU for being here on this journey with us! You are WHY we do what we do! So, please grab a warm beverage, settle in and join us as we walk back through the evolution of the show and the business! Get an inside look at HTYC behind-the-scenes and hear firsthand what it takes to make a dream Happen! For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

What would life be like if you were working from your unique strengths and talents most of the time? What could you accomplish?

Micha Mikailian has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15! From starting the first online Yellow Pages as a teen to his latest company Intently, he’s learned his unique areas of talent and skill and seen a high correlation between the successes of his businesses, his own fulfillment and career satisfaction, and the amount of time he’s able to spend in his “zones of genius.”

For help identifying YOUR zones of genius, enroll in our FREE 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

So, what does success look like for you? Will you know when you’ve reached it? What will you do afterwards?

Aaron Walker has attained tremendous success by all measures. He has built and sold some of the most successful businesses in the Nashville area. But he was looking for something more and when friends Dave Ramsey and Dan Miller coaxed him into speaking and coaching, he knew he’d found it. He’d found significance. Aaron shares his journey with us and shows us that attaining success is not the end goal and that happiness is a choice. For help finding the work that brings you meaning, enroll in our FREE 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

Interviews, public speaking, sales pitches - these can be intimidating. Most people don’t really look forward to them. That’s a given. But, would it help if you had a proven strategy for summoning the confidence you know you need to get the results you want? Michael Port is the author of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Book Yourself Solid, Book Yourself Solid Illustrated, The Contrarian Effect, and The Think Big Manifesto and has been called an “uncommonly honest author” by the Boston Globe. His latest book, Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life, is all about learning to play the right role for every situation, motivating, informing, and persuading others, just by being yourself! If “All the world is a stage”, why not write your own part? For tools and exercises to help you find the work you were meant to do, enroll in our FREE 8-day “Figure it Out” course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

Burnout is not a joke. Paula Davis-Laack is a self-described “recovering lawyer” whose own personal experiences with burnout landed her in the hospital 3 times. Now a burnout and resilience expert and founder and CEO of the Davis-Laack Stress and Resilience Institute she is dedicated to helping professionals manage stress and prevent burnout. She is an internationally-published author and has even worked with soldiers in the US Army as part of the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Program. For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Public speaking is one of the top fears, if not the number one fear most people face. In more severe cases it can cause people to avoid situations that might help them move their careers forward. David Nihill wants to help us all get over this fear and become better public speakers and storytellers. He was born in Dublin (and claims no one here in the U.S. understands his accent!). He earned a Masters in Business and began working with the Irish government to help startups. He’s been working with startups ever since, though now it’s through his FunnyBizz Conference series where he uses a comedic approach to help content creators leverage the power of storytelling, comedy, and improv! For help finding the career that fits you, visit figureitout.co and register for our free 8-day course!

Have you ever worried about losing your job? Even if it was a job that was making you unhappy? Kirby Verceles went through some wild ups and downs when the small company she worked for was in the process of being acquired. The soul-searching that she immersed herself in at that time gave her the answers and direction she needed and she came out on the other side with a position so suited for her it almost seems as if it were created for her! Kirby shares her process of self discovery and reminds us that no matter how stressful things can get, if you keep your core strengths in sight, you will come out ahead! For help finding work that fits you, enroll in our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Ok. Let’s talk. Today we’re digging deep into what’s REALLY stopping you from finding what you want in your career. Have you taken jobs because they were available? Have you started a job thinking it would be something that it turned out not to be? Are you stuck trying to decide what to do next? Trouble is, most people think finding work that fits them starts with looking forward. We think it starts with looking backwards. Most people will work their entire careers without ever truly figuring out what makes them happy. We don’t want you to be most people. We’ll lay out the most common barriers to figuring out what you REALLY want and show you how to break through them! Grab our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Thinking about starting a business?  You don’t want to miss this interview then!  Andrea Lake is what you’d call a serious serial entrepreneur.  She’s founded over 14 businesses since the age of 18, some of which include StickerJunkie.com, YogaJunkie, and Delinquent Distribution (the company that owns sales rights to merchandise for some of the world’s biggest video games...think Minecraft and World of Warcraft!).  Now, she’s focusing on training and mentoring others to build their own successful businesses through MentorMojo, an online learning and mentorship platform and Lessons.biz, a 6-week training course on how to start a t-shirt business! She walks us through her journey to success and leaves us with some of the most valuable business advice you’ll ever receive this side of an MBA!  Need help finding the work that fits you?  Enroll in our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Work as we know it is changing, whether we like it or not.  Are you prepared? Taylor Pearson is a “systems-obsessed entrepreneur, marketer, and philosopher” with a passion for helping other entrepreneurs. He’s worked on the Tropical MBA podcast, done community management for the Dynamite Circle, a top mastermind forum for location-independent entrepreneurs, and managed marketing and sales for 7-figure ecommerce businesses.  He talks to us about the shifting landscape of the job market and gives valuable insights into how we can best prepare ourselves for success now and into the future.  His book The End of Jobs: How A Section of the Middle Class Getting Rich is coming out on June 30th! Are you looking to make a career change, but don’t know where to start? Enroll in our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!

It's time to update your job search skills!  Learn how you can be a standout candidate on platforms like Linkedin and position yourself perfectly for your dream job!  Turn your search on its head and have the recruiters find YOU!  Al Smith spent 35 years working in sales, management, marketing, and training for Xerox, Kimberly-Clark, and Systema.  His new book with co-author Jeff Sheehan is called HIRED! Paths to Employment in the Social Media Era and is available now!  Looking to make a career change?  Register for our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Greg Giangrande has been called “one of the most highly-regarded executives in his field” by Adweek.  As Executive VP and Chief Human Resources Officer for Time Inc. he oversees HR globally for 8,000 employees. He’s held executive level HR positions at News Corporation, The Hearst Corporation and HR leadership positions at Conde Nast and Random House.  He writes a weekly advice column for the NY Post and makes appearances on Good Day NY.

He’s also called the shots in his career, accepting only positions aligned with what he calls his “True North”.  

For help finding the work that fits you, visit figureitout.co!

Olivia Gamber has climbed up the corporate ladder quickly and at a super-young age, is now the Manager of Talent and Organizational Development at Taylor Morrison.  She tackled her post-graduation career uncertainty in a way that set her apart from the rest of the pack.  She launched her impressive career through the process of self-discovery and intentional action and now she’s helping her Gen Y peers to do the same through OccupationalOlivia.com.  For help clearing the uncertainty and finding the work that fits you, visit figureitout.co!  

Think quitters never get ahead?  Think again.  Quitting just might be one of your best tools in discovering the work you were meant to do!  Lynn Marie Morski is a “self-described hippie” who gushes about the Burning Man Festival and has quit just about every career she’s started.  She’s also a doctor/lawyer powerhouse with a multimedia background who has co-founded a medical tourism startup that is working to revolutionize our healthcare system.  Visit figureitout.co for help finding the work YOU were meant to do!

You asked.  We answer!  Scott tackles questions from HTYC’ers this week! Can’t choose between two career paths? Stuck in a job that’s just not working for you?  Don’t even know how to start figuring out the work you’ll love? For inspiration AND actionable steps on how to clear the hurdles and move towards work that fits you, you won’t want to miss this!  Want to get started right now?  Grab a pen and work through the Past Jobs Exercise with us and see how your past experiences leave clues for your future career!  For more free tools and exercises, visit figureitout.co!

Geoff Woods was in a job he loved and making good money, when a young colleague had a stroke.  Deeply affected by this, he recognized he needed to create additional income streams to secure his own family’s future.  He began to seek out mentorships with the people who had attained what he wanted for himself.  Host of the Mentee Podcast, Geoff shows us the step-by-step process for creating the relationships that we need to get us where we want to go!

Want help finding the work you’ll love?  Get our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!

What does dating have to do with careers?  As it turns out, a LOT actually.  Jeff Goins, author of the new book The Art of Work, talks with us about power of commitment in finding, following , and succeeding in your “calling”, that thing you were born to do!  Give this interview a listen and stop the endless string of “bad dates”!

For help finding YOUR calling, grab our free course at happentoyourcareer.com/onestop!

Scientist-turned-management-consultant-turned-developer, Adarsh Pandit is definitely no stranger to career changes!  Right now he’s the Managing Director at thoughtbot, a company that designs and builds digital products. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, hosts the Reboot podcast, the show that spotlights people who’ve made BIG career transitions…OH! And he’s got a PhD in Biochemistry too! You’ll learn how to approach your career path with a scientific mind!

For help discovering the career that fits you TEXT "HTYC" to 38470 and get a link to our FREE 8-day course!

So you, our listeners, have spoken!  You want to learn more about starting a side business.  A lot of you are already in careers you’re planning to stay in, but want to build something on the side, either for additional income or for the challenge and satisfaction that comes with owning your own business!  We couldn’t be more excited to share our journey, what we now know, AND what we’ve learned along the way building Happen to Your Career!

 She’s a Career Consultant/Resume Writer/Entrepreneur/Social Media Strategist/Blogger, helping people advance their careers through defining and communicating their personal brands effectively for over 4 years now with JobJenny, all while running her firm, the Oregon-based Ladder Recruiting Group which specializes in the robotics/automation and manufacturing sectors.

She’s also a regular columnist on theMuse.com, knows a lot about robots, and makes a mean margarita!

One of the most difficult things to do for a career change is to get started. Once you begin and start taking action over and over again, you will be surprised at the results you get

In this episode you will learn

How you can get started

why you need to act now

the psycology of being in motion

and how we applied the Toby Keith principle to our podcast at first (I know... you will have to listen to find out)

Find out more at http://happentoyourcareer.com

****Do you work in a job that you don't want to be in forever? Do you want to do work that is un-apologetically you? 

We have put together a course that helps you figure out what work you love is for YOU

Visit http://happentoyourcareer.com/onestop and tell us where to send the first lesson

Are you wanting to make the move to work that you love and stop doing work that doesn't fit you... guess what? It's not your boss that makes this hard (ok well sometimes) but more than that it's whether or not you understand the things that you enjoy so much that it feels like play. 

Scott and Mark discuss signature strengths and how they impact your career. 

Find all the links and shownotes at http://happentoyourcareer.com/46

Taking time for networking and building relationships sucks!... well it does if you are not good at it.

What if you could not only get good at it, but do it in less than 20 minutes each day WITHOUT having to go to networking events.

That's what today's podcast episode is all about! Mark discusses with us some very tactical (and actionable) ways you can become a better at networking!

We’re all busy. and one of the biggest challenges we all have with networking is time...so here’s a few ways to grow your network in 20 min a day (address very briefly…)

In this episode you will learn

• LinkedIn Recommendations
• Birthday calls/life events
• Be a noticer
• Quarterly Reach Out Emails

Want to overcome your fear of just about anything? Richie talks in detail about how and why this is so important!

You are in for a ride this episode, Richie was one of our favorite (and most downloaded) interviews. 

Also if you haven't already signed up for the Work You Love: One Stop Intro Course do it now! http://happentoyourcareer.com/onestop 

Only those that recieve our newsletter or have enrolled in this course will find out about our latest project to help YOU:

STOP DOING “JOBS” THAT MAKE YOU MISERABLE OR LEAVE YOU UNFULFILLED

start making your way out of your current job right NOW?

do work that you love that fulfills you? 

But not if you are not a member of the HTYC community! Sign up now

http://happentoyourcareer.com/onestop 

It's a career and finances mashup. Matt Shoup, Joel Fortner and Deacon Hayes all share their stories of why taking care of your finances is good for your career. 

Plus something a little... ok a lot different with our format on this episode. We would love to hear what you think. Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com and let us know whether or not you like it!

www.happentoyourcareer.com

Dave Ramsey on HTYC? ok it's a little different than that!... Scott's on Dave's show. 

Want to know why getting your finances on a plan and eliminating debt can help you have your dream career? 

It's different than you might think...

Scott and Mark discuss the impacts to your career AND THEN...

• Dave Ramsey makes fun of Scott for thinking he is an expert in finances!
• Scott tells Dave how he got to be debt free!

Are you stuck trying to figure out how to decide what to do? This episode takes you through making that decision. It also ends our month long series on helping people like you answer that very same question. Don't get stuck! 

Instead Happen to Your Career! 

When you know what you want out of a career but don't know how to apply to the current market for jobs or businesses... we don't need to tell you that you have a problem. In this episode Mark and Scott discuss ways to solve that problem.

Wow, this is a long one! But well worth the listen as Mark and Scott get deep into intentionally deciding to mesh your career with your life! They discuss the five areas they use at HTYC to coach others to get from where they are to where they want to be!

Check out all the episodes at http://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast-2/

This week Scott and Mark talk about determining what you want in your career.  They discuss several techniques you can use on your own to understand better what you want in your career — be warned, it’s not always what you think it should be!

What You Want

Often when people think of what they want, they think of it in terms of what they don’t want. In order to truly know what you want, you need to list what you don’t want, then use that as a starting point for what you do want. Follow this 3-Step Process to discover what you truly want:

Tom Dixon is a Career Coach at MondayisGood.com.  Tom leads a Demand Planning Team for a Fortune 500 Team as well as writing his career blog and voluteering as part of a Career Resource Network.  Tom's Career and Job Search experience and techniques are all developed from "in the trenches" experiences.  They are tried and true through Tom's own experiences.

Emily Chase Smith comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. She's had many business ventures, some more successful than others. She graduated law school at 21.  She lived overseas for 5 years in Prague, Czech Republic with her family and now focuses her law practice on bankruptcy.

Emily now works with entrepreneurs and business owners to help them manage their money more effectively.  The guiding principle of her life is freedom.  In this interview, Emily explains to Scott how understanding her value and helping others recognize the value you provide can lead to more freedom than you think is possible!

In this episode, Tania talks with Scott about how to connect with others, how to understand your skills and passions and her experiences leading up to helping newbies in careers or countries!

Richie Norton is the bestselling author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid as well as the #1 Amazon download Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It. He is an international speaker and consultant for the corporate growth and personal development industries, a social entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of Global Consulting Circle.

Richie has been featured in Forbes, Businessweek, Young Entrepreneur, Huffington Post and other national publications both in print and online. In 2010, Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii.

Neither Scott or Mark had talked to Richie prior to this interview, but Richie is a huge part of the reason that HTYC exists today!  Listen toMark interview Richie to hear that story and tons of amazing tips and suggestions for your career!

Dan is the author of the New York Times best-selling 48 Days To The Work You Love, No More Dreaded Mondays and Wisdom Meets Passion. He has been a guest on CBS’ ‘The Early Show,’ MSNBC’s ‘Hardball with Chris Mathews, and the Dave Ramsey Show. Dan has spoken at the White House Christian Fellowship, and is in high demand at national conferences speaking on aging and changes in the workplace as well as at universities and churches.

Over 130,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter, his 48 Days Podcast consistently ranks in the top 3 under Careers on iTunes, and the 48Days.net business community is viewed as an example around the world for those seeking to find – or create – work they love.

 In this interview, Scott and Dan talk about the importance of trying different things to get to work that you love.

Please share this episode with your social circles and leave us a review on iTunes!!

In this interview, Scott talks with author Joshua Waldman talk about his journey working in corporate America to teaching others to utilize social media in their career search.

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

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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) 

Wondering how to know if you'll like your new career or company before you transition? Good news. We’ve put together 6 ways you can get some reassurance. Take a listen! Or if you want even more detail go over to http://happentoyourcareer.com/206  

• Learn how you can try out a new career path with minimal risk and in a relatively short period of time.
• Learn the six experiments for test driving new careers and how to apply them to best fit your situation.
• How to validate a new career path to move ahead smartly and leave the old baggage behind.
• Avoid dead man goals and instead learn to make goals that allow you to grow, learn, and face uncertainty.
• Is being wrong really such a bad thing?
• Making intentional mistakes can open new doors for you by allowing you to grow your confidence and see what you are capable of.
• Making mistakes and growing is a muscle you can grow.
• What do children’s fairy tales have to do with career growth and experimenting? Listen and find out.
• Learn how you can do work for a company on your terms to see if it’s the work you want to be tied to.
• Starting that blog or podcast you have been thinking about could be the next great step on your career path.
• See how being a student forever can help you narrow down your focus and open new opportunities and desires.
• Listen to the end and accept Lisa’s coaching gauntlet throw down and see how you can bet an accountability buddy.

What if you could find the career that fits you by reframing your weakness? Or what if your greatest weakness was really your secret weapon? It turns out it actually is: 

Ross struggled with his ADHD, a weakness that he thought held him back in his career. After he started paying attention to what was actually happening, he learned how to reframe his weaknesses as “anti-strengths” and was able to find a career that was made for him - strengths and anti-strengths included.

Find the guide, transcript, and more at https://happentoyourcareer.com/292

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

When most people think of their career, they think of their job. A place where they go everyday because they have to, not necessarily because they want to. 

Back in 2005, this was me. I thought that you choose your degree and work really hard through College and go out into the workforce and then you things get awesome! 

Turns out almost nobody has that experience, even after you get 10-15 years into your career less than 13% of people around the world are truly enamored with what they do for work. Yes that means that according to Gallup organization nearly 87% of people would not describe their current work as “Deeply Satisfying” or “Highly Engaging”. Translation: Chances are really high that If you didn’t need to make an income, You definitely wouldn’t spend your time where you’re at right now. 

That’s exactly where I was, too, all those years ago. Not only was my job a bad fit for me, but my 2 hour a day anxiety ridden commutes left me nearly 50 pounds overweight, not being very nice to my wife Alyssa, and feeling like there had to be a better way to do life and work. 

I spent the next decade learning everything I could about how people who love their work do differently. Especially those high achievers who are enamored with their work and get paid very very well for it. 

It turns out that most of what you think you know about what makes people happy at work and how people find a career that fits them, is counterintuitive or just plain wrong.

You can always go over to happentoyourcareer.com and find all of our podcasts and resources in one place. Or if you ever want more help, just email me directly scott@happentoyourcareer.com and either me or my team will get back to you on the very best way we can help.