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

You’ve been ignoring that feeling in your gut for a while. Maybe it’s been about your job, or how you’re raising your kids, or even concerned about your relationships. But it’s time to start paying attention to it.

Why? 

Your intuition is great at letting you know when things are off. But it’s not great at helping you understand why it’s off. 

When Alissa Penney decided to stop ignoring those feelings, she was able to completely change her career (and even start her own consulting business). 



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/ 

Email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Direct download: htyc448.mp3
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When it comes to making a big career transition to work you love (and get paid well for), there are breadcrumbs throughout your life – sometimes long before college – that can help guide you. Liz McLean, HTYC career coach, experienced some success in her early careers, but a bit of self-reflection opened her eyes to her need to have a career that helps people. Learn how Liz went way back, got uncomfortable and found her ideal career. 

 

What you’ll learn 

  • The importance of beginning with yourself and doing the work to figure out your ideal career 
  • How to step out of your comfort zone (and feel good doing so) 
  • How Liz’s reflection on her childhood dream helped shape her new career path

 

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. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: htyc447.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

One of the best ways to gain momentum during your career search is to reach out to employees at the company you want to work for, specifically key decision-makers. This will allow you to stand out among the sea of 500-1,000+ applications. When you go to make these connections, there are some simple, yet overlooked, strategies that are very effective to not only receive a response when doing this deliberate networking, but all get a response that could propel you into the role you are aiming for. Brian is a podcast listener and client who reached out to me through email, and his email blew me away. So today I want to share with you the tactics Brian used to grab my attention and what you can learn from it. 

What you'll learn

  • How to identify what creates a great next step for your career change 
  • The language to use in reach outs to stand out in a decision-maker's inbox 
  • How you can create an opportunity through networking and building relationships with employees at your ideal company 

 

 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. Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers - 6 Ways to get Reassurance that your new career is right for you (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)



Direct download: htyc446.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been frustrated with or hated your job, and wanted to leave. I know MY hand went up, and I think I heard ALL of yours, too. We all know that feeling, but many people don’t quit their miserable jobs for years. What’s holding us back? Oftentimes, it’s as simple as our own limiting beliefs. Larry Chase worked in breweries for 20 years, but something was always missing. Learn how Larry discovered his strengths, got out of his own head and discovered true career happiness in an ideal role. 

 

What you’ll learn 

  • The importance of figuring where you want to go before deciding on a career that fits
  • Fixed mindset vs growth mindset 
  • Why sometimes it’s about changing as a person – not just a job or career change
  • How Larry discovered his strengths and figured out what he really enjoyed about his industry

 

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. An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: htyc445.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

Many high performers work hard to climb the corporate ladder. Reaching an executive level is a crowning achievement. Or is it?

Dan Ruley had worked his way up to become the Director of Sales, but (another) conflict arose between family and work, leading to him losing his job. Re-evaluating his priorities, he learned that an executive level role wasn’t right for him and, even though his new role is technically a step down, he now makes more and is able to focus on what he does best.

 

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/ 

Email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Direct download: htyc444.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

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