Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design
by Scott Anthony BarlowYou’re not totally happy with your career (obviously!) You also know that there “has to be something out there that’s better.” That hope that you can find meaningful and fulfilling work, that also pays you well, has led you here! This is the show that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and uniquely fits your strengths and talents.
Copyright: 2023 Happen to Your Career LLC
Episodes
Career Wanderlust: Leaving a Job You're Great At in Search of an Even Better Fit
28m · PublishedThis podcast is not just for people who don’t like their jobs. Sometimes you feel the itch to make a change even when you’re in a really great situation, and that’s completely normal!What if the grass is truly greener on the other side? Bobby's story walks through his career change concerns, and he and Scott provide practical advice on navigating the process of leaving a really good job in hopes of something even better!
What you’ll learn
- Embracing change is natural - It's okay to make a career change even if you're currently in a good situation
- How to set boundaries with yourself and current organization when beginning your career change
- How to roll with the punches of career change and come out with a role you love, even if it's not the role you expected
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Growing Your Career by Getting Comfortable With Uncomfortable Conversations
29m · PublishedIf you want to take more control of your career there’s no way around it: You are going to have some awkward conversations with your boss.
But what if having a few of these well-planned, uncomfortable conversations could get you everything you want out of your work (along with your boss’s stamp of approval)?
Well, it turns out, they can! Our guest today, Jason Bollman, is proof of that. He shared his initial career change story on the podcast a few years ago. If you haven’t listened to that, it’ll be helpful to fill in more of his story: listen here!
Jason attributes much of his success since his initial career change to continuing to have difficult conversations with leadership. He has created a new role in his organization, gotten himself onto numerous projects that interest him, and has continued to pivot his career to fit him better and better!
What you’ll learn
- How to prepare effectively for uncomfortable conversations with leadership
- How to build trust with your organization and foster an environment where you can grow
- How to know if your company is taking advantage of you
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Intentionally Changing Careers To Fit Your Life Design
39m · PublishedWhy is our culture so obsessed with job titles and job status? Just think about how often we ask, and are asked by others, “So, what do you do?” This inflated importance of career causes people to believe they have to find all of their fulfillment within the constraints of their career, which can easily lead to work consuming their life.
That’s exactly what happened to Karen — when the pandemic hit at the same time as multiple family emergencies, she realized her work was keeping her from her true priorities and she needed to make a change.
Through Karen's experience, we uncover the importance of redefining the role of work in our lives and finding fulfillment beyond career achievements. Discover how Karen flipped the script of her life, redefined her priorities, and found a career that fit her new life design!
What you’ll learn
- The importance of intentional life design in aligning your career with the rest of your life
- How prioritizing personal well-being over career achievements can lead to greater fulfillment
- The challenges and rewards of transitioning careers to better align with personal priorities
Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation?Schedule a conversation
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Refusing to Settle for Anything Less Than Meaningful Work
38m · PublishedThere’s this funny phenomenon that happens when people are looking for intentional work. They get to a point where they’ve been working on their career change for a while — they’ve identified what will make work meaningful for them and what they are looking for in an organization — but then the search for their ideal role starts taking longer than expected, and the doubts start creeping in.
Staying true to yourself when you begin to have doubts is possibly the hardest part of the entire career change process.After a third job change left Eric as burned out as the one before, Eric decided his next career change would be much more intentional...but when his job search started approaching the yearlong mark, he began having doubts.
Hear how Eric maintained focus by seeking support and ultimately refusing to settle for anything less than meaningful work.
What you’ll learn
- The importance of staying true to yourself and your values throughout the career change process.
- Strategies for maintaining focus and perseverance, even when faced with setbacks and challenges.
- The power of seeking support and guidance during times of transition.
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
How to Translate Your Value to Organizations After a Career Break
37m · PublishedTaking a break from your career isn’t uncommon - many people press pause due to children, health, travel, etc. But one mistake people make is thinking they need to return to the same work they were doing before.
Caroline had hit burnout after 17 years with the same company and decided to take a 2-year break and stay home with her children.
When she decided to return to the workforce she knew she wanted to do something different, but she wasn’t sure what she could do outside of the company where she had spent the majority of her career.
How could she translate all of her skills, strengths, and experience from that company to seem useful and valuable to other organizations?
In this episode, you'll hear how Caroline figured out what she wanted and needed out of her career, learned how to communicate that in her job search, and landed a role that was customized to her.
What you’ll learn
- How to break free from the confines of your previous career trajectory, even after a hiatus
- How to translate your experiences, expertise, skills and strengths from one industry or organization to another
- How to identify your transferable skills and use your strengths to craft a compelling career story that resonates with potential employers
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
If you're thinking about taking a career break to figure out your next steps or you're wanting to return to the workforce, schedule a conversation with our team and we can help you figure out the best next steps for your situation
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
- How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
The Secret to Effectively Job Searching in 2024
39m · PublishedRecruiters and hiring managers are absolutely drowning in potential candidates today, so how can you stand out when job searching? How do you convince them to give you a chance?
Well, turns out there’s not just one Jedi mind trick that will make them choose you… and it really doesn’t come down to “convincing them” that you’re the perfect candidate. So what is it then? What matters most in your job search? That evasive answer is what we break down in this episode!
What you’ll learn
- What gets through to recruiters in a sea of applications
- The one element that makes all the difference when it comes to job hunting
- How to leverage technology to enhance your job search in 2024
Resources mentioned
- The Seven Elements of Meaningful Work
Podcast Episodes about the Ideal Career Profile:
- Creating A Path To Your Ideal Career (And The Tool You Need To Make It Happen)
- How To Define Your Ideal Career When Making A Career Change
If you’re ready to begin taking steps toward more meaningful work, [email protected] and put “Conversation” in the subject line.
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.
The Discomfort Zone: How Taking Risks Can Lead To A Fulfilling Career
34m · PublishedCareer change can be uncomfortable. You’ll likely have to break out of your comfort zone to progress down a new path that may be full of unknowns 👻
Feeling safe and at ease is great and all, but think about it, what goals have you ever achieved by staying in your comfort zone? We’re willing to bet on not many at all.
Stephanie had an aversion to risk, and was "comfortably unhappy" in her marketing career until she reached burnout and decided she needed to make a change.
Now if we fast forward to what happened at the end of her change, she ended up receiving multiple offers and negotiated with those companies (talk about getting out of her comfort zone) and almost doubled her salary!
Hear how she shifted her mindset to allow herself to go after what she never thought was possible!
What you’ll learn
- How to take small steps to ease your way out of your comfort zones
- How to use the “5 Whys” exercise as a career change breakthrough
- How figuring out what you want gives you more confidence in nerve-racking situations
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
How to Strategically Use Your Strengths in an Interview (Live Coaching Call)
35m · PublishedEverywhere you look these days, you can find articles sharing why focusing on your strengths is more valuable than improving your weaknesses. Using your signature strengths in your role means you can be energized instead of drained, engaged instead of bored, and successful instead of struggling.
Bree knew she wasn’t using her strengths in her draining, repetitive role, but she wasn’t sure how to step into a position that truly fit her unique gifts. On this live coaching call, Scott helps her build a plan for revealing and reinforcing her signature strengths in her upcoming interview.
Listen to learn the 3 tactics that will help potential employers accurately perceive your strengths and the value you bring to their organization.
What you’ll learn
- How to use your Clifton StrengthsFinder results, and where they will/won’t be useful for you!
- Interviewing using your strengths (while still being humble and likable)
- Why you don’t need to focus on weaknesses (even though it will undoubtedly be an interview question)
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
How to Create Your Ideal Role Within Your Current Company
34m · PublishedIf your ideal role doesn’t exist, it may be up to you to create it! It’s all about figuring out exactly what you want and need out of your career, and then asking for it. Learn how Laura created her ideal role within her organization by making an ideal career profile, networking internally, and having bold, transparent conversations with leadership!
What you’ll learn
- How to be transparent and effectively communicate with leadership about your need for change
- The significance of internal networking to discover potential roles within your company
- Why gaining clarity around what you want and need out of your career should be the first step you take
- How to navigate an internal change within a company
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Escaping Career Crisis Mode And Finding Work That Fits You
38m · PublishedThe irony of being stuck at a job you hate is that it seems to consume your every waking moment. It begins to bleed into other areas of your life, and turn you into someone you’re not. Discover how Paul escaped his career crisis by digging into self-discovery, setting boundaries, and asking for help and accountability. Paul did a lot of work to figure out what he wanted in his career, so when a job opportunity came along he was able to recognize it for what it was: the perfect fit!
What you’ll learn
- How detrimental a misfit job can be to your professional and personal life
- How to set boundaries to escape career crisis mode
- Why accountability is often the difference between wanting to make a career change and actually making it happen
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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
- Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
- Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design has 576 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 395:03:33. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 21st, 2024 00:13.
