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

What’s the best way to determine if a different role or industry is right for you? Many people believe you must take huge risks to figure this out, but that’s not the case. Career experiments are the answer! These are the opposite of the tactical career change approaches you often hear about, yet far more effective. We are going to cover one of the most highly effective types of career experiments today: test driving conversations. This experiment will allow you to meet new people, quickly test new careers, and pave the way for creating your very own role custom-fit to you.

To demonstrate how this experiment works firsthand, Scott walks through Laura Morrison’s career change (episode 213), and explains step-by-step how she test drove conversations that led to finding a role that was perfect for her.

Laura’s Career Change Episodes:

Part 1 - Switching Industries Without Compromising Your Career’s Trajectory

Part 2 (Where are they now) - Being Happy in an Exhausting Job

What you’ll learn

• How to explore new careers and industries through conversations
• Why an ideal career profile is a game changer for career change
• How Laura strategically used career experiments to find her ideal career

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!

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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. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Ever find yourself caught in the struggle between being genuine and networking? Most people have trouble reconciling how to connect with people and build relationships naturally while also being able to accomplish their own goals. So how can you accomplish goals that require having connections but not be transactional? It turns out that there are easy ways to begin relationships that are genuine and feel natural to the other party (no schmoozing involved!) What’s the key? Stop forcing it. This episode provides 5 examples of how to build connections and relationships naturally without being transactional.

What you’ll learn

• How to make connections without networking events and social media
• How to build genuine relationships when networking
• Five unconventional strategies to build genuine connections without resorting to transactional approaches

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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

1. Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Is there any particular area or subject that people tend to come to you for? Scott has made a lot of career changes, more than most people you know... combined! But something finally clicked for him when he realized his friends and family were always coming to him for career advice. With HTYC turning 10 years old this year, we wanted to share Scott's career journey and how each of his career changes (even being in a rock band!) have contributed to the HTYC that exists today.

What you’ll learn

• How recognizing your strengths can lead to work you genuinely enjoy
• Valuable lessons from Scott's career failures and successes
• How to turn ADHD from a perceived weakness into a source of strength

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

1. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

I'll let you in on a secret, almost everyone thinks their network isn't big enough or strong enough to help them land their ideal role. But you (and a ton of other people) are wrong! Studies have shown that it's actually not the people closest to us, the people you likely think of when you think of your network, that can help you advance in your career. It's actually the friends or friends that really make things happen. Skeptical? Confused? In this week's episode, Tanya discusses how she used her network to land a job abroad at her dream organization!

What you’ll learn

• How Tanya made a career change from entertainment to working in wellness abroad
• The power of intentional networking: Tanya's strategy to connect and build relationships (that helped land her role!)
• How to define your career needs and target organizations that match

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

1. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

The key to unlocking the life you desire? Your signature strengths! You have a unique value to offer the world, and your signature strengths are the way to figure out how you operate at your best. Discover the counterintuitive nature of strengths, and learn insightful exercises to figure out your unique signature strengths. Tune in to embark on a journey toward a more fulfilling and empowered life. 🚀

What you’ll learn

• How to identify your signature strengths
• Simple yet powerful exercises that unveil patterns to define your signature strengths
• How to use a feedback loop to continuously refine and apply your strengths, unlocking their true potential.

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Relevant Episode - 543:How To Use Your Signature Strengths To Get Hired

Past Roles Exercise

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

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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.

Have you ever had a role that had one focus and then morphed into something else over time? In less than 2 years, Nick’s customer success role began to change to be more of a sales role – which did not fit him. Join Scott and Nick as they explore the importance of self-discovery, strengths, networking, and test driving conversations in crafting a fulfilling and purpose-driven career.

What you’ll learn

• How uncovering your strengths can help in a career transition and lead to a more fulfilling career
• How to identify if you're approaching burnout in a role you once love
• How Nick used his network to explore a new career path

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

1. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

How can you make 2024 the best year you've ever had? It starts with a better vision and plan for yourself. How do you get a better vision and direction? That begins with great questions.

This ep details out the 5 questions Scott uses every year to make the next year even better than the last! Take a listen to find out all the questions

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The idea of getting to work in your strengths can be really exciting. But how do you get there? How do you find a role that aligns with your strengths, and how do you use those strengths to get hired? In this episode, Scott not only explains the key distinctions between regular strengths and Signature Strengths, but he also addresses the burning question of how to use those strengths secure a job you're excited about! You’ll also hear from Maggie who used her strengths to get promoted to work she truly loves.

What you’ll learn

• Actionable steps to identify your signature strengths right away
• How to to use your strengths not just to secure a job but to genuinely enjoy the challenges in your role
• How to translate strengths into hireable traits

Mentioned in this episode

Maggie's Story - Episode 480: The Power of Using Your Strengths To Advance Your Career

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

1. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

James had identified Amazon as the company he wanted to work for, but they kept rejecting him.

His values aligned with the organization and he was extremely excited about their company culture, but he kept repeating the same cycle. He would land an interview with Amazon (woo!) only to be told they “went a different direction” after the interview(ugh). So how did he end up landing his dream role with Amazon? By upgrading his mindset, persevering through rejection, and expertly using his network.

Tune in as James shares his story of making a career change from Boeing to Amazon!

What you’ll learn

• How to navigate career change obstacles with resilience and strategic perseverance.
• How to leverage your network to its full potential to enhance your career change
• Practical tips for shaking off the ghosts of rejections past and embracing a growth-oriented mindset
• How to communicate passion and alignment during job interviews effectively.

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

1. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

The shift that happens when you go from employee to working parent can cause a huge upheaval in your career. Your priorities completely change, and there are boundaries that must be set and values that must align.

Jenna was working in an extremely demanding field, as a criminal prosecutor. She loved her career, but about four years into motherhood, she reached the point of absolute burnout.

Learn how Jenna defined exactly what she needed in her next role and how she landed a role that was such a perfect fit, she got promoted after only a month!

What you’ll learn

• How to handle setbacks and unexpected turns during a career change
• How Jenna found a role that aligns with her personal values and family needs
• How to navigate the intersection of career and family life

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

1. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)