Happen To Your Career | Career Transition, Career Changes, Figure Out What You Want, Jobs, Strengths, Starting Businesses

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

  Have you ever wondered what the right time is to pursue different work? Sometimes it's painfully clear! (we work with people every day that have some serious disdain for their jobs) But what if it's not as obvious? What if you actually like your job and just aren't sure if you should be pursuing something more meaningful... or what if you have multiple opportunities but aren't sure how to measure which one would be better for you.? This is exactly the question that we just faced just recently when setting out the goals for the rest of this year and into next year! How do you know when it's time to move on to something else? This is hard, even for us (and it's kind of what we do here at Happen to Your Career.) In this episode You learn When it's past time for you to leave your job or your business How to know what the warning signs are What to actually do about it!

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

Do you wonder why you can't get what you want in your career? I'll bet it's because you are not focusing on the 20% of stuff that ACTUALLY MATTERS.  Wondering what I'm talking about? Today's episode talk's about Pareto and what he observed in nature that is critical to your career (and your whole life)  Check out http://happentoyourcareer.com/onestop to find out how to choose work you truly want to be doing!

Support is the name of the game. But what are the right kinds of support and who from?  Mark and Scott discuss how to get the right types of support for your career journey and some of the vision from when HTYC was started.  Also a ridiculously special announcement! You heard it here first!

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