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Improve Your Career and Life by Becoming a Supercommunicator with Charles Duhigg

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - July 08, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
If you want to get anything done, you need to be able to communicate with other people. Whether it's salary negotiation, networking, job interviews, or working with a team, being a good communicator can help you succeed. Luckily, communication isn't a skill you're either born with or not—you c...

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Leaving a Misfit Job in Search of Career Fulfillment

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - July 01, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Problem: I just quit my job after a year because it wasn't a fit. How do I identify opportunities that fit? That's what Edna wrote when she first contacted us. Join us as we dive into Edna's journey of self-discovery, leveraging strengths, values, and executive recruiters to find her ideal caree...

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The Easy Way to Get A Raise

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - June 24, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Listen to this before you ask for a raise! If you feel like you’re not being paid what you’re worth, it’s definitely time to ask for a raise. But there are a few things you need to know if you want the ask to go smoothly and successfully. Unfortunately, nobody teaches you how to raise your incom...

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How a Fulfilling Career Can Improve the Rest of Your Life (3 Years Later)

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - June 17, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
No, your career isn’t everything, but your happiness is! While work is only a fraction of your life, we all know thoughts and feelings about that work don’t stop when you clock out. If you’re feeling stressed or burned out, your happiness (and life) will feel the negative impacts. Discover the...

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Avoiding Desperation and Making a Career Change with Purpose

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - June 10, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
When your job begins negatively affecting other aspects of your life—your family, your health, your self-worth—those are usually red flags signaling you to make a career change. But then comes a huge dilemma we see all the time — in desperation to escape your current situation, you jump into a n...

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Job Search Strategies: How to Identify Companies You Want to Work For

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - June 03, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
There's a part of career change that almost everyone gets stuck on. They have an idea of what they're looking for but are unsure how to turn that into a reality. Where do you go to search? How do you find companies that align with your must-haves when you're sifting through endless options onlin...

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Step Into Your Potential: Overcome Doubt and Find Meaningful Work You Love

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - May 27, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
What's holding you back from doing more meaningful work? After working with thousands of career changers, we've learned that it's almost never external factors that stop you from moving to work that fits you better. So, how do you get out of your own way to make a move toward more meaningful wor...

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Building a Network from Scratch in a New Industry or Location

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - May 20, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Reaching out to your network when making a career change seems like great advice… until you realize you want to pivot into something brand new and your network is made up of people in the industry you’re trying to get out of. This is where a lot of people feel stuck, they want to explore a new f...

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Career Change at 40: Getting Intentional About Your Next Move

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - May 13, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Is your career on autopilot? We see it all the time. Something happens, maybe it's a change in your personal life, maybe it's a company restructuring or a layoff, but you suddenly realize your career has unfolded around you. You've never stopped to think, "Is this really the direction I want to ...

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Time Management Strategies for Career Change

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - May 06, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Think you're too busy to make a career change? Think again! In this episode, Scott gives tips and strategies to manage your time and create more space to focus on career change. Lack of time is not an excuse to stay in a job that is no longer a fit. Prioritize your desire for more meaningful wor...

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How to Harness Your Signature Strengths to Conquer Imposter Syndrome

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - April 29, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
What do you do when you realize you were wrong about what you wanted for your career? How do you overcome the imposter syndrome of pivoting to a completely new career? You may have gotten a master's degree… maybe even a PhD, so now what? Was it all a waste of time? How do you move into a new fie...

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BONUS: How Long Does an Intentional Career Change Take?

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - April 25, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
After working with thousands of people who have made intentional career changes, we've learned a lot... including how long it normally takes to make this type of change.  We've found that every single person who changes careers goes through the exact same milestones. Listen as Scott walks throu...

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Using Career Experiments to Pinpoint Your Ideal Career

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - April 22, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
What if you could try out a new career before committing? Turns out, you can! Discover how to use career experiments to test new careers without the commitment. Learn what a career experiment looks like from the inside — Our guest, Bob Kalish, is currently experimenting with consulting after w...

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Career Wanderlust: Leaving a Job You're Great At in Search of an Even Better Fit

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - April 15, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
This 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, an...

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Growing Your Career by Getting Comfortable With Uncomfortable Conversations

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - April 08, 2024 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
If 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 stam...

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Intentionally Changing Careers To Fit Your Life Design

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - April 01, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Why 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 ca...

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Refusing to Settle for Anything Less Than Meaningful Work

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - March 25, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
There’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 ...

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How to Translate Your Value to Organizations After a Career Break

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - March 18, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Taking 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 ...

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The Secret to Effectively Job Searching in 2024

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - March 11, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Recruiters 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...

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The Discomfort Zone: How Taking Risks Can Lead To A Fulfilling Career

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - March 04, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Career 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...

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How to Strategically Use Your Strengths in an Interview (Live Coaching Call)

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - February 26, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Everywhere 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....

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How to Create Your Ideal Role Within Your Current Company

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - February 19, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
If 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 ...

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Escaping Career Crisis Mode And Finding Work That Fits You

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - February 12, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
The 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 ...

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Bored at Work? How to Transition to a More Fulfilling Career

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - February 05, 2024 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
“Is being bored a good enough reason to leave my job?” Boredom at work isn’t talked about enough, but we get this question all the time! Becoming apathetic towards work and settling into a comfortable role can happen before we even realize something is wrong! But if the goal is meaningful work, ...

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Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Cracking the Job Search Code

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - January 29, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
You’ve likely heard the common scenario that happens to job seekers nowadays - they apply to over 100 jobs and get maybe one interview (more often 0!) Does anyone actually find a great role and get hired from job boards? It turns out - YES! Our client, Angie, found a role that fit her perfectly ...

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Build Bridges, Don't Burn Them: How To Leave A Job on Good Terms

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - January 22, 2024 09:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
When you think about leaving your current company you likely imagine one of two scenarios — 1. Movie-worthy visions of lighting the office on fire, while flipping the bird, on the way out the door or 2. Your team branding you as an unforgivable enemy because you lit the office on fire and flippe...

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BONUS: Changing Careers Again is Always an Option (550 Part 2)

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - January 18, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
A career change is not permanent. You may be thinking, “Of course I know that!” But it’s a different story when you’ve put tons of hard work, time and effort into making a career change only for it not to pan out. *insert exasperated sigh 😩 However, when this happened to Michal, her reaction w...

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Career Change Identity Crisis: Who Am I If I Leave This Job?

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - January 15, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
Have you ever felt like your career was on autopilot? Or that you were getting so far into your career that you felt like you couldn’t leave without starting over? This is what happened to Michal. She spent years getting her doctorate and when the time came to get a job in academia, she did it w...

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Finding Your Ideal Career Fit by Conducting Career Experiments

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - January 08, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
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, ye...

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How To Create Connections When You Despise Traditional Networking (Without Schmoozing)

Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design - January 01, 2024 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 215 ratings
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 b...