Careers at the End of the World: Reimagining Ambition, Work, and Your Job Search in Unprecedented Times

If you're feeling frustrated and overwhelmed by the lack of interview opportunities in your job search, despite your best efforts to stand out, then you are not alone! Many active job seekers in competitive industries are experiencing the same struggle. They may be spending countless hours crafting their resumes, tailoring cover letters, and submitting applications, only to receive silence in retu...

Part of what we do here at ReImagining Ambition is push back against hustle culture and focus on alignment. That’s why we’re giving the hardcore career tips a pause this week as Jenn shares what helps her maximize enjoyment at work and pursue work-life balance as a mission-driven professional! Are you searching for a way to improve self-reflection and find harmony between your professional aspirat...

Are you tired of the traditional career growth mindset? Ready to break free from the monotony of "climbing the ladder" or growth at all costs? SAME. That's why we take a different approach here at Work Wonders Careers. Here, it's not just about moving up but rather aligning our career goals with our personal needs and aspirations. It's about facing fears and assumptions - and embracing a supportiv...

Unlock Your Salary Potential: 7 Game-Changing Salary Negotiation Lessons In this episode, I reveal the seven things I *won’t* do when negotiating my salary. From avoiding unhelpful advice and catchphrases to considering total compensation, I share valuable insights to help you secure the best offer and navigate delicate conversations with clarity and confidence. In this episode, you will: Hear the...

If you're feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to navigate career challenges in these ✨unprecedented✨ times, you are not alone! You may be tirelessly applying for job opportunities, attempting to network, and tweaking your resume, only to receive little to no response or progress. Instead of the result you're looking for, you may be experiencing frustration, self-doubt, and a sense of hop...

Small Changes, Big Impact: Transforming Your Career and Reimagining Ambition With Greater Ease Reimagining your relationship to work and your career is an ongoing journey of self-discovery, transformation, and growth. In this episode, you'll learn how to anticipate and prepare for opportunities that will offer (or demand!) a new way to think about ambition. We'll be talking about: Transitioning fr...

In this penultimate episode of Season 1, I ask the question that I've been waiting all season to ask. After everything you've experienced, do you still consider yourself ambitious? Tune in to hear how our guests are reiminagining ambition and defining success for themselves in light of their lessons, insights, and experience since the pandemic began. Credits Podcast editing by Vienna DeGiacomo, Go...

In this week's episodes, our guest respond to a single question: how did you make sense of the media driven narratives (i.e. "nobody wants to work anymore," quiet quitting, the Great Resignation, etc) that emerged in 2021-2022? For additional context, check out this article from WSJ , this clip of Kim Kardashian , and Anne Helen Petersen's piece on back to work bungles . Credits Podcast editing by...

After a conversation with podcast guest, Olivia Montgomery, I innocently posed the question, "Have you ever received an employee appreciation gift that missed mark?" The answer was a resounding "Yes!" In this minisode, you'll hear about pandemic era employee appreciation gifts that ranged from unhelpful to insulting and seemed to cause more harm than good. You can also check out these videos on Ti...

In this week's episode, you'll hear from Dr. Meghan Singh, who shares her experience working as a bilingual school psycholoist through Covid. You'll hear how rapidly Dr. Singh and her colleagues needed to shift gears to accomodate learners and their families, the complex challenges they had to navigate along the way, and the risks they took to prioritize students throughout the pandemic. Credits P...

If you're like most people we've worked with over the past few years, things have changed. You're looking for opportunities that align with your values and accommodate your life (and not the other way around!). In this minisode, you'll hear about the types of career transitions folks have pursued that helped them accommodate their goals and needs and honor what matters most for them. Credits Podca...

In this episode, we take you back to the start of the "new normal," and hear stories from our guests as they discuss managing childcare, housing, life, and work as the pandemic continues and the fall out of the murder of George Floyd push mission driven professionals to the brink at home and in the office. You'll hear from our guests (in order of appearance)Sarah Ellinwood, PhD, Emily Kindschy, MS...

We're hard at work getting next week's episode ready - so we've got a minisode with three reflections prompts to help you with your 2023 career planning. If you're thinking about your career goals and reimagining your own relationship to your career in the year ahead, these prompts will help you build clarity for the road ahead. Credits Podcast editing by Vienna DeGiacomo, Good Story Branding

In this epside, Jenn hears from mission driven professionals who share how their teams and colleagues pitched in to keep organizations afloat including transforming in person classes to online, leveraging telehealth options for the first time, and doing whatever it took to ensure business continuity in the early days of remote work. You'll also hear the challenges that emerged including generation...

Do you remember "the Before Times?"  Can you believe that there was a time where we *didn't* have this term? If it feels like "the Before Times" was a really long time ago, you're not alone. In this episode, you'll start to hear from some of our podcast guests as they share a bit of what life looked like, well, before the pandemic began. Credits Podcast editing by Vienna DeGiacomo, Good Story...

In this brief intro episode, host Jenn Walker Wall shares the origins of the ReImagining Ambition podcast, what she saw in among her clients and peers as they worked through the pandemic to keep their organizations, functioning, and what to expect from future episodes. Credits Podcast editing by Vienna DeGiacomo, Good Story Branding

Here's your first listen to ReImagining Ambition. I spent a few months speaking to mission driven professionals about their experiences working through the pandemic, navigating childcare, isolatation, and fear, and how it's transformed their relationship to work, careers, and ambition. Full episodes will launch this fall. We want you to be part of this important conversation so please subscribe in...

If you're like most people I know, your relationship to work has changed. Whether you've quit your job or quietly, quit your job, you've definitely reevaluated your priorities. I'm talking to mission-driven professionals to hear their stories and understand how their relationship to work careers and ambition have evolved. I'm Jenn Walker Wall, career strategist, resume writer, and founder of Work...