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

Passion can be defined in many ways in relation to your career. Christie Mims, the founder of the Revolutionary Club, a Forbes Top 100 website for your career, wants people to separate their passion from their job. According to Christie, in the grander scale of things, passion plays a bigger part in your career than you think. So, what is passion? Passion is two part. It's your interest and engage...

Many people are often conditioned to follow a traditional path of success. After college, you get an internship. That internship turns into a job. Then you work your way to the top of your firm or gain success in a specialty. You do all of the work that lines up with that job title that you've been aiming for since your freshman year of college. That was the plan for our guest, Lindsay Moroney. Sh...

Writing like a Pro in the business world seems like a huge undertaking that is easier said than done. Luckily, we have Danny H. Rubin as our guest today. Danny Rubin is "THE writing guy." Danny has studied communications since college and has worked as a TV News Reporter and Consultant and has come back around to what he loves most, which is writing. He uses his greatest strength to teach practica...

No matter what type of life change prompts you to rework your career journey, there are always ways to improve your situation and stay ahead of the career change game. Today's show features Enrico Torres, an unassuming entrepreneur with a work ethic that perseveres through constant improvement. He spent over two decades working as a restaurant kitchen manager and a roofer before deciding that he n...

Have you been living a calculated, box-checking life? Are you tired? Bored? Wondering if there is more to life than just sleeping, eating, and working...just to repeat it the next day? Are you looking for a change of pace, lifestyle, or career? That is exactly how our guest, Tracy Timm, felt after checking off the boxes of graduating from Yale and getting a job on Wall Street out of college. Tracy...

Have you been thinking about starting your own business? Are you ready to take the leap to quit your day job? Starting a new business seems like a big, scary decision to make, but it doesn't have to be. Just ask Laura Roeder, who did just that. She quit her full-time job to branch out on her own. Today's show features Laura's story of how she left her full-time job to chase her dream of working fo...

Are you exhausted and burnt out from your current job that you can 't even think about what it is going to take to change careers? It's time to re-calibrate your mindset to make that career change to something you enjoy (finally!). Two keywords: Space and Margin. In today's episode our career coach, Lisa Lewis, drops in to share why it's important to create time and space for you to visualize and...

Strengths.. Signature Strengths... What are they exactly? Here at Happen to Your Career, (signature) strengths are the backbone that makes you who you are and they are what makes this company thrive. Today, Lisa Lewis, HTYC Career Coach, joins us and helps us dive deep into what strengths are, some of the misconceptions of strengths, and how to find yours, Lisa shares insight on what can happen wh...

Career changing takes a little bit of risk and a lot of courage. Or is it the other way around? Either way, changing careers involves some combination of risk and courage. HTYC has always been here to help you grow your confidence and find a path to the next phase of your career. Today's guest, J.T. O'Donnell will guide you on the next step of your career change by sharing tips on how to remove th...

Do you want to turn your side business into a full-time career, but don't know where to start? Are you ready to hit the ground running with that business idea you have had floating around in your head, but are unsure if you have what it takes to go for it on your own? Today's show features Olivia Gamber and her story of how she took her side business and grew it into a full-time business career. I...

Can you answer the question: "Do you know what is most important to you?" Think about it. Then, think a little harder… If you aren't sure what is important to you, from the things that you want to do, to how you spend your time, and to who you want to spend your time with, then you're missing out on the potential career (and life!) opportunities that are out there for you. By not knowing the thing...

Do you wake up in the morning excited to go to work? If not, why? Do you have an answer? There is no reason to be living a life that doesn't suit you or make you happy. The first thing to realize is that things don't work out unless you make them. You are the person in charge of your life. Be willing to take risks. Learn to get into the habit of doing the hard things that need to be done to change...

Did you know that as many as 80% of all jobs needing to be filled never make it to an online job board? Most people don't even know that there is a hidden job market out there. And, if you do know about that hidden job market, you're probably wondering how you would even go about tapping into it. You're in luck! Today you'll hear from Mac Prichard, a public relations strategist and the publisher o...

Are you tired of watching your colleagues get promoted? Do you feel like you've been constantly looked over for that next pay raise? Are you starting to feel like everyone around you is doing better than you in their career? If you're ready to advance your career, we've got a solution for you. A six-step formula created by Bozi Dar that will help you accelerate your career. The six-step formula he...

On paper, it looks like you've reached all of the checkpoints of success: You got good grades and graduated with a degree in a field that got you on the fast track to a job right out of college. You got that promotion (and raise!) that you worked hard for at a job that any other person would be jealous of... But then, it becomes quiet and you start to wonder: "Is this all there is? Is this the pat...

Have you ever wondered if you've got what it takes to start your own podcast? The answer is: Yes. Absolutely. Whether you want to start your own podcast as a hobby or if you want to make the switch to start your own business in podcasting, it is possible to get your own podcast going even if you have no experience. So, if you're looking for some guidance to start your own podcast, we've got a spec...

Happy Three Years, HTYCers! Today, my good friend and one of HTYC's biggest supporters (from DAY ONE!), Mark Sieverkropp, is here to help me shed some light on some of the questions that you have sent in over the years. If you've tried to convince yourself that: "There's no way that I can make money doing what I'm passionate about…" or "There's no way that I can find my dream career…a career that...

What do you like doing? Does it make an appearance at your day job? Bringing more of yourself and who you are at your core into your workplace should be mandatory. If it is the fear of starting fresh in a whole different career or new industry that is stopping you from finding a new path where you can be authentic in your work, don't worry about that. All is not lost as you change careers, every e...

Discomfort: noun dis·com·fort \dis-ˈkəm-fərt\ 1. Mental or physical uneasiness, 2. A feeling of being somewhat worried, unhappy, etc. Are you comfortable with being uncomfortable? Are you in a place in your life, whether in your career or not, that makes you feel uneasy? Maybe you're stuck in limbo wondering if you need to start transitioning out of your current career. It's hard work to reflect d...

Have you decided to take the leap into a different career? Or maybe you've decided to start your own business? Making the decision to start a new business or completely head in a different direction into a new career path isn't an easy one. Our guest, Jaime Masters, speaks from her very own experience of leaving her successful career as a project manager behind and jumping into the unknown. She is...

We talk about career transitions and finding and turning your passions into a career you love all the time, but what happens when you love where your career is now and you want to work on incorporating some of your other passions into your work life? Maybe your career has nothing to do with the additional knowledge, skills, or passions that you want to leverage to create a better future for yourse...

Have you realized that the career path that you're currently on might not be the one that you see yourself on for the rest of your life? If you're ready to put an end to your career burnout and start doing something that matters to you, listen in on our conversation with today's guest, Paul Maskill. What You Will Learn You will learn that you have the power to control your own destiny Taking a ste...

Are you ready to put yourself in the position to make more money?   Whether you are changing your career entirely or aiming for a promotion within the company you already work for, our guest, Josh Doody, is here to share some insight on how to negotiate a raise or a promotion for yourself.   Listen as he explains these processes (although similar, they have slightly different steps).   What Your W...

Do you want to combine your passion and your career to create a life that gives you a reason to get up in the morning? Are you ready to go out on a limb for the life you envision for yourself? If you know the career and life path you want to follow but aren't sure where you can find the time to make it happen, our guest, Jay Papasan, shares the story of his career and how he makes the time to sort...

We've taken the top questions that have been asked by you, our audience, and are sharing our thoughts through our own experiences of career changes.   We answer your questions from questions of career change mindset, to changes of strengths and interests, and whether searching for the dream career is even worth it.   Wondering how to get started in finding the work that fits you? Enroll in our fre...