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

So many questions that plague people that have decided to take the bull by the horns and make a career change for themselves. The ups and downs that they encounter before they make the official jump to a new job position, organization, industry, or business venture are sometimes glossed over once they find success. But, people that find that success as they transition to a new stage in their caree...

In your ideal world, what does your life look like? What kind of work would you be doing? What is stopping you from achieving that now? Seriously, what is stopping you? Here's a hint: NOTHING IS STOPPING US FROM MOVING TOWARD OUR GOALS, VISIONS, LIVES WE DREAM OF… …well, except for ourselves. There's this interesting concept about "learned permission-seeking." We've been conditioned by parents, te...

Have you noticed any reoccurring themes in your life? These themes can range from the habits you form, the hobbies you enjoy, the work you choose, the tasks you hate, the type of people you surround yourself with, and so on. Just stop and think for a moment. Does anything stand out? The patterns and themes that appear in your life are little nuggets of gold that you shouldn't hastily push aside wh...

Whoever said that hard work and perseverance doesn't pay off sure didn't meet Tanya. What Tanya Malcolm Revell did when she was looking to make her big career change was no easy feat. Besides being an American looking for work that fit her in London, Tanya is also a Career Change Bootcamp alum and our guest for this installment of our most recent CCB success story. After experiencing the overwhelm...

When it comes to your career transition, it's not information you're lacking. In fact, it can feel like there's an overabundance of data and research on anything and everything out there, thanks to the interwebs. Here's the trick: it's how you organize and use the information you've collected over your lifetime that matters. Jenny Blake, our guest on today's podcast, figured out how to use her inf...

Want to know how to stop trying to combine everything together and start strategically pulling out the pieces of your past and your strengths that will serve you well in your future career? That's exactly what we cover in today's podcast with Avery Roth, one of our All Star Career Coaches and our resident "Strategist" You'll get to learn all about how she's done this for herself in this podcast ,...

Sure. Feeling safe and at ease is great and all, but what goals have you ever achieved by staying in your comfort zone?? We're willing to bet on not many at all. Nobody ever achieves much by staying in their comfort zone. WHY? Well, achieving goals requires you to aim for something just a little bit out of your reach. Having a goal makes you look forward to something attainable that may not be in...

There's been a lot of talk recently about resilience. You know what goes hand-in-hand with resilience? Obstacles....to overcome. Struggles....to work through. Mental roadblocks....to disengage. We've all experienced setbacks in life, but it's about how we react to them that makes the difference between reaching our goals or letting them fall by the wayside. When it comes to career change, many peo...

Most people dread the job application process as they try and stand out in a sea of people who are just as qualified and just as hungry to make it through the first portion of the process: the weeding out phase. Surprisingly, even the "most skilled" people struggle to get their foot in the door when applying for jobs. But, there is a little population of the workforce that usually doesn't have tha...

Have you ever been so excited about a new project or goal that you've set for yourself that you just can't wait to start? You sit and visualize yourself going through the motions of the process, checking off all the boxes on your to-do list, and finally you check off that last task, then you bask in the feeling of victory after you've achieved your accomplishment. That entire process, the drive an...

Multipotentialite. Multi-passionate. Scanner. Renaissance Person. Generalist. Multipod. Whichever term you favor, the meaning behind it is what's important. According to our guest (and coiner of the term), Emilie Wapnick, a multipotentialite is a person that doesn't have "one true calling the way that specialists do." While having the drive to learn new things and master new skills is a fantastic...

When you don't know what career path you want to take, the process of getting started can be paralyzing. Just thinking about a career change can cause stress, anxiety, frustration, and fear. If you're feeling stuck or unsure of what your next step should be, you're in the right place.   What you'll learn   How to test drive potential career paths  How to figure out your ideal role and your next jo...

In today's podcast, Add Value, Grow Your Career , Michael Bigelow - a results-driven energy engineer and HTYC coaching client, stops by to share his experience of his own job transition and his biggest takeaways from successfully applying through remote job searches. Michael elaborates on the career-centric "value-adds" that make the difference in getting a job offer or going back to the drawing b...

Many people think that they want to start a business. It's been a dream in the back of their mind. They've fantasized about what it would be like and how they will be in control of their lives and not have a boss telling them what to do. They want to be in control of their own schedule and their own income. All of that sounds really great, but is starting a business something that would actually b...

Whether you are currently in a job that no longer satisfies your needs, or if you are just looking to move yourself into another industry to better your career, or if you want to start your own business, your mental energy is key in finding the time and space to make that change for yourself. You may be thinking, "Yes, but how and where do I even find that extra energy to make a career change, if...

Your life's work. It's quite an intimidating thing to think about. When you look back to your younger years, what do you remember wanting to be when you "grew up"? Is that the job that you are currently doing? Sometimes when we look back to those days of innocence, we find where our passion lies. Half of figuring out your own career transition is looking back at all of your life's experiences and...

Losing a job, going through a career-existential crisis, or even if you've made the conscious decision to make a career change on your own terms, are all BIG LIFE CHANGES. In any type of life change, it is important to be aware of the effects these changes may have on your health and wellness. BIG life changes, especially if they are unexpected- like a job loss, can bring on an overwhelming amount...

Question: What is your definition of success? Is it the size of your paycheck? Enjoying what you do? Is it the impact you make in other people's lives? Maybe it is having the freedom to start and leave work whenever you please? Whatever your definition of success is, do you know how you're going to achieve it? Some people may have an idea, but most of us don't. Most of us follow the system and hop...

Many of us start our careers thinking that these fancy job titles sound amazing. But, more often than not, we don't stop to think if these jobs actually fit who we are as people or the lifestyle we truly want to live out. Finding that ideal role at the perfect company that fits our core strengths and values isn't an easy task. At HTYC, we try and help guide you to a career that fits you. The only...

We get sent A LOT of questions about how we get from having a job- that we either hate or one that no longer meets our career ambitions, to landing a job or getting on the "right" career path that will make us happier in our lives. Today Gia Ganesh joins the conversation. Gia is our newest HTYC career coach and like many people that listen to the HTYC podcast, she didn't always have her career fig...

It's really easy to get caught up in the corporate trap. Some folks may feel stuck during that process of climbing the corporate ladder, before they realize that they are built to be more of an entrepreneur than someone that is trying to make it in the corporate world. Many entrepreneurs (actually even those that don't have an entrepreneurial bone in their body) want to be able to use what they're...

Have you ever thought about starting a new business, but don't know where to begin because you don't have the time between your full-time job and your other personal obligations, like spending time with your family? Today, we revisit a past episode that features a former client and now great friend of HTYC, Olivia Gamber. Olivia shares her story of how she took her side business and grew it into a...

Many people dream of living and working abroad. And if it's not the dream of living and working abroad, it's the dream of having the freedom to do such a thing. It's an unconventional life, but when has HTYC ever been about following the unspoken "norm" of society? We thrive on new ideas and breaking out of the mold of what we like to call "the traditional path of success." And we support you in f...

Have you found yourself asking the same question about how in the world you can not only make money doing what you love, but also how you can find the time to do all of that while having a life outside of the work you love? Kathy Fettke has the answer and the experience to share how you can start taking the first steps into the direction that will achieve those goals. In this episode, she also wan...

Have you ever experienced career burn out? It seems like now more than ever, we are living in this "burn out culture" where we are working more hours while our productivity has become stagnant. According to today's guest, Emilie Aries, many of us are experiencing more career burn out because we are "not prioritizing efficiency for hours in and hours out" and we have begun "operating in a timid wor...