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scription: This week I am speaking with Debbie Schnur who is a Career Pivot community member. She has quite a story to tell of progressively connecting the dots to find her happy spot. Debbie left her career as a mechanical engineer in the middle part of the last decade to get a master's degree in public health. She then moved halfway across the country to make a series of pivots to become a maste...

Description: This week I am speaking with Karen Wickre, author of Taking the Work Out of Networking: An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count and we are going to talk about networking in this new post-pandemic world. I had Karen on the podcast way back in February of 2019 in episode 114 and that episode was called An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count  Here is her bio:...

Description: This week I am speaking with a graduate from the Career Pivot community, Vicki Soll. Vicki wandered around a lot in her career in the high-tech industry. She did okay but was never really happy. Vicki has found her happy place in her early 60s teaching, training, and developing curriculum targeting older adults. I think many of you will relate to her story as she kept taking jobs thro...

Description: This week, I will interview Mark Miller, that is MARK Miller of the Retirement Revised newsletter and podcast. Mark is a good friend and colleague, writes for the New York Times and many other major outlets. I am a subscriber to Mark's newsletter and podcast. His most recent newsletter included a PBS News Hour segment Why millions of older Americans are retiring early in the wake of t...

Description: This week I am speaking with one of my favorite people, Diann Wingert and we will be discussing How to Create Success by Outsmarting Your Brain. I have had Diann on the podcast twice before in episodes #204 and #214 to discuss mindsets. I strongly suggest you listen to those episodes. I was listening to one of Diann's episodes from her Driven Woman podcast called Make Success a No Bra...

Description: This week I am speaking with Joanne Kaminski, owner of OnlineTutorCoach.com and she helps tutors start, and grow their online tutoring businesses. Here is her bio from her website: Joanne Kaminski is a former teacher and Reading Specialist with 10 years of experience turned online reading tutor.  She is the founder of the Online Tutor Coach, LLC where she helps other tutors who are gr...

Description: This week I am speaking with Darcy Eikenberg, author of Red Cape Rescue: Save Your Career Without Leaving Your Job . Let me read you a snippet from her bio. Darcy helps high-performance professionals accelerate their leadership in ways that work for their organizations and for themselves. With a practical, real-life perspective, and with over 20 years of experience working with top co...

Description: This week I am bringing back Thom Singer to the podcast. I have known Thom for well over a decade and I first had him on back in 2017 to discuss his pivot from business development for law firms to becoming a full time public speaker and master of ceremonies primarily for associations . When the pandemic started Thom's business completely shut down and I had him on in episode 185 to d...

Description: This week I want to take you through the process we went through in buying a house in Mexico. The first thing I want you to understand the process is very similar to purchasing in the United States but … what you are buying is different. In all of my travels around the world in my career, people build houses from materials that are readily available. In the US houses are built from wo...

Description: This week I have a very different kind of episode. I am talking with Sal Hanna who is a recruiter for the Milton Hershey School. Let me read you're a snippet from their website: Milton Hershey School is a cost-free, private school for boys and girls in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Milton and Catherine Hershey founded the school in 1909 with money they earned from the chocolate company. Sinc...

Description: This week I will be discussing the latest trends in interviewing with Alex Freund, The Landing Expert . I have known Alex for almost 10 years. He is one of the most respected coaches when it comes to interviewing skills and, more importantly, he is an expert on video interviews. Given that almost all interviewing has gone remote and with the rise of the dreaded interview with the bot,...

Description: This is the first episode of 2022 and I thought we would start with a 2022 Career Reality Check-In for the 50+ Crowd with John Tarnoff. Last year, we recorded a similar episode and it was the most downloaded new episode for the year. I have had John on the podcast in episodes 232, 208, 152, and 120. John has been the most frequent guest on the podcast in the 5+ years I have been produ...

Description: This will be the last episode of 2021 as I will be taking a break during the holiday season. The podcast will return on January 3 rd of 2022 with a 2022 reality check discussion with John Tarnoff. I also wanted to take a moment to reflect on 250 episodes of this podcast. I never thought when I got started that I would be producing a podcast episode just about every week for over 5 yea...

Description: This week is a different kind of episode. I brought Barry Silverberg, Director of Non-profit Studies at Austin Community College into the Career Pivot community to discuss the for-profit to non-profit transition. I have known Barry for many years, and I like to say he is the godfather of the non-profit community in Texas. I sought out Barry's advice several times during my career. I a...

Description: This week I am speaking with Andy Storch, author of Own Your Career Own Your Life . Andy Storch is an author, consultant, coach, speaker, and facilitator specializing in helping clients turn strategy into action and people doing the best work of their lives. Andy's purpose is to love and support his family and to impact the world by inspiring people to stop drifting, take control and...

Description: This week I am speaking with three career professionals who I highly respect. Virginia Franco from Virginia Franco Resumes Adrienne Tom from Career Impressions Sarah Johnston from Briefcase Coach These three women have teamed up to create a career resource marketplace called Jobsearchjourney.com . This is a marketplace where you can get affordable, high-quality job search products pro...

Description: This week I am celebrating 5 years of producing the Repurpose Your Career podcast. I have been publishing an episode almost every week with the exception of the times of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year for the last 5 years. I want to take you on my journey and hopefully, I can inspire you to start your own podcast as this has proved to be my best networking tool ever. I have met...

Description: This week I am speaking with my dear friend and colleague Susan Lahey. Susan is a freelance writer who has worked with me on all three of the Repurpose Your Career books. I had Susan originally on the podcast in episode 54 and then did an encore episode with an update in episode 122 . Susan took you on her journey on how she went from a journalist to being a freelance writer. This is...

Description: This week I am speaking with Pierre Fricke who is a member of the Career Pivot membership community. I actually worked with Pierre back in the 1990s when both of us were at IBM. Pierre has an encore career that goes back to his childhood, buying and selling vintage money. His website is BuyVintageMoney.com . I want you to hear his story because he saw ageism occurring when he himself...

Description: This week I have a real joy for you as I am interviewing Queen Michele. Queen is in her late 50s and is an  African American retired school teacher who moved to the North Shore of Lake Chapala Mexico in 2018. She lives on a $1,100 monthly teacher pension. I interviewed Queen in episode 119 in March of 2019 after she published her book Considerations: A Guide For Moving Abroad . I am b...

Description: This week I am interviewing Neil Dsouza, CEO of GetSetUp. GetSetUp is the largest and fastest-growing online community of older adults who want to learn, connect and stay active. With over 3 million members in 160 countries. The platform offers live classes taught by peers who are experts in their field, social hours hosted by community members, and special events with speakers who di...

Description: This week I am interviewing Thea Kelley and we are calling this episode LinkedIn Recommendations: Why You Need Them, How to Get & Use Them. I have had Thea in the podcast in episode 53 called Thea Kelley on Interviewing for a Great Job in the 2nd Half of Life in November of 2017 and episode 157 called Creating a Career Pivot Resume with Thea Kelley in January 2020. I have tremendous r...

Description: This week I am interviewing Alec Arons who is a member of the Career Pivot Membership community. Alec had a long and successful career in the finance and consulting arena. Alec retired in 2019 and has been diligently building a portfolio career that is anchored by his coaching practice but has many moving parts. Alec is very adaptable and willing to experiment with different tools and...

Description: This week I am doing a solo episode about what you need to prepare for to be a digital nomad. I want to give you an overview of what it takes to go on the road. I am doing this from the perspective of leaving the US, but much of what I will tell you will apply if you want to be a digital nomad inside the US. This is in direct response to the first 42 respondents to my Career Pivot blo...

Description: This week I am speaking with Michael Clinton. Here is a version of his LinkedIn about section: He spent 40+ years in the publishing business as a Publisher, SVP, Exec VP, and President/Publishing Director of Hearst Magazines. Highlights include being on the executive team to launch O, The Oprah Magazine, Food Network, and HGTV magazines and acquiring such titles as Elle, Men's Health,...