Repurpose Your Career | Career Pivot | Careers for the 2nd Half of Life | Career Change | Baby Boomer

Description: Mac's List is a Pacific Northwest job board driven by a simple idea:  the hiring process should be more human . When we break down the barriers between employers and job seekers, everybody wins. As the top career resource for Passionate Professionals in Oregon, and Washington, we focus on sharing high-quality job listings and actionable resources that help people find and land the job...

Description: Russ Eanes enjoyed a long career as a publishing executive for the Mennonite church in the U.S. and Canada. With the disruption of the publishing industry and the decline in church membership and attendance, Russ found himself downsizing staff and merging locations until he was exhausted by it, so he downsized himself and took a sabbatical, including a walk on the Camino de Santiago....

Description: Alexandra Gordon is the owner of  HouseSitMexico.com . Alexandra retired with her husband 10 years ago in Mexico, but a few years ago she had the opportunity to buy the domain "housesitMexico.com" and is now working on turning it into a thriving business. It is a fascinating story of someone in the 2 nd  half of life turning on their entrepreneurial juices. This an encore episode with...

Description: This week I have a great discussion with Glenn Zweig. Glenn provides executive search and leadership advisory services in Egon Zehnder's Digital, Tech-Enabled Services, and Healthcare practices. He is also the host of the podcast called, The Art of Excellence , where he interviews high-achieving people across all walks of life to find common threads of success. I wanted Glenn on the s...

Description: I consider John Tarnoff to be a peer, colleague, and friend. John specializes in helping those in the 2nd half of life reinvent themselves. In 2017, he published his book, Boomer Reinvention: How to Create Your Dream Career . Let me read you a snippet from his website. After my startup went bust, I decided to go back to school to earn a Master's degree in Spiritual Psychology – a bran...

Description: This week, I will be interviewing Phillis Rambsy of Rambsy Law . Here is a snippet from her website: Phillis has a wide range of legal experience, and prior to founding Rambsy Law; she was a litigation attorney and partner at a number of outstanding law firms.  She has handled matters involving complex commercial litigation matters; personal injury actions; and employment disputes.  H...

Description: This week, I will be interviewing Robin Ryan one of the top career coaches and resume writers in the US. Here is a snippet from her website: The  Boston Globe  calls  Robin Ryan America's top Job Search Expert . If you are looking for help with your career, call on Robin Ryan. The media frequently calls on Robin to offer her expertise. She's appeared on  over 2000 TV   and Radio shows...

Description: This week, I have a great interview with Sarah Harford. Sarah is a member of the Career Pivot membership community and was recently hired as a virtual patient trainer for a medical device company. By the way, this is a position in a job that didn't exist before COVID. She had been employed as an occupational therapist in a psychiatric hospital that left her stressed out and really nee...

Description: This will be the last podcast episode of 2020 which for many of us has been one dumpster fire of a year. Therefore it is time to plan for 2021 and I have kicked off my annual podcast survey. If you would be to take the survey , I would be most appreciative. I will be planning out the podcast schedule for 2021 during the month of December and the first half of January, and I would very...

Description: Dr. Gregg Lunceford is a retirement researcher and financial planning practitioner. He is a Certified Financial Planning professional and holds a Ph. D. from Case Western Reserve University where he conducted retirement studies. His writing focus on the changing dynamics in retirement for 21st-century retirees, He is the author of EXIT FROM WORK: What Will The New You Look Like? He wi...

Description : This will be a short and sweet episode. There will be show notes blog post on the Career Pivot website. Given the explosion of COVID-19 cases in North America and Europe and the audience who listens to this podcast are largely over 50 years of age I am really concerned about what this next month will bring. I feel very blessed that I live in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. A little o...

Description: This week I am interviewing Jack Kelly who is the founder and CEO of Wecruitr.io. You will hear at the very beginning of the episode how I butcher the name and Jack explains the origins. This episode is sponsored by Career Pivot. Check out the Career Pivot Community . Make sure and pick up my latest book   Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life Third Edition...

Description: This week I interview Chris Farrell, economics and personal finance expert. I wanted his take on what is happening and his predictions about it all. It was as always when I speak with Chris, a fascinating conversation. Let me read you his bio from his website chrisfarrell.net: Chris is currently a senior economics contributor at Marketplace , American Public Media's nationally syndica...

Description: This marks the 4 th anniversary of this podcast. I started this podcast in late October of 2016 to support the launch of the 2 nd edition of "Repurpose Your Career - A practical guide of the 2 nd half of life" which was published in the spring of 2017. I never imagined to be doing this podcast 4 years later and a quarter of a million downloads. I started 2020 like any other year with...

Description: Andrew's LinkedIn profile states the following: Journalist, editor, and media ethicist focused on bringing people together with the information they need to be   successful in their careers and everyday lives. Enjoying a great career at LinkedIn, where everyone is passionate   about giving people and the global workforce the tools they need to succeed. Andrew is the Senior Editor the...

Description: We normally travel back to Austin every six months to take care of things like renewing the car registration, picking up nutritional products, taking care of some medical stuff, and to do some shopping. We were unable to make the trip back in April when the car registration expired due to the COVID-19 lockdown. These last few weeks looked like the best time to make a quick trip, take...

Description: Here is the beginning of Hannah's About page: Hi, I'm Hannah Morgan, aka, Career Sherpa, a nationally recognized author, and speaker, and job search strategist. What I love doing is helping people understand what actions they need to take to find a job faster. Job hunting is hard work but I follow the trends closely to help get you up and running. I've had my share of unsatisfying job...

Description: Deb Zahn is from the CraftofConsulting.com . The craft of Consulting is your one-stop resource to learn the ins and outs of becoming a wildly successful, in-demand consultant while living the life you want. The craft of Consulting is for consultants by consultants. I'll share my decade-worth of knowledge about how to excel as a consultant. Plus you'll get an abundance of insider acces...

Description: Kathryn Kraemer Troutman, Federal Career Coach™  is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc., a service business located in Baltimore, MD, specializing in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes, as well as coaching and education in the federal hiring process. For the past 30 years, Troutman has managed her Professional Writing and Consulting P...

Description: Cleo Parker is a graduate of the Career Pivot community. I want you to hear about her pivot to working for a large university in a role she did much earlier in her career. She even got hired in the middle of the lockdown. Cleo made some very conscious decisions about her job and life that I want you to hear. This episode is sponsored by Career Pivot. Check out the Career Pivot Communi...

Description: Last week, I played the first episode which came from a session we held in the Career Pivot membership community with Lisa Rangel , from Chameleon Resumes , and Alex Freund , from LandingExpert.com . Both Lisa and Alex are actively working with candidates during this pandemic. If you have not listened to episode 192, I suggest you stop now and go listen to it at careerpivot.com/episod...

Description: In the next two episodes, I am going to play the audio from a session we held in the Career Pivot membership community with Lisa Rangel , from Chameleon Resumes , and Alex Freund , from the LandingExpert.com . Both Lisa and Alex are actively working with candidates during this pandemic. In episode 187 and 188 , I played the audio from a Career Pivot membership community session with D...

Description: This week, I will interview Andy Foote of Linkedinsights.com and the Foote-notes podcast. Andy and I discuss what you need to know about how LinkedIn works in this time of a pandemic. The LinkedInsights about page states: Author "3 Stunningly Good LinkedIn Profile Summaries"​ shared online by 2,000+ people. #1 most viewed writer on Quora for LinkedIn Product, Profiles & Groups. My 17...

Description: I will interview Mark Miller, that is M-A-R-K 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. A lot of our generation will either choose to retire or be forced into retirement by the COVID-19 pandemic and I wanted to get Mark's take on the situation. Mark's bio from his website st...

Description: Mac's List is a Pacific Northwest job board driven by a simple idea:  the hiring process should be more human . When we break down the barriers between employers and job seekers, everybody wins. As the top career resource for Passionate Professionals in Oregon, and Washington, we focus on sharing high-quality job listings and actionable resources that help people find and land the job...