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: This is the second part of a Career Pivot community call that was held with Gary O'Neal and David Hughen. If you have not listened to the first half you can listen to it here . When companies think of HR in Austin, they think of David Hughen. Cofounder of Austin HR, acquired by Asure Software, David has built his 25+ year career on helping organizations succeed by coaching their leade...

Description: This is the first part of a Career Pivot community call that was held with Gary O'Neal and David Hughen. When companies think of HR in Austin, they think of David Hughen. Cofounder of Austin HR, acquired by Asure Software, David has built his 25+ year career on helping organizations succeed by coaching their leaders and addressing their human resource needs. David's focus is on optimi...

Description: One of the benefits of doing this podcast is I get to speak with a lot of people who have a front-row seat in how companies are dealing with the pandemic from a hiring and career perspective. I am organizing a whole series of panel discussions for the Career Pivot membership community and I will be playing the audio on this podcast. Next week I bring in Gary O'Neal and David Hughen to...

Description: Thom has authored twelve books on the power of business relationships, sales, networking, presentation skills, and entrepreneurship, and regularly speaks to corporate, law firm, and convention audiences. He sets the tone for better engagement at industry events as the opening keynote speaker or the Master of Ceremonies. The unique Conference Catalyst Program has become a "meeting plan...

Description: Gene states it best in his LinkedIn About section: The life of a contractor is not an easy one. You've grown up in the construction industry and building is in your blood. This isn't a job. This is who you are. You're able to bring all your knowledge, experience, and passion for doing what you do best – build stuff. You build the structures that define our world today! As you build, t...

Description: This week is a different kind of episode. I am a big fan of the Second Act Stories podcast. I met Andy Levine who produces the Second Act Stories podcast even before he launched it. He came to me for some advice on getting it launched. Andy interviews some really interesting people who have made some really interesting pivots. He produces an episode every other week and he interviews...

Description: Since 1991, Tammy has been engaging her clients to clarify their goals, develop personalized plans and support them in achieving rewarding results. Clients acknowledge that Tammy's compassionate yet direct insight has led to successful outcomes. Additionally, she has worked with organizations in education, biotechnology, healthcare, legal and professional services with coaching, works...

Description: Wendy Marx is a marketing and branding authority sought after for her ability to turn virtually unknown people into brands of distinction. As founder and president of Thriving at 50 Plus, her proprietary coaching program is designed to help Baby Boomers discover their point of differentiation, then rebrand and retool themselves while finding more purpose and meaning in life toward a m...

Description: Author Wendy Mayhew has been an entrepreneur for 40 years. Her most recent businesses are WISE - Seniors in Business and WISE 50 over 50 Awards. WISE - Seniors in Business was formed to change how older entrepreneurs are perceived and to guide wannabe older entrepreneurs in deciding if entrepreneurship is for them. Wendy has quickly become Canada's leading expert on older entrepreneur...

Description: This is a 4-episode series where the first 2 episodes comprise the first feedback session. The next 2 episodes are the 2 nd and 3 rd feedback sessions. I do not record the 4 th feedback session as it is a review and usually gets too personal for this podcast. This week is the 4th episode of the Career Pivot evaluation series called "Can Phil Repurpose His Career?" This will be the fou...

Description: Today I have somewhat of a different kind of episode for you. I have been watching and listening to a lot of webinars and podcasts about industries and companies are reacting to this pandemic. I am calling this episode Employment and Industry Update in the Post COVID-19 World. I will give you the links below to all of the resources I have found. I have said before this pandemic is exp...

Description: Linda Lattimore ( www.lindalattimore.com ) is a dedicated and passionate collaborator and architect for change. A well-regarded speaker, published author, and educator in the field of Sustained Leadership, she is committed to models that recognize the significance of social responsibility to a world in need. A seasoned lawyer, C-suite executive, and business strategist, Linda released...

Description: Mark Anthony Dyson is always hacking and reimagining the job search process. He is a freelance career advice writer working with online publications serving job seekers and career changers. His career advice has been featured on Forbes, Business Insider, Fast Company, and Linkedin's #GetHired publication. This week I am playing the audio of a webinar that Mark Anthony Dyson, who is th...

Description:   Daniel Elizalde has pivoted industries multiple times in his career. He has created and managed his personal brand and career through the use of a blog and a podcast. He has gone from being a product manager at an e-commerce company to switching industries to the renewable energy industry, to switching again to the Internet of Things (IoT). He used his blog danielelizalde.com and la...

Description: Barbara Weibel is the owner of the HoleInTheDonut.com travel blog. Barbara is a travel blogger with an incredibly inspiring reinvention story. This is one of Marc's favorite interviews in the last couple of years. The original episode was recorded in March of 2018. Barbara now lives full-time in Chiang Mai Thailand. Marc interviewed Barbara again in the middle of April of 2020 to disc...

Description: Marc takes you from the middle of February to the last week of April with how he is experiencing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico. Experiencing the pandemic as an expat in a foreign country can be an "interesting" experience. Every country and culture reacts to these kinds of disasters or events differently. Marc will paint a timeline starting in February and describe what he encounter...

Description: I discovered David from my good friend, Andy Levine , who has the 2nd Act Stories podcast . That episode At 63, He Joined The Peace Corps And Moved To Moldova  is worth a listen. Here is David's bio: David Jarmul is a writer and world traveler whose blog has been read in more than 100 countries. He was the head of news and communications at Duke University for many years and held seni...

Description: I was approached several months ago about interviewing Steven and Paul regarding their book Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals . I was fascinated by the book and shared the following review from one of my Career Pivot Community members - Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals [Book Review] . I think you will find this topic is es...

Description: We are all dealing with a lot of uncertainty these days.  I discovered Eliz Green on my friend Thom Singer's podcast episode Uncertainty, Overwhelm, and Stress for Business Leaders. Eliz is the author of Stress-Proof Your Heart  and you can learn more about Eliz on her about page. Eliz's introduction is as follows: Do you worry about the toll all of the uncertainty and stress is takin...

Description: This week is the 3rd episode of the next Career Pivot evaluation series called, "Can Phil Repurpose His Career?". This will be the fourth individual I have done this with. Previously, I worked with Tim, Sarah, and Juan (not their real names). This time it is Phil, who is in his early 60s, spent 20 years in the military, and worked the last 10 years in the private sector. If you have n...

Description: Gary is a recruiting and hiring consultant. He has trained and led high-performance recruiting teams that have made well over 10,000 hires. He has seen the inside story of how recruiting and hiring happens inside over 300 companies from Fortune 100 companies to boutique start-ups. Gary's industry background includes software, IT, eCommerce, banking, public sector, semiconductor, engin...

Description: This will be a 4-episode series where the first 2 episodes are comprised of the first feedback session. The next 2 episodes are the 2 nd and 3 rd feedback sessions. I do not record the 4 th feedback session as it is a review and usually gets too personal for this podcast. This is the 2 nd half of the first feedback session. You will discover that Phil has a big gap in usual versus nee...

Description: This week I start the next Career Pivot evaluation series called "Can Phil Repurpose His Career?". This will be the fourth individual I have done this with. Previously, I worked with Tim, Sarah, and Juan (not their real names). This time it is Phil, a gentleman in his early 60s, who spent 20 years in the military and then the last 10 or so years in the private sector. What you will he...

Description: Danielle Roberts is a co-founder of Boomer Benefits , a licensed insurance agency that helps baby boomers navigate their entry into Medicare in 48 states, and has nearly half a million social media followers. She is a member of the Forbes Finance Council and a past president of the Fort Worth chapter of the National Association of Health Underwriters. Danielle enjoys writing and speak...