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Negotiation expert Kwame Christian’s motto is: “The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations.” If we want a more equitable workplace, we have to talk to each other about race. Kwame joins Scott to give tips on approaching difficult conversations and to discuss his new book: How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race: Practical Tools for Necessary Change in the Workplace and Beyond.   Related Episodes Episode 459: How To Improve Your Conversation & Negotiation Skills With Kwame Christian 

What if you were promoted 4 times over 7 years, each time into a role that fit you better? That's what Maggie did by digging into her strengths and learning how to use them to her advantage. By leaning into her strengths and pivoting into roles that she fully aligned with, Maggie had the satisfaction of finally being able to be herself at work.  What you'll learn The importance of staying true to yourself in your career search and roles (and how your strengths can help you do just that!)  How to use your strengths to continually tweak your career trajectory  The strategy of negotiation through silence How exploring your signature strengths can lead to work you actually enjoy   Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book to learn all about Scott’s upcoming book!  Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to fig

Your career is a continual progression, a journey that’s never actually completed. The ultimate challenge is eventually learning how to direct that journey. Taking your past experiences and the things you’ve learned about yourself on the way and creating the exact role you want and expertly navigating your career path. Learn how Quynh used every single experience from being an international student, going through the immigration process and all of her different jobs, to continually pivot into roles that better fit her priorities and life. What you’ll learn  How to use learnings from your current and past roles to pivot into a career that fits  The importance of figuring out the exact ingredients that will create your ideal role   How to figure out your career path by defining your priorities     Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits

You will never find meaningful work by staying at a job you’re good at but don’t enjoy. If you’re feeling burned out and unfulfilled at work, you don’t have to continue that cycle. Your ideal career is out there! But first you have to figure out what you want out of your career so you can go and get it! Learn how Erin’s mindset shift allowed her to realize that her ideal career was right in front of her all along. What you’ll learn  How to know when it’s time to leave a job you’re great at  How Erin overcame her biggest obstacles when switching industries Questions to ask in an interview to make sure a role is right for you  How to use your strengths to create career clarity    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their

Finding work you love isn’t impossible, but you have to be willing to put in the time and effort and step away from the conventional career change route. If you want to find meaningful work that pays well, it’s going to take a lot more than just scrolling through job boards, updating your LinkedIn, polishing your resume and attending networking events. In this episode, Scott chats with 2 career coaches and business owners, Austin Belcak & Janine Esbrand, who help career changers find their ideal roles using unconventional methods. What you’ll learn  The most effective place to start when you want to make a career change  What it means to design your career around your life  The unconventional methods you can use to successfully pivot your career How to build relationships to move the needle towards your ideal career   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   Free

Our mission is to change the way the entire world works, and that starts with you! Do you have your next vacation on the calendar? Are you preparing yourself and your team for a break? Taking a month (or more!) off of work is possible. It’s all about assessing your priorities and being intentional. Scott has returned from his very own intentional hiatus! After a month-long, much-deserved vacation in Greece, he is back and ready to share takeaways from his trip and advice from his longest time away from HTYC.    What you’ll learn  What it really means to thrive at work  Scott’s biggest takeaways from his month in Greece  How to set your team up for success so you can take time off  The importance of being intentional   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide -

Do you need to go back to school if you want to make a career change? Maybe you’re looking to switch industries and you’re wondering if you can do so without going back to school. Or maybe you hustled hard to get to where you are without ever getting a degree, and now you're wondering: Is a career change with no degree possible? Kate & Cindy discuss navigating career changes without a degree, and the advice we give our clients about getting additional degrees to make a career switch.

Not feeling like yourself in your career? Get out of your career funk by using your strengths to become the truest version of yourself at work. Understanding your strengths, and how they work for you, is one of the first steps we emphasize when hopeful career changers approach us. In this episode, Cindy & Kate explore digging into your strengths, narrowing your career search and finding a role that fits you (+brings you happiness and fulfillment!)  What you’ll learn  How to evaluate if you’re working within your strengths in your role The importance of using your strengths as tools in your career search  How to differentiate your skills from your strength   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!    Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career a

When it comes to finding meaningful work, relationships are in & resumes are out! Turns out if you’re looking to make a change to more fulfilling work, your paper resume is actually pretty irrelevant in the career change process. Aligning your experience with a new role or a new industry is possible. You can have a meaningful, fulfilling career that pays well, but trolling job boards with your resume isn’t going to make it happen. On this episode, Liz & Ang discuss kickstarting your career change to meaningful work by proactively building relationships… and ditching your resume (just kidding… sort of). What you’ll learn  Why building relationships will get you farther than your resume  How to align your experience with a new role and pivot your career How building relationships can help you test drive new career opportunities   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conve

It’s easy to become frustrated or disheartened when trying to make a career change, particularly if you are feeling burnt out in your current role or if you’ve been trying to make a change for awhile. However, having a positive mindset can be a true game changer on the path to meaningful, well-paid work. On this team episode, Phillip & Ang share 5 tips to maintain a positive mindset during a career change What you'll learn How to keep your energy high when you’re at a slow part of your career change  Ways to reframe your mindset when you are losing confidence in the career change process How to keep internal negative chatter from taking over   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Stuck in a Career You'r

Have you ever felt like you would enjoy your work more if you could do something more creative, but struggled to figure out how to make that a reality? Allowing more time for creativity and fun in your career is one major component to avoiding burnout. On this team episode, Ang & Celena share stories, tips, and questions to ask yourself to spark your creativity and revamp your boring career. What you'll learn How to align your current role with what you want out of your career  Ways to generate creativity and joy in your current role How to be more creative when you don’t work in the arts   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

If you find yourself feeling negative about your work, unfocused, procrastinating, downplaying your achievements…if you start to question why you get up in the morning, it may be time to accept that you need to make a change. It’s time to figure out whether you are in the right role experiencing imposter syndrome or if you’re in the wrong role and you’re actually an imposter. On this team episode, Cindy & Kate discuss how to know if you’re in the right role & the truth behind imposter syndrome. What you’ll learn  How to differentiate imposter syndrome from a role that’s wrong for you Why using your strengths is so important in identifying your ideal role  How feelings of being an imposter can help you evaluate your career trajector   To get the resources on imposter syndrome that Cindy mentioned in this episode, email cindy@happentoyourcareer.com   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their i

Fear of the unknown is one of the most common hesitations we hear from people wanting to change careers. Not being able to control your situation or know exactly what will happen next can be stressful and draining. How can you move away from that fearful place and refocus your energy into work that will actually bring about change? HTYC career coach, Angela Barnard, jumps on the podcast to discuss one of her favorite topics: energy.  Did you enjoy this episode and want to discuss more about energy and your career? Email angela@happentoyourcareer.com  

The traditional way of job searching doesn’t work... you already know that. So how do you land a role in today’s world? And not just any role, but your ideal role… one that's meaningful, that you enjoy, and that pays really well (without going back to school)? These “unicorn roles” are out there, our clients have proven this time and time again. On today’s episode, 3 HTYC career coaches, Ang, Liz & Phillip, share career advice and detail what their most successful career change clients have done differently. What you’ll learn  Steps the most successful career changers take  How to figure out what you actually want to do How to create opportunities for yourself  Tactical career advice from our career coaches    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid wo

“I am ready for a career change… Will I have to start over? Do I need to go back to school? Will I have to take a pay cut?” 35-40 years old is a common age range for career change. Oftentimes you have made it to a high level in your current organization, are feeling burnt out, and are finding your priorities in life are shifting. How can you take the skills and experience you’ve gained over the past 10+ years and translate them into a meaningful career you love? In this bonus episode, Phillip, HTYC Director of Client Results, discusses the common struggles of 35-40 year old career changers and the solutions our coaches provide to help them transition to their ideal role! Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

You wake up one day and your career feels off track. Maybe you’ve realized the work you’re doing is no longer meaningful to you, and you want more out of your career. Even if you’re in your “midlife,” you still deserve to do meaningful work that makes you happy! Your abilities are going to change. Your views are going to change. The things you care about are going to change. Recognize it for what it is: a sign that you've been evolving and that your current situation no longer suits you. On this team episode, Cindy & Phillip detail the stories of 4 HTYC alums that made midlife career changes. Learn how they persevered through limiting beliefs and found a second chance at career happiness.    What you’ll learn  4 limiting beliefs stopping people in their midlife from making a career change How to transfer your skills to a new job so you’re never starting over Why it’s okay to leave an industry even if you’ve worked your way to the top How to ditch your limiting beliefs and take action for your career chan

If your current role isn’t fulfilling, if it isn’t checking all the boxes, if it isn’t aligned with what you picture as your ideal career… then what are you waiting for? Why are you going down a path that isn’t going to bring you career happiness and fulfillment? Alistair Marshall has made quite a few pivots throughout his career, and one of his ventures happens to be career coaching! With this combination of personal and professional experience, he gives great insight on how to identify if your current role is still the right fit for your life, what actually worked for him as he transitioned careers, and how he knew the role he chose was the right one during his career search.    What you will learn Why you should always experiment with your career  How to get out of your comfort zone and find career happiness Career search tips from a career coach’s personal experience   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you?

Scott discusses his family's annual trip abroad, and how he and Alyssa are intentionally using their trip this year to step away from the company for one month. This is pretty much Scott's out of office in podcast form, but you'll also learn how to be more intentional in your life and work! What you'll learn  Why Scott & Alyssa are stepping away from HTYC for an entire month Scott's vision of how work across the world can be more flexible than today's standard Where in the world the Barlows are heading this summer (and why they hired a skipper!) Scott's take on the new "4-day work week" that the UK is testing out Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com   

When it comes to making a career change, figuring out what you want to do next can seem extremely daunting, especially when thinking long-term. When the pandemic hit, Victoria Lyon was thrust into the front lines of COVID testing operations. This unexpected role change caused her to reevaluate her research job and plans for a PhD. As she began digging into what she truly wanted, she felt a lot of pressure to make the right decisions for her career’s future. Learn how Victoria figured out what she truly wanted by getting strategic with her strengths, and switched industries to a career she loves.   What you will learn   How to evaluate your strengths to figure out your ideal role when switching industries  The importance of finding a career where you can be yourself  Career search strategies that use your signature strengths   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it ou

A huge part of navigating your career search is the challenge of convincing yourself to wait for the right fit and trusting your ideal role will come along. Knowing when to walk away is extremely difficult at times, but learning to trust your gut feeling can help you navigate these decisions. Peter Stark, author of “The Only Negotiating Guide You’ll Ever Need” joins Scott to discuss how your gut feelings can direct your career search, and more!   What you’ll learn  How to practice negotiation in everyday conversation Steps to negotiate a raise (Peter takes you step by step) How to decide when to negotiate and when to walk away  The importance of envisioning what you want out of your career trajectory    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without