Happen To Your Career | Career Transition, Career Changes, Figure Out What You Want, Jobs, Strengths, Starting Businesses

This is our first podcast episode ever where we share the story of our Career Change Bootcamp graduate, Margaret Fredrickson, alongside her career coach. Margaret gives us her first-hand experience of how coaching helped her overcome her own fears and doubts about finding her dream job--and lets us in on why vulnerability is the biggest job search hack out there.

Interviewing can be a scary experience, because we feel like we have to fit into a certain box. But, what if I told you there are a few simple ways to be yourself in an interview, and actually land the job? On this podcast episode, I will be speaking with Evangelia LeClaire, one of our top-notch career coaches here at HTYC about this exact topic. And together we will spell out exactly how to effectively prepare for an interview so that you can be your most authentic self.

We are constantly told that life is about the journey, not the destination. But, what if our so-called “journey” doesn’t have any purpose? During this podcast episode, Scott will speak with Career Change Bootcamp graduate, Kelly, who will take us through her journey to finding a purpose in life. And, once she found it--everything else seemed to fall into place.

Do you feel like you’re living your life in fear of what you could actually accomplish if you tried? On this podcast episode, we’ll be sharing 4 essential steps on how to stop living your life in fear--and finally how to give yourself permission to live the life you actually want.

Maybe you really enjoyed your job when you started…years ago. But now, you stroll into work each morning disengaged and hopeless. You're not alone. About 50% of people go through this exact cycle in their job: excited, learning stops, they feel stuck. Hear how Laura confidently and successfully switched industries after being at a job for 8 years.   What you’ll learn  How to know when it’s time to leave your job. The importance of self reflection in the career change process.  How to successfully switch industries no matter how long you’ve been in your current one. The tools and resources to use when making a career change.   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 Laura’s “Where Are They Now?” Episode - Posi

Are the expectations of others holding you back from doing work that is truly fulfilling? Most of us feel like we have to behave like one person when we’re at work, and a different person when we’re at home or in our social circles. That in itself creates a social expectation. If you want to be yourself at all times, you’re bucking the trend. Because, in our world today it’s  not “normal” to get paid to be who you are, using your true strengths instead of just the skills you’ve picked up in various roles along the way. But, you want to know the weirdest part? By resisting being your most authentic self at all times (because of fear) we are ensuring that we stay unhappy by default. Learn how to go against the grain and find a career that allows you to be YOU! What You'll Learn How to model living authentically during a career change to find a career that fits  How to modify your job offer to reflect what you really want How your boss can support you during your career change  The importance of finding your st

Everyone and their mother is going to email you about your resolutions and goals now that it’s the beginning of 2018. I don’t want to do that to you. Plus you already know I have a serious aversion to doing what everyone else is doing? So instead I thought I would email you an example of what NOT to do and then give you a complete step by step process of how completely reframe your future! What’s the difference between a meager change vs a paradigm shifting change? It takes completely reframing your future to be able to achieve a paradigm shifting change. More importantly when you go through the efforts to make them happen, you will not be the same person you were beforehand. A paradigm shift you want to make might not have anything to do with travel or fitness or a “lack of mortgage”. It can be anything you want it to be. I’m very sure that there is something that you’ve wanted that you just haven’t thought it was possible so you haven’t seriously considered it.

In this conversation with Chris we get deep into how: Take off some of the pressure by learning the difference between a startup and an income generating project. Learn how a side hustle is different from being a full blown entrepreneur. There is nothing wrong with you if you don’t want to quit your job tomorrow and take a big risk to start your own thing. You have other options. Not everyone is meant to be an entrepreneur but that doesn’t mean you can’t have your own thing on the side. Learn how to decide what kind of side hustle is right for you. How you can use your power of observation and curiosity to find possible side hustles that fit you. Learn the steps to identify and execute an effective side hustle. Learn how to truly identify and get specific with your ideal customer.

I remember in 2006 I had just been fired from a job that I hated.   I was pretty determined to not have to go back to “just another job” where I would spend my days just waiting for the weekend as I grinded it out in meetings that had no meaning to me.   So I began learning everything I could about people who get well paid AND love their work. Let’s call these people “Happy High Achievers”   One of the things that I observed right away is that Happy High Achievers don’t often get jobs by traditional means. When you’re outside and looking in it almost seems random. It’s not though.   It also doesn’t have anything to do with applying 200 plus times on Indeed or LinkedIn.   So how do they do it?   Well we’ve talked in the past about the importance of prioritizing what you want. That’s step 1, you must understand where you’re going to make it easier to get there. That said Happy High Achievers realize that people hire other people (not companies and not computers) which means that the very biggest short cut to f

ABOUT EMILIE ARIES Emilie Aries is the Founder and CEO of Bossed Up, an organization that promotes a program that helps thousands of women step into their own power as the boss of their lives and careers. After having fought career burnout herself, Emilie made it her mission to share her experience and continue to educate women on how to craft happy, healthy, and sustainable career paths that focus on preventing burnout by providing support to help women navigate pivot points in their careers and lives.   WHAT YOU WILL LEARN You’ll learn the 3 core variables to help fight burn out We discuss how breaking away from “the norm” and changing your mindset will help you see and value your self-worth Why we should all stop chasing those “merit badges” if we want to truly thrive in our careers and prevent burn out Investing in yourself and why you should ALWAYS put your oxygen mask on first! The power of saying, “No.”

Learn why it’s important to be authentic and honest during the interview process and how it can put you a step above the rest. How can hard conversations lead to better opportunities? Learn how defining the lifestyle you want and including that want into your job search can make all the difference. The fear of money may be holding you back from making a change. Learn how to overcome that fear and get clear on your money situation. Could staying in your current situation actually be costing you money? Listen and we will tell you how to find out. Maybe that great accomplishment shouldn’t be on your resume - Learn what should and shouldn’t be on your resume when making an industry switch. Hear how not taking yourself too seriously and joking around can lead to more connections and more opportunities. Find out how interviews can not only help you learn about a particular job but can help you define what kind of environment you will truly excel in.

What if you could have a system to rely on to make all your important decisions?   My friend Pete Mockaitis and I had a great conversation on the podcast today about how our decisions and needs evolve over time, and he shared a decision-making framework with two critical questions you can use as “mental weightlifting” to help make smart decisions faster.   I love his framework because it allows you to be less reactive and more intentional and proactive, which is very helpful in all areas of life (not just career stuff). I’d love to hear what you think, too!

Let me tell you about a great problem to have -- and a question that came from one of our students inside of Career Change Bootcamp, our signature program.   Laura said:     “I'm really interested in a particular company, and I've now spoken to four people who work there. I've gotten really good at being genuinely interested in learning about roles and companies without actually "asking" anything...But now I want the job... so how do I graciously and not awkwardly shift the conversation from tell me about what you do, to... you should hire me because?” Curious to know the answer? Or, have a hypothesis of your own?   Find out the exact strategy I recommended for Laura in today’s episode of the podcast. How to make potential  employers  feel like they are making the decision to hire you without any selling on your part. How to go from researching and exploring a company that you think is a right fit to getting hired. Learn how trust and relationship building are the foundations for landing your dream job. Un

Walk through the four questions you must ask yourself before giving yourself permission to make a substantial life change and leave the work that doesn’t fit you. How to determine if you can make a clean getaway or if it’s time to find a bridge job to get you where you want to go. Find out what can happen if you jump right into an opportunity just because it’s there without first doing the work to figure out what you want. How taking a sabbatical, if you can endure it financially, can lead you to the right next steps. How to get past the fear that you will just be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. When is it okay to leave your job with nothing else lined up? Learn how much time you should budget to allow you to find your next opportunity that is the right fit. Learn about a bridge job and whether it’s a good step for you.

Today’s guest, Dan Cumberland, is a former youth pastor who suffered what he described as a “theological breakdown” early in his career. The power of suggestion took him down a career path that never quite fit him, but seemed right at the time.   (Can you relate?)   In his journey to get back on a path that matched his personality, Dan researched and developed his philosophy behind fulfilling career pathing and founded The Meaning Movement, a business and podcast where he helps folks with this kind of stuff every day.   In this episode of the podcast, we go really really deep into how...: The voices from parents, friends, family, and others in your life shape who you are and what you do -- and what to do about it. Language decisions and how you describe experiences can shape that experience and your future thoughts around it. (And why the power of suggestion can be so crippling in career pathing!) Your love of finding the best pizza can guide you to a deeper underlying theme in your quest for meaning. To def

Aaaaaand...I’m back!   I hope you enjoyed last week’s message from Lisa and Josh to celebrate our 200th episode of the podcast.   (I still cannot believe it’s already been four years of podcasting. We covered a lot of ground in those episodes!!!)   And don’t worry: there are still plenty of topics that we could do 200 (or more) episodes on.   For example: do you recognize any of yourself in this story?   “If you are someone who is a rule follower, a successful person, we are brought up in these systems and taught if you do the right things, do well in school, pick the right major, follow all these steps then you will be happy. The world doesn’t work like that. It’s like this big insight that hits you. I felt like I had done everything right and ticked all the boxes. Went to skill, got my undergrad degree, top of my class, and got my masters, ready to conquer the world. I took a job with a salary that was less than I could live and commute on. I was commuting back and forth to New York City two hours, each day

Today marks the 200th episode of the Happen to Your Career podcast.   Can you believe it? (We hardly can!)   Scott started the podcast 4 years ago, back when he was also working in a corporate job that he liked well enough...but wasn’t his dream.   He had a WAY bigger vision for what he wanted to create in his life, and how he wanted to help people.   So when you’ve heard him talk about how to transition and optimize your life from good to great on this podcast each week for the past four years(!), he’s not just spewing some BS he read that morning on a career site. He’s lived it.   And, so have the people whose lives he’s touched.   (Maybe you’re one of them?)   Josh and I rounded up some of the people who have been an important part of HTYC back from the very beginning (people like Scott’s wife Alyssa, their kiddos MacKenzie, Camden, and Grayson, and HTYC co-founder Mark Sieverkropp).   Then I grabbed some of the people whose lives have changed because of HTYC, including past coaching clients and team membe

Do you want to have an answer to the “What do you do?” question that’s as powerful as that one?   If you do, you can start by asking yourself the question: “what am I on this earth to do right now?”   Give the question some time to percolate in your brain, and then grab paper and pen to start capturing the ideas and language that come to mind for you.   Or, if your brain feels slower than a semi truck with completely flat tires trying to deliver a shipment of molasses, you’re not alone -- and you probably should listen to today’s podcast episode.   Today’s guest, Maxie McCoy, uses this very question to shape how she introduces herself and explains her work. She’s a career inspiration expert who focuses on helping you tap into your own confidence and gifts to go kick some serious butt in the world.   Maxie has confidently navigated quite a few twists and turns along her professional path: going from college athletics to broadcast journalism, to growing one of the highest traffic women’s career and personal fin

One thing I’ve noticed after coaching for years is that the way you do one thing in your life is usually a sign of how you do everything.   Let me explain: if you put perfectionistic pressure on yourself to pick out your one right career path, you might also put that pressure on yourself to find your perfect, flawless (unicorn) romantic partner, to be the perfect friend, or improve your fitness by being perfect when you work out. (Maybe something super technical and detail-oriented like ballet or Olympic weightlifting...if you can get over your fears of not being perfect so that you can even start!)   Or if you’re afraid of losing out on options in your life, you might be too scared to commit to one career path or job, so you stay stuck in one you don’t like, because unhappiness feels safer than uncertainty of taking away future possibilities. You might be the one who goes out on dates with a ton of people but never wants to initiate the DTR (define-the-relationship) conversation and end up tied down. Or you

Have you ever heard of Soccer Tots?   In 2011 I hadn’t either.   It’s where you take little kids and they jump through hula hoops, run around cones, occasionally kick a soccer ball and sort of attempt to listen to their frazzled looking teacher. (Think; Pre Soccer)   I was supposed to leave midday on a flight for work and it didn’t make sense for me to go to the office so Alyssa suggested that I come watch Soccer tots.   I showed up at 10am in the middle of the day, not at all knowing what to expect.   One of my kids kicked a goal in the cones that were set up over 20 feet wide which made it nearly impossible for them to miss   He turned and saw that I was there in the room and started shrieking with excitement!   “Daddy did you see me get a goal” (He looked so happy!)   It was right then that I realized I HAD to figure out a way to be able to have the flexibility in my work to be able to be around.   NOT just for the big things in life (school musicals, family birthdays and weddings), but also the little thi