Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search

Happen To Your Career
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You're not totally happy with your career (obviously!) You also know that there "has to be something out there that's better." That hope that you can find meaningful and fulfilling work, that also pays you well, has led you here! This is the show that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and uniquely fits your strengths and talents.

  1. How to Return to Work After Burnout and a Career Break: Identify Your Transferable Skills and Negotiate Flexible Part-Time Work

    5 hrs ago

    How to Return to Work After Burnout and a Career Break: Identify Your Transferable Skills and Negotiate Flexible Part-Time Work

    If you've taken time away from your career and you're wondering how to come back without explaining the gap or apologizing for your time off, this episode is for you. Caroline spent 17 years at one of the Big Four firms before hitting full-on burnout. After years of being passed over for promotions and navigating a system that forced competition over collaboration, she woke up one day and thought, "I can't do this anymore." She resigned. Took two years away. Moved countries. Completely reset her life. Then she had to figure out how to come back. This wasn't a standard return-to-work story. Caroline used a strengths assessment to identify her transferable value, named exactly what she wanted instead of apologizing for the gap, turned down the first offer that didn't fit, and ended up with a role at a mid-size entrepreneurial company working three days a week, 24 hours split across her schedule. This episode unpacks how to return to work after burnout and a career break, why your transferable skills matter more than your job titles, and how Caroline negotiated her way into flexible part-time work that fit both her home life and her work life. What you'll learn: How to translate years of corporate experience into a compelling value proposition after a career break Why year 8, 13, or 18 at the same company often becomes a breaking point (and how to spot it before you hit it) How to use a strengths assessment to rebuild confidence and articulate your transferable skills Why stating exactly what you want works better than apologizing for your time away How to negotiate flexible part-time work even when the first offer doesn't fit   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    13 min
  2. How to Leave Corporate and Build Your Own Business Doing Work You Actually Love (A Real Director's Mid-Career Pivot)

    2d ago

    How to Leave Corporate and Build Your Own Business Doing Work You Actually Love (A Real Director's Mid-Career Pivot)

    If your career looks successful on paper but feels off inside, you're not alone. Many mid-career professionals reach a point where the work that used to fit no longer does. Breanne Gjurich-Wozniak's story is one path forward: a portfolio career that combined her biotech expertise with her animal welfare interests. Breanne had a career that looked solid from the outside. Biotech R&D, then regulatory work submitting new technologies to the FDA. Director-level. Real success. Inside, the fit was changing. The work was drifting.She started looking at R&D and regulatory roles she was qualified for. Nothing gave her any excitement. That's when she found HTYC's free 8-day mini course and joined the Career Change Bootcamp. She built one 5-year career plan with her manager and a separate one with her career coach. The two plans were so different. The energy in each was so different. She knew it was time to leave. What followed wasn't a traditional job search. It was 20 conversations with strangers, a series of career experiments, and surprising feedback from people who'd only met her for an hour. Her coach introduced the idea of a portfolio career: multiple types of work, multiple interests, all under one umbrella. Breanne built a consulting business that combined her biotech expertise with the animal welfare work she'd always wanted to do. What you'll learn: The 5-year career plan exercise that reveals when your current path no longer fits How to use Social Goldilocks conversations to get strangers to see what you can't about yourself What a portfolio career actually looks like (and why one full-time job isn't always the right structure) How to translate decades of industry experience into consulting work Why "successful on paper" is the hardest career trap to leave Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over. Related Episodes Changing Careers (When You Don't Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    21 min
  3. Disappearing Episode: Secret Mission, CCB Opens, What is extraordinary anyway?

    4d ago ·  Bonus

    Disappearing Episode: Secret Mission, CCB Opens, What is extraordinary anyway?

    Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search

    14 min
  4. Mass Applying Isn't Getting You Hired: The Targeted Job Search Strategy and Mindset Shift That Actually Will

    Jun 17

    Mass Applying Isn't Getting You Hired: The Targeted Job Search Strategy and Mindset Shift That Actually Will

    If your job search isn't working and you're sending more applications hoping something sticks, you're not alone. Mass applying is the most common job search mistake, and the mindset shift and targeted strategy that fix it took Stephanie Drumright from silence to two offers in 8 days. Stephanie had sent 145 applications in 6 months. Five got her into interviews. None turned into an offer. She had a visa clock ticking, and her instinct was to apply to more jobs, broader roles, anything that might stick. So she changed her approach completely. She narrowed her criteria to Head of Operations or similar roles, companies under 250 people, a hybrid setup, and a specific values fit. Instead of applying like someone trying to earn her way in, she searched like someone with standards. 8 days later, she had 2 offers. This episode unpacks the job search psychology behind why mass applying fails, the cognitive load that drains your interview performance, and how the shift from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset turns a targeted job search into real interviews and offers. What you'll learn: Why sending more applications when you're scared often makes your job search harder, not easier The cognitive load cost that's draining your interview performance behind the scenes How to shift from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset in your job search Stephanie's exact criteria framework that took her from 145 applications to 2 offers in 8 days The identity shift from applicant trying to earn a yes to candidate with standards   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episode: Episode 612 - Stephanie Drumright (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    10 min
  5. (8 of 8) From Clarity to Action: How to Turn What Fits You Into a Real Career Change | What Fits You

    Jun 15

    (8 of 8) From Clarity to Action: How to Turn What Fits You Into a Real Career Change | What Fits You

    You started this course with a question that's been hard to answer for years: what kind of work actually fits me? By the end of today, you've done what most high performers spend years circling without ever doing. You've looked at your past honestly, named what you want, and held real opportunities up against real criteria. In Day 8, the final day of the What Fits You 8-Day Mini Course, Scott walks you through what comes after the clarity. Whether you've made a decision or you're still working it out, this is the conversation about what happens next. Clarity is the start, not the finish line. What you'll learn: Why getting clear is the beginning of the work, not the end of it The two situations almost everyone lands in after finishing this course, and what to do in each Why most people don't make their next move immediately after completing the course, and why that's normal The free resources we share with clients in your position How to know if having a team walk this with you would speed up your next step   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Changing Careers (When You Don't Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episode: What Fits You - Introduction (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 1 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 2 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 3 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 4 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 5 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 6 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 7 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    8 min
  6. (7 of 8) Decision Paralysis: How to Finally Make the Career Move You've Been Putting Off for Years | What Fits You

    Jun 14

    (7 of 8) Decision Paralysis: How to Finally Make the Career Move You've Been Putting Off for Years | What Fits You

    Making the decision is the hard part. Most of us never actually do it. We deliberate, analyze, talk ourselves in and out of it, and at the last possible second we cave and pick the safest option on the menu. Then we wonder why nothing's changing. In Day 7 of the What Fits You 8-Day Mini Course, we're addressing the actual move you've been avoiding for the last six days. By the end, you'll know how to make a decision that opens momentum, not one that creates more pressure to be perfect. You don't have to decide the rest of your life. You just have to decide the next step. What you'll learn: Why making the decision is harder than knowing what the right one is How not deciding is still deciding, and what it costs you The Emerson and Tony Robbins reframes that make career decisions feel less like cliffs Why an imperfect decision still beats the perfect one you never make The specific size of decision you should be focused on right now, and how to make it   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episode: What Fits You - Introduction (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 1 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 2 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 3 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 4 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 5 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 6 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    7 min
  7. (6 of 8) Wrong-Fit Opportunities: The 3-Step Framework That Reveals the Right Career for You | What Fits You

    Jun 13

    (6 of 8) Wrong-Fit Opportunities: The 3-Step Framework That Reveals the Right Career for You | What Fits You

    Most career professionals stay stuck not because they don't have options, but because they're evaluating them against the wrong thing. They compare role to role, company to company, path to path. And because none of the options is obviously better than the others, they keep circling without ever moving. The problem isn't the options. It's the comparison point. In Day 6 of the What Fits You 8-Day Mini Course, you'll use everything you've built across Days 1-5 as the only criteria that actually matters. By the end of today, you'll have a clear shortlist of three opportunities that actually fit you, and a much smaller list of the ones you can stop pursuing. You don't evaluate a career opportunity against other career opportunities. You evaluate it against what you know about yourself. What you'll learn: Why comparing one career opportunity to another keeps high performers stuck for years The 3-step framework that turns five days of self-discovery into a real decision criteria How to eliminate wrong-fit opportunities so you stop wasting time pursuing them The specific signs that an opportunity matches your Signature Strengths, your Five Areas, and what your 5 Whys revealed Why eliminating what doesn't fit isn't giving up, it's how you make room for what does   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episode: What Fits You - Introduction (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 1 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 2 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 3 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 4 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 5 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    9 min
  8. (5 of 8) Self-Limiting Beliefs: How to Find the Career Possibilities Your Brain Has Been Filtering Out | What Fits You

    Jun 12

    (5 of 8) Self-Limiting Beliefs: How to Find the Career Possibilities Your Brain Has Been Filtering Out | What Fits You

    There's a voice in your head that's been running for twenty-plus years, and it's been deciding what's possible for you before you've had a chance to consider it. "That's not realistic." "That seems unreasonable." "Someone like me doesn't do that." Most high performers have never noticed the filter is even there. They've just lived inside its conclusions. In Day 5 of the What Fits You 8-Day Mini Course, we name the filter, get around it, and walk you through the one exercise that's surfaced more achievable career possibilities than any self-assessment tool we've used. After almost 100,000 people through this course, here's what we know: the things you keep dismissing as "wildly unrealistic" are almost never unrealistic. They're just unfamiliar. What you'll learn: Why your brain has been ruling out the best career possibilities before you've had the chance to consider them The specific cognitive bias that runs harder the longer you've been a high performer The 3 Wildly Unrealistic Things exercise, how to do it, and why almost every answer is more achievable than it sounds What we found after collecting tens of thousands of responses to this exercise, and why it stopped us in our tracks How what you write down today becomes the foundation for the rest of this course   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique 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 and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episode: What Fits You - Introduction (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 1 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 2 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 3 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 4 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

    8 min
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You're not totally happy with your career (obviously!) You also know that there "has to be something out there that's better." That hope that you can find meaningful and fulfilling work, that also pays you well, has led you here! This is the show that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and uniquely fits your strengths and talents.

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