Career Confidence The 4 Step Bold Pivot Formula (plus my career change story from Beauty Therapist to Technology Recruiter)
Feeling stuck in your career? Worried that your skills won't transfer to a new industry? Think it's too late to make a major career change? This episode will completely shift your perspective on what's possible.
For the first time ever, I'm sharing my personal career pivot story - how I went from running spa treatments to becoming a top-performing technology recruiter with zero tech background. If you think beauty therapy and tech recruitment have nothing in common, you're about to discover why that thinking is holding you back from your next bold move.
I'll walk you through my exact 4-step Bold Pivot Formula that took me from feeling completely out of my depth in a group interview to becoming the top consultant at my agency. This isn't just theory - it's the proven framework I used to completely reinvent my career, and it's the same formula that's worked for thousands of career changers.
Whether you're facing industry disruption, feeling unfulfilled in your current role, or just ready for something completely different, this episode gives you the roadmap to make it happen.
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📚 The Bold Move Book - Available for Presale:
Presale here: https://www.theboldmovebook.com
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🎙️ Connect with Georgie:
🔹LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/
🔺 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard
🔸 Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com
🤖 Early access to Pivotr: https://www.pivotr.com
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What You'll Learn in the Episode:
The Bold Pivot Formula: My 4-step framework for successfully changing careers (Begin where you are, Opportunities open to you, Learn what you need, Do the work)
How to identify your transferable skills and package them for a completely different industry
Why your "irrelevant" experience might be exactly what makes you stand out in your target field
The mindset shift that turns imposter syndrome into your competitive advantage
How to research new industries and have conversations that open doors to opportunities
Why being "prepared to suck" is essential for career growth and confidence building
The exact steps I took to transition from beauty therapy to tech recruitment with no prior experience
How to tailor your CV and interview approach when you don't tick all the boxes
Why the playing field has never been more level for career changers in the age of AI
How courage builds competence, which builds confidence (not the other way around)
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⏱️ Episode Timeline:
07:00 - Why presales matter for The Bold Move book (and what's included in the incredible presale offer)
12:00 - Introduction to the Bold Pivot Formula and why career reinvention is inevitable
15:00 - My backstory: From beauty school to working spas across the globe
17:00 - Step 1: Begin Where You Are - How to identify your hard and human skills
19:00 - Step 2: Opportunities Open to You - Using job sites and networking to explore possibilities
21:00 - How I tailored my CV to match recruitment job requirements using transferable skills
23:00 - The bold move that got me the interview (and why calling directly works)
26:00 - Step 3: Learn What You Need - Preparing for the knowledge gaps
28:00 - Step 4: Do the Work - Why being prepared to suck is essential for growth
30:00 - How I went from fumbling calls to becoming the top performer in 18 months
32:00 - Why this is the perfect time for career pivots in the age of AI
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Key Career Pivot Insights:
🌀 On Transferable Skills: "I literally just treated it like any other client call that I'd had in beauty... my transferable skills, the skills that I had acquired from beauty, from that industry, translated beautifully into technology recruitment."
⏰ On Timing and Opportunity: "This is the unfair advantage now, right? Like no one's got 10 years in software engineering. No one's got 20 years in AI... The level playing field has never been so level in my entire career."
🌱 On Building Confidence: "You don't wait until you feel ready. You don't wait until you feel confident. You first and foremost have to have courage because courage then builds competence. And once you start having the competence, you then build confidence."
🔸 On Embracing the Learning Curve: "Anytime you make a pivot or anytime you go to do something new, you're going to have to be prepared to suck a little... through these courageous actions that you take, that's what builds confidence."
🎯 On Taking Action: "The answer to life isn't just coasting and feeling comfortable and never pushing ourselves to do anything better... I wanted to make this work. So I did everything in my power to make it work."