Episode 158 - Career confusion in your 20s and 30s and how to tackle this with Alana Kilmartin

In this episode we talk with careers enthusiast and podcaster Alan Kilmartin

Within this episode we talk about:

• · What Alana Does and the movement of unserious careers
• · Alana’s career story and how this shaped who she is today
• · Success and how young people perceive this and the pressure to succeed due to social media etc
• · Alternative career routes if you don’t want to have a degree and why it’s important to talk about this
• · Alana’s podcast and her passion for supporting others with careers
• · Exploring yourself and self-development for millennials and gen z generation
• · Gap years and how a gap year can help a young person learn about the career they want
• · Alana’s book and why she wanted to write it

Other Episodes you may also find useful in relation to this 

• Episode 97 Should I go to university or not? 
• Episode 147 - Degree apprenticeships and if they are the future?  

How Can I support you?

If you are interested in finding out more about the work I do and how I can support you please visit my website www.somaghosh.com and visit my parents of teens page here https://www.somaghosh.com/parents-of-teenagers 

Any other questions about the episode please contact me via email at soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com or soma@somaghosh.com. 

If you want some further information about school leaving leaving in the UK see link here  -https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school#:~:text=You%20can%20leave%20school%20on,start%20an%20apprenticeship%20or%20traineeship 

How can you contact Alana?

You can connect with Alana on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/unseriouscareers/ 

Visit her website here - https://www.unseriouscareers.com/