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

Finding Your Ideal Career Path: How to Uncover Roles You Didn’t Know Existed

Aug 26, 2024

Caity Noonan, a VP of Marketing who pivoted her career through intentional research, shares her inspiring journey of self-discovery. She discusses how to uncover hidden career paths you never knew existed. Through her transformation, she highlights the importance of identifying personal strengths and experimenting to find what fits. Caity also introduces the concept of an Ideal Career Profile to clarify your aspirations. If you're feeling stuck, her insights can help you navigate change and discover roles that truly resonate with you.

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Quick takeaways

Self-awareness and intentional research are crucial for uncovering hidden career paths that align with personal strengths and interests.

Creating an Ideal Career Profile helps clarify values and priorities, empowering informed decisions during a career change.

Deep dives

Identifying Career Dissatisfaction

A lack of excitement in one’s current role can signal the need for a career change. For instance, Katie Noonan, a former VP of marketing, experienced this feeling when she realized her passion for product marketing had diminished over time. Despite being successful, she recognized that the thrill she once felt about her work was absent, leading her to seek new opportunities. This self-awareness is crucial, as it prompts individuals to take proactive steps towards finding a career that aligns with their interests and aspirations.

Diagnose Your Preferences for Empowered Growth

01:20

Excitement Sparks Career Transformation

01:28

Prioritize Career Fit to Balance Life

01:40

Intro

2min

Finding Fulfillment: A Career Transformation

6min

Unlocking Career Potential Through Personal Strengths

7min

Crafting Your Ideal Career Profile

9min

Navigating Change: A Career in Management

11min

The Journey of Self-Discovery in Career Paths

4min

You want something different, you know that for sure, but what else could you do? What else is even out there? How can you find out?

Caity Noonan found herself in that exact predicament. As a successful VP of Marketing, she realized she needed something different, but the big question was—what? Through intentional research and self-discovery, Caity uncovered a hidden career path she never knew existed, and it turned out to be the perfect fit for her.

In this episode, Caity walks us through her journey of discovering her ideal role. If you’re craving a change but unsure of what’s out there, this episode will help you find direction to uncover your ideal career—even if you don’t know it exists yet!

What you’ll learn

How to uncover hidden career paths you didn’t even know existed.
The power of identifying your strengths to figure out what truly makes you thrive.
How to use an ideal career profile to clarify your must-haves in your next role
The importance of experimenting and ruling out what doesn’t fit during a career change

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!

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Related Episodes

Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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