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

Should you stay or should you go? If you're so stressed you feel like you can't function normally, or you feel completely misaligned with your work, or you're no longer able to have a social life, or maybe all the above... something does have to change! However, you actually have more options than simply staying or quitting. In this episode, Scott is joined by HTYC career coach Megan to discuss the 3 questions you must review to decide if you should quit your job without another lined up, plus alternatives to quitting that most people have never considered!   We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey 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 Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

What if you didn’t have to escape your job? What if the place you were your happiest and the place you felt most alive was actually where you worked? Steph had known for almost 9 years that she felt the most alive, and the most like herself, in fitness studios, but she had never allowed herself to believe that she could actually build a career in fitness. Steph had a great career in the Marine Corps, and then with Amazon, but she never felt like she was doing work that was true to her. In this episode, she discusses her realization that she could make a living doing what she loved, and how she took the leap to pick up her life and go after it.  What you’ll learn  The importance of building a career in alignment with your life How to use feedback from your support system to find a career that fits you The importance of defining success for yourself when pursuing work you love   We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey 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 Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

In this bonus episode, Scott answers the following question we received from a listener: “How do I figure out what I want to do when my entire career up until this point has been defined for me?”  We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey  

Have you taken every assessment and personality quiz out there only to find that you’re still in the same place? While the knowledge of being a “relator” or “achiever” or “learner” is interesting, you still don’t have a raise, a new career, or work that makes you happy. To help you escape this roller coaster to nowhere, HTYC’s own Cindy and Kate are taking over the podcast to help you understand your unique mix of strengths, and then apply that knowledge in a way that is useful and valuable to your career and life. What you’ll learn  How to understand what your mix of strengths mean to you The scientifically proven link between strengths and career satisfaction How nurturing your unique set of strengths can lead to more meaningful work   Mentioned in this Episode Episode 475: Breaking Out Of Your Career Funk By Digging Into Your Strengths (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)  happentoyourcareer.com/resources  Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation   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 Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)  

This is the final part of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Values." If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others. In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work.    Listen to Part 1 on Contribution: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 2 on Flexibility & Autonomy: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 3 on Quality of Life: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 4 on Growth: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 5 on Signature Strengths: Spotify / Apple Podcasts  Listen to Part 6 on Supportive People : Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Transitioning out of the military is no easy task. From the rollercoaster of emotions to the lifestyle changes, and of course, finding a civilian job. Julia had loved her time in the military, but that chapter had come to a close and she needed to figure out what her next career would be. When she began her job search, she felt completely out of her element, struggled to relate her military experience to civilian job postings, and found herself considering jobs well below her military pay. In this episode, you'll hear how Julia went from not knowing what she wanted to do next to landing an amazing role in the corporate world and defining her ideal life as a civilian.  What you’ll learn  How to find confidence in your career after transitioning out of the military  The importance of thinking in terms of an ideal life instead of just an ideal career  How to translate job descriptions in a new industry to help you realize if you’re a good fit or not    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 How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

This is part six of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Supportive People." If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others. In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work.    Listen to Part 1 on Contribution: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 2 on Flexibility & Autonomy: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 3 on Quality of Life: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 4 on Growth: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 5 on Signature Strengths: Spotify / Apple Podcasts   

A lack of career clarity can leave you feeling directionless. Luckily there is a practice that can help you discover what makes you unique, what motivates you, what you enjoy in your work, and can help you build a more intentional life and career: Reflection. In order to achieve her own career clarity, HTYC coach, Briana Riley, built a reflection practice that she uses in her coaching today. What you'll learn An exercise you can use to gain clarity and build a more intentional life and career  How self-reflection can help you define your ideal career  How asking for help can accelerate your progress to a fulfilling career   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 How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)  

This is part five of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Signature Strengths."  If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others. In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work.    Listen to Part 1 on Contribution: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 2 on Flexibility & Autonomy: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 3 on Quality of Life: Spotify / Apple Podcasts Listen to Part 4 on Growth: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

The audiobook version of "Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change & Meaningful Work" is now available on Audible! In celebration of the launch, today's bonus episode includes Chapter 2: Happy High Achiever Milestones. Click here to order the audiobook book on Audible! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print copy or ebook here!