as I was diving into the bootcamp at Happen To Your Career, and I was really trying to think broadly, I had this moment of thinking, “Okay, should I even should I be a lawyer? What should I do?” so I worked with Happen To Your Career really started trying to dig deep and lay a foundation…

it was helpful to have Lisa through the interviewing process, and all the little events like “oh, someone responded like this, how should I respond?” How should I deal with all the steps along the way? I also had a tendency to form myself into what I thought they were looking for and Lisa helped me be who I actually am in the interviews.

I wanted to share some good news with you about my next career transition. I will be starting a new position at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on December 10th as a social scientist.

It has been less than a year that I have been in my position at University of Maryland. There was really nothing wrong with that job, it allowed me a lot of bandwidth of independence, but it wasn’t quite right, still (even though it was a great transition). In that role, my values and what I needed sunk in quite a bit more, and when I realized it, I didn’t waste anytime in starting to plan for the next transition.

In this next role, I will have more autonomy in my work, more money, more responsibility, and most importantly which is the THING I ended up valuing most is more flexibility.

It is the season of being thankful (though, I try to be thankful everyday for what I have), and I would like to thank you for all that you do for people like me. This transition was so much easier than the last and so much more gratifying because of all that I learned with HTYC.

“Happen To Your Career forces you to ask questions that didn’t occur for you to ask. You are working with professionals who have not only been in your shoes but are really good at helping other people get out of this place. Intuitively they know more than you do about this process especially if it’s your first go around. Why not tap into that insight? What made it clear to me from the beginning was the 8 day email program.”

OR “I said this is how much money I have in the bank Scott. This is what I’ve got to work with I need to buy a car. We wrote a budget. Just doing the math you were like you have thirteen months. You are losing money staying where you are. That was all I needed. To budget myself and realize it was real.”