Happen To Your Career Podcast

A career change podcast for people who don’t want to settle. Stories of how high performers find meaningful work.

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Everything you’ve wished your work could be is real. It just doesn’t happen the way you think. Forget about job search. Learn how top performers find work that fits. The Happen To Your Career Podcast is stories of real people who’ve found their ideal careers.

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January 25, 2021

395: Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change

August 29, 2022

478: How To Achieve Career Clarity When You Feel Stuck, Bored & Unfulfilled

February 22, 2021

399: When Being “Good At” Your Role Doesn’t Lead To Career Happiness

February 6, 2023

501: Climbing Down The Corporate Ladder To Discover Career Happiness

July 12, 2021

419: Leveraging What Makes You Unique: The Key to Your Career Change

October 2, 2023

535: Empowering Career Advice From Successful Career Changers

September 13, 2021

428: Stuck in a Career You’re Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There

February 3, 2025

605: The Secret to Effectively Job Searching in 2025

April 13, 2019

279: 6 Keys to Career Happiness

November 27, 2017

261: Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers

October 23, 2023

538: How To Define Your Ideal Career When Making A Career Change

April 3, 2023

509: Should I Quit My Job Without Another Lined Up?

June 26, 2023

521: How to Overcome Overthinking and Finally Change Careers

August 26, 2024

582: Finding Your Ideal Career Path: Uncovering Roles You Didn’t Know Existed

January 25, 2021

395: Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change

March 16, 2021

402: How To Stick The Landing In Your Dream Job: Linnea’s Four Title Career Leap

November 5, 2018

255: How Kristy Celebrated Small Victories on the Way to Her Dream Career

June 12, 2023

519: Leading on Empty: Navigating Burnout with Dave Stachowiak

August 26, 2024

582: Finding Your Ideal Career Path: Uncovering Roles You Didn’t Know Existed

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Best career podcast!

“Every time I listen to the podcast I learn something valuable to share with my career coaching clients. Scott and his guests provide cutting edge and real life examples to help listeners in their career development.”

A premiere resource for building career happiness!

“Whether you’re trying to figure out what you want to do, have just realized you can’t keep doing what you’re doing, or are looking for ways to improve in the job you love, you’ve come to the right place!”

Thanks for everything!

“This podcast has been tremendously influential for me this year as I’ve finally transitioned into my new career path. There’s so much insight and advice for every stage of the process- from trying to figure out what is even out there to interviewing, landing the job and negotiating pay.”

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Recent Episodes

April 17, 2020

347: Should I Go Back To School?

HOW TO KNOW WHEN IT’S THE RIGHT TIME TO PURSUE FURTHER EDUCATION Have you considered going back to school as part of your career change or promotion strategy? Nearly every person we talk to at HTYC considers this, and a number of them also cringe at the thought of going back  Why? They’re at a […]

February 11, 2020

: Investing in Yourself: Why It’s More Expensive To Hold Off on Your Dreams

WHAT’S STOPPING YOU FROM INVESTING IN YOURSELF? We had some friends over the other day for dinner and a bonfire at our house. A bottle of wine or two later the topic came up about working out.  One of our friends said she “wished she still worked out.” The coach in me thought “Reaalllllyyyy” and […]

August 15, 2019

296: Debunking the Career Change Myth: You Don’t Have to Start Over

YOU CAN BE HAPPY. Over the years, we’ve seen thousands of CCB students move from less than glamorous roles to careers they love. At some point, almost all of those people felt like you do: stuck, with no obvious solution to get unstuck. They couldn’t fathom starting over. Their barriers to happiness sounded like this: “I don’t […]

May 30, 2019

286: The Alaskan Shapeshifter Who Created a Career She Loves (despite her doubts and disbeliefs)

Allison was good at everything. The problem was…she couldn’t find something she enjoyed doing. As a self-proclaimed Upholder (defined in Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies), Allison had a knack, or rather a compulsion, for meeting expectations. This habit led to a “see and conquer” mentality in the career world. She’d see a job posting, and whether or […]

May 2, 2019

281: The Question That Leaves Multipotentialites with a Sinking Feeling in Their Stomachs

SOLVING THE PROBLEM FOR MULTIPOTENTIALITES: “WHAT DO I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE?” By the time you turned 5 years old, you were likely asked what you wanted to do with your life anywhere from 10 to 1,000 times. This commonly poised question begins as a harmless conversation starter for cute little kindergarteners, but […]

April 13, 2019

279: 6 Keys to Career Happiness

I just got off a Skype call with a former Google employee who just made a transition into a role that fits his strengths even better. He is totally thrilled! I wanted to tell you about it because you might be thinking “who on earth chooses to leave Google? That’s the holy grail of dream […]

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