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

November 5, 2018

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

WHAT IF YOUR CAREER LOOKED LIKE TRAVELING THROUGH WINE COUNTRY? A slight breeze cools your skin as you sit in the afternoon sun. In the distance, you hear words you don’t recognize, a melodic language just faint enough that you can’t identify the specifics of its European roots. Instead of turning to identify the voice, your […]

October 29, 2018

254: How a Blast from the Past Can Give You Career Independence

CRANK THE DELOREAN, DOC Welp, you guessed it. We’re going back. Way back. Maybe even way-way-way back for some of you. Today’s steps for crashing through mental barriers on the way to career happiness require us to get into the heads of our teenage selves. (Some of you may have just shivered at the thought.) Grshcrshgrsh. The […]

October 8, 2018

251: How to Turn a Hobby You Love Into Your Full-time Role

A NEW 80/20 RULE   Did you know Google gives its employees 20% of work time to pursue their own passion projects? Sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? Google employees get an entire day per week to: focus on work they are intrinsically motivated toward collaborate with coworkers on projects that may or may not end up making a profit […]

October 1, 2018

266: Career Change Advice From Linnea Who Jumped 4 Titles In 6 Months

Picture this. You’re a 14-year-old gymnast. Until now, you’ve lived a seemingly normal life. You’ve attended school, completed weekly chores, showed up at pizza parties… all the usual teenage stuff. But now, you’re getting close to what could be the biggest moment of your life. You’re training for the Olympics, and you have only two […]

September 17, 2018

248: The Guide to Choosing a Business Recipe that Works for you (And 1 type of business you’ve never considered)

BRAND NEW DAY, SAME OL’ STORY It’s been a long day. You pick up your work bag from the backseat and walk slowly to the door, exhausted from another disenchanted day in the office. Over the jingle of the keys in the lock, you hear voices inside—your family bustling about, excited for you to open the […]

September 10, 2018

247: Why You Should Rip Up Your 5-Year Plan

THE 5-YEAR PLAN IS OUT OF DATE. Do you remember what you were doing exactly 5 years ago? Maybe on this day, in 2013, you were sitting down and dreaming of your future. Whether you were fresh out of grad school or decades deep in a career, chances are, you’ve changed since then. Even the fact that you’ve […]

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