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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Popular Episodes
View all episodesJanuary 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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- Raise Your Income
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- Self Development
- Signature Strengths
- Start a Business
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May 22, 2017
179: Why High Performers Aren’t Afraid to Ask for Help with Sarah Hawkins
There’s been a lot of talk recently about resilience. You know what goes hand-in-hand with resilience? Obstacles….to overcome. Struggles….to work through. Mental roadblocks….to disengage. We’ve all experienced setbacks in life, but it’s about how we react to them that makes the difference between reaching our goals or letting them fall by the wayside. When it comes to career […]
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May 15, 2017
178: JOB APPLICATIONS: How High Performers Get Results with Scott Barlow and Lisa Lewis
It’s interesting that really smart, really talented, really capable people still make some of the same mistakes or hit some of the same stumbling blocks that folks in all the other professions and doing all kinds of applications do. Lisa Lewis Most people dread the job application process as they try and stand out in […]
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May 8, 2017
177: What It Means To Be Unhackable with Kary Oberbrunner
Have you ever been so excited about a new project or goal that you’ve set for yourself that you just can’t wait to start? You sit and visualize yourself going through the motions of the process, checking off all the boxes on your to-do list, and finally you check off that last task, then you […]
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May 1, 2017
220: Multipotentialite: How to Be Everything with Emilie Wapnick
“IT’S COMPLETELY POSSIBLE TO HAVE A LIFE WITH PLENTY OF VARIETY THAT ALSO PROVIDES STABILITY.” – EMILIE WAPNICK Multipotentialite.Multi-passionate.Scanner.Renaissance Person.Generalist.Multipod. Whichever term you favor, the meaning behind it is what’s important. WHAT IS A MULTIPOTENTIALITE? According to our guest (and coiner of the term), Emilie Wapnick, a multipotentialite is a person that doesn’t have “one true […]
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April 24, 2017
175: Get Unstuck, Find a New Career Path with Kathryn Minshew
THERE ARE WAYS TO GET UNSTUCK KATHRYN MINSHEW Starting the career search process can be intimidating, especially since the first thing any job search website asks for is WHAT? Like you’re supposed to know what job title you want in the first place? When you don’t know what career path you want to take, the process […]
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April 17, 2017
174: Add Value, Grow Your Career with Michael Bigelow
IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE LIKABILITY AND CONNECTION CERTAINLY DO HELP. BUT IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I REALLY DO FEEL THAT IT’S BOTH WHO YOU KNOW AND HOW YOU’RE CONNECTED TO THEM, AS WELL AS WHAT YOU KNOW. MICHAEL BIGELOW Whether you’re looking to make a lateral job transition to a […]
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