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

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January 5, 2026

673: Navigating Misalignment, Burnout & a Big Career Pivot: When Your Career Path Stops Making Sense

February 3, 2025

605: The Secret to Effectively Job Searching in 2025

January 26, 2026

677: Career Change After Burnout: Trapped in a Job You’re Great At—but Don’t Want Anymore?

February 9, 2026

680: Career Burnout Happens When You Keep Climbing the Wrong Ladder: How Jackie Chose Fit Over Promotion

January 19, 2026

676: Career Change Triggers: Why Most People Wait Years Too Long to Leave a Job (And How to Break the Pattern)

January 15, 2026

675: Common Career Change Errors That Keep You Stuck (And How to Avoid Them)

December 18, 2025

670: Unlock Your Signature Strengths: The Surprising Path to a Career That Fits

February 16, 2026

681: Career Change When Your Work No Longer Matches Your Values: Glenn’s Career Reinvention

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

March 16, 2015

65: Dating Advice (applied to your career) with Jeff Goins

ABOUT JEFF GOINS Alright.  So, what does dating have to do with careers anyway? As it turns out, a LOT actually. Jeff Goins, author of the new book The Art of Work, talks with us about power of commitment in finding, following , and succeeding in your “calling”, that thing you were born to do! Jeff […]

March 9, 2015

64: Passion Project to Dream Job with Mark McClung

Want help finding work you’ll love?  Click here to enroll in our FREE 8-day Work You Love: One Stop Course  ABOUT MARK MCCLUNG If the idea of turning your passion into your dream job sounds exciting, this is the episode for you! Mark McClung is a man with marketing and entrepreneurship in his veins. In high school […]

March 2, 2015

364: The Disaster of Delay: Why Avoiding Hard Things Leads to Accidental Mediocrity

Ever notice how everything people want in life comes from doing difficult things (that very few people are willing to do)? This is often because you can’t tangibly see an impact right away. From growing up on a small Oklahoma farm to leading the Walt Disney Paris expansion and the Executive Vice President of Operations […]

February 23, 2015

62: Merging Identities as Part of Your Career Transition with Chris Wilson

ABOUT CHRIS WILSON Self-described as “the hardest working quitter you’ll ever meet”, Chris dropped out of college to pursue professional cycling, worked summers at his family’s B&B on Cape Cod, earned his way into an online ad agency by impressing the CEO, moved into sales at Hubspot, then at Nanigans, and is now officially self-employed working on UnStuckable with […]

February 16, 2015

61: How to Approach Your Career Scientifically with Adarsh Pandit

Scientist-turned-management-consultant-turned-developer, Adarsh Pandit is definitely no stranger to career changes! Right now he’s the Managing Director at Thoughtbot, a company that focuses on designing and building digital products, primarily SaaS tools for other developers and designers.  He specializes in Ruby on Rails, hosts the Reboot Show podcast, the show that spotlights people who’ve made BIG career transitions.  OH! And he’s […]

February 9, 2015

60: How to Start a Business on the Side

So you, our faithful listeners have spoken! You want to learn more about starting a side business. A lot of you are already in careers you’re planning to stay in, but want to build something on the side, either for additional income or for the challenge and satisfaction that comes with owning your own business! Congratulations! We […]

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