Happen to Your Career

Olivia Gamber has climbed up the corporate ladder quickly and at a super-young age, is now the Manager of Talent and Organizational Development at Taylor Morrison.  She tackled her post-graduation career uncertainty in a way that set her apart from the rest of the pack.  She launched her impressive career through the process of self-discovery and intentional action and now she’s helping her Gen Y peers to do the same through OccupationalOlivia.com.

Think quitters never get ahead?  Think again.  Quitting just might be one of your best tools in discovering the work you were meant to do!  Lynn Marie Morski is a “self-described hippie” who gushes about the Burning Man Festival and has quit just about every career she’s started.  She’s also a doctor/lawyer powerhouse with a multimedia background who has co-founded a medical tourism startup that is working to revolutionize our healthcare system.

Fear of failure cripples.  It keeps you from taking action on the things you know can lead you to realizing your dreams and your potential.  Doc Kennedy let the fear paralyze him for a long time.  But, after a volunteer position gave him the skills and the confidence he needed and his dream of becoming a filmmaker started to look like a reality, he decided to go all in!  For help figuring out YOUR dream career, visit figureitout.co!

Positive.  Passionate.  Powerful.  Purpose.  Identify your “flag” then go Plant it!  Everyone has their own unique gift, talent, and benefit that they bring to the world.  Wrap your mind, your heart, your soul, everything about you around that, then build on it!  Matt Shoup is back for the THIRD time on the show.  His latest book, Plant Your Flag:  The Warrior’s Battle Guide to Life, Love, and Leadership is due out in early July.  For tools and guidance in finding YOUR “flag”, visit figu

Career Q & A Episode!

Geoff Woods was in a job he loved and making good money, when a young colleague had a stroke.  Deeply affected by this, he recognized he needed to create additional income streams to secure his own family’s future.  He began to seek out mentorships with the people who had attained what he wanted for himself.  Host of the Mentee Podcast, Geoff shows us the step-by-step process for creating the relationships that we need to get us where we want to go!

What does dating have to do with careers?  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!  Give this interview a listen and stop the endless string of “bad dates”!

If you're at all interested in turning your passion into your dream job, you’ll definitely want to listen to this!  Mark McClung is a man with marketing and entrepreneurship in his veins.  In high school he was active with DECA, an international organization that develops emerging leaders in business.  From a young age, he had his sights set on attaining a high-level marketing position, and through persistence and leveraging skills gained from his “Passion Projects”, he turned his dream to reality!

Talk about making things happen!  As Executive Vice President of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resorts he created Disney Great Leader Strategies, which has now trained 7,000 leaders!  Now, he's turned his focus to speaking and writing on leadership.  His latest book is called Time-Management Magic. Get a dose of leadership wisdom on Lee's podcast, Creating Disney Magic: Lessons in Leadership, Management, and Customer Service!

Self-described as “the hardest working quitter you’ll ever meet”, Chris Wilson 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 friend and co-founder Stephen Warley. UnStuckable is the show that brings you “knowledge, habits, and skills to get unstuck in your career and in

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 designs and builds digital products. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, hosts the Reboot podcast, the show that spotlights people who’ve made BIG career transitions…OH! And he’s got a PhD in Biochemistry too! You’ll learn how to approach your career path with a scientific mind!

So you, our 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!  We couldn’t be more excited to share our journey, what we now know, AND what we’ve learned along the way building Happen to Your Career!

 She’s a Career Consultant/Resume Writer/Entrepreneur/Social Media Strategist/Blogger, helping people advance their careers through defining and communicating their personal brands effectively for over 4 years now with JobJenny, all while running her firm, the Oregon-based Ladder Recruiting Group which specializes in the robotics/automation and manufacturing sectors.

Most people will never take the time to really identify what they want. Take a listen to this workshop so that you can!

In this episode you’ll learn: How to reach out to people in your current network if you are just beginning a business OR trying to get a new job (without the awkwardness). Why you have a much larger network than you think you do (and who those people are). How to network with purpose (instead of randomly).