Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search

Finding meaningful work at 50 or 60 isn't about starting over, it's about admitting something has been off for a while and finally doing something about it.

Scott Ingham spent 18 years in pharmaceutical sales watching the challenge slowly disappear from work he used to love. Glenn spent 20 years in healthcare sales hitting every external marker of success while quietly knowing something essential was missing.

Both of them found mea...

One of the biggest reasons smart, capable people stay in careers that don't fit is contributed to a well-documented quirk of human psychology called the availability heuristic. It states, if the only version of work you've ever known is the one you've been living, your brain litera...

Most people assume the work that drains them is just part of the job, something to push through, optimize around, or get faster at. But the real reason certain tasks deplete you has nothing to do with how skilled you are. It comes down to a distinction between your skills and strengths and how often your work is in alignment.

What You'll Learn:

• The critical difference between skills and strengths and why confusing the two is w...

When being physically unable to work feels like a relief after 22 years of practicing law, that's not burnout, that's a breaking point.

Misty Leon knew she wanted something different, she just thought it would take ten years to get there. She was wrong.

Ten years took twelve months and in this episode you're going to learn:

• How Misty launched a 10-year business plan in less than twelve months and what finally made that possibl...

Most career change advice assumes something went wrong, but what if success itself is the problem?

Dan spent 27 years being promoted away from meaningful work, earning a six-figure salary in a role that looked perfect on paper and felt completely wrong on the inside.

If you're a high performer stuck in a successful career that doesn't fit, this episode breaks down the exact framework that helped Dan find fulfilling, well-paid work ...

If you're job searching in 2026 and following every resume rule you've been told, one page only, match every keyword, avoid two-column layouts, optimize for the ATS, this episode is going to change how you think about your resume and your entire job search strategy.

Sam Wright runs the data side at Huntr, and he's analyzed over 1.7 million job applications, more than 240,000 resumes, and over a million job postings to find out whic...

The median job search time in 2026 is now 108 days — a 30% jump from just one quarter ago. But if you're trying to make an intentional career transition into meaningful, well-paid work, that number is only half the story. Here's what the data doesn't tell you, and what actually determines how long your career change will take.

What You'll Learn:

• The critical difference between a conventional job search and an intentional...

Most people who've been fired walk into their next interview dreading one question above all others: "So why did you leave your last position?"

I've been on both sides of that question. As a former HR leader, where I've fired hundreds of people, and also as an employee who was fired during my career.

I even made the mistake of telling interviewers I was laid off instead and it almost cost me everything.

In this episode, we break do...

Leaving a toxic workplace should feel like relief, but for most high performers, it doesn't. It leaves behind a residue of self-doubt, distorted confidence, and a voice in your head that sounds exactly like the environment you just escaped, and if you don't address it before your next job search, it follows you into every interview, every conversation, and every opportunity that matters.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why ...

Every year, millions of professionals send out hundreds of applications, get almost nowhere, and decide the problem is their resume. It's not.

Referrals make up just 7% of applicants but account for 40% of hires, and the gap between those two numbers comes down to one thing: conversations.

In this episode, two professionals who had no plan, no clear direction, and no obvious path forward used test drive conversations to find meanin...

Scott Ingham spent 18 years in pharmaceutical sales before deciding to make a career change after 50. When he told people, the response was almost uniform: "You're crazy."

That pushback wasn't useful advice. It was projection of other people's fears dressed up as concern. It's also one of five beliefs that keep professionals over 50 stuck in roles they've already outgrown.

According to data, 85% of employers now hire based on skill...

Hayley Lowe had a textbook career pivot from her communications degree and agency life to a senior leadership role at a company like Expedia. Everything was going according to plan until burnout, infertility, a pandemic, and one very wrong Fortune 500 job forced her to rebuild from scratch.

What she found on the other side wasn't a posted role. It was one she designed herself.
Through coaching, she built an Ideal Career Profile...

If you've taken time away from your career and you're wondering how to come back without explaining the gap or apologizing for your time off, this episode is for you.

Caroline spent 17 years at one of the Big Four firms before hitting full-on burnout. After years of being passed over for promotions and navigating a system that forced competition over collaboration, she woke up one day and thought, "I can't do this anymore."

She res...

If your career looks successful on paper but feels off inside, you're not alone. Many mid-career professionals reach a point where the work that used to fit no longer does. Breanne Gjurich-Wozniak's story is one path forward: a portfolio career that combined her biotech expertise with her animal welfare interests.

Breanne had a career that looked solid from the outside. Biotech R&D, then regulatory work submitting new technolog...