Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
Lixandra Urresta
A podcast for career changers who are trying to switch industries or professions, or break out on their own and start a business. Listen to others who've taken that bold step to make their career switch and take action with your own. Career experts weigh in with their best advice for challenges along the way. Learn more and contact us at www.careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn @careerswitchpod.
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47: Battling an identity crisis with a career change
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
12/12/23 • 36 min
Former newspaper reporter Jonathan McFadden opens up about the identity crisis he battled with his career change. He recalls everything he was afraid to lose if he left journalism—would it be worth it?
“I, like many of us do, conflated my value as a human with my value as an employee,” says Jonathan.
In this episode, Jonathan shares how he tried a couple of different jobs and industries before landing on user experience, also known as UX.
Was it all worth it? Tune in to find out and to hear Jonathan's advice for changing careers more than once.
Episode Highlights:
• Feeling overworked
• Wanting a better quality of life
• Planning to leave
• Former colleagues look out for each other
• Soft skills are core skills
• Learning the language in a new industry
• Battling an identity crisis about leaving journalism
• Transitioning to user experience, or UX
• Feeling aligned with what you’re doing
• Don’t focus on the job title
• Advice for making multiple career changes
Additional Episodes:
Ep 31: Leaving journalism: When you need to change industries
Ep 35: Leaving media: Career change for editors
Additional Podcast Mentioned:
What Rules!?: A Career Podcast for Women of Color
Resources:
Where Editors Go Next—An Ongoing List of Pivot-able Industries by Chandra Turner
2024 Editorial Hiring Report by TheTalentFairy
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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45: Avoid burnout with your career change
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
11/14/23 • 30 min
It takes time to change industries or professions, and depending on how you handle that time—and the feelings that come with it—it could lead to burnout.
I speak with Dr. Kyle Elliott, a career coach and founder of CaffeinatedKyle.com. Kyle coaches career changers, so they avoid burnout as they work on their career switch.
In this episode, Kyle shares how having clear targets, realistic goals and a good support system can keep you from burning out. He offers techniques to apply for jobs strategically along with ways to take care of yourself while changing careers.
Episode Highlights:
- Specify clear targets
- Set realistic goals
- Focus on what you can control
- Stay grounded
- Separate facts vs feelings
- Techniques to apply for jobs strategically
- Who should be in your support system
- Self-care while making a career change to avoid burnout
- Ways to bolster your confidence to combat impostor syndrome
- How all jobs are the same
Find Dr. Kyle Elliott at:
Website: https://caffeinatedkyle.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylecromerelliott/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caffeinatedkyle/
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/caffeinatedkyle
Resources Mentioned:
Kyle's articles:
How to Avoid and Manage Job Search Burnout
How to Write a Career Change Resume (with Examples)
Workforce Development Board: Find one in your area
Average job search:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation News Release 9/1/23
Episode 5: How to handle uncertainty while making a career change
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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40: Going back to school for a career change
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
09/05/23 • 18 min
Did you know? 48% of U.S. employers offer undergraduate or graduate tuition assistance as a benefit? This means you can start making your career change NOW while you’re still at your current job!
When Weavy Garcia’s company offered an MBA program to their employees, he went for it. It was an opportunity to learn about business, get his master’s, and switch from IT into sales, a more lucrative option for him.
In this throwback episode, Weavy recalls what it was like to go back to school for 18 months while working full-time and how it affected his family life.
Weavy shares how his MBA and IT experience have secured his future and how networking played a key role in making his career change.
Episode Highlights:
- Applying for an employer-sponsored degree program
- Earning a degree to diversify
- Going back to school while working full-time
- Staying motivated
- Leaving to grow your career
- How to network socially
- Networking to open doors
- Pros and cons of alternating between two fields
- Securing your future with a higher degree
Weavy’s podcast: The Uncanny Coconuts
Weavy’s drone business: FlyTechGuy Drone Services
48% of U.S. employers offer tuition assistance: 2023 SHRM Employee Benefits Survey
Resources:
10 Best Master’s Degrees for Career Changers:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/best-masters-degrees-for-career-change
These Fortune 500 companies will help pay for employee MBAs:
50 Companies with Amazing Tuition Reimbursement Programs:
https://myscholly.com/50-companies-with-amazing-tuition-reimbursement-programs/
25+ Companies with Tuition Reimbursement Programs:
https://getschooled.com/article/5206-companies-with-great-tuition-reimbursement-programs/
How to Use—and Ask For—Employer Tuition Reimbursement Benefits:
https://extension.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-use-and-ask-for-employer-tuition-reimbursement-benefits/
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
42: Is a creative career right for you?
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
10/03/23 • 25 min
If you’re dreaming about breaking out on your own to do something creative, this episode is for you! Creative strategy coach Michelle Guo works with creatives, such as freelance web designers, copywriters and social media managers. As the founder of Magicave Media, Michelle empowers her clients to build a sustainable business around their desired lifestyle.
Is a creative career right for you? Michelle helps you figure that out with all the things you should consider, including your personality, lifestyle and finances. She also reminds us that a creative career has a business side to it, which you should also keep in mind.
Epiosode Highlights:
- What is a creative career?
- Consider your personality, lifestyle and finances
- Resources for creatives
- How ikigai can help you figure out a creative career
- The business side to a creative career—taxes, legal and profit
- Common challenges for creatives
- Dealing with rejection
Find Michelle Guo at:
Website: www.magicavemedia.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelleannguo/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/magicave-media/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelleannguo
Clear, Connect & Close Resource Vault: https://www.magicavemedia.com/clear-connect-close
Resources Mentioned:
Freelancers Union: https://freelancersunion.org
SCORE: https://www.score.org
PositivePsychology: The Philosophy of Ikigai: 3 Examples About Finding Purpose
LinkedIn: Ikigai, Japanese Secret To Long & Happy Life – A Book Summary & Review
Creative Career Switch Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 18: The pros and cons of becoming a full-time writer
Ep 21: A side hustle results in a career switch
Ep 25: A hobby turns into a career change (photography business)
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
41: Pursuing your passion at any age (Hispanic Heritage Month)
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
09/19/23 • 24 min
After she was laid off in her 50s, Argentine-born Mirta Rinaldi decided to follow her passion for cooking. Today, Mirta is in her 70s and teaches Argentine cuisine. She also owns her own business, Mendulcina, where she hosts cultural experiences and makes and sells delicacies from her home country.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Mirta shares how she made her career change and the rich ties her new career as a cooking instructor and entrepreneur has to her culture. It's more than just cooking for Mirta; it's about preserving her family's legacy and teaching others about Argentina.
Check out Mirta's advice if you, too, are making your career switch after age 50!
Episode Highlights:
- Getting laid off after age 50
- Learning a new career hands on
- Saving family recipes
- Focusing on your passion
- Reinventing yourself at any age
- Not being afraid to be yourself
- Advice for a career change over 50
- Sharing your culture with others
Find Mirta Rinaldi at:
Instagram: @rinaldi.mirta and @mendulcina
Website: League of Kitchens
Learn more about the League of Kitchens at:
Website: www.leagueofkitchens.com
Instagram: @leagueofkitchens
Facebook: @LeagueOfKitchens
LinkedIn: @theleagueofkitchens
Watch Mirta's documentary, "From Grandma with Love: Mirta's Argentine Kitchen":
Amazon Prime
Apple TV+
More episodes for Hispanic Heritage Month:
Ep 33: Leaving corporate to lead a non-profit
More episodes for making a career change after age 50:
Ep 4: Aged out: Making a career switch at over 50
Ep 16: Breaking into a new industry in your 50
Ep 18: The pros and cons of being a full-time author
Ep 21: From side hustle to a new career
Ep 23: How being bilingual helps your new career
Ep 32: How to make a career change after 50
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
04: Aged out: Making a career change over 50
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
05/04/21 • 16 min
Errol Griffiths spent decades in ad sales until he was aged out. Unsure of what to pursue next, he explored a few options that didn’t work out. He shares how he figured out his career switch at over age 50, and made his way into financial advising, where his age is now an asset with his clients and he can work as many more years as he wants.
Episode Highlights
- Be honest with yourself
- How to figure out what to pursue next
- Talk to people about what they do
- Rule out what you don’t want to do
- Ask people for what they see in you
- Applying your skill set to a new industry
- Going back to school at over age 50
- How being over 50 can be an asset in a new industry or profession
- The benefits of being a mature professional
- Choosing an industry where you won’t be aged out
- Advice for making a career switch at over age 50
Articles for a career switch over 50:
Flexjobs: 6 Tips for Starting a New Career at 50
AARP: Identifying Shortage Occupations and the Skills 50+ Workers Will Need, 2017-2020
LearnHowToBecome.org: The Complete Guide to Career Change After 50
TheBalanceCareers.com: Top 10 Best Jobs for Women Over 50
TheMuse.com: 7 Tips to Help You Change Careers at (or After) Age 50
More episodes for making a career change after age 50:
Ep 16: Starting a new career after 50
Ep 18: The pros and cons of being a full-time author
Ep 21: A side hustle results in a career switch
Ep 23: How being bilingual helps your new career
Ep 32: How to make a career change after 50
Ep 41: Pursuing your passion at any age
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
44: The power of networking for POC & First Gens
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
10/31/23 • 35 min
As a person of color (POC) and/or first-generation professional, your family’s culture and background likely influenced your beliefs, which can now impact your making a career change.
Dani Tan is a leadership and career coach, who works with POC and First Gens who are often the first, few or only in their space. Dani reveals how the scarcity mindset from our parents can affect our career choices. And she shares how the power of networking can reset our thinking.
Dani, who is Asian Latina and first generation, also teaches us how to let go of some career lessons we learned as kids. And, we tackle guilt, that overwhelming feeling that can keep POC and First Gens from making a career switch.
Episode Highlights:
- Common career-change fears for POC and First Gens
- How the scarcity mindset of your parents affects your career choices
- Why networking is especially important for POC and first-generation professionals
- Building a community of role models, mentors, sponsors and allies
- How networking can quiet the fears of making a career change
- Highlight Reel and Words of Empowerment exercises to tackle self-doubt
- Connecting with other POC and first-gen professionals
- Dealing with guilt about wanting to change careers
- Releasing “survival mode” to find a new career that'll make you happy
- Highlighting those skills that make you special as a POC and First Gen
- Letting go of the “put your head down and just work hard” mentality
Find Dani Tan at:
Website: https://www.danitan.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-tan/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danitani/
Podcast: The Pivot and Promotion Podcast
LinkedIn Groups for POC:
National Association of Asian American Professionals
Asian American Professionals and Leaders Network
The Black Professionals Network
Resources:
National Career Development Association: Understanding the Needs of First-Generation Professionals
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
32: How to make a career change after 50
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
08/30/22 • 25 min
Some of the most listened to episodes of Career Switch Podcast are those that feature guests who’ve switched industries or professions after age 50. So, I decided to dedicate an entire episode to making a career change when you’re over 50.
I speak with Penny Kastaris, executive coach and senior consultant with Right Management Talent Solutions, a company that offers career transition services.
Penny is a young Boomer, who helps over-50 clients with their career change, whether they know what they want to pursue next or are lost.
In this episode, Penny addresses the most frequent concerns she hears from her clients and offers her best advice for making an over-50 career switch.
Resources:
Assessment tests: Hogan, Birkman, Myers-Briggs
BetterUp: Changing Careers at 50? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Indeed: Should You Make a Career Change at 50? Tips on How to Do It Successfully
Monster: The After-50 Career Change
Yahoo: How to Make a Career Change After 50
Additional Over-50 Episodes:
Ep 4: Aged out: Making a career switch at over 50
Ep 16: Starting a new career after 50
Ep 18: The pros and cons of being a full-time author
Ep 21: A side hustle results in a career switch
Ep 23: How being bilingual helps your new career
Ep 41: Pursuing your passion at any age
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
21: From side hustle to a new career
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
03/29/22 • 24 min
If you listen to audiobooks, you may have heard Mike Lenz on Audible. Mike is a voiceover actor who has narrated about 170 titles over the past 15 years.
When Mike started doing voiceover in 2006, he was working as a pharmacist and running his own business. For some 10 years, he narrated books and voiced other projects on the side. Today, Mike is a full-time voiceover actor and works with corporate clients and major publishers, like Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster.
In this episode of Career Switch Podcast, Mike shares how he learned his craft, the mental challenges he had about making his career change, and the decade he remained, as he calls it, “persistently consistent” with his side hustle to make voiceover acting his new career after age 50.
Find Mike Lenz at:
Website: https://mikelenzvoice.com
Podcast: https://mikelenzvopodcast.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mikelenzvo
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@mikelenzvoice
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mikelenzvoice
Voiceover course: https://vosuccess.com
Audiobook mentioned in episode:
Sell More with Science by David Hoffeld on Audible
More episodes for making a career change after age 50:
Ep 4: Aged out: Making a career switch at over 50
Ep 16: Starting a new career after 50
Ep 18: The pros and cons of being a full-time author
Ep 23: How being bilingual helps your new career
Ep 32: How to make a career change after 50
Ep 41: Pursuing your passion at any age
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
10: Will your employer pay for your degree?
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
07/27/21 • 18 min
If your company offers tuition assistance to pursue a degree, you can start making your career switch NOW while you’re at your current job. This is what Weavy Garcia did when he decided to diversify from IT. Getting his MBA through his employer was an opportunity to learn about business, get his Master’s, and switch into sales, a more lucrative option for him.
In this episode, Weavy tells us what it was like to work full-time during the day and take classes at night to earn his degree. Spoiler alert: It was tough, but it was worth it for his career switch. His MBA, along with his IT experience, have helped him secure his future by always being employable, whether in IT, sales, or both. He now has the flexibility and diversification he was looking for.
Weavy also shares how he had to move on from his employer after he got his MBA in order to grow and how networking was key in making his career switch.
Weavy’s podcast: The Uncanny Coconuts
Weavy’s drone business: FlyTechGuy Drone Services
Resources:
10 Best Master’s Degrees for Career Changers:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/best-masters-degrees-for-career-change
These Fortune 500 companies will help pay for employee MBAs:
50 Companies with Amazing Tuition Reimbursement Programs:
https://myscholly.com/50-companies-with-amazing-tuition-reimbursement-programs/
25+ Companies with Tuition Reimbursement Programs:
https://getschooled.com/article/5206-companies-with-great-tuition-reimbursement-programs/
How to Use—and Ask For—Employer Tuition Reimbursement Benefits:
https://extension.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-use-and-ask-for-employer-tuition-reimbursement-benefits/
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
What's your career switch? What do you think about this episode and the show? Tell us at careerswitchpod.com. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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The podcast is about Career Advice, Entrepreneurship, Podcasts, Business, Careers and Career Change.
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The episode title '45: Avoid burnout with your career change' is the most popular.
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