Pivoting Careers - From Retail to Magician with Ricky Locke

11/11/20 • 30 min

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Ricky Locke is a professional magician, behavioral trainer, podcaster and a genuinely nice chap. As a professional magician and someone with an extensive background working in retail leadership and colleague development, he is absolutely passionate about creating memories that will last a lifetime and understanding what makes people successful in life, and how to live the best version of themselves. On this episode, we’ll be talking about pivoting careers: what it looks like and how to approach it. Joining us is Ricky Locke, who pivoted his career from working in retail to being a professional magician. We’ll learn about Ricky’s story and understand how and why he made his pivot. Learn more about Ricky's magic experiences: http://www.rickylocke.co.uk/ Listen to Unlocked on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Mr8E8AM66T2LgikJjyM40?si=JSZmP9luSLaW7wiyCLfffQ Listen to Unlocked on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocked/id1530507063 Follow Ricky on Social Media: @rickylockemagic --- Join the Pipeline community: @PipelineCareerServices For resume, interview, and career help visit https://linktr.ee/pipelinecareers New episodes every Wednesday at 6 PM ET!

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Changing Careers, Roles, and Industries with Keauna Mason

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Keauna Mason started her career as an electrical engineer at Northrop Grumman and then transitioned to business school at Stanford, marketing analytics at Interscope Records, working at a startup, and finally managing an operations team at Facebook. She has seen her fair share of career pivots and will be providing an overview of her career journey along with advice for those who may be (or need to be) making changes in their career. What we'll cover:

How to identify the signs that signal a potential need to make a career change
How to financially prepare to take a pay cut that allows you to pursue your passions
How to identify transferrable skills from one role to another
The decision of going back to school for an MBA
Keauna's current role at Facebook

For more information, reach out to Keauna at [email protected] or https://www.linkedin.com/in/keaunamason/

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