A career pivoting journey: transitioning from retail buyer to content writer - Valerie Mekki

On this week’s episode, we have Valerie Mekki who used to be a retail buyer and product developer for major fashion brands for over 18 years and now she is a content writer and loves it! 

In this interview, Valerie fascinatingly shares her career pivots including becoming an entrepreneur, returning to a 9-5 and a lot more! We discuss:

• The false security of job security
• How accreditations and side projects can really help in your career transitions
• The mindset to handle your ego being crushed when working more junior roles in a new career
• How to deal with tough times during your career transition
• Practical ways to make money from your years or decades of previous career experience
• A golden mindset trick to becoming prolific in sharing what you do on social media
• How to restore balance during your transition so you don't burn out

Resources:

• Check out Valerie’s amazing blog about a career change for mid-life professionals at Oh Hello Work Life
• Connect directly with Valerie on LinkedIn here - listen to the end of the episode to learn how to send a LinkedIn message that gets her attention!
• To find out more about prototyping your next career, listen to this episode of the show here
• Book a free 20-min confidential call with Matt to discuss any career or life change challenges you are having here
• Check out more inspiring interviews with full transcripts to scan quickly for career and life change nuggets on the Burn From Within website here