Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change
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.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
37: Starting a retail business after corporate burnout
Helene Godin was a lawyer for 22 years before she burnt out on the long hours and commute. She quit in 2010 with no plan.
Over the next year, Helene used her skills as a lawyer to study the gluten-fre…
36: How to be more confident with your career change
You need confidence to make a career change. Public speaking and confidence coach Sammie Walker Herrera shares how you can be more confident with job interviewing, networking and negotiating.
In thi…
35: Leaving media: Career change for editors
If you're an editor who's been affected by the layoffs in journalism and media, this episode is for you! I chat with editorial recruiter Chandra Turner, founder of The Talent Fairy, a recruiting agen…
34: 3 signs it's time for a career change
Welcome to Season 3! Are you thinking about making a career change, but aren't sure? I speak with certified life and career coach Deirdre Taylor about three big signs you should watch out for that ar…
33: Leaving corporate for non-profit (Hispanic Heritage Month)
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I speak with Charlotte Castillo, managing director of Poderistas, a non-profit founded by Latinas that focuses on building a digital community to inspire civic en…
32: How to make a career change after 50
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 mak…
31: Leaving journalism: When you need to change industries
Chances are you need to make a career switch if your industry is in trouble. Maria Azua was just starting her career to become a magazine editor in 2016 when she realized print journalism was unstabl…
30: Ladies, avoid these mistakes with your career change!
Career mindset coach Ellen Torreyson helps women challenge their beliefs and get real about why they want to make a career change and how they go about it.
In this episode of Career Switch Podcast, …
29: The ups and downs of building a business
After working in finance for almost 10 years, Teddy Levarda was looking to make a career change. Having to sit all day at work and the constant stress of his investment job had given him chronic hip …
28: In your 20s and feeling guilty about wanting to make a career change?
If you’re in your 20s and you feel stuck in your career, this episode is for you. Perhaps you majored in a certain subject in college, got a job in that major after graduation, and you now realize it…
27: From classroom to corporate: How a teacher transitioned out of education
Former high school teacher Tyler Banh certainly understands why so many teachers are leaving their profession nowadays.
In this episode of Career Switch Podcast, Tyler shares why he quit teaching in …
26: How to make your transferable skills stand out with storytelling
One of the trickiest parts about making a career switch is having to show someone that you’ve done A, B, and C in one industry or profession and that you’ll be able to do X, Y, and Z in a new one. Yo…
25: Is your hobby your next career?
When people offer to pay you for something you do well, take note. It could lead to a career switch. It did for Anthony Randazzo. As a straight-A student, Anthony grew up with two career options—doct…
24: Using your quiet strengths as an introvert to change careers
Nancy Ancowitz, author of Self-Promotion for Introverts®: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead, walks us through why introverts can struggle with networking, interviewing, thinking on the spot, and impos…
23: How being bilingual can boost your career change
When Julia Abrantes moved from NYC to Atlanta, she assumed she’d have no problem finding another job as a legal secretary with her 30 years experience. To her surprise, she had a hard time landing a …
22: Benefits of volunteering: Transferable skills for a career change
One of the best things you can do for your career change is volunteer. I speak with career transition coach Bonnie Diamond, a senior executive coach at Right Management, about the professional and pe…
21: From side hustle to a new career
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, h…
20: A holistic approach to a career change
Welcome to Season 2! I speak with career coach Vilma Usaite, who believes in taking a holistic approach to making a career switch.
In this episode of Career Switch Podcast, Vilma breaks down her sign…
19: Here's why you're procrastinating about your career change
If you know that you need to make a career change, but you keep procrastinating, it's time to get real. I speak with career coach Jeanne Lyons, founder of Accelerated Synergies, who sheds light on wh…
18: The pros and cons of becoming a full-time writer
How many of us have dreamed of ditching our 9 to 5 job to become a full-time writer? In 2020, Jody Leber-Pay quit her job in financial services to write books. Under the pen name, Bradley Pay, Jody h…