
Job Search, Promotion, and Career Clarity: The Mid-Career GPS Podcast
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Job Search, Promotion, and Career Clarity: The Mid-Career GPS Podcast
19: Your Career is a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder with Jessi Shuraleff
Jessi Shuraleff is a former Head of Industry at Google who, after 13.5 years, after much reflection, decided to take her career in a new direction. As a caring and empathetic leader, Jessi guided her teams to great success and was on a clearly defined path for more success within her organization. However, like most of us, we seek to do something different to make a more significant impact.
Jessi shares her wonderful experiences at Google and her mindset around what led her to decide to leave her position in this episode. She shares how taking an internal, lateral position was one of the best career moves she ever made. Jessi also shares her motto for 2021 and how that is helping her explore new opportunities for her family, her life, and her career.
Jessi’s transparency and openness are evident in this episode. If you are considering making a bold move in your career because you know there is something more out there for you, I hope you will listen to this episode.
You can follow Jessi on Instagram @ThisIsMyTruthPodcast and contact her via her website at https://jessishuraleff.com.
Key Topics & Time Stamps:
· Getting to know Jessi Shuraleff (2:43)
· Jessi’s career at Google leading to being a Head of Industry (4:13)
· Your career is a Jungle Gym not a ladder (7:53)
· Why making a horizontal move was one of Jessi’s best career moves (9:09)
· Listening to the whisper saying “Not this” (14:07)
· When the whisper shouts “Not this” (16:51)
· Jessi’s last week at Google (21:25)
· Jessi’s theme for 2021 - “F the handcuffs” (23:45)
· Life after Google (26:04)
· Jessi’s advice to help someone to help them create their Mid-Career GPS (31:42)
· Where you can connect with Jessi (36:33)
List of Resources:
· Follow Jessi on Instagram @ThisIsMyTruthPodcast and contact her via her website at https://jessishuraleff.com.
· #SHOWUP2020 – Episode #14 with Jessi Shuraleff
https://anchor.fm/showup2020/episodes/SHOW-UP-To-Lead-Authentically--Empathetically-ejv7b3/a-a57pll
· This Is My Truth Podcast Interview with John Neral
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