Job Search, Promotion, and Career Clarity: The Mid-Career GPS Podcast
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Are you feeling stuck, undervalued, or underutilized in your current role?
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Are you trying to figure out what’s next for your career, but not sure where to start?
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Hosted by executive and career transition coach John Neral, The Mid-Career GPS Podcast is your go-to resource to help you confidently navigate your job search, career advancement, and workplace challenges. Whether you want to find a new job, get promoted, or simply feel more fulfilled at work, this show will help you build the clarity and strategy you need to take your next step.
Each episode features actionable advice, insightful interviews, and real-world strategies to help mid-career professionals, typically managers to senior directors, design a career they love or love the career they have.
You’ve built a solid career. Now it’s time to build Your Mid-Career GPS to figure out what's next and how to get there.
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Job Search, Promotion, and Career Clarity: The Mid-Career GPS Podcast
11: Are You Professionally Struggling? Here’s How to Get Through It.
If you are struggling in your career, please know you are not alone. We ALL struggle at some point in our profession – and often – multiple times throughout our careers. There are many reasons and influencers that directly contribute to your stress and struggle. When you struggle, you face a pivotal moment in your career where you learn who you need to go to get rid of that struggle and be better for those experiences on the other side.
You don’t have to have everything figured out for your career right now at this moment. Remember when math got difficult? You learned how to deal with it. The same principles hold in your career.
If your professional identity has taken a hit, listen to this episode to gain valuable tips to help you acknowledge your struggle, and create some tangible action steps to help you end the battle and move your career forward. You can decide to play this safe or go big and take your career to the next level because of the lessons you’re learning dealing with this struggle.
Key Topics & Time Stamps:
· Defining and identifying your professional struggle (1:12)
· Do you remember when math got difficult? (6:25)
· Addressing professional identity issues (10:23)
· Struggling during the pandemic and what you’ve learned (14:00)
· Play it safe or go big! (15:39)
List of Resources:
· Seven Mid-Level Career Struggles That Every Young Professional Goes Through
· SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career
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