Million Dollar Careers: Finding Success in a Post-Career World

The traditional career is dead. Instead of climbing the resume ladder, many people are waking up to possibilities outside the cubicle or corner office.

 

We don’t live in an age where people stick with one career for decades. One person can have multiple iterations of their career, but it takes courage to make the leap.

 

How do you decide what your true calling is? How do you pivot before your job sucks the life out of you?

 

In this episode of Million Dollar Careers, we discuss an interesting WSJ article, and the new reality of careers.

 

People allow themselves to get stuck in a cubicle and they get the life sucked out of them and then they don’t know how to pivot. -Craig Picken

 

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode 

 

- The courage to reject status

What holds people back from leaving the comfy corner office even when it makes them miserable? 

 

- Getting fired might be the best thing to happen to you

What triggers the great awakening that gets people to go after what they really want? 

 

- The trap too many people fall into

A counter offer might just be a one-way ticket to nowhere-ville, how do we avoid taking the bait? 

 

Read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-rules-of-success-in-a-post-career-world-3e54b343

Learn More About Your Host:

 

Co-founder and Managing Partner for Northstar Group, Craig is focused on recruiting senior level leadership, sales and operations executives for some of the most prominent companies in the aviation and aerospace industry. Clients include well known aircraft OEM’s, aircraft operators, leasing / financial organizations, and Maintenance / Repair / Overhaul (MRO) providers. 

 

Since 2009 Craig has personally concluded more than 150 executive searches in a variety of disciplines. As the only executive recruiter who has flown airplanes, sold airplanes AND run a business, Craig is uniquely positioned to build deep, lasting relationships with both executives and the boards and stakeholders they serve. This allows him to use a detailed, disciplined process that does more than pair the ideal candidate with the perfect opportunity, and hit the business goals of the companies he serves.