Getting a new job doesn’t always help you find happiness—you might need a new career, according to Octavia Goredema, host of the Audible Original series, How to Change Careers.
According to analysis by Pew Research Center, half of the employees who quit their jobs in 2021 made a career change. The typical American employee will spend almost 100,000 hours at work during the course of a lifetime. That equates to spending a third of our lives at work.
“The work that we do matters,” says Goredema.
“If you’ve dreamed of making a career change, this is your moment. You haven’t failed by not being where you want to be yet. Trying out a career, whether you continue to pursue it or not, is valuable life experience. Even when we know what we want to do next, changing direction is often daunting. But we’re not alone. It is my hope that this course will shine a light on the opportunities and paths that lie ahead for you, and arm you with the tools and confidence to embark on the career you truly want.”
Goredema offers interviews, expert commentary, and has contributed articles around how to evaluate your career change options and can share three tips to clarify your next steps and overcome obstacles that stand in between where you are now and where you are headed:
- Why: Why are you making a career change?
- How: How you can do this? (8 questions to help you figure this out)
- When: When will you do this?
About the Audible Original series, How to Change Careers
Few feelings in life are as awful as the feeling of being trapped in the wrong career. But how do you find a job that truly resonates with you? And once you’ve found it, how do you develop the confidence to take the necessary steps to arrive at the career of your dreams?
Just ask Octavia Goredema, a noted career coach and author who made a major pivot in her professional career and has never looked back. Every day, in group workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions, she helps professionals find the right path to do the work that matters to them. And in her Audible Original How to Change Careers, she coaches you through the uncertainty behind any career change and gives you the confidence to hit a reset switch on your professional life.
In five informative and inspiring lessons, you’ll learn how to determine whether you need a gradual shift or an immediate pivot in your line of work; how to build out a road map of the resources, skills, and investment required to change careers; ways to conduct focused conversations with career changemakers and personal champions; tactics for handling the common pitfalls of personal doubt and rejection; and so much more.
With this invaluable professional resource, you’ll find yourself closer than ever to where you want to be in your life—and the work you want to be doing in it.
About the Host
Octavia Goredema is host of the Audible Original series, How to Change Careers.
A career coach, author, and the founder of Twenty Ten Agency, Goredema has coached leaders at renowned companies including Google, American Airlines, Tinder, General Motors, Nike, and Dow Jones. Goredema shares her insights in her book, PREP, PUSH, PIVOT: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women, published by Wiley. She leads the PREP, PUSH, PIVOT Mastermind Circle, a virtual group coaching program that provides a catalyst for underrepresented women to advance their careers.
An acclaimed career expert, Goredema’s insights have been featured in leading media outlets including Fortune, CNN, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and Black Enterprise, among others. During the pandemic she co-hosted HBR Now, Harvard Business Review’sweekly show about leadership.
A dual U.S. and U.K. citizen, Goredema was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen (MBE) in recognition of her work, one of Great Britain’s highest civic honors. Octavia is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, where she leads the Gender Equity Network in the United States. Originally from England, Octavia lives in Los Angeles, California.