Ep. 036: Why You Should Quit Your Job Now, with Tess Vigeland
Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job
Mac Prichard
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2016
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Ever think about quitting your job? A vast majority of people do. One survey cited by CBS News found that 84% of Americans want to switch employers. Yet most of us show up for work every Monday even when we want to be somewhere else.
There are many reasons we don’t quit our job--even jobs that make us unhappy. Top concerns people cite include: family, money and opportunity. But what if you walked out of your office today without lining up your next job? Does that sound crazy?
This week on Find Your Dream Job, we speak to author Tess Vigeland, who makes a case for why you should quit your job now - even if you don’t have a “Plan B.”
In this 34-minute episode you will learn:
- Why leaving a dream job might be the best move you can possibly make
- How to know when it’s time to quit your job
- How to review, understand, and present your employable skills
- How to discover who you are outside of your traditional career role
This week’s guest:
Tess Vigeland (Twitter | LinkedIn)
Author, Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want
SE Asia
Listener question of the week:
- “How does one brand themselves in the midst of a career / industry transition?” - Chris
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Resources from this week’s show:
- Weekend Resume Kit
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Outlook
- Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want
- TessUntethered.com
- Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond) – On sale through June 15!
If you have a job-hunting or career development resource you’d like to share, please contact Ben Forstag, Mac’s List Managing Director at ben@macslist.org.
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| 1:04.7 | Music This is Find Your Dream Job, a podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm Mac Pritchard, your host, and publisher of Max List. |
| 1:23.7 | I'm joined by my co-host, Ben Forrestag, our managing director, and Jennifer Forrestra, our community manager. |
| 1:29.8 | Everything about quitting your job? That's our topic this week. Most of us would like to change jobs now. |
| 1:35.4 | One survey cited by CBS News found that 84% of Americans want to switch employers. |
| 1:41.7 | Yet most of us show up for work every Monday, even when we want to be somewhere else. |
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