Finding Mentors for a Career Pivot, with Kwan Segal

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Switching careers is a challenge at best and can become overwhelming. What if there was a way to shorten the process and make it less painful? There is, and the answer is to find mentors to help you, says Find Your Dream Job guest Kwan Segal. Kwan suggests you start by identifying the industry and specific companies you’d like to work in. Be flexible and willing to meet with someone in that company, even if they’re in a different position than you’re seeking. Kwan reminds us that none of us succeed alone, so reach out to others who can become your mentors and help you make your career switch less overwhelming.

About Our Guest:

Kwan Segal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwansegal/) is a human capital consultant and the founder of ICAway (https://www.icaway.com/). It’s a career coaching company for international students and immigrants in the US.

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If you’re an international student or immigrant, Kwan wants to help you. Find out more by visiting her website at www.icaway.com (https://www.icaway.com/)
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1:06.5	This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired,
1:16.7	have the career you want, and make a difference in life.
1:19.7	I'm our host, Mack Pritchard.
1:21.1	I'm also the founder of Max List.
1:23.6	It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.
1:28.4	Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work you want.
1:34.8	Looking for work is hard, and it makes you vulnerable too.
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