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🗓️ 23 February 2025
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Bob Moesta, co-creator of the Jobs to Be Done framework, recently published a new book, Job Moves. Drawing from interviews with over 1,000 people about their career transitions, it offers a practical playbook for career development. In our conversation, we discuss:
• The four different “quests” that drive career changes
• Why job features (salary, title) matter less than experiences
• How to identify what gives you energy vs. drains you
• The power of taking a “jobcation”
• A template for crafting your career story
• Tips for hiring and retaining great talent
• The importance of prototyping potential careers
• Much more
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Where to find Bob Moesta:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmoesta/
• Website: https://www.jobmoves.com/
• Podcast: https://pca.st/gg6goo1n
• The Re-Wired Group: https://therewiredgroup.com/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Bob's background
(05:10) Bob’s new book, Job Moves
(09:31) Job features vs. job experiences
(11:16) Four reasons people leave jobs
(17:20) Energy drivers and energy drains
(31:05) Prototyping your next job
(34:32) Pushes and pulls
(40:01) Understanding that no job is perfect
(43:18) Taking a jobcation
(51:22) Finding the right next step
(55:18) Navigating job applications and interviews
(58:28) How to craft your career story
(01:04:04) Strengths and weaknesses: leveraging your superpowers
(01:06:21) Hiring and writing job descriptions
(01:11:20) Self-awareness and founding a startup
(01:21:24) Conclusion and final thoughts
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Referenced:
• The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-jtbd-bob-moesta
• Ethan S. Bernstein on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanbernstein/
• National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
• Radical Candor: From theory to practice with author Kim Scott: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/radical-candor-from-theory-to-practice
• Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-a-long-and-meaningful-career
• The Story Spine (also known as Pixar’s Story Structure): https://www.storyprompt.com/blog/the-story-spine-also-known-as-pixars-story-structure
• Tobi Lütke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaslutke
• Job Moves resources: https://www.jobmoves.com/resources
• Why Employees Quit: https://hbr.org/2024/11/why-employees-quit
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Recommended book:
• Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career: https://www.amazon.com/Job-Moves-Making-Progress-Career/dp/0063283581
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0:00.0 | You just wrote a new book called Job Moves that I have right here. What's kind of just a big idea |
0:03.8 | behind this book? The moment you stop making progress in your career is the moment you start |
0:07.9 | looking for another job. And so over the last 15 years, we've interviewed over a thousand people. |
0:13.0 | I've coached almost a thousand people because I think there's a billion people a year who switch |
0:17.2 | jobs. And ultimately, most of them end up with a job that's worse than the one they were at, |
0:21.7 | but they don't know how to find it. They don't know themselves well enough. There's a very tactical |
0:25.3 | piece of advice in your book, which is the idea of a jobcation. When you're in a startup, it changes who you |
0:30.1 | are. And the moment that you get out of that environment, you need to take the time to reset your mind and your body. I call it a jobcation, which is a job I can go do with one hand tie by high my back, so I can rest and recover to go do something else. It's about actually being able to go to the gym and work out and have some vacations. The moment you get comfortable doing nothing, you know who you are again and you can actually figure this out. You have this really interesting distinction in the book between job features, like salary and title and job experiences. It's very simple, very similar to product. There's |
1:00.1 | difference between product features and product experiences. And what you start to realize is |
1:03.8 | it's the experiences that keep you at your job. It's not just about the money because you start |
1:08.1 | to realize money is a surrogate for respect or I've got bills |
1:11.7 | to pay or I'm falling behind. Money has actually many, many different implications to it because |
1:16.5 | everybody wants more money. But the question is, why do you want more money? |
1:22.5 | Today, my guest is Bob Mesta. Bob is the co-creator of the Jobs to Be Done framework and worked alongside |
1:29.0 | Clay Christensen for many years. He's also started nine different companies. He's currently the co-founder |
1:34.1 | and CEO of the ReWired Group. This is Bob's second visit to the podcast. In our first conversation, |
1:40.3 | we got super deep on the Jobs to Be Done Framework. In this conversation, we talk about his new book |
1:45.3 | that he believes is going to be even more impactful to the world |
1:47.9 | than the jobs to be done framework. |
1:49.5 | The book is called Job Moves. |
1:51.1 | It's basically a very tactical guide to finding a job that you love. |
1:55.4 | I won't give it away, but if you're struggling to find a job |
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