How to Future-Proof Your Career, with Jane Barrett

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

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

None of us expect to do one job alone in the 40-plus years most of us will spend in the workplace. But how do we make sure we don’t get left behind by the changing needs of employers? To future-proof your career you need to play to your strengths. And you always need to be learning. About Our Guest: Jane Barrett Jane Barrett is a guest lecturer at leading business schools in Europe and an executive recruiter. Her clients include banks, blue companies, and startups. She is also the co-author of 'How to Take Charge of Your Career' (www.amazon.com/If-Not-Now-When-Charge/dp/1408125056) and the host of the podcast Grow Your Own Career: thecareerfarm.com/category/podcasts. Resources in this Episode: Have your parents influenced your career choices? Read 'The Jobs You're Most Likely to Inherit From Your Mother and Father' from NYTimes: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/22/upshot/the-jobs-youre-most-likely-to-inherit-from-your-mother-and-father.html?emc=eta1 What do you do when you’re not satisfied with your job but the benefits are ideal for your life? The team shares advice for our listener Leonard Coyer. Get more resources to future-proof your career at careerfarm.com/summary We want to hear from you! Please take our listener survey and you'll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card: visit macslist.org/podcastsurvey and complete by February 28, 2018 (Thank you!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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