Comments on: Best of Both Worlds podcast: Nobody cares about your career, with Erika Ayers Badan

By: Jami H

Jami H — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:35:52 +0000

In reply to Anne. I was going to recommend the same thing. I happen to work in Higher Wd so have access to career services but the community college I work at now offer those services free to the community. I’ve used them to discuss how to approach a career transition and one school offered services for spouses of new faculty. I also met with a friend/colleague who had orchestrated his own career transition just to learn about his experience. Best of luck to you!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:53:59 +0000

In reply to Anne. @Anne - great idea! Yep, there are definitely career counseling resources available from different places.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:43:09 +0000

Re: career coach. When I was going through a career transition, I met with a career counselor at the university that I graduated from. Most universities offer career services to their alumni free or little charge so I’d recommend this as a potential option.

By: Yukun Wu

Yukun Wu — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:11:06 +0000

I actually also wonder where the habit of writing like “Nobody told me I could do this” came from.
Like Ms. Erika Ayers Badan, I, too, can surely see in my career that I’m the one who can make a difference in my life and in my job and in my career and that I’m ultimately responsible.
Ms. Erika Ayers Badan listed challenges that women uniquely face in workplaces, which I can also discuss with her in detail after I reach out to her.
I noticed that you’ll rollout the Better Workday Challenge, Ms. Laura Vanderkam. I wonder if you specifically designed the Better Workday Challenge based on the book that Ms. Erika Ayers Badan wrote. If that is not the case, you can also tell me about it.