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Career Change Success Story: From Wildlife Biologist to Content Writer

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on October 4, 2020

Today’s career change success story features Lindsay VanSomeren. Lindsay is a wildlife biologist who did a career pivot into freelance content writing. I think you’ll be inspired by her.
 
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Lindsay, can you tell us about your earlier career and how you launched your new career focus?
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Career Change Success Story: From Nonprofit Development to User Experience (UX)

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on October 23, 2019

Today’s interview features Jennifer Houlihan. I met Jennifer through Austin Digital Jobs. Jennifer told a hilarious story about a mishap in a class she was taking and after I learned more about her, I decided to share her career change success story with you.… Read more... “Career Change Success Story: From Nonprofit Development to User Experience (UX)”

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How to Use Volunteer Work to Make a Career Change

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on April 10, 2019

My career change from tech to career counseling started with a volunteer experience. At the beginning of my career change, I had no relevant job experience and I had taken only one undergraduate class that was even slightly relevant to counseling (it was Introductory Psychology).… Read more... “How to Use Volunteer Work to Make a Career Change”

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How to Know When to Change Careers

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on February 11, 2020

Dear Career Coach,

I work in higher education. I taught chemistry for 8 years at a community college. From there, I moved to a 4-year university to become a professional academic advisor.  I spent 8 years there as well. My first 6 years there as an advisor and the last 2 years as the director of the advising unit.… Read more... “How to Know When to Change Careers”

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Career Coaching Success Stories

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on January 19, 2020

I love reading success stories of any type, so I thought it would be fun to research some career coaching success stories to share with my readers. I am not affiliated with any of these career coaches and they don’t know I am writing about them.… Read more... “Career Coaching Success Stories”

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Filed Under: Career Change, Career Decision-Making, Happiness At Work

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