Love Your 9 to 5

21: Find Your Transferable Skills with Career Coach Scott Anthony Barlow

Episode Summary

In this episode Scott shares how his initial job was a terrible fit that ended abruptly and he was left to find himself a job within 10 weeks before his savings ran out. Despite the financial challenge, Scott was not willing to compromise and work at a job that was not a good fit ever again. Next Scott got a great job in HR  for an established company without much of a background in HR but was able to find his transferable skills for that position.

Episode Notes

• Scott shares how his initial job was a terrible fit that ended abruptly and he was left to find himself a job within 10 weeks before his savings ran out. Despite the financial challenge, Scott was not willing to compromise and work at a job that was not a good fit ever again.
• Next Scott got a great job in HR  for an established company without much of a background in HR but was able to find his transferable skills for that position. Ultimately Scott was promoted in that role several times until it reached a point where it was no longer a good fit for him.

Action Item: Find your transferable skills to broaden your job search and unlock new possibilities. 

• Scott explains that he really didn't know that HR would be the right fit for him, it was just one of the 3 options on the table at that time.