Life Is Work - Ep 60 - Hiring: When I Grow Up

Co-hosts, Producers:

Danielle Stenger 
Cameron Navarro, LMSW 

Mel’s Mindful Minute: 35:09

Melanie Wilmoth Navarro, LMSW, RYT, TSTSY-F

Owner, Lead Facilitator - Whole Moon Wellness

wholemoonwellness@gmail.com

Contact Info:

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Music:

Intro - King Must Die, by Picnic Lightning

MMM Transitions - Sur, by Picnic Lightning

Outro - Pa’lante, by Hurray for the Riff Raff

When I Grow Up

• RESULT: To begin our hiring series by exploring how we’re taught to pursue certain professions, and consider how to identify a variety of potential careers at any time in our lives.
• Danecdote
  • a brief journey of trying different things

Protein - Main Event - Topic d’jour

• Hiring Series Overview
  • Over the next 7 weeks, we’re going to walk through the hiring process to explore different ways of thinking about the hiring process
  • Provide support and tips on how to navigate this system in a way that promotes our humanity
  • Many folx are currently without jobs, and so while these suggestions are the “ideal”, we’re happy to partner and help You Do You
• When I Grow Up
  • Current Culture
    • When i grow up, i’m going to be a:
      • Doctor, Teacher, Vet, etc
      • Usually gendered
      • Usually a “coveted” career, but not necessarily money focused until HS/college
    • School “tracks”
      • Electives
      • HS Counselors
      • Aptitude tests
      • Go to college
    • College
      • Picking majors
    • Graduation
      • Masters
      • Career centers
      • Just need a job!
  • Where are we now
    • How many of us out there are working in a job where our major was? Our interests?
    • Job satisfaction & career satisfaction
    • Second careers
  • How to evaluate
    • Skills inventory
      • knowledge/expertise
      • “Soft” skills
      • Natural skills
      • interests/passions
    • Exploration “Networking” - talking to connection in other fields
      • CEUs/workshops/free courses/youtubes
      • Our You Do You individual consulting
    • Taking a risk - being vulnerable
      • Internship
      • Going for it

Mel’s Mindful Minute: 35:09

• Journaling exercise from Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way"

We Are Always Students

• The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
• Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century 
• Your Art Will Save Your Life by Beth Pickens

Sharing is Self-Caring

• Self-care
  • What’s your dream lifestyle? What does it look, sound, and feel like? What excites you about it?
• Community-care
  • Do you know the dreams of those around you? Are there ways you can support them in achieving those dreams?
• Systems-care
  • How would organizations benefit if more people were following their passions? Why don’t more organizations support more people doing so?

Reach Out!

• lifeisworkpod.com
  • Find questions submission link
• Instagram @ lifeisworkpod
• Ko-Fi Coffee 
• info@palanteconsulting.com