VocationVacations Podcast

Eight Steps To A Successful Career Transition

Wed, 13 May 2009 02:44:00 +0000

Career Experts Offer Hands-On Strategies, Step-By-Step Action Plan

In today’s challenging job market, you need tools, not rhetoric, to help you plot your course of action. Call in to “Eight Steps to A Successful Career Transition”, a free one-hour teleclass presented by:

Brian Kurth, career strategist, founder of VocationVacations® and author
Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D., founder of Coaching for Boomers and Beyond
Roberta Taylor, certified life coach
Will Wiebe, professional career and life coach

Whether you are looking for a new job, a totally new career or thinking of starting your own business, these experts will offer specific, practical strategies to help you:

Explore, discover and pursue that “great job”
Address your fears
Create an action plan
Find a mentor in your desired career(s)
Test-drive a new job or career
Create a professional brand
Network
Establish thresholds

A career transition doesn’t happen over night. But by following this proven step-by-step process, you can discover, pursue and attain career fulfillment and personal satisfaction.

VocationVacations Podcast #8

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:06:00 +0000

Jeri Sedlar joins Brian Kurth for this episode of the VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast

VocationVacations Podcast #7 - Live What You Love

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:08:00 +0000

This Month’s Free Podcast – Brian Chats With “Live What You Love’ Founders and Authors of “Changing Your Course?, Melinda and Bob Blanchard!

VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #6 - Music Producer

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:53:00 +0000

VocationVacations Founder Brian Kurth chats with V-V Mentor Jeff Weber, Vocationer Alumni Carlos Capdevila and Carlos' V-V-Affiliated Career Coach, Sharon Good about the transition back to a life in music.

VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #5 - Professional Baseball Team General Manager

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:39:00 +0000

Brian Kurth, President & Founder of VocationVacations, along with Jay Miller, President of Baseball Team Round Rock Express and VocationVacations Mentor, and Vocationer Alumni Bob Higgins talk about having a job that is a lifelong passion. How do YOU turn your lifelong passion into a career?

VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #4 - Wine Industry Career

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:26:00 +0000

Brian Kurth, author of Test-Drive Your Dream Job and Founder of VocationVacations, speaks with VocationVacations Mentor Roman Roth of Wolffer Vineyards and Vocationer Alum Len Dest to talk about transitioning into the wine industry. Len had thought about being a winemaker for some time, but found that there are more ways to be engaged in the industry than making the wine!

VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #3 - Fashion Buyer

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:28:00 +0000

Brian Kurth, author of Test-Drive Your Dream Job, speaks with VocationVacations Mentor Mercedes Gonzalez of Global Purchasing Companies and Vocationer Alum Shannon Jones about breaking into the garment industry.

VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #2 - Actor

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:23:00 +0000

Brian Kurth chats with Actor & VocationVacations mentor, Jack Plotnick about his career. From how he started out to how he continues to be successful. Joining Brian and Jack is Kay Oldfather-Daigle, a Vocationer who mentored with Jack recently.

VocationVacations Dream Job Podcast #1 - Hotel General Manager

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:14:00 +0000

VocationVacations President & Founder, Brian Kurth discusses the dream job of Hotel General Manager with Mentor Nabil Moubayed who is the General Manager of Chicago's Hotel Monaco. Joining Nabil and Brian is Corazon Chacon, a former Vocationer who after her VocationVacation with Nabil has gone on to work for the Kimpton Hotel Group.