
Do you love your job? This is a question this week’s guest has been asking for years! Belma McCaffrey is the founder of Work Bigger, and online education and mentorship program helping 20 to 30-somethings find their mission and love their work. In this episode, Belma gives advice on getting real about your successes, failures, fears, and desires in order to identify a career path you love -- even if it’s different from the one you’re currently in!
This episode includes:
Belma describes her career development platform and her passion for helping people find the jobs of their dreams
Belma reflects on her own struggles with feeling out of place in a career
Why Belma thinks our education system fails us in exploring our career options
Belma talks about which steps someone can take to identify the right career path for them
Why some of Jen’s best advice to her friends includes the phrase “mess up your life”
Belma shares her experience with cutting back from full-time to part-time to pursue her other passions
Jen reflects on her own experiences quitting and being laid off from jobs
Jen and Belma talk about when to know it’s time to leave your job, and how to leave your job in a smart way
How getting in touch with her own fears helped Belma find the career she truly wanted
Belma’s advice for people who want to switch to a completely different job, even though they’ve put a lot of years into their current one
Jen and Belma discuss finding the balance between work and rest, and the importance of listening to your intuition
Learn more about Work Bigger here.