Ep 91: Myth Busting and Amplifying Good Advice for Career Planning Part 2 - Propelling Careers Podcast

This episode will follow up from episode 90 and will focus on myth busying and amplifying good advice for career planning and navigating your career including these points below. Jim and Lauren appreciate all of the advice our network has shared for us to cover in the last episode and this one  We hope you find this episode helpful and that youenjoy listening!   Your manager matters more than the project you are hired forFind good mentors and if you get along well with people, stay in touch with them throughout even after your moved onAccept roles you don’t yet feel fully ready for and trust that you’ll grow into them. Be authentic. In your applications, your interviews, and in your workspace. You will be miserable if you spend your whole career hiding.During job search, stay away from [discussing / disclosing] drama. Keep things at high level if you had a bad experience. If you had a bad experience focus on what you learned through it Make mistakes, learn from your mistakes, never make the same mistake twiceLauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers. As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!