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Answer the Call | Christian Career Coaching — 269 episodes
267: Early Career Job Search Tips That Actually Help You Get Interviews | Katherine's Story
266: Announcement: Closing The Called Career after 8 Years
265: Leaving Academia: How Cristy Found a Better-Fit Teaching Career
264: How Consecrating His Job Search to God Changed Everything | James’ Story
263: How to Know If It’s Time to Quit Your Job
262: Want a Chill / “Cushy” Job? A Christian Perspective
261: How Our Client Landed a Senior Customer Success Manager Role After a Layoff & Rejections | Anu’s Story
260: How to Bounce Back After a Brutal Layoff | Larry’s Story
259: How to ACE Team, Peer, Technical, and Executive Interviews
258: This ONE Simple Shift Can Transform Your Interviews
257: How to ACE Your Phone Screen Interview & Move Forward
256: Why Your Resume Keeps Getting Rejected by Recruiters
255: The Power of Persistence in a Long Job Search | Christina’s Story
254: How He Pivoted Careers Into Tech Sales Without Starting Over | Tyler’s Story
253: If You Feel Stuck at Work, This Theology of Calling Might Change Everything
252: God Cares About Your Business & You’re Not Doing This Alone | Hannah’s Story
251: My 2 Year Fertility Journey (a miracle + what God taught me in the process)
250: Our 2025 Year in Review: Answered Prayers, Hard Lessons, and Trusting God!
249: You Can Change Careers Without Burning Everything Down (Ethan’s Story)
248: She Landed a Dream Job Without Applying (Here’s Exactly How)! | Alex's Story
247: Laid Off After 28 Years… Then God said, “Teach.” | Tamara’s Story
246: How to Plan Your 2026 WITH God (Step-by-Step Framework)
245: How to Leave a Job That’s Draining You and Step Into Your Calling | Bobby's Story
244: 5 Professional Habits that Will Skyrocket Your Career
243: The BEST Way to Explain Career Gaps (and Short Stints) in Your Resume & Interviews
242: How our Client Lauren Pivoted from Law to Social Impact Policy Manager
241: Is It Still Worth Applying to Jobs During the Holidays?
240: The TOP 5 Interview Mistakes That Are Costing You Job Offers (+ How to Fix Them!)
239: The BEST LinkedIn Tips to Get Recruiters Reaching Out to You (in 2025)!
238: This 7-Step System Will 5X Your Interviews!
237: Save Time Applying to Jobs by Skimming Job Descriptions the RIGHT way (5-Step Framework)
236: How to Write Resume Bullet Points That Land Interviews (2025 Resume Tips)
235: When The World Celebrates Evil, Will You Stand for Truth?
234: How Entitlement Keeps You From Your Calling
233: How God Works in the Waiting: Lessons from Jonah, Esther & Job
232: Let Us Pray for You
231: Work-Life Balance Tips That Actually Work for Christian Professionals
230: Energy Leaks, Boundaries, and Breakthroughs: We’re Letting Go So God Can Provide
229: The Job You’re Praying For Does EXIST! | Joan's Story of Starting Over at 62
228: 6 Biblical Reasons You’re Not Hearing from God
227: God Can Use a ‘Small’ Career Pivot to Change Everything | Michael’s Story
226: How She Beat Out HUNDREDS of Applicants to Become the Co-Author of 5 Mere Christians | Kaleigh Cox
225: Ladies, Your Motivation Fluctuates And That’s Ok (and for Men Who Want to Understand Their Women)
224: How to Get Closer to God After Feeling Spiritually Distant
223: Why I'm No Longer in a Rush | My Humbling Experience Lately
222: How to Get a Company to Create a Job for You | Charlotte’s Story
221: How His Job Was Created Just for Him! | Ben's Story
220: The Layoff That Led to Her Calling | Delphine’s Story
219: Common Mistakes Hiring Managers Want You to STOP Making in The Application Process
218: How One LinkedIn Message Changed Everything | Nathan’s Story
217: It’s not too late to start over: Mary’s story at 54 | Client Success Story
216: The Truth About Confidence (That Nobody Tells You)
214: The Truth About Career Misalignment (And What To Do Next)
213: The Weight and BEAUTY of Realizing Life is Short (a personal chat with Kelsey)
212: Career Clarity in 60 Days? How Dionna Went from Banking to Discovering a Path in Ghostwriting! | Client Success Story
211: How to Start a Freedom Business to Relieve Human Trafficking (feat. Meredith Limoges of Beaudin Designs)
210: When Fear Says 'Stay Stuck,' Faith Leads to Something Greater | Client Success Story
209: When God Opens Unexpected Doors | Client Success Story!
208: Turning a Side Hustle into an Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company (This is Genius!)
207: Faith in the Workplace: How to Honor God in a Secular Job with Norah Whitten
206: Meet Our NEW Teammate!! Tim Ahlersmeyer + Hear His Amazing Career Story
205: Etiquette Tips to Help you Land the Job with Alison Cheperdak
204: How To Turn Your Vague Dreams into a Job Title (Our 4 Step System)
203: 8 Questions to Unlock Career Clarity
202: How Clarity and Intention Led to 3 Job Offers | Client Success Story
201: The Truth about Passive Income with Jordan Jones
200: Our *very honest* year in review for 2024
199: Creating a Job That Doesn’t Yet Exist with Catherine Dolaher of CD Arts Management
198: How to Faithfully Recover From Burnout | Client Success Story
197: Energy is Everything — How to Land the Job Every Time
196: Pursuing a Side Hustle While Having a Full Time Job | Sarah from the Good Neighbor Guide
195: The Practical Steps to Clarifying Your Calling at Any Age | The Calling Academy Success Story
194: Handling Emotional Overwhelm, Overthinking, and Avoidance in Your Job Search
193: Overcoming the Fear of Conflict in Your Career
192: Overcoming the Fear of Not Having Control in your Career
191: Overcoming the Fear of Boredom in Your Career
190: Overcoming the Fear of Lacking Security in Your Career
189: Overcoming the Fear of Feeling Incompetent
188: Overcoming the Fear that You’ll Never Do Anything Significant
187: Letting Go of the Need for Approval
186: Creating Boundaries in Your Job
185: Overcoming Perfectionism in Your Career
184: How I’ve Gotten Through Tough Feedback Recently
183: Proof that God has Given You a Unique Gift
182: It Isn’t Always God’s Will to Give You Clarity
181: What Are Your Motives for Seeking God's Will?
166: A Crazy Cover Letter Story
180: Misconceptions About “Meaningless Jobs”: the Dark Side of Fixating on Passions
179: Advancing Your Career Without a College Degree with Adrian Waldron, CEO of Cancer Doctor
178: What Does it Mean to Be an A-Player?
177: How to Transition from Ministry to the Marketplace: Todd Linder’s Story
176: Client Success Story | How Hunter Landed a Job with a Salary Increase Using Proactive Outreach
175: What to do INSTEAD of Applying to Jobs Online
174: Client Success Story - Pivoting to Your Dream Job Without Leaving Your Company
173: How to Manage Anxiety Through a Career Transition
172: How to Land Interviews WITHOUT Applying Online
171: How to Clarify Your Calling
170: Top 3 Resume Mistakes to AVOID
169: STOP Using Bad Data to Make Career Decisions
168: Side Hustles: How to Make Money On the Side
167: Turning Your Fandom into a Career
165: How to Stand Out in Every Interview | Interview Series Pt. 6
164: What Questions to Ask in Your Interview | Interview Series Pt. 5
163: How to Reduce Your Interview Anxiety | Interview Series Pt. 4
162: How to Answer Questions About Why You Left or Were Fired | Interview Series Pt. 3
161: How to Answer Any Question They Ask You | Interview Series Pt. 2
160: The Most Important Interview Tip | Interview Series Pt. 1
159: The Future of Work: How the Labor Shortage Affects Your Job Search
158: Client Success Story | Pivoting from Corporate IT to Healthcare Talent Acquisition
157: How I Took a 5 Week Sabbatical and Why You Should Too
156: The Sacredness of Secular Work - why ALL of your work matters for eternity with Jordan Raynor
155: Client Success Story | Tech Consulting to Financial Advising
154: Client Success Story | Lawyer turned Freelance Legal Copyeditor with Jonathan Bryant
153: How to Land a Corporate Job After Being an Entrepreneur: Maddie Sullivan's Story, Wedding Photographer turned CX Manager for Delta Vacations
152: 3 Steps to Explore New Career Options Over the Holidays
151: Giving You Our 8 Step Career Coaching Process for FREE
150: *BIG NEWS* It’s not just me anymore! Meet Audrey Bagarus and hear more about our story behind The Called Career
149: Client Success Story | Pivoting from Marketing to Starting a Health Coaching Business with Madison Zizmer
148: A New Mindset on Receiving Your Calling through Acceptance of Sacrifice and Rejection
147: Don't Let Timing Take Down Your Faith
146: Client Success Story - Pivoting from Ministry to Corporate, $27k to $80k/yr with Alex Arpag
145: A Book That's Been Changing My Life Lately + A Note About God's Timing
144: How to Move Through Resistance and Be Faithful with the Little Things so You Can Be Trusted with Big Things
143: Do You Want God's Plan or Your Plan?
142: Reconnecting with God Again (+ Scripture that Has Helped Me Do It)
141: A Prayer for Rejection and Disappointment (I'm in it With You)
140: Releasing Perfectionism and Regret Over the Past
139: Cast a Wide Net, Because You Don't Know What Will Land the Job You're Praying For
138: Why Spiritual Transformation Must Precede Career Transformation (What God Has Been Teaching Me Lately)
137: How My Client, Savannah, and I Handled Some Major Plot Twists in Our Plan
136: How to Know When a Life-Long Career Dream No Longer Fits You (Katy Roberts's Story)
135: How Jamie Pivoted from High School Dance Teacher to Marketing Manager in 6 Weeks
134: How to Land a Job Without Applying (Mark's Story)
133: Amazing client story + How to trust God for good things
132: Moving Through Resistance: What to Do When You're Feeling Stuck or Frustrated
131: Kayla Lyons - How to create a big, authentic, faith-filled career (even if you feel unqualified)
130: Where I’ve been…(story time feat. crazy miracles)
129: Juliarose Childs - Advocating for yourself as a neuro-divergent professional + using negotiation to create your own career
128: Julia Arpag - Top recruiter answers YOUR questions about salary negotiation, resume tips, interviews, job hopping, and employment gaps
127: My friend, Laura Allen, and I share our testimonies (and how God called us to both quit our tech jobs and start podcasts 😅)
126: Barrett Raven - Mastering time management, productivity, & setting healthy boundaries with work (especially if you're self-employed)
125: Tori Mae Hein - How to recover from placing your identity and worth in your work
124: Jacob Martin - How Crypto, NFTs, and Web3 will shape the future of life and work
123: Emily Nemeth - Self-publishing, pivoting, moving cities, and having fun with your career
122: Patrick Farrell - How to hear from God and make Spirit-led career decisions
121: Gavin Menichini - entrepreneurship, real estate investing, and financial freedom by 30 | working with godly ambition
120: How my client Ava pivoted from Structural Engineering to UX Research WITHOUT applying, going back to school, or taking a pay cut
119: Maria Pope - Taking chances, facing rejection, knowing when it's time to leave, and planning for financial freedom
118: How client Jaymie Fillebrown landed a job that merged her passions + negotiated a 15% raise
117: My honest 2021 in review, including stories, lessons, the future of The Called Career, and goals for 2022
116: Take the pressure off. Here's why it’s godly to get creative with your career (28th birthday reflections)
115: Gina Stickley, Actor with 30+ years in Live Show Mgmt and Directing, on Putting Yourself Out There and Dreaming Big
114: Can we miss our callings?
113: How do I really know that I’m called to do something? What confirmation signs should I be looking for?
112: Jordan Raynor on why Christians should set the most EPIC goals on the planet + how to redeem your time to make them happen
111: What does the Bible say about how we can find our vocational callings?
110: Wasn't work cursed with the fall of man? (debunking the wild misinterpretation of Genesis 3)
109: Is it selfish to want purpose and fulfillment? Is it just for my own fame, prosperity, or self worth?
108: Is work really meant to fulfill us? Or should we just find our satisfaction in Christ?
107: Does God have a specific vocational path he wants for me, or are there a variety that would be pleasing to Him?
106: Are true "callings" only for the special few while the rest of us have normal/mundane work?
105: Does physical, material, or “secular” work really matter to God?
104: Isn't sharing the gospel the only thing that really matters? Isn't that our true calling?
Introducing Season 5: Biblical Answers to the 10 BIGGEST Questions We Have About Our Callings
103: I witnessed a miracle. Here's the story + lessons it taught me
Announcement
102: How I almost got on Oprah at 17 (+ how this applies to your career)
101: The one thing I WISH I knew before trying to get a job or start a business [Ecclesiastes 11]
100th Episode Special | Claire Raabe interviews me on what building my career coaching practice has REALLY been like + what the next few years have in store
99: Client Success Story | a MUST listen if you're discouraged by a lack of responses to your networking outreach
98: The secret to mastering a lifetime of job hunts - Informational Interviews
97: Networking | Scared to bother people? Click to hear the 5 reasons you don't have to be
96: STOP! Ask 3 people these 3 questions before deciding on your next job or career path (no matter what)
95: The 10 life-changing benefits of networking (BESIDES getting your resume passed on to hiring managers)
94: The 3 Mistakes that have made you HATE Networking + how to fix them
93: My *very honest* 2020 in review + 2021 goals [personal and professional]
92: How to negotiate your salary without feeling icky, greedy, or undeserving
91: How to make impactful moves early in your career | Eduardo Zaldivar - Venture Capital and Private Equity Investor
90: How to choose your second job out of college
89: How to choose your first job out of college
88: The cure for Imposter Syndrome in your career
87: Career advice I'd give my younger self [reflections from my 27th birthday]
86: Think you're multi-passionate? Why you're probably not (and how this is good news)
85: How to discern a true calling from a fake one
84: ACCOUNTANTS - What to Do if You’re Dissatisfied in Your Career | A Former Client’s Turnaround Story from Public Accounting to being a Director of a Startup
83: My prayer for the courage, resilience, and faith you need to put yourself out there in your life & career
82: My prayer for the person who feels scared to dream or has a hard time envisioning what they really hope for
81: My prayer for peace and help when you're overwhelmed with a ton of work
80: My prayer for the person who's exhausted and daunted by a busy season at work
79: My prayer for the person who feels like they're failing at their job
78: Why I want to share my prayers for your career
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Introducing: The Job Library
47: How to land an interview with your dream company through LinkedIn networking - Maria Pope
46: My client shares what career coaching is really like & how it advanced her career - Maria Pope
45: Creating your dream business with your spouse - Kati & Alex of Kati Hewitt Photography
44: How "finding your calling" is still relevant in times of scarcity
43: How to stick it out in a job you hate (if you must)
42: How I'm finding joy, purpose, & creativity in solitude + story time about some of the best memories of my life
41: Where to start if you don't know what to do with your life
40: How do I network to find my dream job? Should I get an MBA? What should I do to make the most of it? // an interview with Jonny Baker, MBA, CPA, CSCA
39: What will people think if I quit my job? | 8 mindset shifts to overcome fear of judgement
38: How to identify what will fulfill you (uniquely), so you can have a rewarding personal and professional life
37: Want to save yourself from regretting the way you spent your life? Do this
36: Pray bold prayers, apply for “impossible” jobs, & watch God do immeasurably more than you can imagine
35: How to Know if it’s Time to Quit Your Job (and what to do if it is)
34: Godly power couple, Eric & Kaitlyn Newman, on dating, supporting each other's careers, co-parenting, and making decisions together
33: How to Uncover your Personal Mission Statement in 3 Steps
32: The difference between a skill, strength, talent, and gift & how to discover yours
31: Alden Warr - Called to ditch the corporate climb for the big risks, wins, & unconventional life of the startup world
30: My *very* honest reflections on 2019 / faith, life as a small business owner, dating, finances, & my feelings on where I’m at in life
29: How handle judgement for your life and career choices | stories and tips with my twin sis Kirsten Kemp
28: The two things getting in the way of finding your dream job (and how to move past them)
27: How to choose a job when you’re Multi-Passionate
26: Carly Hicks - you're not limited by your major, you're limited by your mindset / How to leverage your background (college major/first jobs) to get a job in a new industry
25: The 5 Types of Callings We All Have
24: Megan Stone - Quitting fast isn't always a bad thing / How to know when to quit & how to explain job hopping to future employers
23: Andrew Winker - Called to Corporate / How Find Genuine Purpose and Joy in All Work
Bonus: a recording of the personal pep talk (in my car) that catalyzed a huge turnaround
22: A message to those who feel like you're behind or failing | Our calling to rest
21: My Response to the Anti-Passion Movement | How our idea of "Following Your Passion" is all screwed up
20: Brandon Knicely - Serial Entrepreneur integrating faith & work | a message to the young, ambitious Christian
19: The 4 types of limiting beliefs & how to release them to move forward in your career
18: Claire Raabe - the top 3 mistakes college students make when starting their career & how to avoid them
17: Emily Morris - finding your calling isn't always a hyper-spiritual process
16: From the Olympic Trials to faith-based entrepreneurship | Vera Schmitz - Founder of Dwell Differently
15: Core Values - how to find yours and use them to make satisfying career decisions
14: How I Found My Own Calling - the honest story of how God revealed my purpose and the hardship I faced in following it
13: Bindu Thota - Called to medicine in the Middle East: the inexplicable joy of complete surrender, despite death, trauma, and 80 hour work weeks
12: Should I wait for God to show me what to do with my career? | How to actively discern God's will for your life
11: Jordan Tilton - A professional ballet dancer's story of how God called her to start a business
10: Arianne Minks - Called to Capitol Hill: serving God's kingdom through government and politics
9: Kirsten Kemp - on losing a life-long dream and following an idol, not a calling
8: Does God need us to follow our callings?
7: Renee Walters - Don't just believe; Disciple | What you have to understand before you find your calling in life
6: I am so, so sorry. I wasn't preaching the truth | Repenting of New Age beliefs, the Prosperity Gospel, and pridefulness
5: Alex Park - Not all callings are rainbows & butterflies | A story of being called to defend those suffering under violent oppression
4: Claire Raabe - how to navigate the college mad dash for fancy, high-paying jobs
3: The difference between your Primary and Secondary Calling & the myths that hold you back from finding them
2: Bethany Joseph - From sales for startups to art school in Scotland | Following the call wherever it leads
1: Answer the Call with Kelsey Kemp | Thoughts on the pain that comes from not understanding your calling in life