The Career Builder's Podcast

How Your Family Can Help Build Your Career

Episode Summary

As the holiday season rolls around, now is a great opportunity to explore how your loved ones can help advance your career.

Episode Notes

Topics Covered

• Loved ones can have a big impact on your career
• Holidays are a great time to tap into your friend and family networks
• Family doesn't have to be biological
• How your family can impact your career:
  • Support
  • Sounding Board
  • Advice
  • Belief in who you are
  • Part of your network
  • Influences decisions/comfort level
• The dark side of family support
• "Peer pressure when it's coming from your family can be turbo charged"
• Career paths don't pass down through your genes
• Finding support outside of your family
• Regardless of who is supporting you, surrounding yourself with support is the key to taking the path into the unknown
• Who can you offer support to?