Ever looked at your resume and thought: “I’ve worked hard… so why doesn’t this sound impressive?”

This episode is for anyone in their 20s who feels underqualified, overlooked, or unsure how their experience actually translates into career growth.

SUMMARY

Host: Hazel Ann | Clearly Becoming

In this episode of Clearly Becoming, the host, Hazel Ann breaks down one of the biggest career myths holding ambitious young professionals back: that they don’t have enough experience.

Built for individuals navigating the chaos, pressure, and self-doubt of their 20s, this episode explores why it’s not about lacking experience, it’s about knowing how to articulate it.

Using customer service as a powerful example, Hazel unpacks how everyday roles quietly build skills like resilience, adaptability, communication, and problem-solving — the very skills employers are actively seeking.

You’ll learn why familiarity bias causes you to undervalue your own experience, how psychology and neuroscience explain why lived experience wires confidence faster than theory, and how to use storytelling to translate what you’ve done into language employers understand.

This episode introduces a practical, repeatable framework to help you extract value from any role you’ve had, so you can show up clearer, more confident, and more compelling in interviews, resumes, and career conversations.

TAKEAWAYS

• Feeling overwhelmed by your resume is common — especially in your 20s

• You don’t lack experience; you lack translation

• Customer service roles build highly transferable career skills

• Familiarity bias makes you underestimate what comes naturally to you

• Resilience and adaptability are top skills in today’s job market

• Storytelling turns experience into evidence

• Confidence grows from clarity, not credentials

• You don’t need multiple jobs to be hireable

• Career upskilling starts with reframing what you already know

• Lifelong learning and adaptability are non-negotiables for long-term growth

  
  

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• The Neuroscience of Customer Experience - Paul J. Zak
• Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases - Tversky A, Kahneman D.
  

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