Episode Introduction: Alicia Ramsdell is founder and CEO of Mindful.Career.Path. From a cold call to a connection… Alicia Ramsdell talks about career planning and her career coaching business, Mindful.Career.Path. From a college student doing what was expected to a successful business woman, Alicia’s frank conversation is balm to any job hunter’s stress.

Podcast Overview: Alicia talks about the beginning of her career, doing what she thought was right and following the “safe bet”. She addresses her own experience with the imposter syndrome and how this was a turning point in her professional life.

She tackles head on how she left the safe bet of a well-paying corporate job. By looking for opportunities in her role as an accountant to do what she loved and through additional side hustles like college teaching and doing digital career counseling, she found a way to bring her genuine career energy to her corporate workplace.

With Covid, Alicia feels people are talking about mindfulness when it comes to careers and hopes that this moment in history is not lost when it comes to careful career contemplation.

Alicia talks about the importance of one’s social media presence being in alignment with their professional goals, especially as it pertains to platforms like LinkedIn.

She gives listeners actionable advice about being authentic and intentional about their career choices and assures us all that there is a “true North” career path for everybody. With raw honesty, Alicia talks about “the jobs that got away” and how what seemed devastating at the time, actually got her to where she exactly needs to be!

Resources (Additional and Mentioned):

Check out Alicia's website: www.mindfulcareerpath.com

Follow Alicia on Instagram: @mindful.career.path

https://www.endicott.edu/internships-careers

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Guillebeau, Chris. Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do. Pan Books, 2018.