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Melissa McClung helps women in healthcare, medicine, and science who are stuck, unhappy or undervalued find new meaning at work through a strategic job search. We discuss how nurses and other healthcare professionals can translate their experiences, including those highly technical, into things that are meaningful to potential employers.

Find out more here: Www.lbdcareers.com

In this episode, your host Sami Gardner has the tables turned in the second half of a two-part season-opening episode. Friend of the show and experienced podcaster, Mariza Monteiro, interviews Sami about her career from librarian to career specialist to nomad and all the stops in between.

In the first episode of the third season, your host Sami Gardner has the tables turned in this two-part episode. Friend of the show and experienced podcaster, Mariza Monteiro, interviews Sami about her career from librarian to career specialist to nomad and all the stops in between.

Janna Kefalas is not your typical career coach. She is the founder and CEO of ForwardThink Careers, home of the JobFinder Formula. We chat about the best ways to impress and understand recruiters to find a job you love.

Visit her at forwardthinkcareers.com and get her free guide: "7 Job Search Mistakes You Might Be Making."

Sherry Cormier, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, a professor emerita, and a certified bereavement trauma specialist. We discuss how to be resilient in a job hunt even when dealing with the grief and loss of identity that can come with a career change.

Find out more about her at sherrycormierauthor.com or check out her new book, Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief.

Kristina Csanaky is a UX practitioner with a background in human resources with international companies and startups. We chat about her career change and how she shook up her career to focus more on the human in human resources as a UX and Voice Designer.

Natalie Mandriko is the founder of Motherhood. Design, Inc. - a nonprofit organization that designs innovative solutions to keep moms healthy and happy. We chat about how she has blended UX design/research, Lean Startups, and social impact to create better experiences for mothers.

Find out more at www.motherhood.design.

Ponja Hoxha Ocumarez is a UX researcher, immigrant, and new mother. We discuss her coming to America, changing careers, and how her new child gave her a renewed focus in her career.

Teresa Lee is the founder of Pathup Careers. We talk finding the career that's right for you, her journey learning what fits her and going through mysterious health issues that really helped her zone in on what she cared about, what she wanted to do with my life, and the confidence she needed to do it.

Find out more at pathupcareer.com.