Ep 56When something comes easily to you, you assume it's easy for everybody, and that's why you can't see your strengthsAdele Dubin & Natasha Srulowitz (Wayfind Careers)
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When something comes easily to you, you assume it's easy for everybody, and that's why you can't see your strengths
When something comes very easily to us, we just assume it comes easily to everybody.
What equates to success is looking inward and saying... I love helping people... and I'm good at it... And how do I make that into a job?
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Ep 56Do what you love and you'll never work a day? Passion is something you develop, not something you findAdele Dubin & Natasha Srulowitz (Wayfind Careers)
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Ep 56Can't find accountants, engineers starting at $100K: the fields hiring right nowAdele Dubin & Natasha Srulowitz (Wayfind Careers)
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Quotes
“When something comes very easily to us, we just assume it comes easily to everybody.”
Adele Dubin
“Understand what you're good at, understand what your strengths are, hone in on that, maximize that, delegate to others what you're not good at.”
Adele Dubin
“When you work to your strengths, your likelihood of success is higher, both financially, psychologically and physically.”
Natasha Srulowitz
“We are working to live, not living to work.”
Adele Dubin
“Passion is something that you develop... once you are in a job that's using your strengths.”
Natasha Srulowitz
“It's never too late.”
Adele Dubin
Takeaways
1 Many people in the community fall into careers through friends or relatives, with little exposure to options or knowledge of their strengths.
2 Their process: a timed aptitude assessment (19 parts), a 90-minute session covering strengths, interests, values and goals, guided research, then a second session to rank careers.
3 The assessment looks at work style (generalist or specialist, how social, how quickly you need results), problem solving and communication abilities, and how you learn and remember.
4 Being good with numbers isn't the same as being good at abstract math. Each points to different careers, like accounting versus computer science.
5 Passion can override weaker aptitudes if you go in knowing it will take more work.
6 People already working often switch faster, because transferable skills can be recombined into a new role, sometimes without new schooling.
7 Growing fields they named: operations, logistics and supply chain; accounting and CFO roles; cybersecurity, data science and AI; engineering; sustainability (ESG) in real estate; digital marketing and UX; HR and people analytics; healthcare data and mental health practices; tech sales and systems implementation.
8 Their view: a family can live decently on a strengths-based career, often with two incomes, especially if they don't chase the most expensive neighborhoods.
9 Accelerated degrees, certificates and boot camps offer faster paths. Boot camps can cost $15,000, so choose the direction first.
10 Low grades don't predict career success. Some students struggled in school because it was too slow for them.