Career Inspiration Interview Database
Check out the complete database of interviews! (listed alphabetically by last name)
Licensed Professional Counselor, Mary Azoy
“Don’t get caught up in the status-y rat-race of the DC area, unless you truly love it. There’s a whole world outside of the beltway!”
Career Coach, Alison Cardy
“Invest in pursuing work that you care about or that you’re interested in. Even if it takes a few years to grow into work like this your investment will pay off for the rest of your life.”
President of Spoken With Authority, Christine Clapp
“The most important factors in my job satisfaction are:
1. The ability to select my clients (I only take on clients who are willing and enthusiastic)
2. The ability to set my schedule (I set my appointments so I can maximize time with my husband and two young children, and participate in my hobby, which is long-distance running)”
Director of Development, Emily Davis
“When a development position opened up at my current organization – a local volunteer center –I thought why not give it a try? So, no, I never thought I would be in fundraising but it’s proved a surprisingly good fit for me.”
Infant Development Specialist, Patricia “Patty” Eitemiller
“I love the fact that I am not behind a desk all day/every day. A large part of my day is spent traveling from home to home so as you can imagine each day is different. I love being able to see a child do something for the first time that their parent or caregiver may not have thought was possible. And the relationships I am able to develop with families as we work together to help their children.”
Owner of Leonora Bakery, Carolina Garcia
“Work/life balance is great, although at the beginning the sacrifice was huge. I worked more than 18 hours per day! Seeing clients come back for their breads and pastries is also very satisfactory. it means we are doing something right and I love it.”
Science Teacher, Bryan Goehring
“Just thinking about ways to get students excited about learning and it motivates me to find new an innovative ways of engaging kids.”
Freelance Production Coordinator, Christina Jurado-Hilton
“I went to film school with the intention of going into documentary film and making my own docs one day. Once I graduated, I got an internship with a producer, as his assistant. I figured I would see what a producer does, learn some things, and go back to documentary films after the internship ended. I didn’t know that I would fall in love with this job and that 5 years later, I’d still be doing this and still love it!!!”
Director Of Communications And Marketing, Ashley Hoffman
“Instead of asking yourself, ‘am I happy’, because happiness is such an elusive term and a lot of people don’t even know what makes them happy, try to ask yourself if you’re learning.”
Certified Public Accountant, Ellen E. Horner
“I was most surprised to learn that the human side of accounting was so significant.”
Director of Operations/Head Trainer, Erika Moburg-Jones
“If I had been too afraid to give my current job a try, I would have missed out on the opportunity to drastically impact our family life and to find a completely different type of job satisfaction.”
Professional Facilitator, John Lesko
“Years ago I was a principal research scientist and program manager who hired facilitators to assist me w/ my work. These folks seemed to be having a hell-a-va good time facilitating. So I decided to become one.”
Founder of Counterculture Cooking, Alison Pierce
“I was on track to climb the financial-journalism ladder — I could have continued to develop my skill set and (theoretically) moved into higher-profile positions that sound really good on paper and in dinner-party conversation. (“I’m a CNBC anchor,” or, “I cover the Treasury Department for the Associated Press,” sounds a lot better than, “I deliver meat in my Subaru.”) As time passes, I care less and less about how good my career choices sound to someone else.”
Coach and Consultant for Entrepreneurs, Jenny Shih
“I LOVE when clients create the results they’ve been dreaming about. They send me an email saying, “I did it! I did it!” That lights me up more than anything.”
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