{"podcast":{"title":"Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search","slug":"happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-6608672","podcast_index_feed_id":6608672,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/47697/rss","website_url":"http://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/5/d/0/c5d0296d0497051527a2322813b393ee/HTYC_Podcast_Cover_Art.jpg","author":"Scott Anthony Barlow","episode_count":712,"summary":"You're not totally happy with your career (obviously!) You also know that there \"has to be something out there that's better.\" That hope that you can find meaningful and fulfilling work, that also pays you well, has led you here! This is the show that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and uniquely fits your strengths and talents.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:19:39.219320+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-6608672"},"episode":{"title":"How to Create a Role That Doesn't Exist Yet: One Senior Leader's Career Change After Burnout","slug":"how-to-create-a-role-that-doesn-t-exist-yet-one-senior-leader-s-career-change-after-burnout","published_at":"2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-6608672/how-to-create-a-role-that-doesn-t-exist-yet-one-senior-leader-s-career-change-after-burnout","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-6608672","url":"https://happentoyourcareer.com/731","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/htycshow/HTYC731.mp3?dest-id=161278","summary":"Hayley Lowe had a textbook career pivot from her communications degree and agency life to a senior leadership role at a company like Expedia. Everything was going according to plan until burnout, infertility, a pandemic, and one very wrong Fortune 500 job forced her to rebuild from scratch. What she found on the other side wasn't a posted role. It was one she designed herself. Through coaching, she built an Ideal Career Profile that made it obvious why her last job had been wrong and exactly what right would look like. In this episode, Hayley shares what it took to trust her gut sooner, how she negotiated a role that didn't exist yet, and what work finally feels like when it's built around who you actually are. What you'll learn What happens when you take a job that looks right on paper and know it's wrong on Day 1 and what to do about it fast How Hayley used her Ideal Career Profile to reverse-engineer a Chief of Staff role at a company she already trusted Why the best career opportunities are rarely posted — and how to position yourself to co-create the role you actually want Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here ! Want to chat with our team about your unique situation? Schedule a conversation Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over. Related Episodes Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change ( Spotify / Apple Podcasts ) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy Wi…","meta_description":"Hayley Lowe had a textbook career pivot from her communications degree and agency life to a senior leadership role at a company like Expedia. Everything w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":899,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-6608672/episodes/how-to-create-a-role-that-doesn-t-exist-yet-one-senior-leader-s-career-change-after-burnout/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-6608672/how-to-create-a-role-that-doesn-t-exist-yet-one-senior-leader-s-career-change-after-burnout.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}