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Career Headquarters
Author: Sawan Kapoor
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Are you a working professional who is incredibly passionate about building a truly extraordinary career for yourself? If you are a salaried working professional, it is quite likely that you have faced any of these difficult situations in your career. You may be underpaid or underrecognized. You may be unemployed or about to be unemployed. Perhaps you got fired. Perhaps you're underemployed or struggling because of an employment gap in your resume. Perhaps you are overworked or the unfortunate victim of office politics. Or perhaps you are looking to switch functions or industries or get a job abroad. After several years in which I faced several of these situations, managed to rise above and build an extraordinary career for myself, becoming the CEO of a multi-million company before the age of 30, I decided that it was my mission to help other working professionals build exceptional careers for themselves. My journey was anything but easy, but it directed me towards my calling of helping professionals secure extraordinary opportunities and accelerate their professional success. I do not want you to struggle the way I did. I do not want you to experience the pain of being fired and I do not want you to feel helpless or miserable. As working professionals, we spend a large part of our lives working, and we can be happy only if our work is fulfilling and meaningful. If you want to learn how to get your dream job, triple your paycheck, climb up the career ladder at 1/3rd the standard time, and differentiate your candidacy by making your competition irrelevant, this is the right show for you.
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Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk about what professional superpowers - the two most important factors for career growth. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:10 - Everyone is obsessed with growing, whether it is a business or the economy, or one's career, or an investment. Growth is valued. For working professionals, what factors can help them grow their careers the most? 14:12 - Why is this not known? I mean, why is th...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk about what professionals need to know and do to get the coveted CEO role. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:14 - You had an accelerated journey to this role and earned the position within 8 years of starting your career. What is the biggest learning you had in that journey? 08:52 - Describe your journey to the role and your tenure as CEO. I ask because in an environment like this, the...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk how working professionals can manage the job search process while working in a full time job. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:40 - From a candidate's or from a working professional's perspective, why do people start looking for a new opportunity? 06:00 - What are the pain points associated with the 3 sides of the career coin? 13:37 - How does one go about looking for a new opportun...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk how working professionals can transition to entrepreneurship. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:14 - What does a working professional need to consider if they want to move from employment to entrepreneurship? 15:21 - What are the right reasons for becoming an entrepreneur? 23:44 - How can one increase their chances of success as a full time business owner? 28:09 - How can one overco...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk the current trends in the job market and the future of work. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:13 - What are your thoughts on the future of work, especially in the post pandemic era? What trends are you seeing in the job market? 10:54 - Is hybrid work here to stay? What are the dynamics brought by this trend and how do they affect employer and employee? 19:07 - Can you tell us more a...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk about the value of an MBA degree for working professionals. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:04 - Given the amount of time and money that an MBA requires, what factors should one take into consideration to decide if an MBA is worth it? 04:27 - How does an MBA help with career acceleration? 11:09 - What are the right and wrong reasons to do an MBA? 14:01 - Are there other choices...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk about how working professionals can navigate their mid-life career crisis. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:07 - Research shows that many people, even those with satisfying careers - can grow dissatisfied with their jobs in their mid 90's. They may regret past choices of feel stuck in a rut. They experience sadness about the road not taken. Can you elaborate on this? Why d...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! In this episode, I talk about the top 5 mistakes that I made in my career, why I made them, and how you can avoid making the same mistakes in your career. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:30 - Mistake 1 : Not understanding the value of relationships 10:48 - Mistake 2 : Valuing hard skills over managing people 25:07 - Mistake 3 : Not understanding the culture of a company fully before joining an organisati...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about why salaried professionals should work with a career coach. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:08 - Who is a career coach? Is there a difference between a career counselor and career coach? 05:06 - The career coaching space is booming right now. What are your thoughts on mid career coaches or coaches who help only entry level professionals, etc.? 06:57 - Do all working profess...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about how professionals can understand if it is the right time to change jobs. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:27 - What are the reasons people get dissatisfied with their careers? 05:17 - What does a company need to provide to attract the best talent? 06:38 - What are the internal signs that it is time for a career change? 11:54 - How can a professional differentiate between the time t...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about how professionals can understand the culture of an organisation before they accept the offer. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:00 - A lot of the business related information such as revenue, profits, turnover etc. may be easily available but that's not the case when it comes to the cultural aspects of an organisation. To begin, can you explain why it is important to understand the cul...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about the connection between personal development and career development. Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:24 - What is the connection between Personal Development and Career Development? 07:41 - What does Personal Development mean? 13:28 - For every success story that one hears, thousands if not more don’t make it. What differentiates the successful from the unsuccessful? 20:31 - What ...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about Generalisation vs. Specialisation - What pays better? Here is what is covered in this episode: 01:43 - What are your thoughts on building a career as a generalist vs as a specialist? 05:43 - Is the MBA the ultimate generalist degree for a career in business? 07:38 - What are some advantages generalists have over specialists? 11:36 - What is the one piece of advice you would give to a young...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about work life balance - Is it a dream or can it become reality? Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:00 - How important is it to develop work life balance? Is it an oxymoron or a misnomer or can it be truly achieved? 10:05 - Should employees aim for/expect companies to promote WLB? What is your take on this? 16:45 - What are the signs of a toxic work environment? If one finds oneself in su...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode addresses 5 critical challenges that working professionals come across in their careers and how they can overcome them. Here is what is covered in this episode: 01:52 - What are some of most frequent and most critical challenges professionals face in their careers? 12:12 - Could you shed more light on this “lack of resources” challenge? 15:20 - Is it better to have a job where one ...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about your professional brand and what it has to do with success in your career! Here is what is covered in this episode: 01:50 - How does building my brand help me with my career? 07:04 - How does one start building one’s professional brand? 10:10 - What hurts one’s professional brand? 13:51 - You’ve explained brand promise. Is this the same as brand position? What significance does...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about what working professionals need to do while starting a new job! Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:16 - Why do people entertain career changes in the first place? 07:51 - What are the challenges working professionals typically face when they transition to a new job? 11:40 - What are the traps that new hires end up falling into? Are there any patterns to the issues professionals en...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about - How Working Professionals Can Create Financial Abundance? Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:08 - We work hard to earn money all our lives. Should we focus on earning more or saving more? 04.47 - I don’t understand investing, how should I plan my finances for retirement? 10:10 - Now that you explained investing and what happens when your money works for you, how do I increase the m...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about - How To Approach Your Boss For A Salary Hike Or Promotion? Here is what is covered in this episode: 01:36 - Asking your manager for a raise/promotion/new position can be a difficult experience for most professionals; so much so that they might take months or years to ask for something they deserve. What are your thoughts on this? 08:57 - Does one's level of self worth and self esteem have a co...
Welcome to CAREER HEADQUARTERS - The most comprehensive career podcast! This episode is all about - Why only few people create great careers, and most do not! Here is what is covered in this episode: 02:04 - So how do we answer the question that is the title, the topic today? Why do only very few people create great careers, while most working professionals keep struggling? 12:13 - Define personal alignment, what does it mean to have personal alignment? What is being aligned here and what i...