Most people describe their careers as a list of roles. The useful version is the line running through them.

Mike Spaeth has moved across industries more than once, and each time he has had to explain how his experience fits somewhere new. In this conversation, we get into how he does that: what he looks for when a background does not map cleanly onto a job description, why the thing you find easy can be the thing worth naming, and what to do when the gap in your experience is the first thing someone is going to notice.

We also talk about an interview that went badly and was still worth having.

In this episode:

• Why the work that comes easily to you can be the hardest to see in yourself
• Leading with the work behind a title instead of the title you did not hold
• What a hard interview tells you about where your experience actually fits
• Naming your weak spot, asking what concerns someone has, and listening to the answer

Everything starts in the same place. Go to lauriejwetzel.com/start

Next Level Leadership Group | Laurie J. Wetzel | lauriejwetzel.com