For September's episode of The Career Change Diaries podcast, we hear from career changer Joe Mercy-Marshall. Joe was an aspiring professional musician, who worked all manner of jobs, including hospitality, banking, care work, clinical research, and university lecturing, before finally finding his vocation as an Advertising Strategist.
Joe discusses how hard it can be to let go of a career you’ve spent many years working towards. He tried several jobs before figuring out what he wanted to do. Even then, it took an Advertising insider (now his wife!) to inform him that the skillset he loved so much was known as 'strategy’ within the industry.
Joe highlights how beneficial making connections and applying to companies speculatively can be in getting that first role in a new field. Joe also shares his passion for the creative advertising process, and where he sees his career going next.
Listen to the episode via Spotify below, or via Apple Podcasts. You can also watch the interview on YouTube.
Alice coaches those who want to change career but don’t know what they want to do instead. She offers Career Coaching designed to help career-changers gain a clear vision of what career is right for them, and how to achieve it. She is also an accredited Coach Supervisor, and host of The Career Change Diaries podcast.
