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Nov 2024
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Signs You're Not In Control of Your Care...

Career Contessa
About this episode

Here’s a hard truth about life: nobody cares about your career more than you. And that’s precisely why we’re learning how to take control of our careers with Erika Ayers Badan, the CEO of Food 52 and author of Nobody Cares About Your Career. You’ll learn:

  • How your career vision guides your work
  • The most important “soft” skill that leads to success
  • How to know what your company is paying you to do
  • Daily rituals Erika uses for career progress


Show Notes

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Erika’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erika/?hl=en

Nobody Cares About Your Career book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250320585?tag=smpbknobodycaresaboutyourcareerlpgb-20


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