The Hidden Markets Shaping Your Career with Judd Kessler

About this episode

Judd Kessler joins Joe Byerly to discuss the hidden markets that influence career decisions and opportunities.

Send us Fan Mail Judd Kessler—a professor at the Wharton School and author of Lucky by Design—joins Joe to explore the hidden markets that shape our lives, careers, and opportunities. Joe and Judd discuss how many of the most important decisions we encounter—from job promotions to school admissions to performance evaluations—aren’t driven by price, but by rules we rarely see or fully understand. These “hidden markets” determine who gets what, often leaving people frustrated, confused, or conv...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Byerly

Guest: Judd Kessler

Topics covered

• career development
• hidden markets
• job promotions
• school admissions
• performance evaluations

Keywords

• hidden markets
• career opportunities
• job promotions
• performance evaluations
• school admissions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wharton School

Books & works: Lucky by Design

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