#566 The Only Script You Need for Curious Career Conversations

About this episode

Helen shares a script to facilitate curious career conversations that can enhance professional growth.

Most people wait until they're ready to make a career move before having career conversations. In this Squiggly Shortcut, Helen shares the only script you need to make curious career conversations feel less daunting and a lot more useful. 🎯 What You'll Learn – What a curious career conversation actually is, and why having them regularly (not just when you're ready to move) makes a real difference – How to make the ask in a way that's low pressure and easy to say yes to – Three questions to structure the conversation: one to get people talking, one about strengths, and one about future-proofing your skills – What to listen out for in each answer, and how to use it to work out whether an opportunity is actually a good fit for you For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Need some more squiggly career support? 1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/ 3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod 4. Order our new book…

People in this episode

Host: Helen

Topics covered

• career conversations
• career development
• professional growth
• communication skills
• self-assessment

Keywords

• career conversations
• curious career
• professional development
• strengths
• future-proofing skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Squiggly Careers, Amazing If, Squiggly Careers Newsletter, Skills Sprints

Products: Learn Like a Lobster

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