Navigating Mid-Career Transitions
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There comes a point in every career where you feel stuck and unmotivated, which may trigger a desire to change direction. Making a career pivot doesn’t mean starting over, but it requires you to repackage your existing skills and apply them to a different role.
Jessica Nadler, a...
There comes a point in every career where you feel stuck and unmotivated, which may trigger a desire to change direction. Making a career pivot doesn’t mean starting over, but it requires you to repackage your existing skills and apply them to a different role.
Jessica Nadler, a leader in Deloitte’s Government and Public Service Healthcare Strategy Practice, embarked on a non-traditional career pivot when she moved away from the world of academia to start a new career in consulting. Learn from her as she shares about her career pivot and gives tips on how to navigate mid-career transitions.
In this chat, you’ll learn:
- How to understand why you want to make a career change
- How to create a profile and resume that adapts to the new industry you’re targeting
- The importance of networking for pivoting careers
Meet The Speaker
Dr. Nadler focuses on healthcare transformation, such as the incorporation of disruptive technology and patient-centered data to drive greater access to high-value care. She began her career as a geneticist, ultimately as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she developed behavioral models of social and repetitive behaviors associated with autism. Dr. Nadler began her journey with health information technology as a Science & Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Department of Health & Human Services Personalized Healthcare Initiative.
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