Brian Kurth's guest appearances

Brian Kurth

The Break - with Michael Gardon

Making Waves at C-Level

Career Tips & Trends with Tom McDonough & Deborah Burkholder

Career Cloud Radio - Job Search Advice & Tactics

LIFEsplaining

Scott Anthony Barlow

David Krantz

Marc Miller

Joshua Waldman

James Hu

Jim Stroud

Hannah Morgan

Molly Fletcher

Dan Schwabel

Matt Lucas

Lindsey Pollak

Lee Schneider

Lori Williams

Kathryn Sollmann

Bob McIntosh

OwlTail

Internet radio for savvy professionals – doing work you love, work that matters.Our guest today is Brian Kurth CEO of PivotPlanet, a service providing one-on-one mentorship conversations with successful people doing work they love. Would such a conversation be a way for you to take that next step forward in your career.PivotPlanet is the next iteration of Kurth’s VocationVacations model which offers face-to-face career mentorships. The model has been referenced in books like Daniel Pink’s DRIVE, and in The Start-up of YOU, by LinkedIn’s co-founder and chairman, Reid Hoffman.We’d love to hear from you in terms of your actionable takeaways from this episode.Leave a comment or send us an email.Listen to the full interview by clicking player above.Here are some exurps from today’s interview…From the showI moved to Portland Oregon from Chicago and stared VocationVacations  as a hobby business in 2004 and it took off like wild fire, very quickly.  We launched with 10 mentors in Oregon and we rapidly moved into 100’s across the United States.  That was over the course of about 6 years or so and then something happened  called the recession. The demand for VocationVacations was higher than ever  but the ability and willingness to pay was a problem for  people.  At the same time we were beginning to realize people were asking if they could have a video session  with a mentor first. So we said why not – that is where we should be heading. Hence that is where PivotPlanet came from. Vocation Vacation morphed into PivotPlanet and we renamed it because an hour video is not really a VocationVacation.  The word vacation became a misnomer. We just launched on October 4 and we are thrilled to have 100s of advisers across 100s of professions.  We are already truly global.  We have several advisers coming on board in a few countries.  So we now provide the in person mentorship that VocationVacations used to provide but now the majority of our sessions are live one on one video sessions so people can test the waters remotely then decide  if they want to go live with this and do they want to pursue this career. You get a lot out of an hour… it is a weather vane that provides you a level of knowledge if this career is something  that you want to pursue further.  Do you want to go back to school?  Do you  want to set up an in person mentorship?Listen to the full interview by clicking player above.We’d love to hear from you in terms of your actionable takeaways from this episode.Leave a comment or send us an email.Contact PivotPlanetWebsite: Pivotplanet.comTwitter: @pivotplanetFacebook: facebook.com/PivotPlanetWhat do you want?80% of finding work you love, work that fits you is knowing what you want. If you don’t know or aren’t quite sure –  just start with what you think you might want. Take small smart steps and follow your gut. Talk to people who are already doing the work you’re interested in. Connect with them on LinkedIn.To learn more about the Just Start Program check out our Just Start Page.Career Coaching, Job Search – Branding – Résumé StrategistsTom &amp; Deborah help creative engaged professionals turn their dream job into a reality.We’ll be launching our Job Search the Smart Way, online training program in November.Contact: Deborah Burkholder – Tom McDonoughContinued LearningWe’ve found these books very helpful and recommend them to our coaching clients.  *You can support the show by using our Amazon affiliate links above. Thanks.Listen to the full interview by clicking player above.

<h3>Internet radio for savvy professionals – doing work you love, work that matters.</h3>Our guest today is Brian Kurth CEO of PivotPlanet, a service providing one-on-one mentorship conversations with successful people doing work they love. Would such a conversation be a way for you to take that next step forward in your career.PivotPlanet is the next iteration of Kurth’s VocationVacations model which offers face-to-face career mentorships. The model has been referenced in books like Daniel Pink’s DRIVE, and in The Start-up of YOU, by LinkedIn’s co-founder and chairman, Reid Hoffman.We’d love to hear from you in terms of your actionable takeaways from this episode.Leave a comment or send us an <a href="mailto:Tom@getAppia.com?Subject=ctt023-podcast">email</a>.Listen to the full interview by clicking player above.Here are some exurps from today’s interview…<h2>From the show</h2><blockquote>I moved to Portland Oregon from Chicago and stared VocationVacations  as a hobby business in 2004 and it took off like wild fire, very quickly.  We launched with 10 mentors in Oregon and we rapidly moved into 100’s across the United States.  That was over the course of about 6 years or so and then something happened  called the recession. The demand for VocationVacations was higher than ever  but the ability and willingness to pay was a problem for  people.  At the same time we were beginning to realize people were asking if they could have a video session  with a mentor first. So we said why not – that is where we should be heading. Hence that is where PivotPlanet came from. Vocation Vacation morphed into PivotPlanet and we renamed it because an hour video is not really a VocationVacation.  The word vacation became a misnomer. We just launched on October 4 and we are thrilled to have 100s of advisers across 100s of professions.  We are already truly global.  We have several advisers coming on board in a few countries.  So we now provide the in person mentorship that VocationVacations used to provide but now the majority of our sessions are live one on one video sessions so people can test the waters remotely then decide  if they want to go live with this and do they want to pursue this career. You get a lot out of an hour… it is a weather vane that provides you a level of knowledge if this career is something  that you want to pursue further.  Do you want to go back to school?  Do you  want to set up an in person mentorship?</blockquote>Listen to the full interview by clicking player above.We’d love to hear from you in terms of your actionable takeaways from this episode.Leave a comment or send us an <a href="mailto:Tom@getAppia.com?Subject=ctt023-podcast">email</a>.<h3>Contact PivotPlanet</h3>Website: <a href="https://www.pivotplanet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pivotplanet.com</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/pivotplanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@pivotplanet</a>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PivotPlanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/PivotPlanet</a><h2>What do you want?</h2>80% of finding work you love, work that fits you is knowing what you want. If you don’t know or aren’t quite sure –  just start with what you think you might want. Take small smart steps and follow your gut. Talk to people who are already doing the work you’re interested in. Connect with them on LinkedIn.To learn more about the Just Start Program check out our <a href="http://getappia.com/juststart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just Start Page</a>.<h3>Career Coaching, Job Search – Branding – Résumé Strategists</h3>Tom &amp; Deborah help creative engaged professionals turn their dream job into a reality.We’ll be launching our Job Search the Smart Way, online training program in November.Contact: <a href="mailto:deborah@getappia.com?Subject=ctt013">Deborah Burkholder</a> – <a href="mailto:tom@getappia.com?Subject=ctt013">Tom McDonough</a><h3>Continued Learning</h3>We’ve found these books very helpful and recommend them to our coaching clients.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422143619/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1422143619&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=energyintegr-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307888908/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=energyintegr-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0307888908" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1433669331/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=energyintegr-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1433669331" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0849947421/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0849947421&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=energyintegr-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006J44O1W/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=energyintegr-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B006J44O1W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159562015X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=energyintegr-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=159562015X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316167266/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=energyintegr-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0316167266" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580083773/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1580083773&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=energyintegr-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>*You can support the show by using our Amazon affiliate links above. Thanks.Listen to the full interview by clicking player above.

023 Brian Kurth: PivotPlanet

Listen as Brian Kurth describes his new book, Test Drive Your Dream Job. Brian is the founder of Vocation Vacations.

Brian Kurth: Vocation Vacations