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Tell Your Story: Finding Your Voice to Build a Career
Written by Jennifer Thompson
Narrated by Sara Brink
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About this audiobook
Many of us are familiar with the value of stories. They help us relate to and identify with others, incite emotion, and make us feel like we can be more than we are. Humans are hardwired to appreciate stories. But there’s another utility for stories that may not have occurred to you: They can help us in our career hunt. But how?
In Tell Your Story, an audio course from Scribd Coach, career/innovation coach and host of the Deviant Thinking podcast Jennifer Thompson explains precisely how you can tell your story and leverage it as part of your career journey. In the course, she explains what it means to own your story and why it’s important, how to increase the odds of getting a job you’re passionate about with your story by your side, and, finally, how to put together a compelling story and use it in an interview context.
Chances are, you know a lot of your story already; Jennifer Thompson’s course can help you flesh it out and put it to work.
Author
Jennifer Thompson
Jennifer Thompson is a career and innovation coach, and the founder of CEO of Deviant Thinking, a coaching organization and podcast dedicated to unconventional career advice. Jennifer works with executives around the globe to highlight their skills and personality. The result is they’re hired at jobs they love and earn more money. Jennifer has found success as both a serial entrepreneur and as a leader at a Fortune 50 Company. She is a trained coach, an artist, and lover of life. Jennifer currently resides in North Carolina, with her husband, children, dog and two cats. For more from Jennifer, visit the Deviant Thinking website at DeviantThinking.com
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