NEXT | Navigating Career Pivots & Reinvention in the Age of AI

Want to explore a career change without burning down the house? In this episode of NEXT, Erika Parker Price shares 10 small steps you can take without burning down the house. Whether you’ve been laid off, feel burned out, or simply have a tiny idea you’re not ready to say out loud, these steps let you test the idea before you commit. Follow people already doing itResearch jobsListen to a podcastRead a bookMake a connectionStart writingGo to an eventTake a classGet your first clientWrite your ...

In this conversation, Erika reflects on insights shared by Nikki Belt regarding the journey from being a small business buyer to becoming a successful small business owner. The discussion emphasizes the importance of research and the availability of resources for aspiring entrepreneurs. To reach Nikki, visit https://anchorandkeel.com Mentioned in the show: https://www.bizbuysell.com/ Ready to get support on what's next? Check out erikaparkerprice.com and book a free call. Questions? Co...

After 12 years at Google and a 40-year career in sales, Liz Crook retired in July 2024. Nothing was wrong. She'd become bored with the job and, for the first time, started to think about retirement. In this episode, Liz walks through how she figured out it was time to leave, what she discovered about herself in the process, and how she's now testing a completely different path—home organization—without betting everything on it. In this conversation: Why boredom in a "perfect" job is actually ...

In this episode of NEXT, Erika Parker Price sits down with career expert, writer, consultant, and speaker Jeremy Schifeling to talk about what it really means to build a meaningful career in a time of rapid change. Jeremy shares his unconventional path from teaching kindergarten to working at LinkedIn and Google, and eventually building his own career-focused business. Along the way, he explains why the old rules around job hopping no longer make sense, why small side projects can become life...

In this episode, Erika explores a question many people quietly ask themselves: why does someone else’s job sometimes look so appealing? Using the familiar “I want to be a barista” fantasy as a metaphor, she breaks down what’s really happening when we romanticize a different path. Erika shares insights from client conversations, Reddit threads, and a real-life conversation with a former barista to uncover four key reasons people are drawn to certain jobs: the environment, the meaning behind th...