Chris Duffy

They were cutting positions rather than hiring.

This is How to Be a Better Human.

I couldn't get a job and I needed a job that would let me pay my bills.

I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

Today on the show, our guest is Molly Graham.

So I just started applying for anything and everything.

And Molly is, among many other things, a very successful business person, a writer, and the new host of Ted's Work Life podcast.

And I ended up getting a position teaching English abroad.

And then I got a job teaching at an elementary school in Boston.

So we're going to be talking to her about how the rules for building a great career have evolved and what it takes to navigate this new work landscape.

And I could never, ever, ever have predicted that starting there would lead me to be here hosting this podcast and talking to you right now.

You know, when I was searching for my first job, I really, really, really wanted to write for a newspaper.

In fact, one of the biggest lessons that I've learned, maybe the only career lesson that I feel totally confident standing behind is that you cannot predict how things will turn out.

I was positive that I wanted to be a traditional newspaper journalist.

But then everywhere I applied,

They were cutting positions rather than hiring.

Like it or not, you are going to be surprised.

I couldn't get a job and I needed a job that would let me pay my bills.

So how do you help people to figure out how to navigate a career path if you can't possibly know what's coming next?

So I just started applying for anything and everything.