Wendy Alexander: The $50k Career Launch

The $50k Career Launch. Four months pregnant, homeless, and in debt, my guest needed to find a job and transform the mess into success. My guest on the show is an international career coach, but her journey was from a place of no option. Her father’s words inspired her: ” You can be the victim or be victorious.”  She did and launched herself into a job search that led to a $50k salary increase.

The show you are about to hear was recorded today; I thought the content is so reliant as we touched on the subjects from the weekend podcast that I had to get to get it out now.  I am talking about blame culture and identity politics, a topic we are all too familiar with. 

Wendy Alexander grew up in South Africa to mixed-race parents and was defined as coloured, which meant her life and opportunities were restricted because of the colour of their skin. Her father was a fantastic role model; he taught the children how to survive in the system. However he knew the best solution would be to leave. He and his wife bravely moved the family from South Africa to Australia.

That meant starting again from the bottom. This was 1987, and apartheid South Africa restricted what you could take out of the country. The family’s arrival in Australia just a month before her 21st birthday meant lots of adjustment to life and new freedoms.

Fast forward a few years, Wendy was in a relationship and had a home she was buying with her partner, and life was good. Until it wasn’t, when the relationship broke, and she found herself 4 months pregnant, with no home and lots of debt.  

The $50k Career Launch.

She had to find a solution to generate an income that would support her and this unborn child and service the debt. The experience of her upbringing and the example set by her parents gave her the tenacity to change.

In this conversation, you will hear how she set about finding a role that could change her circumstances.  The process she developed led her to a successful corporate career, a role with 50K more money than her previous work. ( The $50k career Launch) She used her process many times in different career sectors.  Those career development skills did not go unnoticed by friends and collegues; she began career coaching as a side interest.

That is a good lesson for all of us, as we all have experiences that are transferable skills, and people will pay for that guidance.  

In 2018, after years in the corporate world and battling the health challenges of diabetes and menopause, she stepped out of the business world to become a full-time career coach. She runs her business on her terms, guiding professional individuals, especially midlife and menopausal women, to the careers they’ve longed for. 

Wendy told me before the show that she is a reluctant speaker, but I did not notice she has a fascinating story and tells it well. A quick apology: the audio on my end suffered a bit on this recording. That aside, tune in and explore the practical tips Wendy shares on refining resumes, harnessing transferable skills, and effectively navigating the modern job market,

If you like what you heard,  Wendy is an international coach, so do check out the links

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