Career Pivot
Joe O'Connor, Alex Snider, CP Guest Post, Lorine Ghabranious, Maria Eliades, Sean Kelly, Jordan Mathews, ✨️ The World In My Bones \ud83c\udf0d, Maria MacAndrew, Hannah Peterson, Rochelle Coleman, Robyn Sotolov, Enrique Martínez-González, Christine ShaeferA Community of Action Providing Holistic Support During Chaotic Career Transitions
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Life After the "Straight Line": Jordan Mathews on Navigating Career Detours, Unmuting, and Embracing your Inner Loudmouth
Jordan spent the majority of her career checking off logical boxes until she hit a hard stop, and suddenly found herself transitioning from a civil servant at the Department of Justice employee to a part-time employee at her local gym withi...
How to Feel Less Sandwiched: Caregiving for Your Older Parents
When Career Pivot asked parents and caregivers about how they were navigating career transitions and balancing childcare, we began hearing from our community that we had missed another facet of caregiving. Members of the community wanted to...
Pivoting in Partnership: From USAID to What’s Next
Hi, I’m Enrique Martínez-González. In January 2025 Christine Shaefer and I got a late night call sitting in the Dushanbe, Tajikistan airport which kicked off a series of pivots that we’ve been navigating ever since.
At that time, we were b...
From a Career at DOJ to Working Part-Time at My Gym
I sit across from her in the community lounge. The energetic noise of shoes on treadmills and members chattering fill the space around us. Afternoon light peers through southward facing windows, the smell of freshly ground coffee is omnipre...
Reflections & Legacy: Celebrating the Forage Center with David Smith and Heather Payne
You may remember that back in April we collaborated with the team at the Forage Center to support their Peacebuilding & Humanitarianism at a Crossroads event. I was honored to be asked to share my perspective on stage (alongside Sepideh Key...
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Building a space where people who worked in the international development or federal government space can find resources, advice, and community support as they pivot to new career opportunities and realign their lives to meet the present moment.
Alex Snider is the author of Sometimes You Should Be Late. He draws on a 15 year career in public service and a decade of practicing and facilitating meditation and group processes. He writes the Substack Slow Mindfulness.
This Guest Post is a community knowledge-sharing effort. We actively solicit relevant content. Please suggest a post to add to our collective insight.
Maria Eliades is the host and creator of the Our Pandora's Box podcast. She's also an award-winning podcast host and producer and writer who lives in New York. Her interests include politics, culture, books, travel, and everything Greece and Turkey.
I am a quantitative researcher and analyst who specializes in education. I contribute to Career Pivot on data science related work and writing articles for our subscribers.
Former DOJ employee. Writer, Community Builder & Certified Loudmouth. Creator of The Fed Up — where we say the true thing out loud, together. Where is your voice muted? Take the quiz now -> https://thefedup.fillout.com/whereisyourvoicemuted
Hi! I’m Maria MacAndrew, a publisher & social impact entrepreneur. I help changemakers write & publish legacy books. I also advocate for AI ethics & fund education for vulnerable groups through sustainable philanthropy. Welcome to my Substack!
Rochelle Coleman, AFC®, is the founder of Second Stage Finance. She specializes in helping professionals take control of their money and align their daily spending with what truly matters most. Learn more at secondstagefinance.com
Former federal professional with experience at Tesla and OpenAI. I offer executive and career coaching for people leaving government service, and I built MissionPivot (yourpivot.app), a career transition tool for federal and military professionals.
I am a designer. I believe creative thinking and imagination are strategic tools that show mission-driven leaders and organizations the way to compelling futures.
My work is devoted to helping people think and communicate differently, expanding what’s possible. I believe people need human-to-human connection more than ever, and that a both-and approach helps us navigate the many tensions that surround us.
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