Sep 16, 2020
How many people can honestly say they feel confident walking into a dangerous situation, knowing they have what it takes to get it under control? That was Carly Traeger in a former life and she loved every moment of it. So why did she walk away from her dream job to become an employment relations lawyer?
A career path isn’t a simple linear journey. There are pressures you can’t foresee and hard decisions you have to make.
In this conversation Carly talks a lot about confidence. She talks about having it, losing it and finding it again. She shares some of her greatest joys and her toughest times, in search of the secret formula to being a better wife, a better mum and a better lawyer.
TOPICS
Mid-career exit points for women climbing a career ladder and pursuing a family
How do firms better manage a working parent’s career progression
Transition points and transferable skills
Redundancy meets opportunity, dreams meet reality, hard times meet courage
“I didn’t want that label, I didn’t have a mental health Issue. I was just someone who’d worked really hard and overdone it and was just exhausted and emotional.”
“My experience was not unique, it was actually quite common and everyone has their different ways of getting through it.”
“To be comfortable and confident in the advice that you’re giving .. you need to be able to back yourself.”
“I learnt great interview skills, how to ask questions and keep asking questions and that silence, at times, is golden.”
“I learnt to be suspicious, very suspicious.”
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Credits
Host: Alex Correa - Career Coach in Law
Brought to you by Alex Correa Executive
With thanks to our guest : Carly Traeger
Friends in Law is edited and engineered by Cold Ghost (aka Fletcher Babb) Produced by Bern Young and thanks to Amelia Rees for the inspiration and nudge.