E160 | No Degree? Here’s how Skill Stacking and Being a Lifelong Learner Leads to Success–Brad Koehn

The NoDegree Podcast – No Degree Success Stories for Job Searching, Careers, and Entrepreneurship

Listen in as he talks to Jonaed about how:

• · Combining diverse skills and experiences can create unique value and open doors to new opportunities
• · Parenting classes and becoming a pilot contributed to his professional growth
• · His network helped him to transition from being an employee to a consultant

Time stamps:

(2:06) Intro to Brad Koehn

(3:22) Blueprint to success: Stay current with training and education

(5:53) How losing his dad at age nine affected his education, from elementary school and beyond.

(7:51) First job

(12:00) Learning to manage people was a challenge but parenting classes and becoming a pilot helped

(16:57) Here’s how his network helped him to make the scary transition from employee to consultant

(20:49) Biggest accomplishment is skill stacking, here's how it can help you

(26:25) Advice for those in tech: learn how to love learning new things

(35:03) Advice for those that are nervous about not going to college

Support/Contact Brad:

• · Company Website: https://koehn-consulting.com/
• · LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradkoehn/

Resources mentioned:

• Resume course: https://bit.ly/podcastpca

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Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND

Connect with us on social media!

- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn

- Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB

- Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG

- Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW

- TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.