Preparing for jobs that don't yet exist, with Chris Bishop

Chris Bishop’s had 8 careers. Not jobs: careers. His band toured with The Eagles and ZZ Top, before Chris became a session musician playing with Robert Palmer and Chuck Berry. He then got into writing jingles - including KitKat’s first TV advert. Chris then discovered the World Wide Web, learned programming, and landed a job with IBM where he worked on Virtual Worlds. Chris now teaches people on how to prepare for jobs that don’t yet exist, and even has a course on LinkedIn Learning. Get ready for a fascinating episode! Contents 0m 54s: A non-linear, multi-modal careerist 4m 58s: The toughest career jump 6m 48s: Writing the KitKat’s first jingle 8m 45s: Getting my first ‘real’ job at 40 10m 56s: Moving from New York to raise our son 14m 55s: Starting Improvising Careers 17m 58s: If you don’t know what job you want to do 21m 53s: Can you replicate music gigs virtually? 23m 48s: The future of VR and airlines 25m 51s: Preparing for jobs that don’t yet exist 29m 04s: Astrophysics meets hospitality 30m 27s: The appropriate amount of time to focus on jobs that don’t exist 33m 30s: IBM and Virtual Worlds 39m 34s: How to answer ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years?’ 40m 36s: My course on LinkedIn Learning Support the show

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Preparing for jobs that don't yet exist, with Chris Bishop is an episode from The Career Dad Show by Dan Reed.

This episode is 42:50 long.

This episode was published on Sep 21, 2020.

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