Design Your Comeback
Job searching in today’s market is tough, but you don’t have to do it alone. Join us to design your next chapter and build success habits.
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Online
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About this event
- Event lasts 4 hours
Design Your Comeback
Ready to relaunch your career - but don’t want to do it alone? Design Your Comeback is a dynamic, collaborative program for people who are re-entering the workforce and want to do it with confidence, clarity, and a supportive community at their side.
You’ll tap into powerful design thinking tools from the bestselling book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. These tools that have helped thousands of people rethink and redesign their careers from the ground up.
Rooted in the Stanford Life Design course that inspired a movement, this two-part journey blends live learning with real-world action to help you gain clarity, momentum, and meaningful connections.
The Journey
Part 1: Live Interactive Workshop (via Zoom)
In this energizing and hands-on session, you’ll:
- Discover what truly motivates and energizes you
- Map out what kinds of work align with your values and strengths
- Uncover dysfunctional beliefs that might be holding you back - and how to get unstuck
- Leave with a personalized Career Compass, a prototype plan, and a like-minded
community ready to cheer you on
Part 2: One-Month Guided Action Sprint
Over the next month, you’ll use the Design Your Comeback App to:
- Complete 25 bite-sized steps (just 5–10 minutes a day)
- Build career success habits like networking, personal branding, and using platforms like
LinkedIn effectively - Take real-world action, reflect on what you learn, and share progress with your new
community
Frequently asked questions
This workshop is focused on people who are seeking work --- folks who have been laid off, or are re-entering the workforce after time off, or college graduates trying to find their first job We will focus on DYL work tools and the actions you can turn into success habits for building your career.
Part 1: The Zoom Workshop is 3 hours with 30 minutes of pre-work. Part 2: The 25 step DYC App delivers a micro-lesson each day which takes 5-10 minutes to complete (2-4 hours total). Each lesson requires an action that will help you be be successful.