Jan Hunter: HR Executive to Career Coach & Author

In this episode of Clocking Out, we meet Jan Hunter, who grew up in New Albany, Indiana, watching Goldie Hawn movies and knowing she wouldn't stay in the Midwest. A marketing degree from Ball State led to a short stint in fashion merchandising, then furniture sales. At 27, a friend's call took her to San Francisco to open a consulting firm's office, and into human resources. There, Jan learned she was paid less than colleagues because she wasn't married with children. That disappointment pushed her to name her core values: leadership transparency, mutual respect, risk-taking, and giving back. Those values led her to a community healthcare system, where she spent a decade with a CEO who backed her and paid for her MBA at Kellogg. The clocking out moment came after he retired. The leadership team moved on, the values shifted toward the bottom line, and a move to a new health system in Arizona brought several new bosses in six months. When she heard who would be next, Jan said, "I'm not going to work for her," and left without a plan. She began writing résumés for an outplacement firm and, in her 50s, rebuilt her career as a career coach with her own practice. A handout for overwhelmed job seekers eventually grew into her book, *Starting From Experience*. This conversation is about repositioning as a way of life. It explores why values decide whether you thrive at work, why careers rarely move in a straight line, and why experienced professionals are never starting from scratch. **Connect with Jan at:** - Website:https://www.heroesunleashed.ca/https://www.modernjobseekersguide.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janhunter2026/ **Follow Raymond:** - LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondmlee/https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondmlee/ - Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/raymondlee.cohttps://www.instagram.com/raymondlee.co - Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@clockingoutpodhttps://www.tiktok.com/@clockingoutpod - X:http://twitter.com/hrentrepreneurhttp://twitter.com/hrentrepreneur - Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@clockingoutwithraymondlee/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@clockingoutwithraymondlee/videos Become a guest on Clocking Out:https://bit.ly/46sqClqhttps://bit.ly/46sqClq