Career imprinting
Subject in Careers
Career imprinting has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Mel RobbinsAmerican author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Robbins attributes her strong sense of justice partly to her first job as a public defender.
“my first real big job out of college and law school was as a public defender. representing people in the justice system who could not afford a lawyer”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How to Eliminate Self-Doubt Forever & Build Unshakeable Confidence (May 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:10:28
Shadé ZahraiBehavioral researcher, confidence expert and author of Big Trust, with a PhD in organizational behavior from Monash University
Zahrai explains that early career experiences create schemas that people carry into new workplaces.
“there's something called career imprinting. where the first few experiences we have in our career end up shaping our sense of identity when it comes to our career”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How to Eliminate Self-Doubt Forever & Build Unshakeable Confidence (May 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:31
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
How to Eliminate Self-Doubt Forever & Build Unshakeable ConfidenceThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 11, 2026 · 1 h 19 min
Mel Robbins talks with behavioral researcher Dr. Shadé Zahrai about her four-part framework—acceptance, agency, autonomy, adaptability—for overcoming self-doubt and building confidence.