You may like your job, your boss, and your co-workers, but what happens if a "Dream Job" lands in your lap? Should you leave the safety of your current gig to take a risk on something new?  What if it's outside of the "norm" or in a slightly different field?

The answer is rarely simple, but this week we give you some tips on finding your passion, and pursuing it throughout your career. There are a few things you can do today to improve your odds of finding that dream job and landing it when it comes along.

It won't be easy.   There are some mental and emotional barriers to stepping into the unknown, but we talk about how to overcome them.  And don't be surprised when your mentors and peers try to discourage you - they're just projecting their own fears on you!

If you've ever faced the question "Should I take a new job?" send us an email (mailto:podcast@hellophd.com) and tell us about the options and how you made the decision - we'd love to share your experience on a future episode!

Also in this episode, we celebrate a Hello PhD milestone with a bottle of bubbly, share some love with the scientists who launched the New Horizons probe to Pluto (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html), and uncover the controversial origins of the clavicle.  And you thought it was put there by osteoblasts!

If you're interested in the IRACDA training program mentioned in this episode, you can find more information here (http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/CareerDev/Pages/TWDInstRes.aspx).