You're a college student or early career professional trying to navigate your job search. In this podcast, I have conversations with professional recruiters and hiring managers, successful candidates, and other smart people who share insights you can use to get a job where you can leave a mark. As a professional resume writer, I've helped hundreds of clients land jobs at companies including Amazon, Boeing, Intel, Walmart, DocuSign, and more.
Does being one of the first applicants for a job increase your chances of getting hired?
I discuss this question with three of my recruiter friends. My hypothesis was that "yes, being one of the first applicants matters a lot." The recruiters proved that there's more nuance to this question than I thought.
21 Dec 2022
Use LinkedIn Recommendations!
LinkedIn Recommendations stand out to hiring managers. Want proof? Listen to the episode.
21 Apr 2022
Director of Talent Acquisition - Belong - Colton Richins
Build your personal board of directors, create your own opportunities, and find a career before the 11th hour.
Highlights:
3:15: How Colton got his foot into the tech industry
6:50: How to create your own opportunities
10:00: How recruiters and hiring managers make decisions about candidates
10:35: Is networking the right word?
13:00: Build a personal board of directors
16:00: The best recruiters try to create a great candidate experience
18:50: How to partner with a recruiter to prepare for the interview process
22:25: Early career professionals need a strong executive presence and hunger
24:00: Find a career before the 11th hour
26:50: Don’t wait for it to fall into your lap. Go get it!
17 Mar 2022
Resume Principles - Best things first
Want to know exactly how to format your resume? I’ll tell you in about 5 minutes
4 Mar 2022
The Greatest Networker - Marcelo Menezes - Networking and LinkedIn
Google and Southwest Airlines Alumn Marcelo Menezes and I discuss:
How Marcelo used a gameplan and narrow focus to get an internship with Southwest Airline 3:57
Talking to the employees of a company is much more helpful than going to a career page. 5:47
You can use LinkedIn to talk to anyone. 7:47
Using the LinkedIn Alumni tool to find employees of the companies you want to work for. 8:47
Be respectful and clear about your purpose and many people will talk to you 10:17
Three things Marcelo tries to learn about in his informational interviews: 11:27
The book: how to put what you learn in informational interviews into practice: 12:37
Don’t use slash and burn as a networking strategy! 14:30
How Marcelo gets employers to reach out to him. The holy grail of job searching! 17:17
Flip the “job search funnel” upside down. 20:17
An employer’s perspective: why Marcelo’s method works 22:00
How Marcelo broke into Google by learning the hiring process inside and out 25:45
Even Marcelo sucks sometimes 32:45
1 Feb 2022
Sr. Corporate Recruiter - Purple - McKay Richins
Senior Corporate Recruiter McKay Richins and I discuss:
The biggest problems McKay sees with entry-level candidates (5:35)
How he evaluates candidates/weeds out those who are not worthy and important resume tips (8:00)
LinkedIn is absolutely critical. You need one if you don't have one (10:30)
How to nail interviews. (Hint: prepare!)
His worst candidate story (22:30)
His best candidate story (26:00)
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