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Career Hacks to Land a Job You'll Love With Kathryn Minshew
21 Jul 2021
#12: Career expert Kathryn Minshew joins Chris to discuss all things jobs: finding and landing one you'll love, making networking suck less, and how to build your personal brand online without needing to be a "social media influencer". Kathryn Minshew (@kmin) is the founder and CEO of The Muse and the co-author of the best selling book The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career. Full show notes available at: https://www.allthehacks.com/career-hacks-kathryn-minshew Partner Deals Gelt: Skip the waitlist on personalized tax guidance to maximize your wealth Selected Links From The Episode Nominate All the Hacks for a Plutus Award: Vote Here Connect with Kathryn Minshew: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | The Muse Kathryn’s book: The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career Find people’s emails when you are on their profile: Lusha Get pocket to save articles to read later: Get Pocket Articles about interviewing from The Muse: Interview questions and answers | Interview Skills | Phone Interviews Full Show Notes Who is Kathryn Minshew? (00:15) The biggest misconception with job searches. (01:35) What should you do if you are unhappy with your job? (02:41) Should your career revolve around your passion? (05:06) How Kathryn found a career that is perfect for her. (08:18) How can you know if you would be a good fit for a particular career? (12:34) 3 key tips to level up your networking skills. (13:46) What is an informational interview and tips on how to do better at them. (16:42) How to find email addresses of people you want to get connected with. (19:29) How to leave networking conversations (and a power move hack). (25:27) Here’s why to ask for things in PERSON. (28:30) Building a personal brand (even without being a content creator). (30:30) Should you censor your social media when applying for a job? (industry specific advice) (35:42) 3 different ways to find job opportunities (and how to get introduced to people you are interested in). (39:40) If you feel you are asking for too many favors on your job search, do this. (44:45) What if you want to work somewhere that is NOT hiring. (46:50) Companies are as eager for the right person as you are for the right job. (real life example) (52:04) How to answer “what is your biggest weakness” and “why do you want to work here” in an interview. (53:59) Should you negotiate a job offer? (56:23) Things to negotiate beyond your compensation. (59:25) A hack to help you plan for future promotions. (1:02:19) Connect with All the Hacks All the Hacks: Newsletter | Website | Facebook | Email Chris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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