Bonus Episode 87: Meaningful Careers in Portland: Align Your Job with Your Values

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Check out the podcast on Macslist here: (https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=16563&preview=true) On Nov. 12, we hosted our final quarterly event of 2025 in partnership with B Local PDX. More than 200 people gathered for networking and a panel discussion, “Meaningful Careers in Portland: Align Your Job with Your Values.” In this recording of our conversation, you’ll hear grounded, hopeful advice for navigating a tough job market and finding work that feels meaningful. Our panelists talk about staying motivated, managing burnout, and taking steady, realistic steps toward roles that reflect your values. They share practical strategies such as volunteering, networking, and informational interviews that will help you build connections and find opportunities across Portland’s B Corps, nonprofits, government agencies, and values-aligned for-profits. About Our Guests: Wesley Griffin, executive director of B Local PDX Panelists Charles McGee, director of operations, Workplace Change Brandi Oldham, MHR, founder, Talent Career Coaching Nicole Stein, director of social impact and sustainability, Killian Pacific Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever been asked this in a job interview? Tell me about a time when you didn't agree with your boss.
0:06.9	What would you say? This is what's called a behavioral interview question, and it's a common tactic.
0:14.1	Employers use this kind of question to explore your fit for a job based on your past experience.
0:20.2	It can be an easy question to answer if you have the right strategy.
0:24.3	I show you how to answer these gotcha questions in our free MaxList Guide, 100 behavioral
0:30.1	interview questions you need to know.
0:32.8	To get your copy, visit maxlist.org slash questions.
0:37.1	You'll also learn four simple steps for answering any behavioral
0:41.1	interview question. Again, that's maxlist.org slash questions. You can count on getting these questions
0:48.3	in your next interview. Why not get the answers before you walk into the interview room?
0:56.4	Go to maxlist.org slash questions.
1:05.8	MaxList regularly sponsors public events in our hometown of Portland, Oregon.
1:11.8	This allows job seekers, employers, and others to gather and make new friends and connections.
1:22.0	We recently teamed up with Be Local PDX to host a panel conversation about meaningful careers in Portland and how to align your job with your values.
1:24.4	Here's a recording of our conversation.
1:34.3	Hey everybody. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. My name is Wes Griffin. I use he and him pronouns.
1:38.3	And I'm the executive director at the local PDX.
1:42.3	Before I tell you about what we do, we're a really small nonprofit. We're
1:49.1	normally the ones asking for sponsors. Rarely are the sponsor on the stage. So I got to milk it
1:55.5	a little bit, right? I'm just going to tell you a little bit of my story and my why and kind of how I ended up here tonight.
2:04.1	So we're lucky to be friends and partners with Max List and really proud to be sponsors of the event tonight.
2:15.7	Let me take you back for a second to 2014.
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