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

BONUS Episode: Networking Schmetworking, Tips for Genuine Connection, with Jen Violi

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

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8630 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2016

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Freelance writer, Jen Violi, shares how to make genuine connections in Oregon - or anywhere.

Even if networking makes you queasy, you can make connections with others on a personal and professional level.  We say this at Mac's List all the time, 80% of jobs are never posted, so chances are you're next dream job will be found by networking with someone in your field.  

Check out Jen's simple tips for making connections in a new city--from volunteer opportunities to fiestas.

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0:00.0

This episode is sponsored by Plaud, the AI wearable gadget that takes notes of meetings and calls.

0:07.2

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0:12.6

It creates perfect transcripts, summarizes key points, and generates mind maps to visualize everything.

0:20.7

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0:23.2

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0:25.4

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0:29.9

It's like using chat GPT, but specialized for your conversations.

0:35.0

I use Plot myself here at Find Your Dream Job. Before every episode, I meet with

0:40.2

each guest to choose a topic and review key points. Plot gives me detailed notes I can use

0:46.2

in our interviews to make sure we cover what manners most to the guest. Ready to work smarter,

0:52.3

type PLA-U-D into Google and get a discount with my code Dream Job.

0:58.9

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1:10.7

This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.

1:19.1

I'm Mac Pritchard, your host, and publisher of Max List. On today's bonus episode, we're sharing

1:23.6

exclusive content from our new book, Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond.

1:28.2

Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond compiles all of our best job search tips and career

1:32.3

management tools into one simple, easy-to-read. It's the definitive toolkit for anyone

1:37.2

looking for meaningful work. The book also includes special contributions from an array of job

1:42.2

search experts, and today you'll hear from one of them.

1:45.1

Here is freelance writer Jen Bioli reading her contribution.

1:48.6

Networking Schmetworking, tips for genuine connection in Oregon.

1:52.3

Even the words networking event make me queasy.

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