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

I'm Mac Pritchard, your host, and publisher of Max List. On today's bonus episode, we're sharing exclusive content from our new book, Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond. Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond compiles all of our best job search tips and career management

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

work. The book also includes special contributions from an array of job search experts, and today

you'll hear from one of them. Here's Jenny Foss, owner of jobgeny.com, reading her contribution,

the best ways to follow up after the interview.

You just finished the interview, and you have finished the interview and you nailed that sucker. But now, a couple of weeks have gone by, and nothing's happened.

Can you follow up without reeking of desperation or looking like a pest? This topic freaks a lot of job

seekers out. Many people, even when they know the interview went well, would rather do nothing

than risk looking stupid or making the wrong move. But staying top of mind is incredibly important

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