How to Choose the Right Career for You, with Dalan Vanterpool

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

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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One of the biggest challenges that you will face in your professional life is choosing a career. It’s not only recent college graduates who face this challenge. Most of us will change careers at least once during our working lives. How do you find the job that’s the best fit for you, no matter your age? Find Your Dream Job guest Dalan Vanterpool says that before you begin thinking about certain roles, you need to ask yourself five specific questions. The answers to these questions can help you land a job that not only allows you to excel in your work, but also provides an atmosphere that you enjoy being a part of every day.

About Our Guest:

Dalan Vanterpool is a private banker and career development expert from the British Virgin Islands. Dalan hosts the Careers and Cash Flow podcast. His show helps young professionals build meaningful careers that lead to more time, money, and freedom.

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Dalan’s podcast, Careers and Cash Flow, will show you how to transform from an average employee to an amazing leader.
Dalan offers essential career advice for young professionals on his website, dalanvanterpool.com.
If you wait for employers to bring up salary, you’re wasting your time and energy. My guide, How to Talk About Money in an Interview, shows you how to do salary research before meeting with a hiring manager. Learn how to be more comfortable talking about money and get the tools you need to request a higher salary.

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0:00.0	This is Mac Pritchard, a founder of Mac's List.
0:03.9	I've interviewed more than 500 career experts since Find Your Dream Job started in 2015.
0:11.1	The advice these guests shared remains as valuable as ever.
0:15.5	So every other week, we're publishing one of our most popular conversations.
0:20.6	Here's a classic episode I think you'll enjoy.
0:35.2	This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.
0:42.2	I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps professionals find fulfilling careers.
0:52.3	I believe that lifelong learning is the key to a successful career.
0:56.7	And to get a better job, you need to learn the job hunting skills that will help you find the
1:01.4	role of your dreams. That's why we're here today. Every week on Find Your Dream Job, I interview
1:07.8	a different career expert. We discuss the tools and tactics you need to find
1:12.6	the work you want. This week, I'm talking to Dallin Venterpull works with young professionals.
1:32.8	He says one of the biggest challenges this group faces is picking a career.
1:37.4	But it's not just a problem for millennials, according to Dallin.
1:40.9	Most of us will change careers one or more times at our 40 plus years in the workplace.
1:46.2	Job seekers who make the best choices, Dallin tells me today, ask themselves five questions.
1:52.3	And the answers help these people land in careers that let them excel and look forward to going to the office.
1:59.5	Want to learn more? Listen in now at the MaxL Studio as I interview Dallin Venterpull about how to choose
2:06.0	the career that's right for you.
2:24.5	Dallin Venterppool is a private banker and career development expert from the British Virgin Islands.
2:27.7	Dallin hosts the Focus the Fire podcast.
2:37.9	His show helps young professionals build meaningful careers that lead to more time, money, and freedom. He joins us today from Panama City,
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