How To Find Out if a Company’s Culture is Right for You, with Dorianne St Fleur

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

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Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In order to find a job where you will thrive, it’s essential to determine if the company’s work culture is the right fit for you. Do you thrive in structured work environments or do you need to work remotely? During the interview process, ask tactical, specific questions about the company’s culture and determine if it fits your needs. Dorianne St Fluer, HR practitioner and diversity/inclusion enthusiast joins us to examine how to identify if a company’s culture is a good fit before you accept a job offer. About Our Guest: Dorianne St Fleur Dorianne is a HR practitioner, Diversity & Inclusion enthusiast and career and salary strategist based in New York City. She is also the creator of the online career coaching boutique, Your Career Girl as well as the host of the weekly career podcast called, Deeper than Work. Dorianne coaches, speaks and podcasts about how women of color can leverage their unique strengths to decrease the leadership gap in Tech and Finance. Resources in this Episode: New tool: Keep in mind these 7 warning signs before you accept a job offer, from Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/40585779/7-warning-signs-that-you-shouldnt-accept-a-job-offer Listener question: Alex Franklin, Portland, OR, is passionate about politics and frequently uses social media to discuss political issues. He asks, is it okay to be politically active when looking for work? More from our guest: Go to yourcareergirl.com Subscribe to Dorianne’s podcast, The Deeper Than Work Podcast: https://yourcareergirl.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.1	you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.
1:13.5	I'm Mac Pritchard, your host and publisher of MaxList.
1:19.2	I'm joined by my co-host, Lila Aara and Jessica Black from the MaxList team.
1:25.1	This week, we're talking about how to find out if a company's culture is right for you.
1:39.5	Most of us spend about 2,000 hours a year at our job.
1:44.0	So workplace culture can have a deep impact on our daily lives.
1:47.7	Our guest expert this week is Dorian St. Fleur.
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