How to Get a Job Without Applying Online, with Austin Belcak
Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job
Mac Prichard
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
As a job seeker, what is the first thing you do when looking for your next job or career move? Do you get online, find jobs you might be interested in, and then go through the online application process? If so, you might be shocked to learn that you have a better chance of getting into Harvard than you do of finding a job you love through an online system. On this episode of the Find Your Dream Job podcast, career expert Austin Belcak tells you how to get around the online application system, how to build relationships with people on the inside, and how to find your own personal champion within a company.
About Our Guest: Austin Belcak
Austin Belcak (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelcak/) is the founder of Cultivated Culture (https://cultivatedculture.com/) and is an expert on how to find jobs in unconventional ways. He shares highly effective strategies for landing amazing jobs without traditional experience, without connections, and without applying online.
Resources in this Episode:
- Austin shares a detailed breakdown of his entire job process as his flagship course. Check out Austin's Dream Job System: https://cultivatedculture.com/macslist/
- Rapid Resume Revamp (https://cultivatedculture.com/?s=rapid+resume+revamp) helps you create a resume that will help you build a relationship with the employer and beat applicant tracking systems.
- Get in touch with anyone with Hunter (https://hunter.io/): the easiest way to find someone's corporate email address.
- Austin has provided several free courses for Find Your Dream Job listeners. Visit https://cultivatedculture.com/macslist/.
- Need help getting clear about your goals? Check out Finding Focus in Your Job Search, a free resource from Mac’s List. Download it at maclist.org/focus.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Plaud, the AI wearable gadget that takes notes of meetings and calls. |
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| 0:40.2 | each guest to choose a topic and review key points. Plot gives me detailed notes I can use |
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| 1:06.8 | This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, |
| 1:17.0 | have the career you want, and make a difference in life. |
| 1:20.2 | I'm Mac Pritchard, your host and publisher of Max List. |
| 1:23.9 | I believe that to find a job you can love, you must stop spending all day on job boards. |
| 1:30.2 | That's because as many as 80% of all jobs never get advertised. |
| 1:34.7 | To find these hidden positions, you must learn how to look for work. |
| 1:39.8 | Here's the good news. |
| 1:41.2 | Job hunting is like any skill, and you can get good at it with study and practice. |
| 1:47.3 | This show helps you do this. Every Wednesday on Find Your Dream Job, I talk to a different career |
| 1:52.4 | expert. We discuss tactics and tips you can use to find your dream job. Our guest this week is |
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