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

How to Get Your Foot In the Door When You Don’t Know Anyone, with Kathleen Davis

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

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8624 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Check out the podcast on Macslist here:(https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=15939&preview=true) Getting in front of a hiring manager can be tricky unless you have a personal connection inside the company. If you don’t, there are ways around that, says Find Your Dream Job guest Kathleen Davis. Kathleen suggests going to LinkedIn to find the names of people you may be speaking with if you apply. It’s important to follow to the letter the application directions, while also seeking to connect with those who can help further your resume. Kathleen also stresses the need to write a unique cover letter for each position, stating your experience and the value you can add to the company.  About Our Guest: Kathleen Davis is the deputy editor at FastCompany.com where she writes about careers, hiring, and other workplace topics.  Kathleen also hosts The New Way We Work podcast. Resources in This Episode: Connect with Kathleen on LinkedIn.  Use promo code DREAMJOB at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/dreamjob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.6

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1:04.6

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

1:22.8

I'm your host, Mack Pritchard.

1:25.0

I'm also the founder of Max List.

1:27.4

It's a job board in the Pacific

1:28.8

Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career. Every Wednesday, I talk to a different

1:34.3

expert about the tools you need to get the work you want. You know the difference that connections

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