Oh, hey, what's going on? It's Puno. And you're listening to Girl Boss Radio.

Oof, okay. Figuring out what job, what career you want. That's tough. But when you actually

know what job you want, applying, and trying to get that job, that's even harder. You have

to have your cover letter. You have to have your resume. You got to be great at the interview.

You got to want the job, but you don't want to be too thirsty. You want to be confident,

but you don't want to sound arrogant. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like a lot of stuff. It's really tough.

At my company, I live creatives every week, people post jobs. And we see hundreds of applicants

for just one job. According to the JobBite Recruiting Report, one in six candidates who applied

for a job were asked for an interview, which means on island creatives, we get like 100 to 200

applicants per job. And that means 16 to 33 people who actually be called for an interview.

It's not a lot. Well, in the course of one year, our guest today, Andrea Dalzel,

went on over 70. That's right. You heard me. 70 job interviews to finally land her dream job

as a nurse who's on the ground and not behind a desk. This is important because Andrea uses a wheelchair.

So in addition to just dealing with this ruling job hunt process,

she also has to deal with hiring managers who have unconscious bias. And you'll hear in this

episode that this isn't the first time Andrea's ability has been dismissed. Actually, in high school,

a school counselor told her that as a black woman with a disability, she has three strikes.

That just pisses me off. But despite that, Andrea ultimately proved them all wrong.

And she became the first registered nurse in New York State to use a wheelchair.

So for those of you that are on the job hunt, not all of you are going to be facing the same hurdles

as Andrea, but she has so many great practical tips that just can be applied to anyone.

And also for the folks on the other side, the hiring managers that might need to check their biases.

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