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

Leveraging LinkedIn: Jesse Friedman’s Job Search Success Story

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

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8624 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We all know the importance of having a well-built LinkedIn page. But did you know that recruiters use LinkedIn to reach out to people who haven’t applied for jobs, but who seem to be a great fit for a position they’re looking to fill? On this bonus episode of Find Your Dream Job, Jesse Friedman (http://linkedin.com/in/jessefriedman) tells us why (and how) he was contacted for a job he didn’t even know about. Jesse also shares how to build a rich and fully-developed page on LinkedIn, and why it matters. Learn more about Jesse’s career history below in this installment of our Success Stories (https://www.macslist.org/articles/success-stories) series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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0:29.9

It's like using chat GPT, but specialized for your conversations.

0:35.0

I use Plot myself here at Find Your Dream Job. Before every episode, I meet with

0:40.2

each guest to choose a topic and review key points. Plot gives me detailed notes I can use

0:46.2

in our interviews to make sure we cover what manners most to the guest. Ready to work smarter,

0:52.3

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0:58.9

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1:06.5

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

1:19.7

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 you find a fulfilling career.

1:29.3

One of the best ways to get good at job hunting is to talk to people who do it well.

1:34.7

That's why once a month, I interview a Max Littreader who found a job they love.

1:40.2

Our guest today is Jesse Friedman.

1:42.8

He's the director of product marketing at Tremendous.

1:46.3

It's an online platform that allows organizations to pay people around the world.

1:52.3

Jesse Friedman believes in the power of LinkedIn.

1:55.0

In a story you can find on the MaxList website,

1:57.9

Jesse says that his current employer found him using an AI bot. Desi credits his richly

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