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

Networking Her Way to Impact: Melanie Klym’s Job Search Success Story

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

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8630 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Check out the podcast on Macslist here: (https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=16578&preview=true)  Career pivots rooted in relationships can often lead to meaningful work. On this bonus episode of Find Your Dream Job, Melanie Klym, Northwest River Restoration Director at American Rivers, shares why she loves protecting rivers across the Pacific Northwest. She also reflects on how she knew it was time to leave private engineering consulting and move into the nonprofit sector to expand her impact and better align her work with her values. Melanie talks through the job search habits that have shaped her career path, including informational interviews, volunteering, and working with mentors over time. By reaching out to people she admired, staying curious about different career paths, and building relationships before roles were posted, she found a position that was a strong fit. Her takeaways for job seekers: focus on people, stay engaged in your community, and think of networking as something you do throughout your career — not just during a job search. About Our Guest: Melanie Klym is the Northwest River Restoration Director at American Rivers.  Resources in This Episode: Connect with Melanie on LinkedIn.  To learn more about Melanie Klym’s job search, visit macslist.org/stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Have you ever been asked this in a job interview? Tell me about a time when you didn't agree

0:05.0

with your boss. What would you say? This is what's called a behavioral interview question,

0:12.1

and it's a common tactic. Employers use this kind of question to explore your fit for a job

0:17.5

based on your past experience. It can be an easy question to answer if you have the right strategy.

0:23.6

I show you how to answer these gotcha questions in our free MaxList Guide,

0:28.6

100 behavioral interview questions you need to know.

0:32.6

To get your copy, visit maxlist.org slash questions.

0:36.6

You'll also learn four simple steps for answering any behavioral

0:41.1

interview question. Again, that's maxlis.org slash questions. You can count on getting these questions

0:48.3

in your next interview. Why not get the answers before you walk into the interview room? Go to maxlist.org slash questions.

1:00.8

This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired,

1:09.8

have the career you want, and make a

1:11.7

difference in life. I'm your host, Mac Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List. It's a job board

1:18.5

in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career. One of the best ways to get good

1:24.5

at job hunting is to talk to people who do it well.

1:28.5

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

1:34.1

Our guest today is Melanie Clem.

1:36.8

She's the Northwest River Restoration Director at American Rivers.

1:41.8

It's a nonprofit that works to safeguard the 4.4 million miles of rivers and

1:47.3

streams in the United States. Melanie joins us from Corvallis, Oregon. Melanie Clem has seen

1:55.1

firsthand the difference a network can make in a career. In a story you can find on the MaxList

2:00.3

website, Melanie says that her

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