Underserved 2019 Holiday Bonus Episode
Underserved
Andrew Gelina
5.0 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
It's almost time for the business world to hibernate for a couple of weeks, and Underserved is shipping some yuletide bits to enjoy during the break! We have taken some cuts we did not have room for in our regular episodes and packaged them here. This bonus episode is the end of Season One of Underserved. Season two is coming in early 2020, see you then!
Show notes:
- Buoyancy - Forbes article https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/12/19/10-good-reasons-to-change-jobs-every-3-5-years/#4d8f9cf2777b
- Why do Hackathons? https://www.thetechedvocate.org/benefits-participating-hackathon/
- Benefits of GITHUB https://apiumhub.com/tech-blog-barcelona/using-github/
- When to get an endorsement/reference https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-ask-someone-to-be-a-reference
- Advice about counter-offers: https://thehiredguns.com/should-you-accept-a-counteroffer/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the special holiday edition of underserved the podcast for the rest of the tech industry. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm your host Andrew Jollina. |
| 0:15.4 | Over the course of season one, |
| 0:16.6 | we came up with a lot of great content |
| 0:18.3 | that we couldn't quite fit into our regular episodes. |
| 0:21.0 | So we decided to make this bonus episode for the holidays to give you something to |
| 0:24.4 | listen to and enjoy this director's cut of content. |
| 0:27.8 | First up is Robert Swift, also known as Swiftie. |
| 0:30.4 | He has some tips for job seekers, including whether or not you should consider accepting a counteroffer. |
| 0:36.0 | It seems like in most interviews that interviewers ask you, do you have any questions for me? |
| 0:42.0 | As if you've been talking to somebody for 25 |
| 0:44.7 | minutes and now it's your turn to tell me what your concerns are and that's not |
| 0:51.6 | what that section is what that section is for. |
| 0:53.0 | That section is for you to ask questions that will provide you and them with more detail about your qualifications. |
| 1:01.0 | I always tell people there's only two questions you ever |
| 1:04.8 | want to ask at the end of a phone screen and the first one is always ask about the |
| 1:10.3 | interviewer. If they've told you extensively about their role already, you want to just |
| 1:17.5 | ask a little bit more, how long have you been with the company? Where were you at before this? |
| 1:21.5 | How did you hear about it? |
| 1:22.8 | You know, those types of things |
| 1:24.8 | really help you build rapport with the interviewer. |
| 1:27.6 | People get to talk about themselves, |
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