What You Must Do Before Applying to Jobs, with Connel Valentine

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

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When you see a job posting that you're interested in, your natural inclination might be to get your application in as quickly as possible. After all, you’ve got a better chance of being seen if you get it in early, right? Not so, according to Find Your Dream Job guest Connel Valentine. Sending in a general resume, no matter how early, is a great way to end up on a huge pile of other discarded, generic resumes. Connel says the best way to get ahead of the competition is to understand the job description, conduct extensive research, and use that research to arrange a meeting with the hiring executives.

About Our Guest:

Connel Valentine (www.linkedin.com/in/connelvalentine/) helps people find the job that’s right for them. He's a career coach and online course instructor at Zero2Hired (zero2hired.com/). Providing both one-on-one sessions as well as self-paced learning courses, Connel shares core skills with clients to get them into the workforce as quickly as possible.

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1:02.0	Hi, this is Mac Pritchard.
1:04.3	I had a cycling accident recently and broke several bones.
1:08.4	While I recover, I need to take a short break from podcasting. So through March
1:13.6	3rd, we're sharing some of our most popular interviews from the last five years. I hope you
1:18.6	enjoy them, and thank a difference in life.
1:38.6	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 people find fulfilling careers.
1:47.7	Every Wednesday on this show, I interview a career expert. We discuss the tools you need to find the work you want.
1:55.4	This week, I'm talking to Cano Valentine about what you must do before applying to any job.
2:02.1	Conno Valentine helps people find the job that's right for them.
2:06.4	He's a career coach and online course instructor at Zero to Hired.
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