Working Smarter, Not Harder: Jontae Grace’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

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Check out the podcast on Macslist here: (https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=16240&preview=true) Job searching requires both emotional resilience and strategic efficiency. Find Your Dream Job guest Jontae Grace learned this during his six-month job search after being laid off, including the crushing disappointment of reaching final interviews twice without receiving an offer. His advice: separate your self-worth from your employment status and never stop applying until you have a formal offer. Jontae advocates for using quick apply functions on job boards to save time: what traditionally takes 30-45 minutes per application can be reduced to seconds. He also suggests looking beyond salary to total compensation packages, sharing how one employer's wellness reimbursement program provided $1,500 annually in real value through dollar-for-dollar matching on health and wellness expenses. About Our Guest: Jontae Grace is an employee relations specialist at Do Good Multnomah. Resources in This Episode: Connect with Jontae on LinkedIn. To learn more about Jontae Grace’s job search, visit macslist.org/stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.1	I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Mack's List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.
1:28.3	One of the best ways to get good at job hunting is to talk to people who do it well.
1:33.3	That's why, once a month, I interview a Max List reader who found a job they love.
1:39.3	Our guest today is John T. Grace.
1:42.3	He's an employee relations specialist at Do Good Multnomah.
1:47.7	It's a nonprofit that owns and operates shelters for homeless veterans in Portland, Oregon.
1:54.0	Jontay Grace believes you should look at the complete compensation package and employer offers,
1:59.1	not the salary alone. When you do this, says Jonte, it tells
2:03.6	you how much or how little an organization values its employees' well-being. In a story you can
2:09.6	find on the Max List website, Jontay encourages you to consider 401K contributions, insurance premiums,
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