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

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There are many elements involved in landing your dream job; networking, a professional resume, and solid skills are just a few of the things required. But even with all that, it can be incredibly difficult. What if there was a silver bullet to fast-track your job search? Find Your Dream Job guest Jason Alba says informational interviews are the answer. Jason adds that informational interviews are an incredibly effective job search tool that most people aren’t taking advantage of, and he shares how to get the most out of your own. 

About Our Guest:

Jason Alba is a soft skills and career expert for Pluralsight.

Resources in This Episode:

• Connect with Jason on LinkedIn
• Check out Jason's books

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Each of us brings unique strengths to the table, and showing what you excel at makes you stand out to employers. When it comes down to the final two candidates, the offer often goes to the person the hiring manager can clearly picture in the role. Specificity wins. So how do you get that clear on what you offer? Find Your Dream Job guest expert Shannon Bowen of Monsoon Leadership says AI can help.

Shannon shares how to use tools like ChatGPT or Claude to pull strengths and themes from your own success stories, match keywords from job postings, and sharpen your interview answers with stronger verbs, statistics, and outcomes. She also reminds listeners that AI is just a mirror. The strengths are already within you — it simply reflects back what you know best.

About Our Guest:

• Shannon Bowen is a career coach and the founder of Monsoon Leadership. 

Resources in This Episode:

• Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn.

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If you’ve ever been ghosted after what you thought was a great interview, you may feel confused about what went wrong. It’s easy to get discouraged when you’ve put your all into the interview only to be rejected. But Find Your Dream Job guest Shelley Piedmont says there are ways to be better prepared next time. First, focus more on the value you bring than strictly on your qualifications. Second, be a clear communicator. And finally, remember that sometimes, not being selected gives you a better chance at job fulfillment and happiness. 

About Our Guest:

Shelley Piedmont is a former recruiter and human resources director. She’s also the founder of My Career GPS.

Resources in This Episode:

• If you’re ready to find a job you love, Shelley can help. Learn more by visiting her website at My Career GPS

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Looking for work right now is hard. On this bonus episode of Find Your Dream Job, Mac steps into the guest seat alongside executive career strategist Gina Riley for the Intel Alumni Network's Path to Next series. Mac and Gina name what many job seekers are feeling right now. The market has tightened with fewer roles, more applicants, and easy-apply tools that leave too many qualified professionals sending out thoughtful résumés into silence.

What sets you apart is knowing the job you're after, building a short list of employers you'd love to work for, and pursuing organizations rather than openings. Mac and Gina discuss how to ask for an informational interview, why a referral carries more weight than an online application, and how to follow up when someone goes quiet without feeling like a pest. Their parting advice is: don't wait to be picked; being qualified isn’t enough in this job market.

About the Host:

• Gina Riley is an executive career strategist and the author of the book, Qualified Isn't Enough: Develop Your Story. Land the Interview. Win the Job.

Resources in This Episode:

• Connect with Gina on LinkedIn
• Check out Gina’s book, Qualified Isn't Enough: Develop Your Story. Land the Interview. Win the Job.
• Check out the Intel Alumni Network.

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What does it take to thrive at work when AI keeps changing the rules? This week on Find Your Dream Job, HR leader and career coach Marguerite McAleer talks about how to future-proof your career in the age of AI. Marguerite sees AI less as a replacement and more as a tool for handling routine tasks, freeing you to focus on the work machines can't do: strategic thinking, creativity, and human relationships.

Marguerite also pulls back the curtain on what hiring looks like from her side of the desk, where a single job posting can attract more than 150 applications. She says to forget the spray-and-pray approach. Be choosy, go after roles that feel like a fit, and put your own voice back into anything AI helps you write. She explains why skills are increasingly valued over credentials, how the STAR method can help you stand out in an interview, and why anyone changing careers should lead with connection rather than an apology.

About Our Guest:

• Marguerite McAleer is an HR leader and a career coach.

Resources in This Episode:

• Connect with Marguerite on LinkedIn.

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