The Daily Job Hunt

Kevin Jones is the founder and CEO of Bluewire, a sports podcast network. Kevin has always approached his career with a focus on the future. He started in sports journalism covering high-school sports on the east coast, but with quality work was quickly able to work his way up to cover the NFL and then a number of other sports and teams over a ten-year career.  But as he grew as a journalist...

Imagine someone who wants to be a professional athlete, but only studies sports and doesn't actually play one. You can bet that they probably won't be very good when they finally start playing.  Now imagine someone who has played basketball for years and decides they want to make a change to start playing football. You can bet that they will be orders of magnitude better than the person who h...

This week on Career Crashers Isaac is joined by Philip Gross. Phil is an accounting manager at Brandfolder who has built a great career by learning through his work and not being afraid of pursuing new opportunities.  5 Years Ago Phil was working as a tax accountant, in a job lots of people would love to have. It is the type of role people normally think of as safe and secure, but for Phil, t...

Relax, you're not behind the curve. You don't need to find your passion, discover your dream job, or start your business today, this year, or even in ten years.  In this week's audio essay, Isaac shares why you shouldn't be rushing to find a specific job, but should be rushing away from boredom. In this episode:  - Why shouldn't wait to get started, but also shouldn't rush to get to any...

Ben Mercer is a former professional rugby player who's career took him all over the UK and France. After years playing the sport he grew up loving at a professional level he began to realize that it was time for him to make the leap to the next stage in his career. He retired from rugby, leaned into his writing and other interests, and set out to crash an entirely new career.    This wee...

Everywhere you turn there is someone ready to complain about the rising generation.  They call you entitled. They call you weak. They yell about how something is wrong with young people today, but They (older generations) don't understand.  There is nothing wrong with your generation an audio essay by Isaac Morehouse  At Crash.co we have awesome tools to help you learn more about th...

Jeremy Chevalier is the Marketing Director at Crash and founder of GigLoft ( https://gigloft.com/ ). Like every member of the Crash team, he hasn't followed the traditional path to where he is now. He's experimented, taken risks, and learned from experience. Jeremy joins Isaac on this week's episode to talk about his career journey and how career trajectories are changing. Learn more about Je...

Taking the first step in your career always comes with uncertainty and questions. "Am I going down the wrong path?" "Will there be opportunities to advance?" "What if this isn't right for me?" When faced with your first real opportunity it's easy to get stuck overthinking it. In this week's audio essay, Isaac shares seven reasons why you shouldn't stress about your first job. In this audio essay:...

Each and every member of the Crash team has a cool story about crashing their career. This week, we hear from our editor and content manager Morgan Von Gunten on how she took the unconventional path to education and won her role on the Crash team.  Learn more about Morgan on her site morganvongunten.com In this episode:  - How Morgan won her opportunity with Crash - Why Morgan chose a st...

In this week's audio essay, Isaac shares five rising trends in job hunting to keep an eye on in 2020. These are all becoming more common, but we're still in that early phase, where people who approach the job hunt in this way will reap tremendous first-mover advantages.  1. Quality over quantity 2. Body of work over resumes 3. Tailored pitches over cover letters 4. Intangibles over tangibles&...

Mitchell Earl is the COO of Praxis and former director of marketing at Crash. Today he joins Isaac to talk about crashing his career, knowing the right risks to take in building a career, and how to think through opportunities. Entering college Mitchell was dead set on becoming a neurosurgeon, halfway through college he was set on becoming a lawyer, but he learned from experience that those t...

In this episode Crash's own Head of Engineering, Dave Wasmer joins Isaac to talk about how he launched his career in tech.  When Dave graduated from college with a degree in economics, he wasn't sure where he wanted to go in his career. He used his self-taught programming skills to get an opportunity at a large corporation, but he soon realized that the corporate environment wasn't the place...

This week on the podcast we are excited to share the second half of a two-part conversation with James Beshara. James is an angel investor, founder, podcaster, and author who has been invited to speak at places like Harvard Business School, Stanford, Y Combinator, TechCrunch Disrupt, SXSW, the World Bank, and others.  Since his first paying job at 14 repairing computers, James has worked in a...

This week we're excited to share an audio essay by Crash marketing director Jeremy Chevallier! ---  Going to college wasn’t exactly my cup of tea—at first. Thankfully, I found my place and discovered my passion for design. This is the story of how I hacked my way into the design courses I wanted to take, which led to the opportunity to break into the design industry. I did this all while stil...

This week on the podcast we are excited to share part one of a two-part conversation with James Beshara. James is an angel investor, founder, podcaster, and author who has been invited to speak at places like Harvard Business School, Stanford, Y Combinator, TechCrunch Disrupt, SXSW, the World Bank, and others.  Since his first paying job at 14 repairing computers, James has worked in and arou...

Welcome to our new series of audio essays! While new Career Crashers interviews come out weekly on Tuesday we will periodically release bonus short audio essays we some of our best content!  What’s the difference between options and opportunities? How can you balance the theoretical with the actual? In this episode, our founder & CEO Isaac Morehouse dives into the following topics: - What...

Welcome back to Career Crashers! After a hiatus, we're back to deliver lessons and stories of people who have won great job opportunities in creative ways!  Every Tuesday, you'll find new lessons and inspiration to take the next big step towards standing out and getting hired!  We also want to hear your story. If you've created an opportunity and found a career that makes you feel alive,...

This week, in the season one finale, Isaac shares some thoughts on the state of job searches and how you can set yourself apart.   People are relying on incredible expensive degrees, which signal little, and are spending more time than ever on applications, but can't find jobs because no one stands out.   The average job posting attracts two hundred and fifty resumes, of those...

This week on Career Crashers Isaac shares his essay "Your Own Personal Iron Man Suit".  The idea comes from legendary tech investor Mike Maples and his vision for a future where we use technology to enhance life.  In this episode:  - Tech doesn't threaten Tony Stark - Why tech isn't a threat to your career future, it's an ally - How tech can your career opportunities and show help s...

Kevin Cherrick is this week's guest on Career Crashers. Kevin is an entrepreneur and currently a digital marketing executive at FreightWaves. He joins the show to share his story and approach to the hiring process and winning great job opportunities.  Read Kevin's detailed breakdown of his job search: https://medium.com/@kevincherrick/how-i-turned-three-job-rejections-into-two-job-offers-7135...

On this episode of Career Crashers, Jason Rink joins the show. Jason is CEO and Executive Creative Director at Simplifilm and in this episode shares his story from dropping out of film school, to a career in financial services, to making the jump to a film career.  Learn more about Jason at  http://www.jasonrink.com/  and  https://simplifilm.com/ In this episode:  Jason's...

This week on Career Crashers, Garrett Smiley joins the show to talk about the future of high school. Garrett is one of the co-founders of Sora Schools, where he is helping to build a network of schools that put the students goals first.  Learn more about Sora Schools:  https://soraschools.com/   In this episode:  - Why Garrett and his founding partners created Sora Schools&nbsp...

This week on Career Crashers, Stacey Ferreira joins the show to talk about her experience of launching a company at 18 that raised $1.2M in funding and learning from real-world experience over the classroom. Learn more about Forge at: http://www.joinforge.com/ Learn more about Stacey at: https://twitter.com/staceyferreira In this episode:  - How Stacey started a business and raised 1.2M in ve...

This week on the podcast, a career crash story from Keith Farrell. After spending tens of thousands of dollars and six years on college Keith realized that something would have to change for him to create the career he wanted. He decided to pursue his passion for writing and by finding ways to create value, created a career for himself as a ghostwriter.  In this episode:  - How a low poi...

Hannah Frankman is the community manager for Praxis. She joins Career Crashers this week to share her story of deciding to skip college and go straight to building a career.  Topics discussed:   - How Hannah grew up homeschooling and why she decided to not go to college  - Answering people when they asked what she was doing instead of going to college   - How working...