The Daily Job Hunt

This week on Career Crashers, Isaac is sharing listener career crash stories and some of the best examples of career crashing that you can learn from.  In this episode:  - How creating without permission got a fan a job with Derek Sivers - A listener whose viral parody video led to a great full-time job  - Thinking outside the box and using doughnuts to get job interviews  - Fo...

There are certain areas where people think you can get by without going to college. If you're going into a trade or starting a business, people get that you can get by without college, but what about being a history professor?  In this episode Thaddeus Russell talks about his experiences working as a professor at elite colleges and eventually breaking out to create Renegade University. ...

Austen Allred is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lamda School, a 9-month, immersive program that gives students the tools and training to launch new careers in tech—from the comfort of your own home. Students only pay once they are hired after the program, so Lambda is completely accountable for the results they promise.  Austen joins the podcast to talk about launching his career in marketing and...

Amanda Grimmett is the Area Community & Corporate Events Manager at Convene, where she oversees all of their client facing and community events in New York.  In this episode, Amanda shares how her college jobs and extracurriculars helped her land her first opportunity after college and talks about what she looks when she is interviewing job candidates.  Find more of Amanda's work at:...

Christopher Lochhead is the author of Play Bigger and Niche Down, the host of the Follow Your Different podcast, an advisor to over 50 startups, and a three time Chief Marketing Officer.  He joins Career Crashers to share the story of how he co-founded a company at 18 to start his career.  In this episode:   How Chris launched his career by starting a company  Creatin...

Chuck Grimmett is the product manager at Crash. In the last episode Chuck shared his story of launching his career with the Foundation for Economic Education, and in this episode, Chuck talks about how he transitioned from his first job into his career working in tech.  Topics:  Saying yes to projects before you are 100% ready Just in time learning instead of just in case learning Using...

Chuck Grimmett is the product manager at Crash . He joins Isaac to talk about how he launched his career through photography, internships, and a willingness to share his work.  Topics:  How Chuck used photography to land an internship with the Foundation for Economic Education and then transition to his first full-time role out of college  The power of being an engaged customer for...

In this episode Tim Chermak shares the story of how he decided to hire a young employee at the start of her career.  It's not about resumes or connections, but this story shows how to separate yourself from the pack and get noticed when you're looking for opportunities.   Topics:   - Using creativity to make an impression to a company - Offering to work for free for a tria...

Tim Chermak is the CEO and founder of Platform Marketing, joins Isaac to talk about how Tim launched his career helping small businesses with marketing and turned that opportunity into a thriving company, Platform Marketing.   Topics:    - The first step Tim took to starting his career. - Realizing he wasn't interested in finance  - The difference between what he lear...

Welcome to the Career Crashers podcast! Each week you'll hear from someone who has broken free from the slow and conventional path to forge a great career.