Work From The Inside Out 57: Master Job Search Skills to Succeed with Mac Prichard
Mac Prichard is the founder and publisher of Mac’s List, founded in Portland, Oregon in 2001, a job board and career hub for the Pacific Northwest with a mission to create more human hiring processes to improve the workforce for all. Mac is also the author of the book “Land Your Dream Job Anywhere” and host of the weekly career advice podcast, Find Your Dream Job.
Mac has had a varied career from his early years in Latin American policy and communications to working as a spokesman for elected officials and on political campaigns. Through everything he has done, his goal has always been to be of service and he has found numerous ways to fulfill that mission. Today, he runs his own PR firm and operates a regional job board, and career podcast in Portland, Oregon. He is quick to point out, however, that his path has not always been a smooth one over his 65 years, 40 of them as a working person, as he describes his lessons learned during two significant periods of unemployment in his career.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Mac became the first spokesperson for Boston’s Big Dig.
- Mac’s experiences he had with unemployment and how those influenced his future career decisions.
- The importance of communicating the value and direction a job candidate wants to take in a role, more than just their ability to do the job.
- Mac shared how important it is to communicate to a potential employer how the role you are applying for is going to align with your career goals.
- He created Mac’s List to help job seekers in the Washington and Oregon region look skillfully for work and to help employers learn how to do an effective hiring process.
Links
- Mac Prichard on LinkedIn and Twitter.
- www.macslist.org
- www.prichardcommunications.com
Books mentioned in this episode:
- “Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond): The Complete Mac’s List Guide” by Mac Prichard
- “Land Your Dream Job Anywhere: The Complete Mac’s List Guide to Finding Work You Love” by Mac Prichard
Other Resources:
- Learn more about Boston’s Big Dig
- Learn more about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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