Job Search Lessons From Ten Years And 2,000 Podcast Episodes

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

Launching No BS Job Search Advice Radio on November 20, 2010, was a step into the unknown. At the time, there were very few quality podcasts and fairly poor audio quality available. The purpose of the show was to take the mythology out of job hunting because, from my work in search, I realized job hunting didn’t have to be as hard as it was.

Ten years and 2,000 episodes later, I’ve taught many job search lessons and offered career advice through the show and thought it would be a great time to summarize several important takeaways.

1. You are the Chairman of the Board of your career. Too many people abdicate responsibility for their career to their employer and learn the hard way that their employer is looking out for their own interests and not theirs. You have a Board of Directors — your husband, wife, partner, children — to whom you report. You are responsible for your career, not the people you work for.

2. Life is too short to do work you dislike or are bored by. There is a sadness I feel from messages I receive from listeners who feel trapped in work that deadens them. You can take steps to change the work and the environment in which you are working. It may take effort and time, but so does living a life that slowly deadens…