Career Crashers

This time on Career Crashers, we're breaking out of the permission mindset. For most of us, 15,000 hours of K-12 schooling has led us to look for permission in everything we do. To follow directions, stand in line, and raise your hand to ask for permission. But when it comes to your career and the job hunt, the path to success is in the permissionless mindset. In this episode, Joel breaks down how to stop waiting for permission and take control of your own job hunt, career, and life. If you're looking for your next great opportunity, head to crash.co to get a free 15-minute job hunt consult call!

We take email for granted, but it truly is an incredible tool. So long as you find the right email, and write a pitch that connects, you can connect with almost every person in the world. When it comes to your job hunt, effectively using email can get you off the job application conveyor belt and help you find and win the opportunity that you've been looking for. In this episode of Career Crashers, Joel is breaking down how to find emails and send pitches that will set you apart on the job hunt! Links Mentioned in this episode: The Daily Job Hunt Newsletter: https://Crash.co/daily Get 1:1 Job Hunt Coaching at Crash.co How to Find the Hiring Manager: https://crash.co/content/how-to-find-the-hiring-manager/ Send follow up email to get hired - https://crash.co/content/send-a-follow-up-email-to-get-hired/ Follow up guide: https://crash.co/career-guides/following-up Job Hunt Email Templates: https://crash.co/content/job-hunt-email-templates/

This time on Career Crashers, Joel is back and diving into creating vs. consuming! There is so much great high-quality content out there that we can fall into the trap of "learning" to avoid "doing". If you're listening to podcasts and reading lots of books, but not seeing the results, it's time to look at the actions you're taking and ask yourself what is your ratio of consumption vs creation? Each Tuesday, going forward we'll have short episodes with motivation and knowledge for your job hunt. If you're not yet signed up for The Daily Job Hunt newsletter, head to crash.co/daily to get mindset tips, stories, and guidance on your job hunt. We've also just launched one-on-one job hunt coaching! Apply at https://crash.co Resources/Links Mentioned in this episode: - Custom Projects in Digital Marketing: https://crash.co/content/career-crashers-custom-project-ideas-for-digital-marketing-with-brad-matthews/ - Crunchbase.com - Craft.co

Ljupco Stojanovski Jr. is an account executive at Xplenty, co-host of The Deliberate Dropout Podcast, and a college dropout. One day in a university calculus class on imaginary numbers, Ljupco decided he'd had enough with college and made the call to drop out. In this episode, he shares the journey he took from that moment to finding his first job opportunities, building marketable skills, to now building a flourishing career in software sales. To learn more about Ljupco's journey, check out The Deliberate Dropout Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Xj5vxjbVHcbhnfTyB5Mdj,

Cameron Sorsby is the CEO of Praxis, where he's worked to help hundreds of people launch careers through apprenticeships at exciting and growing businesses around the US. Through his work Cameron has seen a lot of people make successful career moves, but he's also seen others run into roadblocks, and not be able to win the opportunities they want. So, on this episode, we're diving into what NOT to do when you're starting your career or making a career change, and answering the question what are the mindsets and actions that stop people from creating great careers? Learn more about Cameron's career story in his first appearance on Career Crashers: https://crash.co/content/career-crashers-episode-32-cameron-sorsby/ Learn more about Praxis at: discoverpraxis.com

This week on Career Crashers, Harman Dayal of The Athletic joins the show to talk about how he broke into a career in sports journalism while still in his teens.  Harman is a staff reporter for The Athletic, where he covers the  NHL's Vancouver Canucks and is often featured on radio and TV  coverage for Sportnet.  Learn how Harman used Twitter, initiative, and free work to start blogging about hockey at 13, get his first paying writing gigs while still in high school, and get hired full time by one of the fastest growing and most respected sports publications in the world. Connect with Harman and follow his work at: The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/author/harman-dayal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmandayal2

This week on Career Crashers, Mitko Karshovski joins the show to talk about his story of breaking into a career in marketing and how the explosion of remote work in 2020 should change the way we think about jobs. Mitko is the host of That Remote Life and an entrepreneur focused on helping people build successful location independent businesses and live life on their own terms. Connect with Mitko and learn more about his work at: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MitkoKarshovski/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitkoka/ https://thatremotelife.com/podcast/ location-independent

This week on Career Crashers Joel is joined by John Kratz, co-founder of STORYseekers, where he helps people sell, lead, and influence with stories. At Crash, we know the power your story has when launching your career, so we're excited to have John share his career story and how young professionals can win opportunities by telling better stories. Learn more about John and his work at https://www.storyseekers.us/ Connect with John at https://www.linkedin.com/in/streetsmartprof/

This week on Career Crashers, Joel is joined by Sarry Ibrahim! Sarry's business is helping high-net-worth individuals grow and protect their wealth. He helps people plan for retirement, find more liquidity in their business,  or become their own source of financing for their investments. Sarry shares how he got started in his career, what drew him to entrepreneurship, and how young professionals should think about growing wealth and growing their income as they start their careers! Books Mentioned: The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason, Becoming your Own Banker by Nelson Nash,  Maximum Influence by Kurt Mortensen Check out Sarry's podcast, Thinking Like a Bank: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwasIgJYLJwnyANE1iWN3XQ Learn more about infinite banking: https://finassetprotection.com/infinite-banking-with-sarry-ibrahim/ Connect with Sarry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarry-ibrahim-mba-ltcp-bank-on-you/

This week on Career Crashers Joel is joined by Charlie Hoehn! Charlie is an author, speaker, coach, and head of Multimedia for Scribe. Charlie was also formerly Tim Ferriss’ “Director of Special Projects.” Charlie shares his career journey from the realization that the traditional job search wasn't working to pitching and offering free work to win a once in a lifetime experience with Tim Ferriss and build a unique career. Get in touch with Charlie through his email [hi AT charliehoehn.com] Learn more about Charlie and his work at: https://charliehoehn.com/ https://twitter.com/charliehoehn https://scribemedia.com/

At age 17, Jackson opted out of the traditional education path and joined the Praxis Bootcamp! He learned the basics of value creation on the job and created a video editing business that allowed him to work and travel the U.S. and world. Now, he's based in Austin, and has started,  The Gift, a company that creates and runs celebratory experiences.  Throughout his career journey Jackson has used pitches to create opportunities and today we're diving into his journey and how a recent experience pitching led to an incredible opportunity with Mindfix. Connect with Jackson Learn more about Jackson's work at jacksonsullivan.com Check out Jackson's Crash pitch video. 

Last week on Career Crasher's we heard Hunter Casillas' story of winning an opportunity at GoodUnited with a unique pitch. This week we're hearing the other side of the story and talking with Nick Black, founder and CEO of GoodUnited, to find out what receiving that pitch was like from the business side. We also learn about Nick's backstory as an entrepreneur, his dedication to helping veterans, and supporting non-profit organizations. Connect with Nick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-black-7658ab37/

This week on Career Crashers Joel is joined by Hunter Casillas to talk about how his ability to backflip helped him land a job at GoodUnited.  Hunter is a junior product manager at GoodUnited and broke into his career without college through self-taught skills and a Praxis apprenticeship. In the episode, Hunter shares the backstory on his unique pitch that won him his job, how he's learned and grown on the job, and his advice for others on the job hunt. Next week on the podcast we are talking with Nick Black from GoodUnited (who received Hunter's pitch) to hear what it was like from the company side.

This week on Career Crashers, Joel is diving into how to make Crash pitching easy and fun! When we think about the job hunt, we tend to think about hard and not fun work, but it doesn't have to be that way! Finding a company you like, telling them why you love what they're doing, and making something small that has value to them will blow away most companies. It will put you in the top 1% of job hunters and more than that it will help you have a lot more fun on your job hunt!

If you’ve ever struggled with the checkout process while trying to buy something online, this company is for you.  Fast is a tech company founded in early 2019 with the mission of making buying online faster, safer and easier for everyone. In two short years they’ve raised over $120 million from investors and grown to over 100 people even through the pandemic. It all started when their CEO and cofounder, Domm Holland, watched his wife’s grandmother not be able to order groceries online, simply because she couldn’t remember her password. Domm envisioned Amazon’s one-click checkout feature, but for the *entire web*.  I spoke with Nele Heinemann, Corporate Communications Manager, and Peter Grassi, Director of Talent Acquisition, and—you guessed it—the person to speak with if you’re interested in working there!   As you’ll quickly learn, Fast isn’t just a startup building a great product that has tremendous opportunity. They’re also an inspiring, exciting place to work. It’s even in the company’s l

This week on Career Crashers, Joel is joined by Brad Matthews to talk about creating great marketing projects. Brad is a growth marketer at Go Digital China and a Crash user. Brad shares his experience of successfully using Crash video pitches to find opportunities and breaks down how to come up with project ideas to use as part of a pitch. Learn more about Brad at: https://bradjamesmatthews.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradjamesmatthews/

Back in 2019, three friends named Sid, Rudy, and Andy wanted to build a company to empower creators. They spent much of that year talking to every creator they knew about their challenges and needs, and uncovering patterns among them all. Online creators earn a living by monetizing their products, talents, and content. If you’ve read a blog post, watched videos on TikTok or YouTube, taken an online course, subscribed to someone’s newsletter, or listened to a podcast, you’ve participated what’s called in the Creator Economy. Throughout our three friends’ conversations, one exciting theme came up again and again: community. Historically, platforms like YouTube and Facebook have made it harder for creators to own direct access to their fans, which makes it hard for them to scale and create sustainable income. So, in October 2019, Sid, Rudy, and Andy went heads down in Venice Beach, and started building their MVP. They got great initial feedback, and have since raised over $5 million from venture capital inv

Andrew Flynn is a growth marketing advisor with a fascinating career crash story, going from pro skier to a thriving marketing career.  Isaac and Andrew breakdown Andrew's journey and the lessons he learned along the way, covering how Andrew got his start building websites to how he prioritizes learning now that he is running his own marketing company. Connect with Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpflynn/ https://twitter.com/andrewpflynn

This week on Career Crashers Joel is breaking down one of the best tools for building your career, starting a podcast!    Most people imagine you have to be an expert in some field before you can start podcasting, but the reality is podcasting is one of the best ways imaginable to learn and break into a new career.    In this episode, Joel shares recommendations on why and how to start a podcast and how it can accelerate your career!

Sometimes you go for a job and never hear back. It sucks, but it happens, and a lot of the time it’s the norm. If you send a video directly to the hiring manager, it happens a lot less. But you still won’t get every job you pitch. So what happens when you don’t?  If you take the time to create a great pitch, you'll be getting a lot of benefit out of it, even if you don't get the job. Because of the extra effort, research, and creativity, you'll learn, grow, and expand your network. Listen to the episode and find out why! To read the article visit: https://crash.co/content/dont-get-the-job-6-ways-to-win/