In the first episode of the second season of the extremely engaging, highly recommended, overwhelmingly entertaining, very close to award-winning Project Pundits Unplugged Pod Braden and Jim talk about jobs. Yes, jobs. Jim talks about a recent experience posting 1 Job and getting over 1,000 applicants in just 6 days… And how weird the job market is as compared to the health of the overall economy.

The guys cover refreshers on applying for jobs on LinkedIn, resume dos and don'ts, and why, unfortunately, even if you get it all right it may not matter. They get into what you really need to do to find and land your next position.

Show Timeline:

0:00 Cold Open

1:08 Introduction

5:56 1 Job, 6 Days, 1,000 Applicants Story

13:42 Be Conscious of Oversharing & Over-selling

17:22 Tune/Flavor Your Resume for What You Seek

20:27 Remove Outdated or Irrelevant Experience

23:36 Be 100% Sure Your Resume has no Mistakes

25:39 Resume Length

29:13 Be sure Your Resume & LinkedIn Match

30:28 Have Peers Objectively Review Your Resume

32:58 Men vs. Women - Don't Oversell or Undersell Yourself

36:00 Submitting Resumes is Like Playing the Lottery

36:52 Use Your Network

38:28 Your Network is Everyone in Your World

41:24 Consider Broadening Roles You'd Consider

43:43 Consider Joining a Cult (Get Education & Certifications in Downtime)

45:29 Closing

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