Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

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How to Find a Job that Aligns with Your Values, with Janell Brittain Oct 21, 2026

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Imagine ending each workday energized and proud of what you do. That feeling often comes from working for an employer that shares your values. When your values align, you do your best work. A values-driven search also helps you focus on the opportunities that fit you best. And hiring managers notice that alignment.

On this episode of "Find Your Dream Job," Janell Brittain, membership director at the Oregon Environmental Council, shares how to find a job that aligns with your values. She explains a simple end-of-day self-assessment and how informational interviews give you a clear picture of a role. Plus, she offers encouragement for career changers and ideas for growing in your current job.

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Janell Brittain is the membership director for the Oregon Environmental Council.

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How to Identify What Makes You Fabulous, with Kyle Elliott Oct 14, 2026

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One of the most important things you can do as a job seeker is to stand out from the crowd, and Find Your Dream Job guest Kyle Elliott has a specific way to do just that. Do you know what makes you fabulous? Kyle shares how to use your childhood interests and positive feedback from friends and family to figure out what makes you unique. He also tells us why showing up as your authentic self is crucial in an interview, and how to assess the level of risk you’re willing to take in order to experience more great and rewarding moments in life.

About Our Guest:

Kyle Elliott is the career coach behind CaffeinatedKyle.com. Kyle’s clients have landed jobs at Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and nearly every other Fortune 500 company you can think of.

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How to Start Your Job Search After a Layoff, with Ophelia Yan Oct 07, 2026

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Losing your job without warning is hard. You may feel panic, anger, or doubt. You may also feel pressure to send your resume to every opening you can find. But applying before you're ready can hurt your chances. On this episode of "Find Your Dream Job," guest expert Ophelia Yan shares how to start your job search after a layoff.

A former human resources manager, Ophelia brings close to two decades of hiring experience. She explains why you should process your emotions before you apply, how to talk about a layoff in an interview, and why a focused job search beats casting a wide net. Plus, she shares how to lean on your community for support.

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Ophelia Yan is a former human resources manager. Ophelia made hiring decisions for almost two decades.

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How to Move Up in Your Company, with Tristan Layfield Sep 30, 2026

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If you feel bored or discontent at work, maybe it’s time to seek a new position- in your current company. Find Your Dream Job guest Tristan Layfield says internal job-seeking can be a great way to get that promotion or gain the skills you need to further your career. Tristan suggests you begin with setting goals for performance and tracking your success, then sharing those successes with your managers during performance reviews. It’s also crucial to build relationships with others in your company that you can learn from and who will support you.

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Tristan Layfield is a career coach and resume writer. His articles have appeared in Business Insider, Black Enterprise, and The Muse.

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How Quantifying Your Value Gets You the Job, with Laura Sorg Sep 23, 2026

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There's a particular kind of tired that comes from applying and hearing nothing back. You've put in the years and built the experience, but so have most of the people whose applications landed next to yours. Laura Sorg joins Mac to talk about what can help set you apart: the difference you made at work. Maybe you streamlined a process, saved the company money, or retained customers who might have taken their business elsewhere.

Laura offers some questions to help you determine your greatest accomplishments. What are you most proud of? What was the hardest thing you worked through? For each role, pick the two or three answers that stand out and turn them into bullet points a recruiter can skim in a few seconds. Mention the people who helped you get there to illustrate how you work on a team.

About Our Guest:

FYDJ Bio: Laura Sorg is the founder of CWIK Talent Services. Her company builds high-performing teams, optimizes processes, and aligns hiring strategies with business goals.

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Resume Hacks That Impress HR Directors with Derek Murphy-Johnson Sep 16, 2026

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If you send in the same generic resume to every position you apply for, you’re likely to be passed over more often than not. What can you do to make your resume unforgettable? Find Your Dream Job guest Derek Murphy-Johnson has several suggestions, beginning with using the keywords and specific language of the job description. Derek also explains how to match your experience with the job you want, the best tricks to avoid typos, and why keeping your resume simple is the best way to stand out from the crowd.

About our Guest:

Derek Murphy-Johnson is a Director-level Talent Acquisition leader with 20+ years of experience building and transforming global hiring, employer brand, and strategic sourcing functions across North America and across the world.

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How To Move into a New Role (In or Outside Your Field), with Amelia Badua Sep 09, 2026

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You don't have to stay stuck in one job or one industry forever. This week, career development specialist Amelia Badua, founder of AB Careers, joins Mac to explain how you can move into a new role, whether that means a different industry, a fresh title, or a well-earned promotion. Amelia helps women turn their existing skills into raises, higher-paying jobs, and side income, and she shares why so many job seekers hesitate to make the leap.

Amelia walks through her step-by-step approach: get clear on what you want, take inventory of your skills, narrow your target roles, and build application materials that speak directly to employers' needs. She also shares two AI prompts to help you uncover your transferable skills and build a resume tailored to each role you pursue.

About Our Guest:

Amelia Badua is a career development specialist and the founder of AB Careers.

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Stop Waiting to Be Picked: The 3 Questions That Can Transform Your Job Search, with Jamila Brown Sep 08, 2026

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On this bonus episode of Find Your Dream Job, Mac joins Jamila Brown on the 5 Minute Career Hack Podcast to share the three questions every job seeker needs to answer: What do you want? Where do you want to go? What do you offer? Mac talks about why job searching is a skill you build through study and practice, and why doing your homework through networking and informational interviews before you apply gives you an edge over the competition.

He and Jamila also dig into how to turn your objections into questions for people who've done what you want to do, and why saying your goal out loud, specifically and often, makes it so much easier for people to help you. Listen in for Mac's closing advice: don't wait to be picked.

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Jamila Brown is the host of the 5 Minute Career Hack Podcast and a career coach who helps individuals with career strategy.

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Words to Use and Lose in Your Next Job Interview, with Tracy Hooper Sep 02, 2026

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Do you pay close attention to the actual words you use in an interview? We all say, “um” sometimes, but does it really matter? If you feel nervous when meeting with a hiring manager, you might use fillers, disclaimers, or hedge words. According to Find Your Dream Job guest Tracy Hooper, those extra words are making you appear less than confident. If you’re ready to lose the words that sabotage your confidence, Tracy suggests recording yourself, working on losing one hedge word per month, and practicing using positive language.

About Our Guest:

Tracy Hooper is a former TV news anchor, a professional speaker, and the founder of The Confidence Project.

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If you want to learn the skills necessary to be successful in today’s job economy, get Tracy’s new book, “The New Hello: What to Say What to Do in the New World of Work.”

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How Executive Dysfunction Affects Your Job Search (And What to Do About It), with Ben Tobin Aug 26, 2026

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How Executive Dysfunction Affects Your Job Search (And What to Do About It), with Ben Tobin

You know you need to apply. You've blocked out the afternoon. And somehow the garage gets cleaned instead. That may be executive dysfunction, a disruption in your brain's ability to plan, organize, and follow through. In a job search, it looks like collecting postings you never apply to, over-preparing, or spending months getting ready to start.

This week, ICF-certified career coach Ben Tobin joins Mac with three ways forward. Lower the stakes: make your first goal to bomb an interview, not land one. Sit with the discomfort: that pit-of-your-stomach dread runs its course if you let yourself feel it. And build structure: schedule time, name your very first step, and write a fresh to-do list each day. As Ben says, the meta work is work — give it a place on your calendar.

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