Job search strategies for recent college graduates to help you land your next job

EPISODE SUMMARY

 

In this episode of Chan With A Plan, host Max Chan speaks with Casey Welch, Co-founder and CEO of Tallo, a digital platform and app that’s connecting over 1.3 million students and professionals to opportunities offered by colleges, companies and organizations. Casey provides job search and career tips catered to Generation Z that have recently graduated from university/college in one of the worst economic climates in recent memory. He discusses building a robust online professional presence, how starting at the bottom of a Fortune 500 company can give you immense opportunity to move up quickly and what to look for in your next job to ensure you are stepping through the right door to achieve career fulfillment. 

 

QUOTES

 

“We’re seeing Gen Zers across the country, build a strong online professional presence, so it’s not just about your personal, make sure it’s professional. It’s a great way to get down your elevator pitch.” - Casey Welch [3:38]
“There are more opportunities and more pathways than ever before, it’s not just, you need to go to college you need to get higher ed, that is a path and that is a path that makes some. But you bring up about bootcamps, you bring up about certifications, credentials, so I think step 1 the most important thing, before you make that quick decision is to determine your career path then work backwards to determine your education pathway.” - Casey Welch [4:55]
“So you want to make sure that you’re making that right fit, that you have the skills, that they have the culture and they have the location and work environment. If you find those all, you are starting out, so far ahead of so many other people, in finding a career with a company that you can stay with, you can grow with and you can move up that ladder because you can love what you do but if you can’t live the lifestyle you want to live, it’s going to fall apart.” - Casey Welch [14:23]

 

TIMESTAMPS

 

[0:34] Meet Casey Welch
[2:16] Job search strategies and tactics for recent Gen Z graduates that they can implement to help position themselves as a standout candidate
[4:36] Discussing whether a recent Gen Z graduate should go back to school and get higher education due to the competitive job market
[6:21] The current landscape of whether companies still heavily invest in employees when it comes to furthering their employee’s education and up skilling
[9:24] What skills companies really want from their new hires that are hard to find
[10:49] Is freelancing a good option to gain relevant experience for your resume 
[12:44] What should you really look for when it comes to a company you want to work at 
[15:03] Contact Casey
[15:28] Outro

 

RESOURCES & RELEVANT LINKS

 

Casey Welch on LinkedIn
Tallo
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Max Chan on LinkedIn