#8: Kickstart a Career, with Barrett Brooks

Cubicle Renegade Podcast with Caleb Wojcik

In this episode of the Cubicle Renegade Podcast I sit down with Barrett Brooks, founder of Living for Monday to talk all about how to properly land a job or consulting gig you actually want. We cover the twelve steps you should follow to launch your career, directly from his course: Career Kickstarter. Things we talk about in this episode:

• How Barrett landed a well paying management consulting job directly out of college.
• Why he left that job behind to help others find careers that better suit them.
• The proper mindset for putting in the hard work and saying no more often.
• Determining your purpose/passion and how that relates to a potential job.
• How to define your values and strengths.
• Figuring out your ideal job description (without looking at job postings).
• How to get your resumé on top of the pile of hundreds.
• Ways to find the 60% of jobs that aren't advertised.
• Why you have to negotiate your job offers.

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Items mentioned in this episode:

• Living for Monday
• Career Kickstarter
• Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath [Book]
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek [Book]
• Good to Great by Jim Collins [Book]
• Danielle Laporte's "Do Any Work for a Year" (bullet #3)
• Ramit Sethi's Briefcase Technique

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Intro & Outro Music by Ratatat.