Why Won't You Hire Me?

After a year, we're back with a reboot. Marty makes some apologies and takes us through how he answers the "What's your greatest weakness?" interview question. Then, we chat with Sherri Meeks-Graham, a professional making a transition out of a bad situation into a better one. She talks about employer insecurity and the stresses of dealing with an office where your ideas aren't appreciated... unless the boss can claim credit for them.
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We'll get ready to rumble as Marty meets with Rachel Levine, a clerical-assistant-turned-wrestling-announcer, to talk about keeping yourself honest during the job search. Plus, Marty talks about the elements of a good elevator pitch.
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Things get a little sentimental as Martin revels in the post-Thanksgiving bliss to tell the world what he's thankful for. (Hint: It's you)
Then we sit down with Rachel Drane, host of the podcast Putting Out With Rachel, to talk about her article in Technic.Ly Philly begging for employers to have some empathy when dealing with applicants. We talk about the hazards of networking, the little-stated positive aspects of unemployment, and what happens when the person in charge of hiring you goes on vacation.
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On this episode of Why Won't You Hire Me, we're talking about leaving jobs - whether that's a 10-month process of finding a new position, or retiring from football in the middle of a game. Martin explains why he thinks Vontae Davis' halftime retirement was a good move, and then talks to Maggie Douglas about her longstanding search to leave her job. Maggie's a writer and editor in the Austin, TX area currently working Admissions at UT Austin. She comes by to talk with us about the struggle with gaining experience, looking for jobs while working, seeing university from the inside, and a little bit about the new Spider-Man PS4 game.
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Music:
"Tech Live" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Lobo Loco, "Searching for my Kaleidoskope", licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
ttp://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Over_Midnight/Searching_for_my_Kaleidoskope_ID_992

It's a special back-to-school episode of Why Won't You Hire Me, as Martin is joined by PhD candidate Elizabeth de Marigny to talk about the complex world of academia. Elizabeth explains the complicated process of getting hired at a university, all the unknown hidden catches of applying, and the painstaking effort of 3-D printing replicas of ancient artifacts. All this, plus Martin explains the evils of unpaid internships.
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E-mail us: [email protected]
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Music:
"Tech Live" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, "Blues I Love To Sing", 1927: http://www.jazz-on-line.com/artists/Duke_Ellington.htm