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The Job Search Is Rigged Against New Grads | Shelley Maley

The Job Search Is Rigged Against New Grads | Shelley Maley

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Most new grads are doing the job search completely wrong and nobody told them. In this episode, Kevin Cameron sits down with Shelley Maley of Dreamcatcher Career Coaching to dig into why recent graduates are sending hundreds of applications and hearing nothing back. Shelley has a semester-by-semester game plan that every student (and their parents) needs to hear well before graduation day. If you have a student in your life or you are that student, this one is for you. Key Takeaways Applying online is not enough. Recruiters are increasingly finding candidates directly on LinkedIn rather than posting jobs publicly. If your profile is weak, you're invisible. Networking doesn't have to be scary. It's not events full of strangers — it's conversations with people already in your circle. Start LinkedIn freshman year. Shelley's daughter stood out by posting content as a student. Her professors noticed. Employers noticed. She got the internship and then the job. Volunteering at career fairs is an underrated power move. Help employers set up their booths, start a conversation, and suddenly you're one of one instead of one of hundreds. You can write a letter of interest even when there's no job posted. Almost nobody does it. That's exactly why it works. Episode Highlights Shelley shares how burnout across four careers in three industries led her to coaching and to launching Gradvertize, built specifically for new grads and interns. Kevin Cameron and Shelley break down the semester-by-semester syllabus every student should follow: from building professor relationships in year one through to letters of interest in senior year. The pair discuss why the job market feels brutal for new grads right now and what mindset shifts matter most. Shelley's why, we spend 90,000 hours of our lives at work, and nobody should feel as stuck as she once did. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction and Dreamcatcher Career Coaching 01:03 Shelley's background and how coaching found her 02:26 Who Gradvertize is for 04:20 What's really happening in the job market for new grads 07:13 Mindset when applications go unanswered 09:20 Why your degree doesn't define your job search 11:27 The semester-by-semester career syllabus 17:27 Volunteering at career fairs — Shelley's daughter's story 19:45 Letters of interest when there's no job posted 21:55 When to start LinkedIn 26:04 Shelley's full range of clients 28:33 Shelley's why Connect With Shelley Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleymaleycareercoach/ Website: https://www.dreamcatchercareercoaching.com/ If you found this advice valuable, please hit subscribe, leave us a review. Visit Talent Connect: Website: www.talent-connect.net LinkedIn: Talent-Connect Kevin's LinkedIn: Kevin Cameron PCC Production Credit: Edited and produced by @the32collective_ / https://www.the32collective.co/
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