674: What It’s Like To Land Your Dream Job Without Applying Online With Austin Belcak, Cultivated Culture [Main T4C Episode]

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Austin Belcak is the founder of Cultivated Culture, a company that teaches people unconventional strategies to land jobs they love without applying online. Cultivated Culture features informative blog posts, free job search tools, as well as The Dream Job System podcast. Previously, Austin worked for Microsoft as the director of partner development and Cultivated Culture was his side hustle.  Austin’s firsthand experience as an unsuccessful online job applicant who’d applied for 250-300 jobs with no luck was the inspiration behind Cultivated Culture.  After graduating from Wake Forest University with a degree in Biology, Austin accepted his first job sight unseen and hated it. At night he taught himself about digital marketing and search engine optimization and used that knowledge to pivot into the marketing field. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: 

• How looking for other’s approval in your career choices won’t benefit you (8:16)
• How an F in school isn’t an accurate depiction of failure in the real world (14:38)
• Why to start a side hustle in school (16:40)
• How we can create our own opportunities (22:13) 
• How Austin gained needed experience through volunteering his services (29:35) 
• Why it doesn’t matter where you start your career (39:50) 
• Why it’s okay to stop doing things you don’t like (42:23) 

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