EP004: Career Blogger Mike McRitchie on telling your story in an Interview - Angle Free IT

Summary: <br> Today, we sit down with Career Blogger Mike McRitchie.  Mike McRitchie works with people who’ve progressed in their technical or managerial career but who are feeling stuck.<br> <br> <br> <br> He performs a “Career Checkup” where he helps them uncover their accomplishments, unique gifts and cool stories, and then performs a “Brand Alignment” – translating that into a résumé and LinkedIn profile that gets noticed.<br> <br> <br> <br> 00:00 Intro.<br> 07:00 Skills discussions and where to build skills.<br> 10:00 Networking Discussions in tech.<br> 11:30 Preston ask the degree question.<br> 18:30 Mike talks about pivoting into a new career, and how he’s helped people to do this.<br> 21:00 The question that torpedo’s people in tech interviews ‘Tell Me About Yourself’- without bragging.<br> 29:00 <a href="http://www.anglefreeit.com/2017/12/29/pillar-6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pillar 6</a> – Being the dumbest person in the room, whenever possible.<br> 30:30 (Loosely Paraphrased) You do you man… you do you.<br> 37:00 Talking introversion and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.<br> 40:30 Two passionate side gigger’s talk side gig.<br> 44:00 How Mike helps people market themselves.<br> To find Mike McRitchie on the web:<br> 1:<a href="http://www.mikemcritchie.com/your-career/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Go here for Mike McRitchie‘s resume and LinkedIn profile writing services.</a><br> 2: You can also get Mike‘s free report about the <a href="http://www.mikemcritchie.com/one-thing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One Thing you need on your resume</a> that you otherwise risk NOT getting called for an interview.<br>