Mac Prichard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/macprichard/) is our special guest on today's episode of PDX Small Business Network Podcast. He runs two companies in Portland, one is Prichard Communications (https://www.prichardcommunications.com/) and the other one is Mac’s List (https://www.macslist.org/). He is better known for Mac’s List as It's an awesome resource for job seekers in Portland area.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
* What Mac’s List is all about. It’s an online community that attracts over 80,000 hits every month, and nine out often located right in the Portland area or Southwest Washington. There’s a job board there that advertises positions you won’t see anywhere else, as well as great content on how to properly look for work.
* How Mac ended up becoming a professional job hunter. He’s self-taught, but more importantly, he’s worked in communications his whole life. He loves to connect people and started a list to keep in touch with folks, and it grew slowly with only about 1,000 names after nine years. However in 2010, they launched a website, and it took off from there.
* What makes Mac’s List Portland Oregon special. His short answer? Employers get fewer applicants, but they tend to be the right applicants. He goes into some more details about how Mac’s List Portland Oregon job seekers tend to be more educated than other job seekers!
* Informational interviews. This is a model of interviewing that Mac likens to a structured business meeting. You walk into the appointment with an agenda and touch on three key things: your story and goals, specific targeted questions about where you want to work, and recommendations for growing your network.
