Why Won't You Hire Me?

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.Connect with Martin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrschneider/Connect With Rachel by email ([email protected]) or on Twitter: https:/

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 appr

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

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 t

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

This episode, Martin shares a job interview story from an obvious scam, and is joined in studio by his oldest friend, Chris Cunningham. Chris is a composer-turned-event-planner in the Bay Area who recently left a position with NASA and is currently pursuing work in the Event Management/Event Sales field. Chris and Martin talk about the decision to leave a "cool" job, the obsession

The first episode of Why Won't You Hire Me kicks off with talking about what businesses really mean when they say they hire for "cultural fit" and why that can be a bad thing. Then, SF Bay Area Data Scientist Esme Gaisford joins to talk about the best ways to ask technical questions, looking for diversity when walking into an interview, and the kinds of questions she hates being as