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Why?
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Because he landed a great job as a Capital Operations Specialist at Toast!
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He's the latest in our series of success stories.
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These stories are designed to highlight great career journeys, so you can see where people come from and how they break into their career pathways.
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We continue our success story series with Josh Jurgenson, Capital Operations Specialist II at Toast.
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Network network network. Grinding on LinkedIn messages makes a crazy difference in the job search and can really blow the top off a slump in job hunting. - Josh Jurgenson
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We revised Josh's resume and helped him master his job search and get hired.
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I grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle (Kenmore). After high school I attended the University of Montana studying finance & playing lacrosse. I then went on to coach lacrosse at the university in my 5th year and a year post grad while also working at a golf club. In late 2018 got a job at a regional community bank in a tourist/ski town in northwest Montana. At the bank I worked in lending (consumer and commercial) for 3 years there and about 2 years in I realized I wanted to work in something more tech/online based and more forward/modern culturally thinking than traditional banking.
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Before I started using Wonsulting or viewing Jonathan's social media posts the job hunt was going pretty slow for about 6 months. I filled out and submitted a ton of online application and received maybe 1-2 responses with zero interviews.
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The main aha moment I had was based on one or two Wonsulting social posts about LinkedIn networking and direct messaging hiring managers or people in the same role. once I started grinding on that things started to turn around and I began to get responses/networking calls and interviews.Â
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I'm not sure the resume revision itself helped me land the job at Toast, but it was a combination of all the things I learned from the Wonsulting social media tips and the resume revision. I think the networking I did combined with a more dialed in resume and interview tips were what got me the job.Â
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Network network network. Grinding on LinkedIn messages makes a crazy difference in the job search and can really blow the top off a slump in job hunting. Especially in this digital online application age you have to set yourself apart and stick out somehow. Getting an in or a referral is almost the only way to land an interview nowadays from my experience. I would say getting to the interview stage is 60-75% of the battle these days after that it's just executing.Â
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We'd like to thank Josh for answering our questions and sharing his experience with you all!
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He had some great advice about networking and getting hired.
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We also offer career consultation services, where you can be coached by current S&P 500 and FAANG employees to help you network and plan your career.
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But their time is limited, and they can only help so many people at a time, so for the best chance of getting direct one-on-one guidance asap, contact us today to see who's currently available.
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