16 - Kevin Cherrick On How to Win a Job Opportunity

Kevin Cherrick is this week's guest on Career Crashers. Kevin is an entrepreneur and currently a digital marketing executive at FreightWaves. He joins the show to share his story and approach to the hiring process and winning great job opportunities.  Read Kevin's detailed breakdown of his job search: https://medium.com/@kevincherrick/how-i-turned-three-job-rejections-into-two-job-offers-7135a4fee8b0?sk=8993582aa5009df823e75c89cd92e1d9 In this episode:   - The process that Kevin went through for identifying and pursuing job opportunities   - How to research the company and the industry you are targeting to find out if you're interested   - Why and how you should reach out to front line employees at your target company to find out more about companies you're interested in - Kevin's story of joining a company happy hour as a way to get a leg up in the hiring process - Using rejection for one position as a doorway to other opportunities with the same or other companies   Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincherrick/ Check out our new book, Crash Your Career. Get it on Amazon or at crash.co/crashyourcareer Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co