The Streamlined Job Search

CareerCast - Life-long Career Development

Steve Dalton Searching for a job has become complex, multifaceted, and incredibly time consuming. According to Steve Dalton, senior career consultant at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and author of The 2-Hour Job Search, there is a simpler, more direct, and less stressful way to conduct a successful job search. In this CareerCast, Steve shares his perspective, experience, and practical tips on how to streamline your job-search process and increase your effectiveness.

Aired December 20, 2013

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Steve Dalton is a senior career consultant and associate director at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He has an MBA from the same institution and a chemical engineering degree from Case Western. Prior to entering the career-services industry, Steve was an associate marketing manager at General Mills and a strategy consultant at A.T. Kearney.

Random House published Dalton’s debut book, The 2-Hour Job Search, in March 2012. His concepts are now taught at over 30 universities worldwide. Dalton has appeared in the Financial Times, on Forbes.com, and on CBSNews.com, and he is a regular contributor at the Huffington Post.

Dalton can be followed on Twitter (@Dalton_Steve), 2hourjobsearch.com, and the 2-Hour Job Search Q&A Forum Group on LinkedIn, where he shares updates and answers questions from job seekers, career coaches, and hiring managers.

Steve Dalton The 2 Hour Job Search

Read an excerpt from The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster by Steve Dalton.

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