Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Why You Don’t Need to Meet All the Job Requirements, with Eric B. Horn

April 15, 2026·27 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Check out the podcast on Macslist here: (https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=16726&preview=true)If you’ve ever decided not to apply for a job because you didn’t have 100 percent of the requirements, you may want to revise your strategy. Employers know that there is no perfect candidate for the jobs they advertise. You might be the best applicant with only 60-70 percent of the skills required. But how do you explain the lack of certain skills in an interview? Find Your Dream Job guest Eric B. Horn suggests assuring the hiring manager that you are willing to pursue training and further education if necessary. Eric also shares how to know when the lack of specific skills is a deal-breaker.About Our Guest:Eric B. Horn is a career strategist. national speaker, trainer, and seminar leader who has a unique passion for serving professionals with seven or fewer years of work experience, and business owners, become more successful. Eric is also the author of “How Professional is Your Development” and the co-host of the C.A.R.E. podcast.Resources in This Episode:Pick up a copy of Eric’s book,  “How Professional is Your Development”, to learn about his mistakes after college graduation and how you can avoid them.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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