How to Be Awesome at Your Job

5th Year - 626: Mastering the 2-Hour Job Search That Generates Dream Interviews with Steve Dalton

July 13, 2026·48 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Steve Dalton details his systematic process for securing dream interviews.— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to generate 40 target employers in 40 minutes 2) Three effective ways to reach out to potential advocates3) The 6 crucial elements of the 75-word networking emailSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep626 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT STEVE — Steve Dalton is a senior career consultant and program director for Duke University’s full-time MBA program. He holds his own MBA from the same institution and a chemical engineering degree from Case Western Reserve. Steve is also the founder of Contact2Colleague, a corporate training firm that helps organizations increase retention, drive sales, and develop internal expertise by teaching their employees to proactively and systematically build better professional relationships.• Book: The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster• Book: The Job Closer: Time-Saving Techniques for Acing Resumes, Interviews, Negotiations, and More• Website: 2HourJobSearch.com• Twitter: @Dalton_Steve• LinkedIn Group: The 2-Hour Job Search - Q&A Forum— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Hunter.io• Platform: Crunchbase• System: NAICS Code• Database: OneSource Business Browser• Study: "Do Informal Referrals Lead to Better Matches? Evidence from a Firm’s Employee Referral System" by Meta Brown, Elizabeth Setren, and Giorgio Topa• Book: The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferris• Book: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely• Book: Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome by Ty Tashiro• Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepod• Monarch. Get 50% off your first year with code AWESOME at Monarch.comSee 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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