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Sharing "tales from the job hunt," the JobQuest Podcast helps job seekers by sharing best practices from hiring managers, recruiters, coaches, and job search heroes. Hosted by Ryan Bazinet. Learn more at https://jobquest.ai/ jobquest.substack.com
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Ryan Bazinet combines hiring insight, candidate experience, and emotional realism to make the mechanics of a difficult job search easier to understand.
The JobQuest Podcast treats job hunting as practical work shaped by uncertainty, confidence, and rejection. Ryan Bazinet builds each conversation around a guest's direct experience, drawing out useful detail without reducing the search to resume polish.
A designer's twice-weekly stand-up gives your rejection email less room to monologue.
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A thoughtful reset for anyone trying to keep moving through the job search.
Nick Gould returns to JobQuest with a calm case for treating the job search as a practice, not a finish line. The episode keeps coming back to self-awareness, mindset, and small adjustments, and it feels grounded because that advice sits inside a work world that keeps changing…
A clear case for treating interview enthusiasm as a controllable edge.
Frank Harris makes a solid case for treating enthusiasm as one controllable advantage in interviews, and the musician analogy lands because it shows how familiar material can still feel immediate.
A practical take on making the job search less isolating.
Rob Brogan frames the job search as a process that gets easier to carry when it is not carried alone. A small support network, whether from former colleagues or people matched through a form, can make the work feel less isolating, and a simple routine can bring back some…
A job-search episode that turns portfolio presentation and peer accountability into practical work.
This episode treats a job search as something to clarify, not amplify: what makes a designer distinct, how to shape a portfolio around that difference, and how to stay steady when rejection keeps coming back.
A grounded look at recruiting as matching, judgment, and specialist help on both sides.
Working with a recruiter is framed as a two-way process, and the discussion stays centered on how matches are actually made. Joanne Weaver moves between the candidate side and the client side, showing how recruiters help people clarify what they want, what they can offer, and…
Unhurried FT conversations about bosses, burnout and the office.
Justin Dickinson frames the job search as a "hero's journey" and says designers should find what makes them "one of one" instead of copying other portfolios.
Joanne Weaver says recruiting is a “go between” role, with clients paying the fee and candidates getting a free service while she negotiates salary on their behalf.
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The show frames the job search as a hero's journey.
Product designer Rob Brogan shares his career journey from non-traditional entry into design to landing roles at Amazon and startups, emphasizing the importance of support networks, recruiters, and peer groups in navigating job searches, especially after layoffs.
On The JobQuest Podcast, Ryan Bazinet and career coach Lois Barth examine "career translation" as an active alternative to passive career transition.
Career coach Margaret Enloe, a lawyer for over 30 years including 25 at PwC, tells the JobQuest Podcast that her one tip for job seekers is to 'maintain as best you can a positive mindset.' She explains that lawyers moving careers often face narrower options after three years of law school, and that a litigator's move in-house is harder now than when she left Skadden Arps.