Today is a bitter sweet episode since it is our final, final episode of Season 1. And we are going to switch things up with a special episode to thank YOU, our audience, for your unwavering support since day 1. We will be sharing some of our season 1 highlights, hearing from our team that helps produce the show, and featuring some highlight knockout stories aka success stories from our audience.

Some season highlights:

• We have now published 30 episodes with Recruiters from companies such as Netflix, Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, Spotify, Google, LinkedIn and more
• We have covered industries such as Consulting, Banking and finance, tech, music, venture capital, gaming, and more.
• We were named a top 1% show out of 2 million shows globally, according to Listen Score.
• We received over 160 5-star Apple Podcast Reviews
• And our audience submitted over 110 Knockout Stories

If you want to stay up to date with The Final Round and future seasons, subscribe for free to the Knockout Newsletter at knockoutnewsletter.com and follow us on social media. Until next time, keep fighting and I will see you in the ring for Season 2.

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Links:

Free career resources: www.thefinalround.com

Subscribe for free to our Knockout Newsletter: www.knockoutnewsletter.com

Check out our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/TheFinalRoundPod

Follow our Host on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-aj-eckstein

To celebrate the end of Season 1, I spent 30+ hours interviewing Recruiters and compiled the BEST pieces of career advice from each Recruiter to help you land jobs! Companies include Google, Boston Consulting Group, LinkedIn, Facebook/Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, Snapchat, Spotify, Nike, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Tesla, and more...

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You can listen to the podcast version here or watch the full video on our YouTube channel with close to 10,000 subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5SMgUjC2f8

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Links:

Free career resources: www.thefinalround.com

Subscribe for free to our Knockout Newsletter: www.knockoutnewsletter.com

Follow our Host on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-aj-eckstein

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* Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed in this podcast are of the host and guest and not of their employers.

Joel Lalgee has a 6-year background in agency recruiting and currently works at Hirewell. He is a massive content creator that has generated 77 million impressions in the last year and has 140,000 followers on LinkedIn. Joel is not afraid to tell it how it is and provides real and authentic career insight from the lens of a recruiter. 

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Here are some questions we will be answering:

- Why is it challenging for companies to hire well?

- Difference between Internal vs. Agency Recruiters?

- How do Recruiters get paid and what are their incentives?

- Are Recruiters out to truly help candidates get the best offer?

- Why is recruiting a hard job?

- Is job-searching 90% timing?

- Why are Agency Recruiters in a battle with CEOs?

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Free career resources: www.thefinalround.com

Subscribe for free to our Knockout Newsletter: www.knockoutnewsletter.com

Connect with Joel: www.linkedin.com/in/joellalgee

Follow our Host on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-aj-eckstein

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* Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed in this podcast are of the host and guest and not of their employers.