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Daily DANDAN

Summary: Headhunter & Career Coach, Dandan Zhu, shares what employers actually want and how you, as a candidate, can get ahead on job search and careers! Dandan's expertise helping countless candidates from CEO-level to analyst negotiate their next career opportunity is YOUR secret weapon to find your next job and manage your career! In your Daily DANDAN podcast, hear about how Dandan retired at 28 from corporate life, accumulated a real estate empire, while helping hundreds of thousands of candidates achieve their career and life dreams. Sign-up at Dandanglobal.com for more webinars, live Q&A, and private coaching with Dandan!

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Podcasts:

 DD 104 How Gen Z an Bridge the Skills Gap and Succeed Despite Modern Challenges | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:15

As a millennial, I am lucky that some portion of my life I grew up without the impact of social media, rampant consumerism, and the social isolation that is happening now to future generations, impacting Gen Z. In this episode, I talk about the issues to adopt to help Gen Z achieve their goals. There is massive potential for everyone no matter what generation you're from, but understanding why you do the things you do will greatly help. Self-awareness is always the first step to finding solutions.

 DD 103 Salary Negotiation Tactics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:33

As a headhunter, I'm always negotiating from DAY ONE. Too many people forget that the clock starts ticking the moment you engage in the job search process. Make sure you're able to get ahead of the game by considering some of these negotiation tactics to embrace so you are leading the discussion from the front, not reactively!

 DD 102 How to get headhunters to represent you | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:21

If you're asking the question of how to get headhunters to notice you, it could most likely be that they're not serving your type of background/location/expertise. In markets where you have lots of headhunter activity, headhunter requests are so bothersome candidates shut down.  Thus, what I'll teach you is how to get headhunters to notice you if they haven't already.

 DD 101 Startups or Large Companies? Cash vs Equity? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:35

It's definitely worth a think to determine the pros and cons of joining either a startup or a large company, and how that may impact your ability to obtain short-term cash (wages) or long term renumeration (business ownership in the form of equity). Not all equity is created equal especially since there are some firms where that matters, others where that equity will never amount to anything. Thus, consider all the factors so you make the RIGHT decision for your future!

 DD 100 How to recover from Failure Debt and Bankruptcy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:36

As usual, I won't sugarcoat my thoughts on people who get into businesses that fail or have put you at significant financial loss. There is a LOT of self-reflecting needed to break through and understand the causes of business failure. The only way to move forward is to learn from your mistakes and do things differently, not be defensive or offended by reality. Lastly, there is NOTHING shameful about bankruptcy. I talk about why it can be good for you here.

 DD 99 How to become successful if you came from nothing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:36

As someone who grew up as the babysitter's daughter, I always knew my family's lack of knowledge and money when it comes to success in America was a handicap. I had to break free from my parents' and society's expectations of myself and re-learn the whole system of success on my own to find my salvation. Many people ask me for a path to success or a direct map. Please listen to this entire podcast to find your road.

 DD 98 Top 4 of 10 Career Killers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:47

All of my mistakes in life stem from this Top 4 of 10 Career Killers: Caring too much about what others think. Literally, everything that has caused me grief and made me miserable was due to this factor. The moment I was able to free my mind and my own expectations from what others wanted from me, I was able to embark on a journey of self-fulfillment through wealth accumulation, thus achieving my true destiny of being an entrepreneur, public speaker, and headhunter. 

 DD 97 How to get an internship | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:16

As a headhunter and successful past intern for many Fortune 500s since my highschool and college days, I walk you through EXACTLY what you need to do to get an internship today.  This process is EASIER than ever due to the internet and our abundance social media tools. This may not going to be fun to listen to because I will highlight a few things wrong with the mainstream approach. Instead, I'll share the RIGHT way to ready yourself for your future career!

 DD 96 Why do headhunters ask candidates to work exclusively? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:59

As a headhunter, I no doubt, like many others, prefer to work with my candidates (clients less so) exclusively. However, I will not stop my candidates from entertaining new opportunities or speaking with other people. In today's Daily DANDAN, I go through the reasons why: 1. Exclusivity (under the right circumstances) benefits everyone. 2. You're entitled to candidate rights and protection. 3. You still have power in the recruitment process. Enjoy!

 DD 95 How much money to put into your emergency fund | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:38

Growing up and as an adult, everyone tells me how much money I need to sock away for "a rainy day" aka start an emergency fund. Now, as a business-owner, entrepreneur, and landlord, I'm no longer fooled by traditional "advice" when it comes to money.  Here is my argument for what the emergency fund really is. I also share a few personal stories to illustrate the time I actually had a real emergency!

 DD 94 What is debt and how it can make you rich | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:07

As I'm in many groups about investing, I was surprised and dismayed at how many people were encouraging others to do something that is not really in accordance with investment strategies that work, specifically on the topic of debt. The question poised is should you pay off your car debt, why and why not?  My answer is to be smarter about how you allocate capital and utilize debt. Hear my full breakdown!

 DD 93 Response to graduates who want my help | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:04

I get requests from graduates constantly who want me to help them get a job after graduation from any type of degree in every country. Commonly, ex-students want me to suggest them a solution when really, it is yourself whom you need to rely on to provide solutions to YOURSELF. This podcast is painful to hear, but listen to all of it.  If you're a graduate with no job - you'd better start hustling... FAST

 DD 92 How to become successful | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:16

As someone who became financially free by accumulating wealth, establishing a successful career and business by my 30th birthday, I love talking about what success means to me and how to achieve it. There is nothing more beautiful than to see others who are happy, financially free, and using the rest of their time on earth to dedicate their lives to helping others in their unique way.  Thus, here are 5 steps to achieving success. Hint: It's a lot simpler than you think!

 DD 91 How to use LinkedIn properly | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:25

As a minute by minute user of LinkedIn per day, I see all the attitudes, behaviors, and expectations about LinkedIn as a platform that many people don't understand. I'll break down exactly what Linkedin is made to do and what how to best utilize it! Don't be a victim of the system, become a master at it. -Dandan

 DD 90 How to start investing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:47

As someone who has been investing since I was 19 with a certificate of deposit account, I started trusting the financial system of being able to generate return simply based on the principles of interest as well as potential to see appreciation if you pick the right investment to invest in. Here are 3 major steps to get your start in investing. In addition to resources you should check out, more importantly, it's time to take the plunge. Start allocating your funds to investing instead of leisure!

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