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In today’s competitive job market, it can be challenging to stand out and secure your dream marketing job, especially if you don’t have a degree or experience. But don’t let that discourage you! In this episode, we share valuable tips and insights on how to get a marketing job without a degree or experience. Our guest, James Stewart, is a marketing expert with over a decade of experience in the field. He worked his way up working for startups, eventually landing a job at Adobe and then now working as a Head of Data & Analytics at GoHunt. He shares practical advice on how to build your marketing skills, gain experience from scratch and land a marketing job! Whether you’re a recent graduate looking to break into the marketing industry or someone looking to make a career change, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in and discover actionable tips and advice on how to land your dream marketing job without a degree or experience. To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Want to earn a tech salary without coding? Then this episode with Bradley Rice is for you! In this episode, we talk about how you can start your career in tech through Salesforce Certifications. As most of you know, Hannah got her start in tech through the Salesforce Admin certification, and Bradley helps people get those certifications and launch their careers in Salesforce. We also talked about how to start networking the right way and grow your network on Linkedin. This episode is value-packed with actionable advice, so tune in! --- Bradley Rice is the leading expert on salesforce Careers & the modern job market. - He positioned himself to be financially independent at 31 years old after growing up as a cattle farmer. - As a Salesforce professional he made $35k at 22 and by 27 was making $225k working 20 hours per week. - Bradley was not ready to call his professional life complete, he wanted to show others the path he had discovered. - He then started a company called TalentStacker to help anyone and everyone understand how to start a Salesforce career with no tech background, no degree, and no coding. To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Many of us have been there - staring at a job description for a position we are desperate to apply for, but feeling intimidated by the extensive list of qualifications and requirements. We might feel that we don't measure up, and so practice self-elimination by not applying. However, the truth is that job descriptions are often crafted as wish lists – and you should still apply even if you don't tick all the boxes! In this episode, we talk about: - Why you don't have to be the perfect job candidate: job descriptions are just wishlists - Why do you only need to match around 50% of the job listing to be considered 'qualified' - How you can convince an employer or hiring manager that you can provide value even without a degree or relevant experience - Why more and more companies are no longer caring that you don't have a degree Ryan and Hannah also talked about the right mindset when you're job hunting. Enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

You’ve probably heard this said a million times in interviews or in job application processes. "You’ll hear from us either way." They’re most likely lying to you. In this episode, we talk about: - The different things you can do to deal with "you’ll hear from us either way". - The importance of following up on your job applications. - Why you should diversify where you’re spending your efforts when you’re searching for a job. Ryan and Hannah also talked about how job hunting can be lonely and what you can do to make it easier. Enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Today, we have Eric Ostler, Senior Incident Manager at Nike. Make sure to listen to the full episode as this one is a goldmine of knowledge if you’re interested in working in IT! In this episode, we talk about: - How bootcamps & certifications can double your income - The day-to-day life of Eric as an incident manager at Nike - How to thrive in a high-stress work environment - How to get your foot in the door if you’re interested in going into tech/IT - How to nail your next interview and get a high-paying job Ryan and Eric also talk about their days working in public service as a firefighter and national guard and how it helped their career.

Today, we have Milo Speranzo, Dell’s Senior Director of Marketing to talk about how to grow your network effectively, excel in your career, and the ins and outs of marketing. Milo Speranzo is the Sr. Director of North America marketing for Dell Technologies. In this role, Speranzo is responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution of all marketing functions for Dell Technologies’ Public, Channel, and Specialty Sales teams. Previously at Dell Milo held the role of Sr. Director of US Public Sector marketing and Director of North America Federal marketing. Speranzo has more than 20 years of experience in leading, consulting, maintaining compliance, developing best practices, and managing procurement operations for IT manufacturers and system integrators both in the commercial and public sectors. In his previous role, Speranzo served as Sr. Director of strategy and compliance for Tech Data. Leading up to that position, he was the owner and president of Split Rock Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned company, where he was responsible for providing a broad array of business development consulting services to some of the largest IT manufacturers and systems integrators in the world. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Speranzo served in the U.S. Air Force and as a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian as chief of command and control. He was awarded the Air Force Command and Control Noncommissioned officer of the year in 2006 and 2007. He assumed full responsibility for coordinating classified communication dissemination, and regional response, along with national incident and threat monitoring, and was also charged with maintaining constant visibility and current status of all assigned deployed personnel and assets deployed to disasters and war zones that were assigned to his team while stateside. He was deployed over 40 times, five of those times to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and the Global War on Terrorism. During deployment cycles, he was awarded numerous medals including the Air Force Meritorious Service and Commendation Medal with valor in combat insignia. In this episode, we talk about: - How to grow your network a hundredfold and why going to a networking event isn’t the way to do it - The importance of KPIs, metrics, customer personas, and other marketing tips - Why you should do something for a couple of years that you don’t want to do career-wise Ryan and Milo also talk about how colleges prey on ex-military people, and some tips for people who are getting out of the military. Enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

I was talking with a friend the other day about what we do here and how we feel about going to college. He kind of agrees with us, but not really. He’s still early on his journey to becoming Degree Free! Anyways, he asked a question that I’ve heard a million times, especially growing up. Who would you rather hire? A person without a college degree or someone with one? In this episode, we talk about: • The million-dollar question: "Who would you rather hire? A person without a college degree or someone with one?" • How colleges use this as a marketing tool and prey off people's cognitive bias of loss aversion. • The huge upsides of NOT getting a degree and how you can use the years and money instead to get into a higher-paying career! Ryan and Hannah also talked about the HUGE opportunity cost of going to college. Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Some people nay-say tech certifications. Some are really skeptical of branded tech certifications and claim that it’s just big companies trying to make money. Here’s why we think it shows the opposite! In this episode, we talk about: - Branded Tech Certifications and why they are the lowest risk type of certifications to take, as well as the most versatile. - Why there will ALWAYS be a job supply for branded tech certification holders - How tech certifications help companies in their brand strength and selling their product, making it a win-win situation. Ryan and Hannah also talk about the different branded tech certifications that you can take! Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

The median salary for a social worker in the US with a graduate degree is $48k. Are there exceptions? Sure. But there are always exceptions. Monetarily, this is one of the worst fields to buy a degree in. Try anything else before paying for a degree to work in social work or adjacent fields to reduce the risk for yourself. In this episode, we talked about: • An overview of court mediators, funeral directors, 911 dispatchers, paralegals, and just plain old working at nonprofits as alternatives for social work interested people. • What's the day-to-day like for these jobs, their requirements, and how you can become one. • The pros and cons of each job to help you see which one fits you the best. Ryan and Hannah also talk about why you don't need a degree to get all these jobs! Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

We see all the time that people don’t know what jobs are out there. If they don’t know what kind of jobs are out there, then how can they prepare to get those jobs? Here's where our topic for today, vocational creativity comes in! In this episode, we talked about: • What is vocational creativity and how it can help you find your next job • An exercise you can do to stretch your vocational creativity muscles especially if you don't have a starting point • How you can combine vocational creativity and finding a job backward to land your next, high-paying job Ryan and Hannah also talk about why it's important to be careful when choosing your career because it might be something you don't want if you don't experience it first. Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Whether you're degree free or not, this episode is a goldmine of knowledge when it comes to having career success. Today, we're having Praxis's CEO, Cameron Sorsby as our guest. Praxis is a company that offers a college alternative apprenticeship program. Cameron is one of the very first customers of Praxis, he then became an intern at the company and worked his way up to CEO! In this episode, we talked about: • Why you don't need a college degree to have a thriving and successful career • What are the most in-demand skills that employers are looking for • How you can emphasize your value to an employer even if you don't have relevant experience Ryan and Cameron also talked about the system behind Praxis and why it's a great way to launch your career. Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! Learn more about Praxis: https://discoverpraxis.com/ To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

No degree and thinking of changing careers? Learn about these jobs that only require professional licenses and start earning at least $60k/year! In this episode, we talk about: • Jobs that only require a professional license, their requirements, and how you can become one! • What's the day-to-day like for these professional license jobs. • The pros and cons of each job to help you see which one fits you the best. Ryan and Hannah also talk about why Reddit AMAs are a goldmine for information when you're looking for certain professions. Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Drake Porter is an entrepreneur, League of Legends coach, and he's currently working at Facebook/Meta as a Senior Product Manager. Watch the full episode to learn about his journey on how he went from unemployed because of COVID, to earning $385,000/yr at Meta without a college degree. In this episode, we talked about: • How Drake went from founding his own startup and working numerous jobs, to unemployed from COVID to earning $385,000/yr as a Senior Product Manager at Meta despite having no college degree. • What does a product manager do and what skills you should learn to become one. • Effective strategies that you can do to get hired quickly and beat the competition. Drake also talked about why it's a very good idea to start a side project that you can put in your resume, especially if you have little to no experience. Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Everyone has failures. It’s easy to think that other people don’t have failures when you don’t hear about them. So, today we’re going to talk about one of the biggest interview fiascos of Ryan’s career. In this episode, we talk about: • The biggest interview fiasco of Ryan's career, in great detail! • What we learned from Ryan's biggest interview failure and what Ryan could've done differently. • What you can do to bounce back after experiencing failures and why you should not be so hard on yourself. Ryan and Hannah also talked about why we sometimes only notice people's successes instead of their failures. Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

A lot of the job market is filled informally. Where do we find jobs that aren’t listed on job sites? In this episode, we talk about: • Where to find jobs that aren’t listed on job boards and beat the job competition • Why 80% of people are competing on the 20% of jobs that are listed on job boards • Why letting your network know that you’re looking for a job is the best and first thing you should do if you're job hunting. Ryan and Hannah also talked about why it’s better to apply directly to the company’s website instead of using the job listing. Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Robyn Samuels Altucher is an accomplished entrepreneur and podcaster who has lived all over the world. She built one of the largest salon and spa in Austin, TX in the 1990s. Robyn lived in Ghana for three years, China for six years, and Kuwait for three years while raising three amazing children. She has produced and appeared on dozens of episodes of the successful podcast, "The James Altucher Show" and is a co-founder of the website NotePD.com, the social network of ideas. In this episode, we talked about Robyn's degree free journey and how she went from an apprentice to having a succesful services business with 70+ employees. We also talked about the importance of mastering soft skills and body language, and how it permeated through other areas of her life. Finally, we also talked about parenting and how you can teach your kids about alternative paths to college and how they can be free thinkers! Hope you all enjoy this fun conversation and value-packed episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Your work and your job are not the same things! Here's why tying your work and purpose to your job is risky for you. In this episode, we talk about: - How you can protect yourself and be more future-proof by separating your work from your job. - How employers and employees are in a constant dance for power. - Why giving an employer a chokehold over the way you value yourself, your happiness, or your life’s purpose is a great way to expose yourself to having those things threatened or taken from you. Ryan and Hannah also talk about why it's important to remind yourself that you can still do work you love without doing it at the job you have now. Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Learning how to sell completely changed the trajectory of our lives! Here's why everyone should learn how to sell! In this episode, we talk about: - How Ryan and Hannah learned how to sell and how they used their sales skills to create a successful business, grow their career and change their life. - Why learning sales gives you invaluable soft skills and why it can be useful pretty much anywhere in your life. - What are books and resources that you can use to learn how to sell. Ryan and Hannah also shared their own sales stories! Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Due to Covid and the last couple of years, a lot of people are being left with work history gaps in their resumes. Today, we’re going to talk about some things you can do to address them! In this episode, we talk about: - Why a work gap is a big deal and what are the different ways you can do to address them? - The different strategies you can do to focus on the value you can provide when you're asked about your work gap, whatever the reason is! - What should you do if you're currently in an employment gap? Ryan and Hannah also share some books that you can read if you wanna do some soul searching! Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

Costs are going up everywhere, and we’re paying more to live. But what if you could get paid to live somewhere? In this episode, we talk about: - What are the 6 US cities that'll pay you $10,000 to work from home there! - Why these cities are paying people to move to their cities and work remotely. - Why it can be a good idea to move to these cities to leverage your remote work salary and the low cost of living. Ryan and Hannah also talk about a city that will also give you a mountain bike along with the cash incentive just to move there! Hope you all enjoy the episode! To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/workbook Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co

We had a great experience with Printful and it's one of the easiest side hustles to start as a beginner! Watch the full episode below to learn about 4 side hustles you can start today: https://degreefree.co/4-side-hustle-ideas-to-start-today-part-2/ #degreefree #sidehustle #sideprojects #entrepreneur To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/guide Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co Thanks for listening, aloha guys! Check out our socials: Facebook: https://facebook.com/degreefreenetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/degreefreepod Twitter: https://twitter.com/degreefree_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/degree-free

The key here is to find something that you're good at or can do, or at least have a mild interest in and start taking people's money for it. Watch the full episode below to learn about 4 side hustles you can start today: https://degreefree.co/4-side-hustle-ideas-to-start-today-part-2/ #degreefree #sidehustle #sideprojects #entrepreneur To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/guide Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co Thanks for listening, aloha guys! Check out our socials: Facebook: https://facebook.com/degreefreenetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/degreefreepod Twitter: https://twitter.com/degreefree_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/degree-free

We've seen people go from $30,000 a year to more than $100,000 by just moving. Watch the full episode to learn about the reasons why you should relocate for a job: https://degreefree.co/podcasts/3-reasons-you-need-to-be-willing-to-relocate-for-a-job #degreefree #jobs #jobhunting #careertips To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/guide Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co Thanks for listening, aloha guys! Check out our socials: Facebook: https://facebook.com/degreefreenetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/degreefreepod Twitter: https://twitter.com/degreefree_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/degree-free

Moving to a new unknown environment will force you to grow. This is one of the many reasons why you should relocate to where the job is! Watch the full episode to learn about the reasons why you should relocate for a job: https://degreefree.co/podcasts/3-reasons-you-need-to-be-willing-to-relocate-for-a-job #degreefree #jobs #jobhunting #careertips To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/guide Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co Thanks for listening, aloha guys! Check out our socials: Facebook: https://facebook.com/degreefreenetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/degreefreepod Twitter: https://twitter.com/degreefree_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/degree-free

This is one of the many reasons why you should be willing to relocate for a job. You're already ahead of the 60% of job applicants because you're willing to move! Watch the full episode to learn about the reasons why you should relocate for a job: https://degreefree.co/podcasts/3-reasons-you-need-to-be-willing-to-relocate-for-a-job #degreefree #jobs #jobhunting #remotework To keep up with everything Degree Free check out our website: https://degreefree.co Get the guide on how to: Teach Yourself. Get Work. Make Money. No Degree Needed.: https://degreefree.co/guide Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and get exclusive tips and tricks to make great money without a college degree! https://degreefree.co/signup Like, subscribe, write us a review, and if you have a question or want some advice email us at contact@degreefree.co Thanks for listening, aloha guys! Check out our socials: Facebook: https://facebook.com/degreefreenetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/degreefreepod Twitter: https://twitter.com/degreefree_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/degree-free