Episode Overview

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

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

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

Episode Transcript

What is going on everybody? Today is a bitter sweet episode since it is our 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.

In case you missed our most recent episode, number 31, we published an episode with our 30 favorite quotes from the 30 recruiters that we have had on the show so be sure to check that out.

Today, 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

Many people have asked me what my favorite episode and favorite piece of advice are from the show, and after recording over 30 hours of career content from recruiting leaders, it is not easy. But if I had to choose, I would say that my favorite episode is episode #1 since I put myself out there and hit publish. And I found someone who believed in The Final Round before anyone else did. That person is Bruce Smolen from episode 1, a former Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist from Boston Consulting Group. And the one quote that has stuck with me since day 1 is “Network when you don’t need anything”. How can you not admire the first person who took a chance on you when you had nothing?

Now let’s hear from our TEAM

• Huge shoutout to our team for making The Final Round what it is today. I might be the host but there is an entire team in the background that powers this rocket ship.

Now, let’s feature some knockout stories from our audience members

Since day 1, The Final Round was created to help more people advance past the final round, and these knockout stories are just a few examples of us carrying out our mission.

I am grateful for each and every one of the 30 Recruiters that have been on The Final Round, as well as every single member of The Final Round audience. Without you, none of this would have been possible.

And you might be wondering what’s next after interviewing 30 hours of content with Recruiters? Is this goodbye for good? Well, not exactly. We will be taking a short break to plan Season 2 where we plan to interview…drum roll please… Hiring Managers. 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. 

And if you want even more insight from The Final Round… we will be launching an online course very soon that will cover the end to end recruitment process where we dive deeper into the secret insider tips shared from the recruiters we had on the show. Be sure to head to our website at thefinalround.com for more updates.

Until next time, keep fighting and I will see you in the ring for Season 2.