{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Route to Success","title":"How to Job Search When Your Title Doesn’t Match Your Skills| Scott Toren","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/74ff103c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2453,"description":"SummaryScott Torrin, an operational excellence and continuous improvement professional, joins Route to Success to talk openly about the pain of feeling stuck between his current job title and the career he knows he's capable of. He and the host dig into how mismatched job titles create real barriers in the job search, how AI-driven hiring has flooded the process with applicants, and how family, faith in \"the one right match,\" and taking things one bridge at a time keep him moving forward.\nShow Notes00:00 - Intro: the show explores feeling stuck between what you've done and what you're capable of00:18 - Meet guest Scott Torrin and the problem of career growth tied to job titles, not skills00:58 - Scott thanks the host for the opportunity to have a difficult, vulnerable conversation01:11 - How the host and Scott met through an OU advisory board01:30 - Scott's career path across retail, pharma, and engineering/construction industries02:19 - The realization: identifying which workdays didn't feel like work02:24 - Example: chasing down a documentation issue outside his job scope03:39 - Host digs into how Scott arrived at the \"what days made me happiest\" question04:08 - Mundane work as the contrast that revealed his real passion for problem-solving05:43 - Host on the value of brutally honest self-reflection06:10 - How mismatched job titles have hurt Scott's confidence and job search07:11 - Why \"operational excellence\" means wildly different things across companies08:07 - Second-guessing years of experience when titles don't match job postings09:37 - Host shares her own hiring philosophy on degrees vs. real-world experience10:52 - Companies claiming to hire for skills but actually hiring for title-matched experience11:16 - The AI arms race in job applications and resumes11:50 - Job postings getting 300 to 12,000 applicants12:16 - ATS and AI screening tools replacing human resume review12:48 - Using ChatGPT carefully to refine his resume while keeping his authentic...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/S-5Z5ofhheVkxgFI1OjKUs4327xfRBjTfDKHtXDGFv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84YWUx/MDhkOWYyYWI0ZjM5/ZjUyYzY0MTUwZjM1/ZjhjNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}