By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
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Someone shared a post on LinkedIn about Justin Trudeau and his career that incorrectly pointed to a lesson from his career. Let me correct it for you.
There was a fun post that someone shared on LinkedIn about Justin Trudeau and his career path. It sent the wrong message; I’m going to correct it. I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. People hire me for No BS job search coaching and career advice globally because I make the process of finding work and succeeding at it much easier.
Justin Trudeau’s career path: 1994 to 1998: snowboarding instructor. 1998 to 2002: French and math teacher. 2002 to 2008: CBC radio host. 2013 to 2025: Prime Minister of Canada. 2025: Katy Perry’s boyfriend.
And the message this person wrote is, “If you’re bored, change your profession. Careers aren’t linear. Let this be a reminder: you’re allowed to outgrow who you were.” I don’t think he exactly outgrew it; I think he was, shall we say, groomed for this throughout his entire life.
But the key part of all of this is how he made some of these transitions was through his network of relationships. Not from snowboarding to French math teacher, but from French math teacher to a radio host, and from a radio host to Prime Minister of Canada. His last name had a lot to do with it; I’m sure he banked on his father’s relationships and his mother’s relationships with officials in Canada.
And that’s a message for all of you. Often we only
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focus on professional relationships, and he had personal ones that he was able to leverage. And particularly for those of you who are starting out in your career—I know I didn’t want to ask my parents for help. You know, I went to people who eventually hired me, but I didn’t have any relationship with them. I made it harder on myself, and that’s one of the messages I want to give all of you: you don’t have to make it as hard on yourself as you may have been doing up until this point. Your network of relationships can help you land that next role.
I have a lot more to help you with at JobSearch.Community. Go to the site; there’s a lot there that will help you, and you can become an insider, get coaching from me, or purchase products from me individually. I want to help.
