This is a follow-up to my post, “How to Get a Job in a Lay-off Market,” where I discussed Gary’s* job search after being laid off from a behemoth technology company. Gary’s story exemplifies the challenges many professionals face when unexpectedly laid off and the resilience required to successfully navigate a competitive job market. Fortunately, […]
Have you ever heard the term “Spray and pray”? This is what we call it when people liberally distribute resumes without much care for the job description. In other words, apply everywhere and hope for the best. Sure, this could be considered a strategy, and if your job search is fairly homogenous and saturated –
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The tech industry is a dynamic landscape, and even the most experienced Account Executives (AEs) and Partnership Managers (PMs) can find themselves facing an unexpected job search. Sarah, for example, was a high-performing AE at a leading social media company. After years of exceeding quotas and building strong client relationships, she was let go during
Not customizing your LinkedIn URL is like going to work with bed head. Sure, bed head is fine when you’re working from home and have no Zoom calls. But your LinkedIn profile is like a perpetual Zoom call, and you need it to look good! What’s a URL? In simple terms, it’s the address that appears in
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A client started a side hustle as a Health Coach and wondered if she should include that information on her resume and LinkedIn. For context, she’s been Technical Project Manager at various unrelated businesses, from a State office to a data center provider. At the core of this question is strategy and cost-benefit tradeoff. Let’s
Gary* was a top-selling Account Executive at a leading technology company, rising to #1 in his region through a record-breaking sale. He was walking on clouds until the ground dropped out from under him. He got laid off. This abrupt and unexpected change took its toll on him emotionally, but being a fighter, Gary quickly
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Hey Entrepreneur, Have you been job-shopping to re-enter a more traditional (i.e., corporate) workplace? Then you’ve probably run into pushback about employers looking for employees, not other employers. While entrepreneurship is generally associated with innovation, bravery, risk-taking, problem-solving, and wearing many hats, for those who will have to work with the individual they hire, other
I don’t know how I ended up with all these Quora updates in my inbox, but I’m glad I did. Why? Because I think there’s useful information over there for you, job hunter! Heck, I’m even learning some things! It seems many recruiters use Quora and are happy to share their thoughts and opinions. Here
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I received this message from a client last week: “I’ve found myself unemployed yet again! Ugh. Your services worked magic for me last year, and after starting with a new company in January of this year, budget cuts and BS find me on the job hunt this week. I feel dead inside, but hopeful we
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I met with a client the other day who was feeling down on his luck. He was a successful entrepreneur, but he was hitting a wall in trying to re-enter the workforce (even with the awesome resume we crafted together). He said he was hearing crickets after applying for roles that seemed like the perfect
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