Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook
After doing the hard work of drafting the Job Mission and after walking his hiring manager through it, Paul received an offer for a Chief Product Officer role, and then used the Job Mission with OKRs to negotiate budget, resources and support including training for the existing team, and other key things that made a difference in setting him up for
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Someone to Talk To,
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your network is small, ask each person you speak to for introductions to more folks you can speak to (as we discussed in the previous chapter). Keep in mind that you can also ask your JSC for help. Do they have people they know that they could introduce you to?
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Anytime someone hires you, you make a social contract: they give you money, and you give them your time and expertise. So, if you are going to give a boss and a company some of your most important assets, then make sure they deserve it.
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“This book is an excellent guide to help you think about your career objectives, learn how to ask for help, and get what you need for your own personal growth and success.”
Phyl Terry • Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook
ORANGUTAN ROOMS Just being forced to explain your problems verbally can itself help you see the solution. I call this dynamic the Orangutan Room, in homage to my distant mentor (meaning I don’t know him) Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and longtime partner of Warren Buffett. Here’s what Munger once said: [I]f a smart person goes
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The next thing you should do is convert your JSC to a Career Council, where you and non-competitive peers meet and help each other make good decisions in your new jobs.
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may have this one wrong, so forgive me. Roles where you would be the Chief Revenue Officer, across sales and marketing, for example. Where you are fully accountable for the profitability of a business. This could be CEO roles, etc. I think you’d certainly be viable, but you’d be up against people with deeper track records in that space. It would
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Kristy, he said, loves to coach and then get out of the way. The biggest mistake Mark could make would be not to share what he doesn’t know or where he needs help. In other words, he should work to be “coachable.”