Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook
because multiple research studies show that, if you ask someone for help, you honor them, you deepen the relationship, and you create an opportunity for them to be giving, which we humans love doing.
Phyl Terry • Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook
Keep in mind that your “must-haves” should not be 10 or 15 things. Create 3-5 definite “must-haves” and then put everything else into the second bucket of “want-to-haves.”
Phyl Terry • Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook
Penna told me that after it was announced that this person was leaving (and everyone knew that it was not voluntary), “he doubled back and asked several of us ‘What could I have done differently?’” Penna found this “courageous and self-aware . . . he could easily have packed up his belongings and just headed out and blamed us and the culture.”
Phyl Terry • Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook
Send a thank-you note. Right after the conversation, reach out and thank them. Cite some specific things they said, and then let them know you’ll keep them updated. See my book website for some sample thank-you notes (and update notes). Update everyone you’ve spoken to. Every month or quarter, you should send an email to everyone you have met with.