We’re great at overbaking almost everything we do. I don’t want to attack you, here are four wins I saw from my clients over the Thanksgiving week 👇🏼
Four simple wins I saw from clients this week
My goal with any piece of content I put out there is not to shout at you, but to show you. And, I don’t believe I hit that 10/10 times. So - I need to be better.
Here are four actions my clients took this week that impressed me:
1) Scheduling a phone call and a dinner on the same day
Rocket science? No. Do they have an empty schedule? Yes.
But you’d be surprised how many folks come up with a reason to do “one thing” per day and avoid booking out their calendar. I get it - this search isn’t easy, but go for gold as we close out this month. People are slowing down (except for auditors) during this time and will read your message.
2) Treating take-home assessments as mission-critical
You can yell at the system for making you provide “work” before you join the company during the interview stage, but this is the system in our hands. My client is going after a social media director role, and for both processes over the last week, take-home work was needed.
The energy they’ve brought to the work is magic. Remember, this is your profession and where you light on fire. Let it loose - you want to be remembered in the process.
3) Taking a 10-minute call before a full-blown advocate
I’m working with a tech leader, and they’ve admitted it. This isn’t where they want to be, and it’s time to approach the process differently. Instead of 10 applications per week, they’re taking intro calls with lower levels before those folks make an introduction to a managing director or leader on the internal side.
Don’t be above anything in life; it’s a bad look.
4) Internal transfers welcome all the red tape
A healthcare program manager is taking on an internal transfer at a massive titan in the industry. My take on internal transfers? They’re hard. Preconceived notions, different priorities across lines of business, and of course… the who-knows-who game.
What can you do? Knock out your prep - ask great questions, tie back to where the business is headed (specifically the group you want to join), and speak to how your knowledge will transfer.
This is an absolute game - don’t waver on where you want to go.
Questions I asked these folks above:
Can you share the 5-10 questions you have prepared?
Where can we give them more context for your proposal?
What do you have to lose from taking this call?
What don’t most people realize about this line of business?
#PrescribedByDx
A few ideas from me this past week…
These are the folks I’m working with, if you know someone - shoot me an email!
Social Media Manager / Digital Communications Director (in interviews)
Healthcare Program Manager / Project Management (in interviews)
Technical Program Manager (TPM) / Data Scientist
Executive Architect / Data Governance (Tech)
Finance Transformation Senior Manager
Senior Operations Manager (Manufacturing)
Before you leave…
If working with a coach isn’t in the budget right now, don’t beat yourself up. Just send me a message.
I’ve been opening spots in my Skool community so people can access all the modules and join the weekly office hours. There are only about 15 active members in there, so the support ends up feeling like 1:1 or 2:1 coaching anyway.
Won’t be this way forever, take it while you can.
Want 1:1 support?
Dominic
Ps…Rippling has my attention. Not just because of their software, I’d go after them if I was in the job search as well👇🏼
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