Job Searches: How To Uncover New Opportunities

Apr 5, 2023

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Kicking off a job search can feel overwhelming. It takes motivation to put yourself out there, and it’s emotionally draining when you don’t know where to go next. The good news is there are simple techniques to surface new opportunities and set yourself apart from all the other applicants. Who Got Me Here is a podcast about connections, career building, and relationships. In this episode, Annie and Jamie will share advice on tapping your network, making great asks, and acing the interview. If you know someone who has been laid off or is coming to you for career advice, share this link. The recommendation might prove immensely helpful in thinking about their next career move.

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“Don't think about the job search as a one-time campaign. This is really about developing your career. So success in a job hunt and success in your career is about the number of good relationships that you can foster. These are the people that are going to be your advocates and sources of your next career opportunity. Reid Hoffman said this, “if you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person.” So you want to think about developing good relationships throughout your career and keeping track of those people. The second thing is really about the number of quality touches. It's about how many people you reach out to, how many conversations you're able to set up, and quality means that you're taking the time to craft good asks of different people. And then, finally, acing the interview. You want to make sure that, if it's a company that you love, you are the best candidate and you're going to land that job.” - Jamie Grenney

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Episode Timestamps:

*(02:11) - Introducing Jamie Grenney, CMO and Head of Product at Connect The Dots

*(02:47) - A story about Annie Riley, Host of Who Got Me Here

*(05:12) - Advice for first steps and getting tactical with job searching

*(14:54) - Building relationships and making good asks

*(19:02) - Relationship refreshes as a means of reconnecting the dots

*(27:56) - Keeping conversations going by following up on initial connections

*(31:02) - A multi-time CMO’s advice for acing the interview process

*(37:48) - How to decide which company to accept an offer from

*(40:14) - Final piece of advice - don’t think about the job hunt as a one-time campaign; think about relationship building as the key to career success

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Who Got Me Here is brought to you by Connect The Dots, mapping professional relationships so you can find the strongest connections to the people and companies you want to reach. Visit ctd.ai to learn more.

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