If you had a successful job search in past year what did you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spouse, C-suite, $400,000k it's all about networking. Seriously, tell everyone you know, from your dogwalker to your neighbor to people you know at work, people from prior jobs, in the cafeteria. Everyone.

Someone will know someone looking to hire or know someone who knows some who's looking to hire

DP

This is what I hear over and over. I don't want people to know at work. Currently I make about the same as your husband, but I'm not C-suite - I'm a corporate cog and would like to move to something else and don't get responses from the postings (for half that salary) on LinkedIn. I'm actually surprised that i worked on and submitted 10 applications and got ZERO responses (not even an automated rejection), despite being more than capable and qualified. I don't want to tell my network that I'm looking because word spreads too fast. I also dont want to lose my job until i line something else up. Is there any other way?

What have other people done that works?

In my career -- not C-suite -- it's been good old job applications. Networking didn't lead directly to the job, but maybe I knew enough people that the hiring folks could confirm indirectly or ask around about me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spouse, C-suite, $400,000k it's all about networking. Seriously, tell everyone you know, from your dogwalker to your neighbor to people you know at work, people from prior jobs, in the cafeteria. Everyone.

Someone will know someone looking to hire or know someone who knows some who's looking to hire

DP

This is what I hear over and over. I don't want people to know at work. Currently I make about the same as your husband, but I'm not C-suite - I'm a corporate cog and would like to move to something else and don't get responses from the postings (for half that salary) on LinkedIn. I'm actually surprised that i worked on and submitted 10 applications and got ZERO responses (not even an automated rejection), despite being more than capable and qualified. I don't want to tell my network that I'm looking because word spreads too fast. I also dont want to lose my job until i line something else up. Is there any other way?

What have other people done that works?

Work with a headhunter. If you are at the level you say you are, I’m amazed you aren’t being approached on a regular basis by headhunters wanting to represent you

If they aren’t calling, maybe you should ask yourself why?

I know why.....I'm in a dying industry, which is why I want to move and I'm looking at half the pay. Literally it's on this list: https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/industry-trends/fastest-declining-industries/

I used to get headhunters calling several times a week - over the past 5 years that has dried up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BigLaw lawyer moving firms and I worked with a fantastic recruiter. Really top notch. She was super knowledgable about the market and seemed to have connections that most recruiters don't have.

Not op but how do people get connected with these reputable recruiters with amazing connections? Word of mouth?
The ones I've ever worked with (either they contacted me or I contacted them via LinkedIn) seemed mediocre at best.

[Anonymous]

Networking
Tell everyone you know that you’re looking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t very helpful but it’s often a crapshoot. I put some feelers out there and applied to maybe 5 federal jobs. I received offers for two of them and an interview request for a third. All at the same agency. I was a contractor so I was connected but not directly to the position I ended up accepting. I think for me applying before I was desperate to get out was key because it took pressure off but I know not everyone has this luxury.

Congrats!!

What field are you in?

DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spouse, C-suite, $400,000k it's all about networking. Seriously, tell everyone you know, from your dogwalker to your neighbor to people you know at work, people from prior jobs, in the cafeteria. Everyone.

Someone will know someone looking to hire or know someone who knows some who's looking to hire

DP

This is what I hear over and over. I don't want people to know at work. Currently I make about the same as your husband, but I'm not C-suite - I'm a corporate cog and would like to move to something else and don't get responses from the postings (for half that salary) on LinkedIn. I'm actually surprised that i worked on and submitted 10 applications and got ZERO responses (not even an automated rejection), despite being more than capable and qualified. I don't want to tell my network that I'm looking because word spreads too fast. I also dont want to lose my job until i line something else up. Is there any other way?

What have other people done that works?

In my career -- not C-suite -- it's been good old job applications. Networking didn't lead directly to the job, but maybe I knew enough people that the hiring folks could confirm indirectly or ask around about me.

+1 I actually documented my last job hunt on DCUM — search for job hunt stats I think — and I had no luck with the feelers I put out in my network but good luck trolling indeed and submitting applications. I’m in tech and was moving from management to a senior independent contributor role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t very helpful but it’s often a crapshoot. I put some feelers out there and applied to maybe 5 federal jobs. I received offers for two of them and an interview request for a third. All at the same agency. I was a contractor so I was connected but not directly to the position I ended up accepting. I think for me applying before I was desperate to get out was key because it took pressure off but I know not everyone has this luxury.

Congrats!!

What field are you in?

DP

Thank you! Health care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BigLaw lawyer moving firms and I worked with a fantastic recruiter. Really top notch. She was super knowledgable about the market and seemed to have connections that most recruiters don't have.

Not op but how do people get connected with these reputable recruiters with amazing connections? Word of mouth?
The ones I've ever worked with (either they contacted me or I contacted them via LinkedIn) seemed mediocre at best.

Ask people who have left who they used. Top lawyers are very frequently using the same small handful of recruiters. I used Karen Vladeck and thought she did an exceptional job. I wouldn't respond to someone who cold outreached to me on LinkedIn or email -- those are usually not reputable folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gold is how my brother gets his jobs

How’s that work? Does he just slip a kilo to a recruiter?

[Anonymous]

I spent about a year just telling people I was looking, having coffees, and asking for advice/asking about people’s jobs… and then asking each person to introduce me to someone else to have coffee with.

I also started looking at organizations I was interested in and scanning lots of job postings to see what was out there and what types of flexibility options are the norm now.

When I saw something I was really interested in, I went all in. I sent my resume to people I knew (or knew tangentially) who could get that resume in front of the right eyes, talked to current and past employees to catch any red flags, and reached to the hiring manager directly via social networks.

Turns out the application process was bogus - hiring manager was so busy that he only looked at resumes he was sent directly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spouse, C-suite, $400,000k it's all about networking. Seriously, tell everyone you know, from your dogwalker to your neighbor to people you know at work, people from prior jobs, in the cafeteria. Everyone.

Someone will know someone looking to hire or know someone who knows some who's looking to hire

DP

This is what I hear over and over. I don't want people to know at work. Currently I make about the same as your husband, but I'm not C-suite - I'm a corporate cog and would like to move to something else and don't get responses from the postings (for half that salary) on LinkedIn. I'm actually surprised that i worked on and submitted 10 applications and got ZERO responses (not even an automated rejection), despite being more than capable and qualified. I don't want to tell my network that I'm looking because word spreads too fast. I also dont want to lose my job until i line something else up. Is there any other way?

What have other people done that works?

Work with a headhunter. If you are at the level you say you are, I’m amazed you aren’t being approached on a regular basis by headhunters wanting to represent you

If they aren’t calling, maybe you should ask yourself why?

I know why.....I'm in a dying industry, which is why I want to move and I'm looking at half the pay. Literally it's on this list: https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/industry-trends/fastest-declining-industries/

I used to get headhunters calling several times a week - over the past 5 years that has dried up.

DP which one? Billboards or Chicken Egg Production?

[Anonymous]

Talked to everyone I knew. Lots of former colleagues who had moved on etc. and they offered to introduce me to others. Then of course some luck involved - a job opened up at an org I was familiar with and someone I knew was able to flag my resume/application for the hiring manager.

I agree with a PP - who cares if they know you are looking? Most orgs know that some people will need to leave to advance, there are only so many managerial positions up the chain in an org, there is only so much room for salary growth in the same position. My employer doesn't need to feel complacent like I am perfectly happy keeping my butt in their same chair forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I talked to the right powerful person at my organization and they created a position for me with a pay bump.

If you’re looking in any capacity, it’s difficult to keep a lid on it. A few people got wind that I was looking to make a move and offered me dibs on two other jobs.

Valerie, is that you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gold is how my brother gets his jobs

Gold? What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gold is how my brother gets his jobs

How’s that work? Does he just slip a kilo to a recruiter?

LOL.