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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The “luck” part is that the person who ultimately hires you essentially picked you because they wanted to work with you (as opposed to the other candidates).

When my employer did a major reorg, a lot of us had to reinterview for the surviving jobs. I was younger and brought no diversity (one of the publicly stated criteria), so I went into the interview with nothing to lose since I assumed two of my more senior colleagues were the natural candidates for the promotion. I was very friendly while being very candid about a lot of the issues facing the company, and long story short, I survived the reorg and ended up with a huge promotion.

Why?

The person who hired me (someone from the highest level of management who had never met me before) later told me they wanted to work with me rather than my colleagues.

I wasn’t the most outgoing. I wasn’t the best at playing the game or sucking up. [b]But I am known to be friendly, positive, direct,[/b] and hardworking. I get stuff done without complaining, and when someone is looking for their go to guy, that matters.

But that’s the “luck” piece: the guy who hires has to like you. [/quote]

You have EQ.  You do not have to please everyone, just the person who hires you.[/quote]

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