Wednesday, March 19 – “What Is Working For Your Clients?”

Happy Wednesday!

Here’s what’s on the job description for today:

1. A few open roles from a national startup accelerator.

2. Today’s Question: “Adam, you work with lots of candidates – what is working for the ones getting roles?”

IN HIRING

Nesta

• Nesta is a UK non-for-profit that focuses on social good through innovation in the startup space.

• As a company, the test and scale ideas supporting innovative ideas as they become mature companies

• There are currently two fascinating roles available:

  • Project Manager – Click here for full details

  • Venture Builder – Click here for full details

Click here to learn more about the team and company.

TODAY’S QUESTION

Today’s Question: “Adam, you work with lots of candidates – what is working for the ones getting roles?”

Recommendation: given the diverse nature of each candidate, it’s hard to narrow it down. Here’s what I’ve seen work well recently:

• First, the most obvious way in which things work is when candidates find companies that they really love and fit well in. This is often a company with a more distinct culture that values things like kindness or empathy and the people the candidate meets at the firm truly embody those values along with the candidate themselves.

  • This is usually revealed through networking once a candidate gets an interview and finding that people they meet online are more helpful and generous with their time than the candidate expected.

• Second, what I’ve seen work over and over is when a candidate gets locked in completely.

  • The hiring process feels like it lasts forever and there is often a loop that candidates get stuck in where they lose focus and energy after many interviews.

  • I’ve seen repeatedly that once they get an interview with a specific company they’re surprised they even get a shot with, they dial into a level of intensity neither of us were sure they had and things begin to fall into place much more quickly than in other interview processes.

• Finally, there is nearly a 100% correlation with those that find roles and those that network.

  • Most often, the networking isn’t for referrals but for industry information such as trends and challenges but also, and even more importantly, for interview prep.

  • Knowing the types of questions and expectations from a company or hiring manager before an interview is a massive step up and mane candidates I work with who find the most success use this version of networking to land roles.

Conclusion:

There is not one specific thing that makes a job search successful but there are core activities that many who are successful use.