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Wednesday, March 19 - "What Is Working For Your Clients?"

Happy Wednesday!
Here’s what’s on the job description for today:
A few open roles from a national startup accelerator.
Today’s Question: “Adam, you work with lots of candidates - what is working for the ones getting roles?”
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

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.
Have a great day,
Adam