Tuesday, December 31 - "What If January is Terrible?"

Happy Tuesday!

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

1. New roles from a company providing some interesting insights to fortune 500 companies via AI.

2. Karl asks, “I often hear that January is supposed to be a stellar month for hiring but what if it isn’t?”

IN HIRING

Dashmote

• By providing clients with location-specific commercial data, Dashmote has been able to bring on big names like Coca-Cola into their list of clientele.

• Currently, this Amsterdam-based company has a handful of interesting roles for those interested in the data driven world.

• Here are a few of the most interesting roles available

  • Product Manager - Click here for full details

  • People & Talent Lead - Click here for full details

  • Customer Success Manager - Click here for full details

Click here for the company’s career page

TODAY’S QUESTION

Karl asks, “I often hear that January is supposed to be a stellar month for hiring but what if it isn’t?”

Recommendation: you’re asking the big questions, Karl. It’s completely reasonable and here’s how I’d think about it as a job candidate:

• First, it’s quite relative what makes for a good or bad month of hiring. If you got 2 interviews and none of them moved forward with your candidacy, that would probably be a terrible month but it would be hard to complain in the same room as someone who got no interviews.

  • While January has historically been a good month for hiring, the current job market is so brutal that anything is possible.

• Second, if the job market truly is bad for the types of roles you’re applying for, I’d do two things:

  • The first thing I would do is look at a different market where the industry you’re looking at is more in demand. For example, if you’re thinking about consulting, faster growing economies such as South Africa would be a better bet than somewhere like London or Toronto.

  • The second thing I would do is begin networking like a person on a mission. When job markets get tough, you need an edge and networking becomes more useful than more applications.

• Finally, just for fun, assume January isn’t going to suck!

  • Go in with the expectation that this is going to be a great month and set goals that align with a good market.

  • Then have a plan for what you’ll do if it sucks and what the metric of suckiness will be for you to know when to go there.

    • As an example, I might say if you get less than 2 interviews by the end of the month, you’ll begin doing 1/3 of your applications to a different geography.

Conclusion:

January is coming and candidates are anxious. Plan for the worst and the best and be ready for good things to happen!