Stephanie Moss

Statistically to date, still the most effective job search technique is getting hired by people who know you or by people who know you, who know you, seven degrees of separation kind of thing. So if you find yourself needing to look for new employment, make a list. What are your competing organizations? Who do you know there? Who can give you the warm introduction?

Statistically to date, still the most effective job search technique is getting hired by people who know you or by people who know you, who know you, seven degrees of separation kind of thing. So if you find yourself needing to look for new employment, make a list. What are your competing organizations? Who do you know there? Who can give you the warm introduction?

Who can speak on behalf of what you're capable of doing? The absolute worst thing is having to submit a resume into the black hole of online jobs. People get so frustrated and there's a time and a place for that, but be smart. Use your network. And then thirdly, you need to own the follow-up process. For a lot of people, this makes them very uncomfortable.

Who can speak on behalf of what you're capable of doing? The absolute worst thing is having to submit a resume into the black hole of online jobs. People get so frustrated and there's a time and a place for that, but be smart. Use your network. And then thirdly, you need to own the follow-up process. For a lot of people, this makes them very uncomfortable.

If you're in sales, this is part of who you are. You got this all day, every day. But for most of us, we're not. So you need to be the one that does the follow-up. You need to make sure that you're constantly doing the legwork. If somebody says, hey, I really enjoyed meeting with you. Let's follow up next week. All right, the ball's kind of in their court.

If you're in sales, this is part of who you are. You got this all day, every day. But for most of us, we're not. So you need to be the one that does the follow-up. You need to make sure that you're constantly doing the legwork. If somebody says, hey, I really enjoyed meeting with you. Let's follow up next week. All right, the ball's kind of in their court.

But by the way, if it's Wednesday of the next week and you haven't heard anything back from them, you need to be the one that reaches back out. Nothing too aggressive, but hey. You mentioned you wanted to get back together. I wanted to honor that timeframe. Were you thinking about trying to do something this week or should we look for something next week?

But by the way, if it's Wednesday of the next week and you haven't heard anything back from them, you need to be the one that reaches back out. Nothing too aggressive, but hey. You mentioned you wanted to get back together. I wanted to honor that timeframe. Were you thinking about trying to do something this week or should we look for something next week?

Same thing if they say they're gonna introduce you to somebody. Let a few days go by, but after three or four, if you haven't seen that introduction, follow up. Hey, I just wanted to follow up from our last conversation. I really appreciated your willingness to introduce me to dot, dot, dot. Here's my contact information.

Same thing if they say they're gonna introduce you to somebody. Let a few days go by, but after three or four, if you haven't seen that introduction, follow up. Hey, I just wanted to follow up from our last conversation. I really appreciated your willingness to introduce me to dot, dot, dot. Here's my contact information.

Feel free to forward it on or reply all and copy them on or whatever the case. You can use all kinds of different language. But the idea is you need to be the one owning the follow-up process. Hope this helps.

Feel free to forward it on or reply all and copy them on or whatever the case. You can use all kinds of different language. But the idea is you need to be the one owning the follow-up process. Hope this helps.

Hi, this is Stephanie Moss, partner with Thinking Ahead Search, and welcome to the Talent Tree. Today, I wanna talk to you a little bit about interviewing and today's climate. Interviewing today is dramatically different than it has ever been. So interviewing today, it's super wonky. Couple things though that make it great.

Hi, this is Stephanie Moss, partner with Thinking Ahead Search, and welcome to the Talent Tree. Today, I wanna talk to you a little bit about interviewing and today's climate. Interviewing today is dramatically different than it has ever been. So interviewing today, it's super wonky. Couple things though that make it great.

Number one, because so many of the interviews are happening either via phone call or Zoom call or something else, the appetite for hiring managers to spend time with a potential candidate has gone way up. They don't have to drive 45 minutes there. They don't have to commit to being there for an hour and a half, then drive another 45 minutes back.

Number one, because so many of the interviews are happening either via phone call or Zoom call or something else, the appetite for hiring managers to spend time with a potential candidate has gone way up. They don't have to drive 45 minutes there. They don't have to commit to being there for an hour and a half, then drive another 45 minutes back.

It's literally, all right, give me two minutes to dial up Zoom. We're on the call. 30, 45 minutes later, I hang up. I can move on to the next thing. So the appetite has gone up considerably.

It's literally, all right, give me two minutes to dial up Zoom. We're on the call. 30, 45 minutes later, I hang up. I can move on to the next thing. So the appetite has gone up considerably.

Another good thing is, again, even though the Zoom and some of that isn't as good as the face-to-face, if you do it right and with a lot of patience and practice, it can really help you get to know an organization at a slightly different level. Watch how well they're adapting to all these changes.

Another good thing is, again, even though the Zoom and some of that isn't as good as the face-to-face, if you do it right and with a lot of patience and practice, it can really help you get to know an organization at a slightly different level. Watch how well they're adapting to all these changes.