The Journal
NOTES FROM THE HIREABILITY FRONT.
Frameworks, essays, and case studies for senior professionals who refuse to be under-positioned.
By the 40th Rejection, You Start to Wonder If You're the Problem
After 40 rejections, senior professionals start doubting 20 years of expertise. The silence isn't about you — it's about a system that can't see you. Positioning changes everything.
The Whole Time You Were Building Their Empire, Nobody Was Building Yours
Lindsay's dad gave a company 25 years and got a pink slip. She only got 12 years with him. There is no job you get to retire from. Client Larry proved that when you stop waiting and run the right system, the role you want goes from contact to offer in a single week.
Most People Get One Out of Three: The Dream Job Zone
Most senior professionals pick their poison — right job, wrong company; right salary, wrong role. Learn what the Dream Job Zone is and how the Theory of Hireability installs all three at once.
If You Got Laid Off, Stop Naming Your Number First
Amazon Rejected 99 Percent of Resumes. Most Were Qualified.
Nobody Has Ever Fixed a Job Search Problem By Applying to More Jobs
Applying to more jobs feels like action. It isn't. Here's why 120 minutes of positioning work beats weeks of applications — and where to start.
Two Versions of the Layoff Post: Sympathy vs. Offers
One layoff post gets sympathy. The other gets offers. Lindsay Mustain breaks down why showing up wounded to your job search costs you offers - and what her dad's pink slip taught her about hireability.
Ex-Amazon Recruiter: The Interview Is a Test of Risk — Not Qualifications
After 10,343 hiring decisions at Amazon and Fortune 100 companies, here is what I know: the interview is not a test of whether you can do the job. It is a test of risk. Every answer either positions you as a safe bet or a question mark.
I Told Him Recruiters Were Rejecting Him. Now We're Negotiating a $101K Raise.
A 15-year corporate veteran was convinced his career was over after two acquisitions and a layoff. Here's exactly how closing his Hireability Gap turned recruiter rejection into a $101K raise negotiation.
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