Career Advice / Job Search and Interviews
A job search is a sales process, and most people run it like a lottery. Two hundred applications, no pipeline, no follow-up, and a lot of refreshing the inbox.
I’ve spent 20 years on the hiring side of the table. These articles are what I’d tell you over coffee: how to position yourself, get in through people, and walk into the interview ready.
Scott tells people to stretch their resumes, and he explains it with the 1998 home run chase. On the difference between fabricating and telling the strongest version you can defend.
Read Article →Two clients landed offers in the same week. Scott on why a brutal job search messes with your confidence, and why you only ever need one yes.
Read Article →Scott told him twice to leave it alone. He tracked down the hiring manager anyway and got the offer two hours later. Scott on persistence, imaginary interview rules, and knowing when to ignore advice.
Read Article →Three months after his role was eliminated, Scott starts a new chapter as VP of Sales and Marketing at a Seattle SaaS company. Scott on the wild job search and three takeaways from the process.
Read Article →A VP interview process moving at full sprint, a flight booked to meet the CEO, then a phone call that ended it all in the eleventh hour. Scott shares the whole strange story, and why you can’t trust your career to anyone but you.
Read Article →People love to fantasize about the next company, the next title, the next opportunity that will solve all their problems. A lot of those companies are just repackaged versions of the same experience with nicer fonts and free cold brew on tap.
Read Article →A tech company just reached out about their AI interview tool. We're finally there. AI isn't coming for your job, but the person who learns to use it might be.
Read Article →Recruiter silence, quiet bosses, referrals that go dark. Scott on why the anxiety comes from the story you invent, and how to keep moving while someone else controls the timing.
Read Article →Dead keypad batteries locked Scott out of his own house with no spare key. Careers work the same way. Scott on why the worst time to build a network, a resume, or savings is after you are already locked out.
Read Article →Your career already has a review system. It just isn’t public. Scott on why reputation is the one career asset that quietly compounds, and how to earn five-star reviews long before anyone asks to read them.
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