Connie lost her Director-level job in the high-tech industry and is looking for another executive-level position. These positions are high-risk positions to fill for any company (lots of money and power involved–repercussions from decisions made by this person can last a long time). Check out Connie’s story about how she used the promise of a 90 to 180-Day Plan to make a nervous, unsure hiring manager excited to interview her, and much more open to the idea of hiring her:
Hi Peggy,
I’ve been using all of your tools since I lost my job 4 weeks ago. I found you by following a link on LinkedIn; your program looked like exactly what I needed to launch my search.
By way of context, I’m in the high tech industry, specifically in outsourcing. My last position was at the director level but the company was relatively small, an EMS company with about $60M USD in revenue. It was a mistake going there in the first place as I am much better suited to large global companies. I’m armed with an MBA in International business, several languages, and 20 years of experience in strategic sourcing.
One of my LinkedIn connections knows the hiring manager at a large global OEM struggling to rationalize outsourcing across 60 countries; they need someone with my exact skill set including fluency in German. Imagine that!
The hiring manager, VP Operations, called me today (bypassing HR:). Luckily he was already pre-sold on me and had obtained executive approval to create a position in Global Sourcing. We spoke for a few minutes but it was clear that he was not sure exactly what he is looking for. He was only able to outline the little he knows about the challenge. He’s new to his position as well and sounded nervous about the high visibility “my” position would have (big risk). And he was unsure how to proceed. He said “I guess we should meet so you can take me through your resume, what do you think?”
SO…I said “How about this; sure I’ll take you through my background so you can see how I’ve been successful in similar roles in the past. Then, why don’t I show you a brief powerpoint presentation outlining how I will approach this position in the first 3-6 months so that you see my thought process and what you can expect?” His response was “Are you serious? Wow, that would be fantastic! Is it ok with you if I invite a few other executives?”
I will let you know how this works out! I’m so excited and very very glad I followed all aspects of your program.
Best regards,
Connie G.
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