Job Search
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes
Startups For the Rest of Us 
Lenny's Podcast
4 statements about Job Search, every show
Walling: Monthly job search tools suffer inherently high churn
“Monthly, you're going to have crazy high churn because people, what do you have, a job search every few years, and you search for a few months, and then you're done.”
Terry: Managing emotional balance matters more in job searches than resumes or networking
“All those things are really important, but the most important thing to manage is your emotional balance. I talk about your emotional balance sheet. And for many job seekers, they have more liabilities than assets on their own ballot sheets.”
Terry: Problem-focused positioning makes candidates more memorable than industry focus
“And so she wasn't talking about stage of business or even industry, but that really plants an image in your mind. You know, exactly. If you hear about a company looking for that doesn't have design or looking to reboot design, you're going to think of her imme…”
Terry: Job search anxiety is structural to capitalism, not personal failure
“Everyone feels anxious and insecure in the job search. Lenny, hey, everyone. It's built into the fabric of how capitalism operates. It's not something problematic in your head. It's the instability of the system, which gives us its dynamism, but which also cre…”