The Search
Duration, rejection, salary, negotiating and searching while employed.
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5 guides
How Long a Job Search Takes, and Planning for It
Longer than people budget for, and the variance is wide. How to plan the money, the pace and the pipeline so the search survives its own duration.
Handling Rejection and Silence
Most applications receive no reply at all, and the reasons are usually structural. How to read what you get, and how to keep going without absorbing it.
Salary: When and How to Talk About It
The question arrives early and people answer it badly under pressure. What to say at each stage, and what the rules are where you are.
Negotiating an Offer
The one moment in the process where you have leverage. What to ask for, how to ask once, and what to do when the answer is no.
Searching While Employed
A different problem from searching while unemployed: the constraint is time and discretion rather than money. How to run one without it costing you.