Webinar recording where we talk through a highly effective playbook to find your next job.
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LINKS
Effective Job Hunting Course: www.hustlebadger.com/courses/effective-job-hunting-course/
Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RHXMnf5z70BnKfDQX6y0xB3sNXQAi-UIx5u5uFKnviQ/edit?usp=sharing
Articles:
* Career development Plan: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-product-teams-do/career-development-plan/
* Writing your CV: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-product-teams-do/write-a-pm-resume/
* Networking: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-product-teams-do/networking/
* Finding a mentor: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-product-teams-do/how-to-find-a-mentor/
* Auditing a company: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-product-teams-do/competitor-analysis/
* PM interview questions: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-product-teams-do/common-product-manager-interview-questions/
Future events: lu.ma/hustlebadger
Website: www.hustlebadger.com
LinkedIn:
* Hustle Badger: www.linkedin.com/company/hustle-badger/
* Ed Biden: www.linkedin.com/in/edbiden/
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SUMMARY ​
PM Playbook for getting a new job ...
𝟭 - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁
You are the product, this is defining your ICP:
• Industry
• Stage
• Culture
• Business model
Think about where you want to be in 3-5 years time.
What does your next role need to be to move you along that path?
𝘦.𝘨. "𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥 - 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘉2𝘊 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳"
𝟮 - 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗩 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 / 𝟭-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼
Most applications fail at the CV screen
Make sure your CV and LinkedIn are 🔥:
• What problems do you solve?
• What results do you deliver?
Make it:
• Concise - it'll only be read for a few seconds
• Quantitative - numbers make you look good
Distil down your 1-line pitch for your ICP:
𝘦.𝘨. "𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘚𝘯𝘳 𝘗𝘔 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 4+ 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.𝘤𝘰𝘮".
𝟯 - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆
• Make a simple spreadsheet CRM
• Add target companies and prioritise them
• Add contacts and opportunities for each
Now do outreach via multiple channels.
• Warm intros - speak to people you know and ask for help
• Cold intros - ask people you don't know for help
• Applications - low chance of success, but get it done
Build genuine connections.
Play the short and long game.
𝟰 - 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀
Hopefully you start to get meetings
Research the people you meet:
• Linkedin
• Google
Research the companies they work at:
• Company website
• Industry press
• G2 / Trustpilot
• Ahrefs
• Glassdoor
Read job descriptions (if there is one!) IN DEPTH:
• Map your experience to what they are looking for
• Make it 100% clear in your mind why you are the perfect fit for the role
• Don't waste time on roles if you aren't convinced of the fit yourself
𝟱 - 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀
When you get into formal interviews, DO YOUR PREP
This is an exam. Don't forget to revise.
Common questions to prep for:
• Career narrative - your previous experience and why you want this role
• Product sense - what you would build and why
• Metrics - how good is your analytical fluency
• Favourite products - your industry awareness, intuition and enthusiasm
• Behavioural questions - tell me a time when...
• Prepared case studies - take-home tasks you need to prepare
​Hustle Badger's full course on job hunting: www.hustlebadger.com/courses/effective-job-hunting-course
​This event is run by Hustle Badger, which accelerates Product Managers through critical periods in their career: