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Dylan Cornelius

New grad job search plan

Stop wasting your time, stressing yourself out, and missing the best opportunities.

  • Write a resume that makes them want to hire you.

  • Bypass the application black hole and land interviews. 

  • Say goodbye to pointless applications and hello to your dream offer.

Get hired, not ignored.

50% of job hunters polled on LinkedIn aren’t getting interviews or offers despite submitting resumes and applications for months, and despite a historically strong job market.

Nonetheless, the other 50% of job hunters say they’re getting interviews and expect offers soon.

The difference between successful and unsuccessful job hunters is the effectiveness of their:

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1. Search Strategy

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2. Personal Branding

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3. Tactics & Time Management

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4. Interview Skills

Break out of the rut and establish the skills and confidence you need to get the job you really want.

Be like Elliott, who after two months had multiple interviews at companies he targeted, and was on his way to an offer.​
Anybody can do this!

Testimonials

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George boosted his self-confidence and clarified his purpose in life.

Who would benefit from the Career Acceleration Academy?

“Anyone would benefit from a Career Acceleration course with Dylan, particularly those who want to unlock their abilities to make their teams perform at the highest level possible and learn something cool and new along the way.

I also think people who feel stuck or don’t know where to go next.

The kind of people who would most benefit from Dylan’s Career Acceleration program would be someone who’s stuck in their career and doesn’t know what to do next or is looking for a new way to bring their team together, to make some great things happen.

People of any degree or background in their career would immensely benefit from this course because it helps refresh you about what you can do to improve your relationships, to make better outcomes for everyone.

It provides you with fresher and new insights as to what you can do to better yourself, so you can better other people to make great things happen in the workplace.”

George M.

Project Manager
A moment of clarity -- a breakthrough

George builds successful relationships in the Career Acceleration Academy.

“My aha moment came when I really began to understand how my relationships with people at work were critical to my success. And it really solidified in my mind that I’m not someone who can just go in alone and do things all the time just by myself. And there are some people and times when you can do that, but you really need always to work and collaborate with people to make your dreams come true. And that came to a moment for me to really dig in and understand that as I was beginning to work with Dylan. So the aha moment really came that soon for me when I was working with him. And we had lots of other aha moments that solidified that moment as to what it means to be a collaborator who builds successful relationships.”

Omario got clarity of purpose, focus, and results in the Career Acceleration Academy.

“This is very, very tailored in terms of results, focus, and outcomes.”

“This is very, very tailored in terms of results, focus, and outcomes.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor
Karen went from dissatisfaction to clarity and stepped into leadership in a new role

Karen went from dissatisfaction to confident leadership to change careers to change her life.

“I developed a different mindset in that it was a process that helped me have the courage to… My mindset had been, I need to always have a certain kind of job and work certain hours and maybe be seen as having a certain status. Now, if that’s what people truly want, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, but I was really dissatisfied and looking to get into a more innovative field. And also just the personal courage and confidence. I think the biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I’d been doing.”

Karen W.

"This really changed my life."

“This really changed my life.”

“This really changed my life.”

Karen W.

Omario shared what he gained in the Career Acceleration Academy

Omario rediscovered his true purpose in the Career Acceleration Academy.

“Dylan has been a godsend, and I can’t overstate that enough. Dylan reminded me that some of us ask a lot of ourselves, but there are so many people pulling in so many different directions, you forget who you are at your core. Dylan has really helped me move forward, remembering who I am, remembering who I wanted to be in all of this before all these people showed up grabbing at me, and it’s been refreshing, it’s been calming, it’s been insanely productive”

Omario K.

Karen boosted her self-confidence and found her purpose in life.

Karen boosted her self-confidence and found her purpose in life.

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life and to be able to step up into that.”

Karen W.

George boosted his self-confidence and clarified his purpose in life.

George boosted his self-confidence and clarified his purpose in life.

“I was really able to identify clearly what really worked best for me because I didn’t know how to say it or I was nervous.”

George M.

Omario boosted his self-confidence in the Career Acceleration Academy.

Omario boosted his self-confidence.

“I have an insane amount of confidence that I didn’t have six, seven, eight months ago.”

Omario K.

Karen boosted her self-confidence and changed careers.

Karen boosted her self-confidence and changed careers.

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

Karen W.

Omario found his purpose in life.

Omario found his purpose in life.

“I said, look, I just need a lot more direction. I need to remind myself of who I am, what I was always really meant to do, and Dylan was a godsend in terms of waking up and realizing, oh, that’s right: this is what I meant to do before the world ended on me.”

Omario K.

Karen found her purpose in life.

Karen found her purpose in life.

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life and to be able to step up into that.”

Karen W.

Omario rediscovered his purpose in life.

Omario rediscovered his purpose in life.

“Dylan has really, really helped me move forward, remembering who I am, remembering who I wanted to be in all of this, before all these people showed up, grabbing at me. It’s been refreshing. It’s been calming. It’s been insanely productive.”

Omario K.

Omario got clarity of purpose, focus, and results in the Career Acceleration Academy.

How Dylan Helped Me Rediscover My True Self

“Dylan has really, really helped me move forward, remembering who I am, remembering who I wanted to be in all of this, before all these people showed up, grabbing at me. It’s been refreshing. It’s been calming. It’s been insanely productive.”

Omario K.

Karen Headshot

How Dylan Empowered Me to Pursue My Dreams

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life and to be able to step up into that.”

Karen W.

George headshot

How Dylan Empowered Me to Embrace What’s Best for Me

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

George headshot

Who would benefit from the Career Acceleration Academy?

“The kind of people who would most benefit from Dylan’s career acceleration program would be someone who’s stuck in their career and doesn’t know what to do next or is looking for a new way to bring their team together to make some great things happen.”

George M.

our client Eric B., is a Marketing and Lead Generation Manager

“I was looking for some direction, and the program did that”

“What I was really looking for was some direction, and the Teams program, and what you offer, and the lectures, and the materials, and the questions, all the exercises… They did do exactly that. Because in my mind, I’m thinking that I’m trying to regain a vision or the vision that I had. But it’s synonymous with purpose. And you present purpose as that foundation. And I totally agree with that.”

Eric B.

George headshot

“I was able to identify clearly what works best for me.”

“I was able to identify clearly what works best for me.”

George M.

Omario got clarity of purpose, focus, and results in the Career Acceleration Academy.

Who would benefit from the Career Acceleration Academy?

“I would say someone who thinks they are unsuccessful currently and wants to know why, which also implies they want to be successful at what they’re currently doing.

And then it helps me imply the second group, which is those people who seem to be successful where they are right now in life and who society for sure says, ‘Hey, you’re great. You’re successful. You’re doing great.’ But they feel unfulfilled in some way. They might think or feel that, “Yeah, everything’s going great, but this is still not satisfying. This is still not doing it for me. And I want to chart a new course, whether that’s a different role in the company or whether that’s a completely different life, a completely different profession, a completely different pivot.”

I think those people would also very, very much benefit from working with Dylan. And those were only the main two categories.”

Omario K.

Omario

“You can sleep better at night.”

“That’s almost invaluable, right? That’s almost priceless in terms of someone showing you that you know how to effectively manage an organization that you know how to walk away and not let go of efficiency or control. That gives you a lot of assurance. It gives you a lot of confidence. You can sleep better at night, and you can also dream bigger. And that’s been really helpful. I didn’t know what I was going to do last October or last November. And then all of a sudden, I’m considering London versus Washington DC. I decided on Washington, DC. I know London, it’s still out there. I don’t feel like I’m deserting that dream.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“That’s a big thing for me.”

“Honestly, I feel like I just, I make better decisions and I just, I think for me, when you make better decisions, you just get to the next best thing, and if it means I spend my time working with my brother and taking care of things for them and then taking care of things for me. Sure. I just like, I just, I wanna Be happy and I’m happier with figuring out who I really am and who I wanna be and who I don’t wanna be. That’s a big thing for me.”

Ayeesha K.

Business Manager
Our client, George M., is a Project Manager, leader, and entertainer

“Make great things happen in the workplace.”

“People of any degree or background in their career would immensely benefit from this course because it helps refresh you about what you can do to improve your relationships to make better outcomes for everyone, but it also provides you with fresher and new insights as to what you can do to better yourself so you can better other people to make great things happen in the workplace.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

Omario’s biggest transformation while working with Dylan

“I have an insane amount of confidence that I did not have six, seven, eight months ago.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“I was nervous”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

Project Manager

“A new career in a new field, in my life”

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career in a new field, in my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“It only yields answers about yourself.”

“I have been weary of how this kind of process could lead to no results or bad results but I have not seen that at all, in the workshops, in the worksheets, in the homework, in the constant questioning, in the column written worksheets. It only yields answers about yourself.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“They did do exactly that.”

“What I was really looking for was some direction, and the Teams program, and what you offer, and the lectures, and the materials, and the questions, all the exercises… They did do exactly that. Because in my mind, I’m thinking that I’m trying to regain a vision or the vision that I had. But it’s synonymous with purpose. And you present purpose as that foundation. And I totally agree with that.”

Eric B.

Marketing Manager

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

“I needed help kind of understanding that and really focusing in on what was the best route for me and with working with Dylan I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

George M.

Project Manager

How effective was your personal plan?

“This is very, very tailored in terms of results, focus, and outcomes.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

How Dylan helped you with your Personal Plan?

“I needed help kind of understanding that and really focusing in on what was the best route for me and with working with Dylan I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

George M.

Project Manager

“Just chatting with you is really good, and helpful.”

“It’s been fun and incredibly valuable. I appreciate that. The material’s great, but some of the personalization of the material… Just chatting with you is really good, and helpful. I had a whole page of notes before we even got into the material!”

Eric B.

Marketing Manager

“That’s been really helpful.”

“That’s almost invaluable, right? That’s almost priceless in terms of someone showing you that you know how to effectively manage an organization, that you know how to walk away and not let go of efficiency or control. That gives you a lot of assurance. It gives you a lot of confidence. You can sleep better at night, and you can also dream bigger. That’s been really helpful.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“You got me to think about things that I wouldn’t consider.”

“There’s a clear structure for a path forward. I’m not stuck. The barriers that I saw or perceived, they’re removed, so I can respond to this opportunity with velocity. And you got me to think about things that I wouldn’t consider, that I think are important to ask in any possible partnership, relationship, team, right? Business things. So, there’s something removed from me. As soon as we’re done here, I’ll take a break. But now, when I come back to write, I know what I’m going to do. I know what I’m gonna do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Dylan was key to that difference.”

“Dylan led improvements in customer issue management and communication, and the stress in the Support, Sales, and customer teams simmered down and went away. It was clear a real difference had been made and Dylan was key to that difference.”

Ignacio B.

Managing Partner

“Dylan has really helped me move forward.”

“Dylan has been a godsend, and I can’t overstate that enough. Dylan reminded me that some of us ask a lot of ourselves, but there are so many people pulling in so many different directions, you forget who you are at your core. Dylan has really helped me move forward, remembering who I am, remembering who I wanted to be in all of this before all these people showed up grabbing at me, and it’s been refreshing, it’s been calming, it’s been insanely productive.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Dylan prompted me.”

“Dylan prompted me, I don’t know exactly how we got on this, but really it was the realization that why do I keep doing this over there that I was doing not happy.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I didn’t know how to say it.”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

Omario rediscovered his purpose.

“I’ve been able to rediscover what always made me tick. I’ve been able to rediscover why I did go to law school in the first place and why I do enjoy traveling so much.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“You present purpose as that foundation.”

“What I was really looking for was some direction, and the Teams program, and what you offer, and the lectures, and the materials, and the questions, all the exercises… They did do exactly that. Because in my mind, I’m thinking that I’m trying to regain a vision or the vision that I had. But it’s synonymous with purpose. And you present purpose as that foundation. And I totally agree with that.”

Eric B.

Marketing Manager

“I didn’t know how to say it.”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

What has been the biggest transformation for you in working with Dylan?

“I have an insane amount of confidence that I did not have 6, 7, 8 months ago.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“That gave me courage to stand up for myself.”

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life and to be able to step up into that.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I was really able to identify.”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“That have given me a lot of optimism.”

“I’ve been able to let go of being such a micromanager with a few things here in Los Angeles that have given me a lot of lift that have given me a lot of optimism in terms of, ‘Oh there are ways to manage a business remotely.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Coaching helped me have the courage.”

“It’s fun, it’s a little bit crazy. Going through the coaching helped me have the courage to say it’s okay to give myself permission to lean into this new career and to let go of the career in the past that just wasn’t working for me anymore.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“He gave me such hope.”

“Dylan has helped me navigate a tough situation. He offered his counsel and recommended possibilities I did not even think of to remove a roadblock. Phenomenal. He gave me such hope.”

Brandi M.

Senior Product Manager
Our client, George M., is a Project Manager, leader, and entertainer

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

“I needed help kind of understanding that and really focusing in on what was the best route for me and with working with Dylan I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“This really changed my life.”

“There’s something about this process that was very different and better and I think provided me with the coaching, the encouragement, the empathy, to change in a way that… All the programs before helped me and they are helpful. But there is… to me there’s something really, I mean this really changed my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Guide me in the right direction to get to the next level.”

“I knew that you had clarity of purpose and you could guide me in the right direction to get to the next level. You know, I could watch a thousand self-help videos and read a thousand books and do all that and still not bring it simplified the way that you do.”

Stephen B.

Project Manager

“I’ll just help you walk through it.”

“With Dylan he’s just kind of showing you the door and saying, ‘Look, this is your door, you claim to want to walk through it. So I’ll just help you walk through it. I’ll hang back here. I’m not going to force you. I’m not going to be your quarterback of your team. You’re the quarterback here. It’s your team.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Uncover and see, what is it that you really want to do.”

“I respect and admire Dylan for digging in and uncovering, helping people uncover and see, what is it that you really want to do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Quickly figures out what support a person needs.”

Dylan works very well with all people. He quickly figures out what support a person needs and gives it to them.

John K.

Compliance Analyst

Acceleration Course and session with Dylan.

“I think people who don’t know what to do next with their career or feel stuck, I think they would immensely benefit from a Career Acceleration Course and session with Dylan.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Dylan helps me hone in on what’s the most important thing I need to focus on.”

“It’s been fabulous working with Dylan. As an entrepreneur and a leader in my company, I have a million things I need to do and there’s always fires to put out and sometimes I lose sight of what is the most important thing I need to do to move the needle in my business. Dylan helps me hone in on what’s the most important thing I need to focus on and he is able to be really straight with me in a way that I can hear it. So even though he might not be saying something I want to hear, because of the way he’s able to be in relationship and say it in a way that’s kind, I can hear it, and therefore I can implement and solve the problem.”

River E.

International Business Coach

“You can sleep better at night, and you can also dream bigger.”

“That’s almost invaluable, right? That’s almost priceless in terms of someone showing you that you know how to effectively manage an organization, that you know how to walk away and not let go of efficiency or control. That gives you a lot of assurance. It gives you a lot of confidence. c That’s been really helpful.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Quickly create more productive teams.”

“What Dylan gave me was the grounding to quickly create more productive teams that could work together.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I’m not gonna do it anymore.”

“I’m growing to be stronger. I’m learning how to be more assertive. I’m learning how to enforce my boundaries. I’m learning how to speak up, and I wanna grow to be more of all of those, all of the above, so I can be happy. Like with everything I have, that’s all I really want. And if I’m not happy working nine to five, I’m not gonna do it anymore. That’s it. I don’t care.”

Ayeesha K.

Business Manager

“We had lots of other ‘aha’ moments.”

So, the ‘aha’ moment really came that soon for me when I was working with him, and we had lots of other ‘aha’ moments that solidified that moment as to what it means to be a collaborator who builds successful relationships.

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“See how to adopt new methods.”

“I found Dylan to be a leader in adopting new ways of doing things and helping others to see how to adopt new methods.

Lindsay E.

Financial Analyst

“Dylan gave me the grounding to quickly create more productive teams.”

“I work with colleagues in remote locations, and I’m meeting a lot of new people and establishing a lot of new teams. Dylan gave me the grounding to quickly create more productive teams that could work together. And in some cases, see where teams weren’t functioning and, and see that right away and then choose to maybe still be with that team or choose to leave. But now I have the skill set to understand team dynamics in a way that I didn’t and didn’t see beforehand.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Failing isn’t possible.”

“When we had conversations, I left feeling powerful, like the only possible outcome is achievement of the goal, like failing isn’t possible.”

Latha K.

Project Manager

“Make great things happen in the workplace.”

“People of any degree or background in their career would immensely benefit from this course because it helps refresh you about what you can do to improve your relationships to make better outcomes for everyone, but it also provides you with fresher and new insights as to what you can do to better yourself so you can better other people to make great things happen in the workplace.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“He quickly figures out what support a person needs.”

“Dylan works very well with all people. He quickly figures out what support a person needs and gives it to them.”

John K.

Compliance Analyst

“I appreciate Dylan’s empathy.”

“I appreciate the empathy of this group. I appreciate Dylan’s empathy.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“It’s made life happier, a lot lighter as well.”

“I just needed to have a bit of an awakening. And so Dylan was a godsend that way in terms of the worksheets and the homework and kind of waking up and realizing, ‘Oh, that’s right. This is what I meant to do before the world ended on me, ‘ you know? And so it’s made life happier, a lot lighter as well. And a lot more optimistic.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“I’d recommend Dylan”

“I’d recommend Dylan to any person or organization who’s trying to improve and deliver bigger results on an ongoing basis.”

Gracie V.

Executive Assistant

“I’m really enjoying it.”

“If I had not gone through this process, and Dylan hadn’t pushed me to really look at what I wanted to do, and to start to do that, so, now my career is completely different from when I started with Dylan, and I’m really enjoying it. I think this is probably a career that I’m working harder than I ever had, but I’m also happier than I’ve ever been, working in this career.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“This is what I meant to do before the world ended on me.”

“I said, look, I just need a lot more direction. I need to remind myself of who I am, what I was always really meant to do, and Dylan was a godsend in terms of waking up and realizing, oh, that’s right: this is what I meant to do before the world ended on me.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“I left feeling powerful.”

“When we had conversations, I left feeling powerful, like the only possible outcome is achievement of the goal, like failing isn’t possible.

Latha K.

Project Manager

“Being pushed but also being supported.”

“In a year I really completely kind of transformed what I do every day, the tools that I use, the kind of people I’m interacting with… through just really being pushed to see and lean into being pushed but also being supported.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“This really changed my life.”

“There’s something about this process that was very different and better and I think provided me with the coaching, the encouragement, the empathy, to change in a way that… All the programs before helped me and they are helpful. But there is… to me there’s something really, I mean this really changed my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“He quickly figures out what support a person needs.”

“Dylan works very well with all people. He quickly figures out what support a person needs and gives it to them.

John K.

Compliance Analyst

“Dylan I think is the next best step.”

“People who feel stuck or don’t know where to go next: Dylan I think is the next best step to help them. I think people who don’t know what to do next with their career or feel stuck, I think they would immensely benefit from a career acceleration course and session with Dylan.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“I respect and admire Dylan.”

“I respect and admire Dylan for digging in and uncovering, helping people uncover and see, what is it that you really want to do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“You’re gonna get some amazing results as I have.”

“All Dylan wants to do is to deliver you more to yourself. And while it sounds simple, it’s actually a lot of work. As long as you’re open to doing that work, you’re only helping yourself. I mean, Dylan is the best messenger, but I think he would humbly admit he’s only helping you help yourself along the way. And as long as you are ready to bring that to yourself, you’re gonna get some amazing results as I have, and I’m not even done yet!”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“He gave me such hope.”

“Dylan has helped me navigate a tough situation. He offered his counsel and recommended possibilities I did not even think of to remove a roadblock. Phenomenal! He gave me such hope.”

Brandi M.

Senior Product Manager

“Career Acceleration course with Dylan.”

“Anyone would benefit from a Career Acceleration course with Dylan, particularly those who want to unlock their abilities to make their teams perform at the highest level possible and learn something cool and new.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Chatting with you is really good, and helpful.”

“It’s been fun and incredibly valuable. I appreciate that. The material’s great, but some of the personalization of the material… Just chatting with you is really good, and helpful. I had a whole page of notes before we even got into the material!”

Eric B.

Marketing Manager

“A 30-minute call was worth thousands of dollars.”

I have taken leadership training over the years, and what Dylan showed me on a 30-minute call was worth thousands of dollars.

Glenn V.

Head Speed and Strength Coach

“It’s been refreshing, it’s been calming, it’s been insanely productive.”

“Dylan reminded me, you know, some of us ask a lot more of ourselves. But there’s so many people pulling you in so many different directions, you forget who you are at your own core. And Dylan has helped me move forward in remembering who I am, remembering who I wanted to be in all of this before all these people showed up grabbing at me, and it’s been refreshing, it’s been calming, it’s been insanely productive.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“It’s made a huge difference.”

It’s been the best two months of my life. I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have this. It’s made a huge difference.

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Really looked at what my goals and aspirations were.”

“I started to improve my mindset as to what I wanted and really looked at what my goals and aspirations were and the kind of relationships that I wanted to develop down the road”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“It only yields answers about yourself.”

“I have been weary of how this kind of process could lead to no results or bad results but I have not seen that at all, in the workshops, in the worksheets, in the homework, in the constant questioning, in the column written worksheets. It only yields answers about yourself.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Uncover and see, what is it that you really want to do.”

“I respect and admire Dylan for digging in and uncovering, helping people uncover and see, what is it that you really want to do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“He knew what he was talking about.”

“I was motivated by the depths of information that Dylan had at his finger tips because he knew what he was talking about. He was able to provide me with snippets and previews that just drew me into a great possibility of what was out there for me to explore and grow into. Dylan was able to speak to me instantly as to what I could do to further improve my career.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“I recognize it as a good opportunity for me.”

“I said look, I just need a lot more direction, I need to remind myself of who I am, what I was always really meant to do, or at least know myself enough so that when a good opportunity comes along, I recognize it as a good opportunity for me.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Take actions around creating something, a new career in a new field, in my life”

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career in a new field, in my life”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I’m going to build my career that I want.”

“Meeting Dylan, we began working in early 2021 and it significantly improved my outlook and my directional focus on what do I want to do in my life, how I’m going to build my career that I want, and how do I build relationships that I can be excellent at.”

George M

Communications Project Manager

“I can implement and solve the problem.”

“It’s been fabulous working with Dylan. As an entrepreneur and a leader in my company, I have a million things I need to do and there’s always fires to put out and sometimes I lose sight of what is the most important thing I need to do to move the needle in my business. Dylan helps me hone in on what’s the most important thing I need to focus on and he is able to be really straight with me in a way that I can hear it. So even though he might not be saying something I want to hear, because of the way he’s able to be in relationship and say it in a way that’s kind, I can hear it, and therefore I can implement and solve the problem.”

River E.

International Business Coach

“That’s been really helpful.”

“That’s almost invaluable, right? That’s almost priceless in terms of someone showing you that you know how to effectively manage an organization, that you know how to walk away and not let go of efficiency or control. That gives you a lot of assurance. It gives you a lot of confidence. You can sleep better at night, and you can also dream bigger. That’s been really helpful.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Quickly create more productive teams.”

“What Dylan gave me was the grounding to quickly create more productive teams that could work together.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I think you’re going to get me faster to application.”

“I knew that you had clarity of purpose and you could guide me in the right direction to get to the next level. You know, I could watch a thousand self-help videos and read a thousand books and do all that and still not bring it simplified the way that you do. And I think you’re going to get me faster to application than reading and watching and listening to all these other things and having all these other conversations. I think it’s gonna be a, a faster impact. Right. Something more tangible, more on a, on a tighter timeline I guess.”

Stephen B.

Project Manager

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to…”

“In addition to the team, the biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager
Our client, George M., is a Project Manager, leader, and entertainer

“I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Dylan has helped me move forward in remembering who I am.”

“Dylan reminded me, you know, some of us ask a lot more of ourselves. But there’s so many people pulling you in so many different directions, you forget who you are at your own core. And Dylan has helped me move forward in remembering who I am, remembering who I wanted to be in all of this before all these people showed up grabbing at me, and it’s been refreshing, it’s been calming, it’s been insanely productive.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“It significantly improved my outlook and my directional focus.”

“Meeting Dylan, we began working in early 2021 and it significantly improved my outlook and my directional focus on what do I wanna do in my life, how am I gonna build my career that I want to, and how do I rebuild, how do I re-understand the building of the relationships that I can actually be pretty excellent at.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“See what you really want to do.”

“I respect and admire Dylan for digging in and uncovering, helping people uncover and see, what is it that you really want to do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I was looking for some direction.”

“What I was really looking for was some direction, and the Teams program, and what you offer, and the lectures, and the materials, and the questions, all the exercises… They did do exactly that. Because in my mind, I’m thinking that I’m trying to regain a vision or the vision that I had. But it’s synonymous with purpose. And you present purpose as that foundation. And I totally agree with that.”

Eric B.

Marketing Manager

“I make better decisions.”

“Honestly, I feel like I just, I make better decisions and I, I just, I think for me, when you make better decisions, you just get to the next best thing, and if it means I spend my time working with my brother and taking care of things for them and then taking care of things for me. Sure. I just like, I just, I wanna Be happy and I, I’m happier with figuring out who I really am and who I wanna be and who I don’t wanna be. That’s a big thing for me.”

Ayeesha K.

Business Manager

“I’m growing to be stronger.”

“I’m growing to be stronger. I’m learning how to be more assertive. I’m learning how to enforce my boundaries. I’m learning how to speak up, and I wanna grow to be more of all of those, all of the above, so I can be happy. Like with everything I have, that’s all I really want. And if I’m not happy working nine to five, I’m not gonna do it anymore. That’s it. I don’t care.”

Ayeesha K.

Business Manager

“I can respond to this opportunity with velocity.”

“There’s a clear structure for a path forward. I’m not stuck. The barriers that I saw or perceived, they’re removed, so I can respond to this opportunity with velocity. And you got me to think about things that I wouldn’t consider, that I think are important to ask in any possible partnership, relationship, team, right? Business things. So, there’s something removed from me. As soon as we’re done here, I’ll take a break. But now, when I come back to write, I know what I’m going to do. I know what I’m gonna do.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“My career is completely different from when I started with Dylan.”

“If I had not gone through this process, and Dylan hadn’t pushed me to really look at what I wanted to do, and to start to do that, so, now my career is completely different from when I started with Dylan, and I’m really enjoying it. I think this is probably a career that I’m working harder than I ever had, but I’m also happier than I’ve ever been, working in this career.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

“I needed help kind of understanding that and really focusing in on what was the best route for me and with working with Dylan I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Career Acceleration Course and session with Dylan.”

“I think people who don’t know what to do next with their career or feel stuck, I think they would immensely benefit from a Career Acceleration Course and session with Dylan.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Drew me into a great possibility of what was out there for me to explore and grow into.”

“I was motivated by the depths of information that Dylan had at his finger tips because he knew what he was talking about. He was able to provide me with snippets and previews that just drew me into a great possibility of what was out there for me to explore and grow into. Dylan was able to speak to me instantly as to what I could do to further improve my career.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Let go of the career in the past that just wasn’t working for me anymore.”

“It’s fun, it’s a little bit crazy. Going through the coaching helped me have the courage to say it’s okay to give myself permission to lean into this new career and to let go of the career in the past that just wasn’t working for me anymore.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“When you make better decisions, you just get to the next best thing.”

“Honestly, I feel like I just, I make better decisions and I, I just, I think for me, when you make better decisions, you just get to the next best thing, and if it means I spend my time working with my brother and taking care of things for them and then taking care of things for me. Sure. I just like, I just, I wanna Be happy and I, I’m happier with figuring out who I really am and who I wanna be and who I don’t wanna be. That’s a big thing for me.”

Ayeesha K.

Business Manager

“I’m learning how to speak up, and I wanna grow.”

“I’m growing to be stronger. I’m learning how to be more assertive. I’m learning how to enforce my boundaries. I’m learning how to speak up, and I wanna grow to be more of all of those, all of the above, so I can be happy. Like with everything I have, that’s all I really want. And if I’m not happy working nine to five, I’m not gonna do it anymore. That’s it. I don’t care.”

Ayeesha K.

Business Manager

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do.”

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I have an insane amount of confidence.”

“I have an insane amount of confidence that I did not have 6, 7, 8 months ago.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

Karen got courage and confidence.

“Dylan gave me was the grounding to quickly create more productive teams that could work together. And in some cases, see where teams weren’t functioning and see that right away and then choose to maybe still be with that team or choose to leave. But now I have the skill set to really understand team dynamics in a way that I didn’t see before. And then also, just the personal courage and confidence.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me.”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself.”

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life and to be able to step up into that.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I’m taking these insane steps that I really didn’t see possible last fall.”

“I’m taking these insane steps that I really didn’t see possible last fall. I am putting a lot of things in motion, and even external observers, to eliminate any bias that probably is here have told me, ‘Wow, you seem really driven right now, you are taking these steps.’ I had been telling people I was moving to DC for four years, and they would just start laughing, you know, by the third or fourth year, but now they’re like, ‘Oh, you you’re coming like wow, so this is happening’ and they’re getting that energy, that vibe from me that ‘Oh, this time it is really happening. And he’s not just like, you know, saying, Oh, I’m gonna move to DC.’ This time I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m moving in.'”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Coaching helped me have the courage to say, ‘It’s okay to give myself permission to lean into this new career.'”

“It’s fun, it’s a little bit crazy. Going through the coaching helped me have the courage to say it’s okay to give myself permission to lean into this new career and to let go of the career in the past that just wasn’t working for me anymore.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“It’s made a huge difference.”

“It’s been the best two months of my life. I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have this. It’s made a huge difference.”

Karen

Community Manager

“I’ve had a lot more things to say in cover letters.”

“I felt like I didn’t have much to say in a networking conversation or in a cover letter. But I have been now a lot more prolific in self-promotion in an assertive but humble way. I’ve had a lot more things to say in cover letters.”

Omario

Attorney and Professor

What has been the biggest impact of working with Dylan?

“Making more money. I mean, that’s just a fact, right?”

Jim

Software Quality Director
Image of Paul D. "Dylan, My appointment with you provided me with both actionable strategies and a new perspective on my job search process resulting in my subsequent ideal offer for employment. Deciding to speak with you was one of my better decisions. Keep doing what you are doing."

“Deciding to speak with you was one of my better decisions.”

“Dylan, my appointment with you provided me with both actionable strategies and a new perspective on my job search process resulting in my subsequent ideal offer for employment. Deciding to speak with you was one of my better decisions.”

Paul D.

Agile Delivery Lead

“I felt like I didn’t have much to say in a networking conversation or in a cover letter.”

“He helped me see everything I have already been doing but for some odd reason, I never saw all of it. And as a result, I felt like I didn’t have much to say in a networking conversation or in a cover letter. But I have been now a lot more prolific in self promotion in an assertive, but humble way. I’ve had a lot more things to say in cover letters.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“Dylan was able to speak to me instantly as to what I could do to further improve my career.”

“I was motivated by the depths of information that Dylan had at his finger tips because he knew what he was talking about. He was able to provide me with snippets and previews that just drew me into a great possibility of what was out there for me to explore and grow into. Dylan was able to speak to me instantly as to what I could do to further improve my career.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“I’ve had a lot more things to say in cover letters.”

“I felt like I didn’t have much to say in a networking conversation or in a cover letter. But I have been now a lot more prolific in self-promotion in an assertive but humble way. I’ve had a lot more things to say in cover letters.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

What has been the biggest impact on your life and business of working with Dylan?

“Making more money!”

Jim L.

Software Quality Director

“It’s made a huge difference.”

“It’s been the best two months of my life. I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have this. It’s made a huge difference.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“Coaching helped me have the courage…”

“It’s fun, it’s a little bit crazy. Going through the coaching helped me have the courage to say it’s okay to give myself permission to lean into this new career and to let go of the career in the past that just wasn’t working for me anymore.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“That gave me the courage to stand up for myself.”

“This is something that gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life and to be able to step up into that.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

“I was really able to identify clearly what really works best for me, because I didn’t know how to say it, or I was nervous.”

George M.

Communications Project Manager

“Also, just the personal courage and confidence.”

“Dylan gave me was the grounding to quickly create more productive teams that could work together. And in some cases, see where teams weren’t functioning and see that right away and then choose to maybe still be with that team or choose to leave. But now I have the skill set to really understand team dynamics in a way that I didn’t see before. And then also, just the personal courage and confidence.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“I have an insane amount of confidence.”

“I have an insane amount of confidence that I did not have 6, 7, 8 months ago.”

Omario K.

Attorney and Professor

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to…”

“The biggest area was just allowing myself to have the confidence to say I didn’t want to do what I was continuing to do, and to open up and express that, and to get support around that from someone who really wanted me to lean into that and explore that and take actions around creating something, a new career, in a new field, in my life.”

Karen W.

Community Manager

“You just gave me hope, and there is stuff that I can do to get unstuck.”

“The confidence that I’m in good hands and that I’ve got something to do. Makes sense, right? That I’m stuck. You just gave me hope, and there is stuff that I can do to get unstuck.”

Carlo Cucina

Security Systems Architect

🤫 Psst! Here's the secret to get a good job!

The secret to getting a good job is no secret, they just don’t teach it well in most schools and now with the internet and AI, there are more tools to use, and more things job hunters have to get right than ever before.

The basic process hasn’t changed:

About Your Coach

Dylan Cornelius

Hi, I’m Dylan Cornelius, and I help people get good jobs or figure out what a good job might be for them.

My first job hunt after college was not highly successful… After numerous initial applications while living in my childhood bedroom, I finally expanded my strategy and got an offer almost immediately.

In my first career, I worked as a recruiter for seven years.

Even during and after that, I searched for new jobs haphazardly and always accepted the first job offer I received.

After earning an MBA degree and a career change to information technology, I’ve been laid off several times, and half of my jobs have seemed unnecessarily difficult or uncomfortable.

Eventually, and later in my career, after being laid off seven times over two decades, I got serious about figuring out how to get a better job and keep it.

Reflecting on my three-decade career, my experience in the job market, and thousands of hours of therapy, counseling, coaching, training, and certifications, I realized I have a lot to share. I don’t want anyone to have the difficulties I’ve had, nearly all of which are avoidable.

Now I help new grads, mid-career managers, and knowledge workers accelerate their work search, interview confidently, get multiple offers, and improve their career trajectory.

Here are the keys to get a good job

The basic process breaks down like so:

Step 1. Write a resume that makes them want to hire you

KNOW YOUR ROLE ✔️

Establish awareness of how a role fits in the broader organization, rather than simply writing a resume that matches the job description.

CLARIFY YOUR BRAND 🔍

Express who you are and your fitness for the job you want.

Step 2. Broadcast your availability and fitness for the role

ADVERTISE RELENTLESSLY 🚀

Deliver your message everywhere a likely employer or advocate may be.

NETWORK WITH EASE 🤝

Grow your network strategically and create win-win relationships.

INTERVIEW YOUR INTERVIEWERS 👨‍💼

Don’t just try to “get the job.”

INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS 🔍

Meet people with common goals and interests.

FORMAL INTERVIEWS 🤝

Be the person they want to hire, get past the gatekeepers, and get the offer.

Step 3. Receive offers graciously

NEGOTIATE CONFIDENTLY 💪

Be confident that you have good salary and compensation information, and be in a strong negotiation position.

Step 4. Accept the best offer for you

TAKE YOUR TIME ⏳

Take your time and be patient.

CELEBRATE 🎉

Get the best job and the best offer.

You don’t have to be an expert in the process, you just need to be able to follow instructions.

If you’d like simple instructions about how to do all of the above and even have help doing it, click the button below and get on the road to a good job. Start today!

Here are the details behind each of the activities described above:

If you’re not sure yet that this is for you, here’s a step-by-step breakdown of the program:
Here are the keys to getting a good job, and a little more about each one:

Step 1: Write a resume that makes them want to hire you

1. Know your role

Establish awareness of how a role fits in the broader organization, rather than simply write a resume that matches the job description.

Know your role

From industry to industry and even company to company, job titles may be the same, but the actual requirements of the role can differ greatly. 

 

For example:

A project manager in advertising has a very different job than a project manager in Information Technology, both of whom may lack a foundation in Engineering training that may be required for a Project Manager in Software or Construction.

 

The problems are:

  1. Different industries and companies use the same words to describe different jobs. People don’t understand the nature of their roles relative to the overall enterprise.
  2. The job you’re trained for often differs from what you’re required to do. Job descriptions frequently don’t align with your actual tasks.
  3. With all the mismatch between what you think should be and the actual case, you enter a state of cognitive dissonance that leaves you unsettled, unhappy, and permanently disengaged.

 

The solutions are:

  1. Find the standard title and role for the actual job you do (or want to do).

  2. Become an expert in your job description.

  3. Be able to articulate how you are the best candidate for the role.

  4. Understand the discrepancies between your job descriptions and your actual role, and understand the reasons for them.

 

By doing so you become the expert in the contribution you make and its relevance in the modern enterprise.

2. Clarify Your Brand

Express who you are and your fitness for the job you want.

Clarify your brand

Every company and every person needs a clear, compelling brand.

We spend too much of our lives ordering off “the menu” of life: someone else’s idea about what is a good job, a good career, and a good life.

While your resume needs to follow the conventions, it also must reflect your personal story and commitments, or you’ll be stuck in a box you can’t escape.


The problem is:

Many resumes fail to fulfill their purpose because they don’t meet the necessary standards, but most people stop before they’re done:

    1. People write resumes like companies write job descriptions: formulaic boilerplate.

    2. People get stuck in boxes on org charts because they’re too busy trying to follow other people’s rules.


The solution is:

  1. Write a resume that speaks of you and the job you want.

  2. Personalize your resume with insight about you and what you want to do.

  3. Clarify the contribution you intend to make, commit to make it, and write a resume from that commitment.


When you write a resume that speaks of you, you’ll have confidence in expressing who you are and your fitness for the job you want. 

Have a resume and LinkedIn profile that speaks to your personal uniqueness as well as the job description. 

You may come to realize that there are interviewers who are your fans even before they meet you.

Step 2: Broadcast your availability and fitness for the role

1. Advertise relentlessly

Deliver your message everywhere a likely employer or advocate may be.

ubiquitize your brand

There’s a saying about many failing companies that they’re the “best kept secret” in their industry. 

Whether their products are good or their operation is efficient, if too few potential clients know about them, they’ll never have a high enough deal flow to keep them in business.

Once you have clarity of purpose and direction, and a resume that clearly defines your fitness for the role you want, you must spread the word and share your resume, advertising, and brand message in places where your ideal audience will be.

 

The problem is: 

Platforms like LinkedIn or dozens of other job boards, sites, and services, plus AI, have introduced overwhelming noise into the marketplace and will waste your time if you’re note well-targeted.

 

When you begin your job search:

  1. You want multiple offers (3-5), in the same week or two, and you always start with none.

  2. You want multiple advocates (9-20) who will refer you for the role you want, and you have few

 

When everything’s working, on average you can expect a 25-30% success rate as you move from one stage of the process to the next:

  • 1-in-3 or 1-in-4 conversations will lead to another conversation

  • 1-in-3 or 1-in-4 “final interviews” will lead to a job offer

  • 1-in-3 or 1-in-4 job offers will be a job you really want (e.g. Gallup stat that 1-in-3 or 1-in-4 people are truly satisfied or happy at work)

 

The solution here is to:

  1. Create a “job-hunting machine” that delivers your resume and message everywhere, everyday, even when you’re sleeping.

  2. Spread your message far and wide, leveraging automation, other people’s time and attention, and your own confident, carefully crafted and polished messaging.

  3. Leverage your experience, expertise, and preparation to have productive, enjoyable conversations about your goals, capabilities, former contribution, and capability to contribute.

 

After creating a strategic job hunting machine you’ll become a magnet for exciting opportunities. Imagine your inbox overflowing with exciting job offers.

 

Lead and guide the process of going from unemployed and scared to:

  1. Answering phones, texts, and emails.

  2. Having meaningful conversations.

  3. Scheduling calls and interviews.

  4. Receiving multiple job offers from people who are enthusiastic about having you on their team.

2. Network with ease

Create new relationships, get positive feedback, and expand your confidence,.

Meet People

Experts say that most people get new jobs through people they know. A job hunt is the perfect opportunity to expand the network of people you know.

This “hidden job market” is your secret weapon to more relationships, more job offers, and higher salaries.

Modern communications technology and social media makes it easier than ever to find and meet people who are in your target role, work with people in your target role, or hire people in your target role.

 

The problem is:

  1. Good people don’t leave good jobs, so the best jobs in the best companies with the best bosses aren’t open as often as the others.

  2. The worst companies and the worst roles have high turnover and they hire frequently, so a meaningful percentage of all job openings at any time are bad jobs and/or undesirable employers. This may correlate to the ⅔ of people who are unhappy with their current job.

  3. Most people put more time and thought into planning their vacations than they do into planning their careers. As a result, most professional networks are poorly developed and underutilized because we only consider developing our networks when we’re between jobs, and we search for work infrequently.

 

Before you start doing anything specific, think about beginning with:

  1. Clarify your goals and career direction. Develop a simple career strategy and career plan.

  2. Learn the basics of professional networking, establish and develop relationships that will grow with you and serve you over time.

  3. Be mindful in your relationships and have an offer you can make to other people, so you have a reason to think of you as useful, and you make a place in their mind and memory for you.

3. Interview your interviewers

Don't just try to “get the job.”

Choose your boss

“80% of people who left their roles in 2022 regretted the decision.”

Generally, the manager magnifies the culture and expectations of the company.

Even if the manager is a jerk, remember that two levels of management above her are responsible for placing her in the position and keeping her there. While people quit the manager, the manager is the face of the company, its policies, expectations, and culture.

The problem is:

  1. Often, you don’t know why you’re unhappy at work because you attribute your unhappiness to the wrong root causes. You think your boss is the problem, but often, s/he’s just a symptom of the problem. 
  2. We rarely search for work and select bosses, so we lack the skills and criteria for choosing wisely.
 

The solutions are:

  1. Establishing explicit criteria for what you want in a job, manager, and company so you can set the right expectations and hold your boss and company accountable to them.

  2. Understand the nature of the modern enterprise and your role in it, so you can have the right expectations and commit to do your part.

  3. Interview your interviewers as much as they’re interviewing you, so you can decide whether they qualify as worthy of your time and commitment.

 

This will elevate your interview experience, leave a positive impression, and increase your call-back rate.

This will create a good relationship with your boss and team from the very first interview. 

You’ll become a model employee and have fun and influence at work.

Step 3: Receive offers graciously

1. Negotiate Confidently

Be confident that you have good pricing information, and be in a strong negotiation position.

Negotiate Confidently

Labor in the United States has not had a chance to meaningfully negotiate salaries for decades. 

A small number of compensation consulting firms perform annual surveys of the salary ranges paid by the largest companies for a standard assortment of job titles and roles. After the survey, the consultants share the results with the companies who participate. The companies readily standardize on the averages.

 

Today, if you work for a big company in a common role, there is very low probability that you’re receiving a salary much different than everyone else in a similar role, adjusted for geography, anywhere in the country.

If you are underpaid, it’s because you were low-balled or you were honest when they asked you how much you earned in your last job, and they offered you that much or a small raise, even though they know the average pay across the market for your role is higher.

 

The problem is:

  1. Companies and their consulting companies have near omniscience about the current state of the labor market because they work full-time in the business of interviewing, hiring, and assessing that market.
  2. Employees have a low level of insight, information, and expertise in compensation standards and the employment market for their skills because they only look for jobs occasionally, and rarely often enough to become well-informed.
  3. Employees often are looking for work while they’re unemployed, so they may be doing so in a state of scarcity and fear, which can lead them to perceive they’re in a weak negotiation position. In this frame of mind, people become willing to make concessions that may not be necessary.

 

For that you’ll have to learn how to negotiate in a way that respects the fact that you’re in a rigged labor market:

  1. Negotiate so the employer is forced to tell you their budget for the role.

  2. Do sufficient research that you have at least three different samples of reliable data for the market average compensation for your role.

  3. Begin your series of lower-than-inflation-rate raises from the highest foundation possible.

 

That’ll allow you to choose your best company and job ever.

Step 4: Choose the best job for you

1. Take your time

The bigger your hurry, the weaker your negotiation position.

Take your time

As a recruiter for seven years, I saw over and over again that companies either paid what they were able, inside the budget for the role, or they actively worked to minimize the amount they paid to the people who worked for them. Then they gave minimum or no raises to people after they came to work for them. 

The probability is that you are either paid fairly for your job or you are underpaid, and the longer you’ve been in your role at the same company, the more likely you’re underpaid. You will want to do everything you can to maximize your initial offer, so you can go in with the best positioning for your tenure in a role.

 

The problem here is:

  1. Companies have better information and generally have a better bargaining position that employees feel they have through the hiring cycle.
  2. You may feel a sense of urgency and a sense of fear that you may lose a position if you’re not 100% enthusiastic and accommodating when an offer is made.
 

The solution here is:

In such cases apply some patience and a simple negotiation practice. Do a test to see if you’ve got the best offer available.

Finally, Celebrate!

Knowing you got the best offer and the best job available!

Celebrate
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