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Avon

Senior Account Executive

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Anyone else here just waiting out a bad job market?

Ive been at my job 2 years. The company is disorganized and my VP of Sales sucks. But its fully remote, pay could be better but is enough. Ive interviewed at 3 companies, didnt get two, was recommended for the market position below at one, which I declined.


Im starting to think I should just wait out this shitty market and build up tenure. I figure the longer I stay at this point the better I look eventually anyway.


In 2021 when I decided to start looking I had 5 recruiters reaching out daily, I interviewed 2 places and got my current job offer in a week. I know we probably wont reach 2021 level job market soon, but its gotta get better right?


Anyone else here just doing this?

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SaaSguy
Tycoon
16
Account Executive
Stay, but keep looking. Don't want to miss a great opportunity for lack of effort.
jefe
Arsonist
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🍁
^^ This.
Be patient but not complacent. You need to get paid, and it's ALWAYS easier to find a new job while you have one.
Things seem to have gotten better in Canada, at least a little, compared to six months ago.
Avon
Politicker
0
Senior Account Executive
Yeah I'm at the point where I'll listen if a recruiter reaches out, but Im no longer applying anywhere.
jefe
Arsonist
4
🍁
You should still apply. Don't invest a ton of time but put yourself out there.
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
2
Sales Rep
This is the way! Unless your mental health is harmed by interviewing a lot. Might as well do a couple feelers throughout, who knows maybe you find your dream role
Avon
Politicker
2
Senior Account Executive
I didnt think it was til this last rejection, but it may be a bit. Im better at selling than interviewing.
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
0
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
This is always the advice I give people. Only jump when you can or have to.
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
8
Account Executive
It’s not so much of a strategy for me as much as it is just a general hope that the job market will get better eventually and that the job hunt / interview process will become less painful as a result.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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❤❤❤
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
1
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
We can hope, but I see it as being rough for the next couple of years. There are a few bright spots, but not many.
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
2
Account Executive
Agreed. I’m kind of in the same boat as OP but I still keep an eye out for anything interesting.
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
1
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Yeah, that’s a lot of people. But there was also overfiring in Q1 and now at the end of Q2/beginning of Q3
Avon
Politicker
0
Senior Account Executive
The overfiring is making things harder. For every interesting job I see there's already 100 applicants on it within a day.
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
0
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Only 100? I think you need a referral for anything these days
Beans
Big Shot
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Enterprise Account Executive
Keep grinding and applying, but don't jump ship til you're safe.
IF you get an offer soon, be sure to vet their product, ICP, TAM, burn rate etc... don't get caught in a risky economic climate with an unprepared org.
SPT
Valued Contributor
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Director, Channel Sales & Partner Alliances
THIS 👆
GDO
Politicker
4
BDM
I’m also a burning the waiting mode. However the issue is that I don’t feel like I’m learning progressing anymore
Space_Ghost20
Valued Contributor
3
Account Executive
I don't have the luxury of waiting it out. I only took my current job because I was laid off and there were no other options available. I fully intended on being gone within 6 months, but I'm in monthly 8 now. So I'm really itching to find something else.
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
0
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Yeah, I’m in the same boat. Trying to figure out where I can land and reaching out to all of my contacts.
salesbd
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Sales Manager
Identical situation for me. Just entered the eight month in what I hoped would have been a brief stint. Any interesting job seems to be extremely hard to get, while there is an overabundance of positions open with uninteresting and/or really crappy businesses.
Space_Ghost20
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
As much as I detest my current role, it honestly would not be a bad intro job if you were new to software sales. Cut your teeth and move on. I just feel like I'm past that stage of my career so it's a) uninteresting and b) not stimulating any growth in my skills or abilities.
Pachacuti
Politicker
2
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Best time to look is when you have a job. Just keep at it and be selective since you can afford to.
BmajoR
Arsonist
2
Account Executive
@Rajan was it Salesforce that lowballed you with the position below what you interviewed for?
Avon
Politicker
1
Senior Account Executive
Lol yup
BmajoR
Arsonist
2
Account Executive
I think we talked about this in another thread but yeah they did the same shit to me. Apparently that's their go to move unless you're overqualified for the spot.
Diablo
Politicker
1
Sr. AE
It’s 100% but you have to get just one and get it right :)
All the best !
pirate
Big Shot
1
🦜☠️ Account Executive
I'm in a good spot so just waiting it out
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
1
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Stay as long as you can while still looking. Don’t be too active as it might get back to someone internal, and that would be bad. Always look, you never know what you will find.
Justatitle
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
same boat as you reading the comments, current org pays well but it's a dumpster fire. it's gotta turn soon though.
KB_FarmerType
Opinionated
0
Strategic Sales
Has anything changed in your approach from 2021 while getting those recruiters to call you and now ? The way we approach job search has completely changed, no? Given that almost everyone in the market is looking for job.
Revenue_Rambo
Politicker
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Director, Revenue Enablement
If you've got a halfway decent gig you've got to sit tight and be patient. I've seen far too many people recently change jobs only to be laid off months later. I don' think it hurts to keep looking and putting out your feelers, but moving jobs is high risk right now.
DataCorrupter
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Definitely waiting it out. It's bad out there...real bad.
0
Vice President
I’ve struggling like never before to even get interviews. I’m up against 2000+ applicants for roles. If you can turn your job around, stick with it. Really tough job market right now.
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
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Rolling 20's all day
Yeahh, I'm parked for now. It's tough making a list of companies I would want to go work at with the landscape changing monthly.
Maybe next year?
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Sdr
yeah brotha. Not staying complacent. Networking on Linkedin, sending resumes here and there. This way when the market is good again, I'm ahead of the curve with a contact list of recruiters & referrals. It's tough out here, stay strong.
GrowthBastard
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Sales Leader
It has been a tough market out there. Even when you're heavily qualified and has been doing this for decades, they still throw your Resume out of the list. I've been out of work for close to 2 months, and nothing seems to be happening until the last two weeks when recruiters started responding to me.
FeelItInMyPlums
Valued Contributor
0
Sales Account Executive
Biggest piece of career advice that I was never given. Every company is disorganized and a mess. Don't think that the next one will be any better.....that being said finding a good VP of sales who backs up his sales team is tricky. Only time I've ever found I good one was someone I'd worked for before.
Lets just say, if someone needs a recruiter to help fill their sales team, they clearly don't have enough good people that would be willing to work for them.

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