anothersalesgiy

Enterprise Account Executive

Lay offs strike close to home

Hey folks,

The lay offs hit my company this past week. It wasn't completely unexpected but a large chunk of the team didn't make their number and there's not enough "capacity" for the company with growth slowing down.

for good news I've got some interviews lined up and a couple recruiters who've reached out. If y'all have any tips or advice I'm all wars.

thanks savage

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FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

Sorry to hear it. A couple of people of my last job have jumped ship or are planning in the coming month. If you worked with anyone in the past, reach out to them early and often. From there, and partners or resellers that you worked with would be the second level. Then I would hit up contacts that you’ve made and have on LinkedIn.

After you started that route, I would work on local networking events so you can build a pipeline of future contacts.

I’m hear to help out if you need any intros.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Appreciate you brotha. I’ll send you a message

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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I'm sorry friend. This really sucks. Have you filled out a profile on the jobs tab to see who you match up with?

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Thanks. I have but haven’t gotten any matches

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Sorry to hear that. Curious are you looking for more advice on interviewing or finding a new role?

No matter what highly recommend checking out the academy and filling out the jobs profile. If you haven’t yet switch to “actively looking for new opportunities” on LinkedIn. When applying to roles, remember to cut and paste from the description and put it in your resume

With interview, just remember not to say a range first and have them tell you the salary range.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

I’m finding a role. Thanks for the interviewing advice, always good to get a refresher. I’m mostly looking for a role that’s not just settling ya know?

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

So happy to have good interviews lined up. For me - I like to ask a lot of questions about the company, role, performance etc. but when the right time comes and found it very helpful to make the decision when I have to pick 1 from many :)

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Absolutely. I’m interviewing wherever they want to talk because I think it’s better to have multiple offers

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

bummer. sorry to hear this. another reason why i keep my "future companies to work at" g-sheet updated all the time haha

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Going to start doing this haha

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

its a must.

BlueJays2591

Politicker

Federal Business Dev Director

Sorry to hear about the layoffs. That just sucks. It's not like growth has massively slowed down in most sectors. I firmly believe a lot these layoffs are a way for the companies to get rid of people because they put themselves in a bad financial spot due to overgrowth over the past 2 years and have the ability to blame it on "slowed growth".

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

I agree. Appreciate the sentiment man.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I'm sorry to hear this happened to you, but like the others, very glad you have interviews lined up.

There are a lot of tips about interviewing if you search, but in brief: keep it positive, talk about your successes, don't badmouth your previous employer or the situation. Do your best to treat this as an opportunity and a way to bring something great - you - to your next employer.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Thanks, you’ve always got something good to say sunbunny

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Glad you're hitting the ground running. That's the best thing you can do. Put the old job behind you and more forward as fast as possible.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Agreed man. Nowhere to go but forward and up

punishedlad

Tycoon

Business Development Team Lead

Work your existing connections if you can. Who you know becomes really important in times like these.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

It’s been eye opening to see who raises their hand to help and who’s been silent. Thank you for the advice

punishedlad

Tycoon

Business Development Team Lead

I feel you there, brother (or sister).

activity

Politicker

VP, Business Development

Good luck, I'm sorry to hear that. Companies are cutting like crazy right now and I feel there's a little contagion effect going on right now.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Layoff herd mentality season maybe

GreenSide

Politicker

Sales manager

Reach out direct to hiring managers. Recruiting is generally not very good at screening and this shows initiative which I would assume most hiring managers would like to see. At least, I do.

anothersalesgiy

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

Thanks for the tip. Any advice on how to tell who the hiring manager is?

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