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2024 Year-end AMA
2024 was another brutal tech job market, and 2025 is looking like more of the same. Check these questions from active job seekers and answers from Coach…
Dec 23, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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2024 Year-end AMA
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November 2024
Avoid the sunk cost fallacy and make a career pivot (even in the current tech job downturn)
It's never too late to pivot your career, but in this market you need a robust plan. And that plan probably shouldn't solely rely on bootcamps…
Nov 25, 2024
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A winning formula for your next performance review
Start with the metric (that you drove up and to the right). Put numbers. Then, show how you did it (with artifacts, ideally)
Nov 15, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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A winning formula for your next performance review
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October 2024
✨BONUS POST✨ Staying Sane while Job Searching in the Tech Downturn
A FREE 30-minute Lightning Lesson taught by yours truly. How we got here, what the market looks like right now, and the top 5 candidate adaptations that…
Oct 15, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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✨BONUS POST✨ Staying Sane while Job Searching in the Tech Downturn
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September 2024
How to answer the failure question in interviews
The context is the failure. The context is the failure. The context is the failure. Adopt this new mantra and you're starting on the right foot.
Sep 29, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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How to answer the failure question in interviews
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August 2024
Job Search Diaries No.8―Principal Product Manager (Consumer Media)
Lessons learned after 5 final round interviews and 154 applications over 8+ months job searching in media and tech for senior roles.
Aug 16, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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Job Search Diaries No.8―Principal Product Manager (Consumer Media)
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Land a job faster by job searching in your Zone of Genius
The counterintuitive job search approach wherein you narrow your opportunities to a select few. More wood behind fewer arrows. Kill shots, not shots in…
Aug 12, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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Land a job faster by job searching in your Zone of Genius
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July 2024
If I pivoted my career, how many years of experience should I say I have?
Professional experience vs relevant experience, some general heuristics, and where to put the unrelated experience in your resume.
Jul 21, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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If I pivoted my career, how many years of experience should I say I have?
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🤫 Whisper #24: Candor == Kindness
Direct feedback is the love language of growth. Sparing someone the truth robs them of the ability to adapt. No parenting. No shielding. Just direct…
Jul 12, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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🤫 Whisper #24: Candor == Kindness
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✨BONUS POST✨ The Relentless March of Days: A Job Seeker's Odyssey
The absurd ballet of courting love, crafting digital Golems to defy obsolescence, and foraging for economic morsels in a desert. A raw testament to…
Jul 8, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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✨BONUS POST✨ The Relentless March of Days: A Job Seeker's Odyssey
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Job Search Diaries No.7―Senior PM
Dating while unemployed, building prototypes to sharpen your PM skills during a job search, and scouting temporary income sources.
Jul 7, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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Job Search Diaries No.7―Senior PM
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June 2024
What's the right level of detail for my interview responses?
When (and how) to use details to improve your outcomes at every stage of your job search: from resume to recruiter screen to hiring manager interview…
Jun 19, 2024
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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What's the right level of detail for my interview responses?
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