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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…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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Leo Alexandru
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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…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
How to speed up your job search
Specific guidance, hustle aptitude, accelerating vs waning industries, job search sweet spots, and a whole lot of distilled nuance so you can design a…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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12 questions to ask in your next recruiter screen (and 4 to avoid)
Get intel, set expectations, collect information, and assess career risk.
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Coach Erika Gemzer
TCW #051: A comprehensive "before you accept the job offer" checklist
Current job? Check. Personal goals? Check. Compensation? Check. Check. Check.
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Coach Erika Gemzer
TCW #046 | 9 lessons from the 2023 job search trenches
Themes and learnings gleaned from coaching >40 tech job seekers this year. Use these to fuel and simplify your 2024 job search.
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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TCW #044 | 7 situations where you should take a contractor role
Seven times when contract roles make more sense than FTE.
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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How to spot green flags and red flags in job postings
Employers tell us a lot about themselves with the way they write job descriptions. Save yourself time and energy in your job search by spotting red…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
TCW #032 | The 4-hour Job Search
A daily job search schedule you can use to improve your odds of landing a job by doing less, not more. A 4-hour daily schedule (if you're unemployed…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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TCW #031 | Your handy post-interview follow-up communications timeline
A definitive timeline for hen to reach out, to whom, and what to say. With examples, of course.
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Coach Erika Gemzer
TCW #030 | A definitive guide for interview thank you notes (with examples)
Avoid sending over a generic note (it can hurt more than it helps). And send it quickly. With example notes for all kinds of scenarios that you can…
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Coach Erika Gemzer
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