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Playbooks from the searches we run: how we find the right role, land interviews, and negotiate bigger offers.

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Case study

How we got someone a $180K comp bump

The easiest hack for a huge pay rise: move into tech. Here's the three-part method behind John's $180K jump.

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Kareem Abukhadra · 3 min
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Interview strategy

How to crush your interviews

Build an "offer thesis" — the argument for why a company should hire you — and pass every interview stage.

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Kareem Abukhadra · Dec 1, 2022 · 4 min
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Negotiation

How to negotiate a $50K+ increase

Multiple offers, the right room, and a clear reason why. How one candidate negotiated $50K+ more.

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Kareem Abukhadra · Dec 6, 2022 · 2 min
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How to get tons of interviews
Job search

How to get tons of interviews

Nine steps to 10+ interviews a month: pick one role, pitch it in a resume and an email, then repeat the outreach every week.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Nov 28, 2022 · 3 min
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I've hacked myself into being happier
Mindset

I've hacked myself into being happier. Here's how

Define happiness first, then work the inputs: schedule, diet, exercise, CBT, self-talk and sleep.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Nov 26, 2022 · 6 min
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How to find jobs on LinkedIn
Job search

How to find jobs on LinkedIn

One hack that cuts hours a week out of our search process. How to use Boolean operators to find the posts worth applying to.

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Kareem Abukhadra · Nov 8, 2022 · 3 min
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Lyft CEO, Instacart COO and other execs reply to our candidates
Outreach

Lyft CEO, Instacart COO, and other execs reply to our candidates. Here's why

Screenshots of replies from execs at multi-billion dollar companies, plus three real pitches and why each one landed.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Nov 4, 2022 · 4 min
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We're getting jobseekers 100K+ compensation increases
Strategy

We're getting jobseekers 100K+ compensation increases. Here's how

The six things a role has to maximise before it is worth targeting. Get step 1 wrong and every step after it gets harder.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Oct 27, 2022 · 4 min
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Always negotiate
Negotiation

Always negotiate

At best you get what you want. At worst they respect you for asking. A real negotiation, start to finish.

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Kareem Abukhadra · Feb 15, 2021 · 2 min
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6 principles that can skyrocket your chance of landing a job
Persuasion

6 principles that can skyrocket your chance of landing a job

Six persuasion principles, and a worked example of all of them inside one short message.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Feb 2, 2021 · 3 min
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How I automated my job search to land 30+ interviews
Outreach

How I automated my job search to land 30+ interviews during the pandemic

Five steps and about an hour of setup. Build the list, verify the emails, write the pitch, and send.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Jan 10, 2021 · 3 min
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A CEO once called my email the best they've ever seen
Outreach

A CEO once called my email the best they've ever seen. Here's the email I sent them

The exact email, and the three C's behind it. It led to a 24% response rate and 30+ interviews.

KAKareem Abukhadra
Kareem Abukhadra · Jan 1, 2021 · 2 min
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