Get hired, get paid right
For anyone actively changing jobs
From target list to signed offer. 24 moves with the exact words — outreach that gets replies, interviews that land, and negotiation that pays for this deck a thousand times over.
Screen jobs against criteria, not vibes.
Use when — you’re scrolling listings nightly and applying to whatever doesn’t repel you.
Use when — you’re scrolling listings nightly and applying to whatever doesn’t repel you.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessForty named employers beat infinite scrolling.
Use when — the search feels endless because it literally has no edges.
Use when — the search feels endless because it literally has no edges.
Pick employers before polishing materials. A finite, prioritized list of 40 turns a fog into a queue — and this week’s work into five names.
Work the list top-down, five at a time. Never “the whole internet” again.
Polishing the CV for week three while the target list doesn’t exist.
✓Done when — Forty names ranked, top five chosen — and outreach started on those five.
Steve Dalton, “The 2-Hour Job Search” (2012/2020) — the LAMP list.
Career changers aren’t believed until the story has a through-line.
Use when — interviewers keep asking “so… why this move?” and your answer wanders.
Use when — interviewers keep asking “so… why this move?” and your answer wanders.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessThe portal is where you file paperwork, not where you compete.
Use when — you’re about to hit “submit” on a portal with no human attached.
Use when — you’re about to hit “submit” on a portal with no human attached.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessAcquaintances, not best friends, carry the new information.
Use when — you’ve told your five closest friends and run out of network.
Use when — you’ve told your five closest friends and run out of network.
Your close circle knows what you know. The job-moving information lives with people you see occasionally — confirmed from 1973 to a 20-million-user experiment.
Perspective is the ask; referrals are the by-product. Never ask for a job.
Only talking to people you’re comfortable with — comfort is information you already have.
✓Done when — Five messages out this week, two conversations booked.
Mark Granovetter, “The Strength of Weak Ties” (1973); Rajkumar et al., Science (2022) — the LinkedIn causal test.
Under 100 words, zero mention of jobs.
Use when — your thoughtful 400-word outreach emails keep dying unanswered.
Use when — your thoughtful 400-word outreach emails keep dying unanswered.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessThe software screens you before any human does.
Use when — applications vanish into the void and you can’t remember who you contacted when.
Use when — applications vanish into the void and you can’t remember who you contacted when.
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Get early accessSix stories cover ninety percent of behavioral questions.
Use when — “tell me about a time…” reliably sends you improvising.
Use when — “tell me about a time…” reliably sends you improvising.
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Get early accessIt’s not your biography. It’s a 60-second positioning statement.
Use when — the opener lands and you start reciting your CV from 2014.
Use when — the opener lands and you start reciting your CV from 2014.
The first answer sets the frame for the whole interview — and people read warmth first, competence second. Present → past → future, warm and tight.
“Right now I’m [role], where I [headline result].”
“Before that I spent [N] years [relevant arc].”
“I’m looking for [what’s next] — which is exactly why this role caught my attention.”
Sixty to ninety seconds, ending on them. Open warm; the competence lands better for it.
The chronological life story. By 2017 they’ve stopped listening.
✓Done when — Your present–past–future is written, timed under 90 seconds, and rehearsed aloud.
Present–past–future formula (Skillings / Zhang, The Muse); warmth-then-competence: Fiske, Cuddy & Glick (2007).
They’re grading what you ask, not just what you answer.
Use when — “any questions for us?” and you ask about holiday allowance.
Use when — “any questions for us?” and you ask about holiday allowance.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early access“I’m a perfectionist” costs you points. A real answer scores them.
Use when — the weakness question is coming and your plan is a humblebrag.
Use when — the weakness question is coming and your plan is a humblebrag.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessUnexplained history gets screened out. Explained history doesn’t.
Use when — there’s a hole in the CV and you’re hoping nobody asks.
Use when — there’s a hole in the CV and you’re hoping nobody asks.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessWhoever names a number first frames the deal.
Use when — “what are your salary expectations?” arrives in the first screen.
Use when — “what are your salary expectations?” arrives in the first screen.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessWhen you must name a number, make it a researched range that starts at your target.
Use when — the moment has come to put a figure on the table.
Use when — the moment has come to put a figure on the table.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessSerial nickel-and-diming burns goodwill. Bundle it.
Use when — the offer landed and you’re tempted to fix it one email at a time.
Use when — the offer landed and you’re tempted to fix it one email at a time.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessCompeting offers work when paired with “you’re my first choice”.
Use when — you hold two offers — or one offer and one almost.
Use when — you hold two offers — or one offer and one almost.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessSilence usually means internal mess, not verdict.
Use when — they said “next week” three weeks ago and your inbox is a tumbleweed.
Use when — they said “next week” three weeks ago and your inbox is a tumbleweed.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessYour old pay is your old employer’s number, not your value.
Use when — the question lands live and your real number feels embarrassingly low — or disqualifyingly high.
Use when — the question lands live and your real number feels embarrassingly low — or disqualifyingly high.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessYou resigned. Suddenly you’re worth 20% more. Interesting.
Use when — your boss counters your resignation and the flattery is doing its work.
Use when — your boss counters your resignation and the flattery is doing its work.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early access“We need an answer by Friday.” You don’t fight it — you sidestep it.
Use when — a deadline is doing the pressuring that the offer itself should be doing.
Use when — a deadline is doing the pressuring that the offer itself should be doing.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessYou can’t control offers. You can control inputs.
Use when — three silent weeks have you concluding you’re unemployable.
Use when — three silent weeks have you concluding you’re unemployable.
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Get early accessFeel it today. Aim it tomorrow.
Use when — the “we went with another candidate” email landed — and morale went with it.
Use when — the “we went with another candidate” email landed — and morale went with it.
Daily lows after rejection are normal and self-correcting — low-progress days even predict more effort the next day. Shrink tonight’s spiral; don’t deny the hit.
One no is one company’s opinion of one week — never the market’s opinion of you.
Skipping the feedback ask: “One thing that would have made me stronger?” Then close it.
✓Done when — Felt it, logged it, queued tomorrow’s first move — spiral cancelled.
Wanberg, Zhu & Van Hooft, “The Job Search Grind”, Academy of Management Journal (2010).
A standing peer group turns the grind into a team sport.
Use when — the hunt has become a lonely loop of you, the laptop, and the doubt.
Use when — the hunt has become a lonely loop of you, the laptop, and the doubt.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
Get early accessDiscretion is hygiene. Assume work systems are visible.
Use when — you’re searching with a job — and one slip could make the search urgent.
Use when — you’re searching with a job — and one slip could make the search urgent.
The move, the rule, and the exact words are on the other side — locked. 4 cards are free; members get all 24.
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