A Power Pack to Accelerate your Career
Episode show notesWelcome to a special, bumper episode of The Company Doctor - we’re combining two of our most popular episodes into an ultimate career-accelerating catalyst.
The first of these takes a look at an art that’s somewhat evolved in the age of Covid; networking. From serendipity to selling yourself and creating energy, part one of this episode will help you generate and seize new opportunities.
Complementing that on the back end of the episode, we look at how to nail the interview once you’ve got that all-important foot in the door. How do you interview well, can you be over prepared, and what on earth is the gruesome threesome…?
Key takeaways from this episode:Add value to others when networking
Bookend interviews with killer questions
Don’t be defensive
Quotes & Highlights“Serendipity is what I would call a meaningful coincidence. The reason for talking about it now is that I want people listening to this to think about creating their own serendipity, their own meaningful coincidences.” - 1:40 - Gary Gamp
“You need to have an opinion. It doesn't matter if you work for yourself or another company, you want to stand for something in whatever subject area you’re in, to have an opinion. Write a blog, or a post, or something short on a monthly basis, it doesn’t take a lot of time.” - 7:30 - Gary Gamp
“There is a danger that you try too hard, and actually when you try too hard it repels people. So don’t get in people's faces, that's not really what we're saying. I think you should try to just make it natural.” - 15:00 - Gary Gamp
“The idea of doing your research on the people I think as an initial step is such an important one. The principle is that there’s a small chance you might know someone who knows them, or knows the company. We talked about warm contacts in one of the other episodes - anything you can do to make it less cold and connect with the person and the company; a) they feel good that you've taken the time and b) you'll have a much better conversation for sure.” - 23:55 - Gary Gamp & George Clode
“I'm not saying you should be arrogant, because if you're arrogant, you've lost it. But be confident enough that they need you, you're the right person for the job, and you see yourself being successful. Then, because you've done all the planning and you're confident, when something comes up that's a bit ambiguous, draw on your experience. It's also okay to say ‘No, I haven't come across that before’.” - 28:40 - Gary Gamp
“It makes it a bit less scary if you know someone who knows someone who works there. If you're familiar with some of the faces that are there, it's suddenly not a faceless, scary company who are there to grill you. It's a small world now, so everyone knows someone who knows someone right?” - 34:20 - George Clode
“What we don't want to do is bore people with your CV. What you want to do is make a connection as soon as possible, so that they make a decision as early as possible in this interview that they want you. Then they're going to start selling it to you.” - 39:30 - Gary Gamp
“The idea is you ask a bloody good question at the beginning and a bloody good question at the end - that makes you look good. When they ask ‘Have you got any questions’ and you say ‘No, you've answered everything’, that’s a bad answer. As part of your preparation, think of a really good killer question at the end that makes you look smart.” - 45:00 - Gary Gamp
“Rehearsal is massively important; it gives you confidence, it gets you lined up. It's so valuable, but definitely verbalise it because your mind will already be ready and tuned in.” - 51:35 - Gary Gamp
Episode keywordsTheCompanyDoctor, podcast, podcasting, business, business podcast, CEO, CMO, COO, CFO, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, networking, marketing, career catalyst, career path, promotion, new job, interview, job interview, job interview advice, job interview tips,
Links & referencesGary Gamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garygamp
George Clode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeclode
