Recently an exec I’ve known a little bit reached out to me for a help with a job search. I wasn’t sure I was the right one to help, but I said I’d try and sent over some meeting times. He took 3 days to respond, and then picked the very latest time. Look, You Be You. But I have no job for you if that’s how you work in 2025/2026.
See this type of thing happening all the time - ask for time or a favour and then make it really hard for the person to be kind to you 🤷♂️ Even better when that person has not maintained th relationship at all but then reaches out 17 years later when they need something. Maintain your go-to-network people! Do unto others… Etc Etc.
I hear people tell me "I am busy", my question to them - " what makes you think I am not?" Unfortunately, when people take other's time for granted, that's where the thread ends. Jason M. Lemkin
I love your content and having a sense of urgency is also high on my hiring criteria list. But calling someone out on Linkedin, while having no idea what is going on in their life also does not seem very 2025/2026😅
Speed is respect, especially when someone's doing you a favor
You can't teach a sense of urgency.
This hits hard. The small signals like timing, tone, and follow-up reveal how someone works long before they even start the job.
their behavior said more about them than their resume.
Every move in a job search tells a story. Three days to reply and picking the latest slot? That tells me everything about your urgency, your follow-through, and your energy. You can have all the right credentials, but in 2025/ 2926 I’m hiring momentum. Not excuses!!
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