New Career Bootcamp

The Cure for Career Confusion

  • Career Clarity Coaching
    • First Coaching Session Preparation
    • New Client Orientation & Welcome Document
    • Research Job & Career Ideas
      • Job Idea Evaluation Workbook
      • 100 – Overview of Job & Career Idea Research
      • 110 – How to Use the Job Search Profiles
      • 120 – How To Research Job & Career Ideas (Initial Strategies)
      • 140 – Salary Research Tools
      • 150 – Explore Industry Ideas
      • 160 – Research Other Peoples’ Career Transitions to Job Titles that Appeal to You
      • 170 – How to Research Job Titles at Companies that Appeal to You
      • 180 – Informational Interviews
    • How to Choose the Right New Career
      • Create a Career Vision Summary
      • Reduce Dimensionality
      • Don’t Trust Your Gut (Without Testing It)
      • Beware of the Giant Spreadsheet
      • Attain Distance
      • Conduct a Risk Analysis
      • Integrated Thinking
      • Accept Uncertainty
      • Ikigai Career Map
      • Marshall Goldsmith Strategy to Evaluate Job & Career Ideas
    • Do You Need To Be Passionate About Your Job?
    • Training Programs for Technology Jobs & Careers
    • Resumes, Job Search, Interviewing & More
  • Quick Question Coaching
  • Job Search Breakthrough
    • Job Search Strategies Overview
    • Weekly Job-Search Campaign Tools & Planner
    • How Long Will It Take You To Land A New Job?
    • Agency Recruiters
      • How to Find Recruiters in Your Target Niche
    • Enhance Your Job Search with LinkedIn’s Home Page
    • The Simple Social Media Job Search Strategy
  • Online Job Search
    • Module 1: Introduction & Overview
    • Module 2: Top Strategies To Find Relevant, Advertised Job Openings
      • (2.1 – Part 1) Use The Best Job Boards To Find Advertised Job Openings
      • (2.1 – Part 2) Best Startup Job Boards
      • (2.3) Clever Way To Use LinkedIn To Find Appealing Companies That Might Have Job Boards
      • (2.4) How To Set Up Job Search Alerts To Stop Wasting Your Time
      • (2.5) Is It A Waste Of Time To Apply If You’re Not Perfectly Qualified?
      • (2.6) What is the Best Time to Submit Your Application Online?
      • (2.7) How Many Jobs a Week Should You Apply to?
      • (2.8) Should You Post Your Resume on Job Boards?
    • Module 3: Tips & Tricks For Submitting Your Resume & Cover Letter For More Success
      • (3.1) 4 Ways To Quickly Tailor Your Resume To Win More Interviews
      • (3.2.1) Write A Blockbuster Cover Letter That Positions You For A Career Change
      • (3.2.2) Handling Salary Info in a Cover Letter
      • (3.3) Best Practices For Submitting Your Resume & Cover Letter
      • (3.3.1) What to do if You’re Applying Online and There’s a Salary Box
      • (3.4) Should You Follow Up With Human Resources?
    • Module 4: Get Insider Help To Win Job Interviews
      • (4.1) Why Company Employees Will Help You (Even If They Don’t Know You)
      • (4.2) How To Find Helpful Company Insiders To Maximize Your Success
      • (4.3) Unknown Ways To Use LinkedIn To Find Helpful Insiders
      • (4.4) How To Choose The Best Company Insiders To Talk To
      • (4.5) The Most Effective Ways To Contact Company Insiders You Don’t Know
      • (4.6) Do This To Ensure A Successful Conversation With Company Insiders
      • (4.7) Best Questions To Ask Company Insiders To Get The Information & Help You Want
      • (4.8) Steal These Sample Thank You Notes
    • Module 5: Fly by HR & Get to the Real Decision Maker
      • (5.1) Identify the REAL Decision Maker
      • (5.2) Access Nearly Any Hiring Manager’s LinkedIn Profile
      • (5.3) Get Nearly Any Hiring Manager’s Contact Information
      • (5.4) The Interview Magnet Letter Formula
      • (5.5) Interview Magnet Samples
      • (5.6) Get Your Interview Magnet Letter Into The Hands of the Hiring Manager
    • Implementation Coaching
  • Hidden Job Search
    • Module 1: Welcome to Hidden Job Search Breakthrough!
      • (1.1) Why You Must Search for Unadvertised Job Openings
      • (1.3) Mindset For Success
    • Module 2: Hidden Job Search Strategy Overview
      • (2.1) Super Strategy Overview
      • (2.2) Action Steps & Program Table of Contents
      • (2.3) Discover The Two Types of Hidden Job Searches
    • Module 3: Identify Many Companies That Could Hire You
      • (3.1) Define Your Target Market
      • (3.2) How Many Potential Employers Is Enough?
      • (3.3) The Best Ways to Build A List Of Potential Employers
      • (3.5) Job Search Organization
      • (3.6) Classify Potential Employers
    • Module 4: The “Customized” Strategy
      • (4.1) Select The Best Companies To Target
      • (4.2) How To Easily Identify Hiring Managers And Insider Connections
      • (4.3) Best Research Strategies To Win More Job Interviews
      • (4.4) How To Use Informational Interviews To Increase Your Success
      • (4.5) Top Strategies To Comfortably Contact Hiring Managers
      • (4.6) Discover How To ‘Keep In Touch’ So Hiring Managers Yearn For You
    • Module 5: The “Universal” Strategy
      • (5.1) Select Potential Employers To Target
      • (5.2) Top Strategies To Easily Identify People Who Might Want To Hire You Today
      • (5.3) The Universal Job Magnet Letter Formula (With Samples)
      • (5.4) Best Ways To Quickly And Easily Contact People Who Can Hire You
    • Module 6: Best Ways To Find People Who Can Hire You… Or Help You Get A Job
      • (6.1) 6 Quick Ways To Identify People Who Could Hire You
      • (6.2) Best Practices for Using Advanced Searches On LinkedIn To Find People Who Could Hire You
      • (6.3) Unknown Strategies To Find Insider Connections On LinkedIn
      • (6.4) Networking Strategies
      • (6.5) Little Known Strategies To Access Nearly Anyone’s LinkedIn Profile
      • (6.6) Hush Hush Ways To Get Nearly Anyone’s Contact Information Fast
    • Implementation Coaching
  • Job Search Networking
    • Introduction
    • 6 Myths & Facts About Networking
    • Personal Job Search Networking Training Modules
      • Module 1: How to Begin
      • Module 2: Be Effective – Prioritize Your Networking List
      • Module 3: 5 Key Strategies for Success Job Search Networking
      • Module 4: 7 Sample Networking Request Letters
      • Module 5: How to Create Your Elevator Pitch (With Samples)
      • Module 6: Creating Your Personal Marketing Plan
      • Module 7: What to Say (and Avoid) in Networking Conversations
      • Module 8: Sample Thank You Note For Networking Help
      • Module 9: Keep in Touch and the Law of Sevens
      • Module 10: The One+ Strategy
    • Event Networking
      • Find Networking Events Worth Going To
      • Make the Most of Networking Events
    • Networking Business Cards & Samples
  • Interview Breakthrough
    • Welcome to Interview Breakthrough!
    • (1.1) Action Steps and Program Table of Contents
    • Module 2: Mindset for Success
      • (2.1) The Art of Turning Interviews Into Enjoyable Conversations
      • (2.2) The Four Hot Buttons of Every Hiring Manager
      • (2.3) Turn Lemons Into Lemonade
      • (2.4) Dealing with Rejection
    • Module 3: Prepare to Win Job Offers
      • (3.1) Background Research
      • (3.2) What Salary Are You Worth?
      • (3.3) Get Insider Help To Win Offers
        • (3.3.1) Why Company Employees Will Help You (Even If They Don’t Know You)
        • (3.3.2) How To Find Helpful Company Insiders
        • (3.3.3) Use LinkedIn To Find Helpful Insiders
        • (3.3.4) Choose The Best Company Insiders To Talk To
        • (3.3.5) The Most Effective Ways To Contact Company Insiders You Don’t Know
        • (3.3.6) Do This To Ensure A Successful Conversation With Company Insiders
        • (3.3.7) Best Questions To Ask Company Insiders To Get The Information & Help You Want
        • (3.3.8) Sample Thank You Notes
      • (3.4) Make a Strong First Impression
    • Module 4: Get the Salary You Deserve
      • (4.1) Salary Research
      • (4.2) Here’s YOUR Salary Discussion Strategy
      • (4.3) What to Say When They Want to Know Your Salary History & Requirements
        • (4.3.1) Handling Salary Info in a Cover Letter
        • (4.3.2) Handling Online Salary Boxes
        • (4.3.3) Handling Salary Discussion DURING an Interview
    • Module 5: Interview Questions & Answers
      • (5.1) Handle Job Interview Questions With Ease
      • (5.2) Interview Question & Answer Guide
      • (5.3) Prepare for These Potential Interview Questions
      • (5.4) Tell Me About You…
      • (5.5) Questions YOU Can Ask at a Job Interview
    • How to Give a Killer Presentation
    • Module 6: Interview Strategies That Win Job Offers
      • (6.0) Participate (and look good) in Skype Interviews
      • (6.1) Ace Your Phone Interviews
      • (6.2) Align Your Experience With The Position
      • (6.3) Discover What the Interviewer REALLY Wants
      • (6.4) Eliminate the Interviewer’s Doubts About You
      • (6.5) How to Prove You Can Do a Job You Haven’t Done (Webinar)
      • (6.6) Handling Salary Discussions DURING Interviews
      • (6.7) How to Close Your Interview
      • (6.8) Essential Do’s and Dont’s
    • Module 7: Seal the Deal (What to do after the Interview)
      • (7.1) How Did You Do?
      • (7.2) Keep In Touch For More Success
      • (7.3) Send This Instead of A Thank You Note
      • (7.4) 90-Day Plan
      • (7.5) Top Tips for Handling References Professionally During Your Job Search
    • Module 8: Handling Job Offers Successfully
      • (8.1) How to Stall a Job Offer
      • (8.2) Job Offer Evaluation Checklist
      • (8.3) Signs That a Company Is a Bad Apple
      • (8.4) Avoid a Mess – Checkout Your New Boss
      • (8.5) Handling Salary Negotiations
      • (8.6) Should You Let an Executive Recruiter Negotiate Your New Salary?
      • (8.7) Ready to Accept a Job Offer? Read These Documents Carefully First
      • (8.8) Accept a Job Offer the Right Way
      • (8.9) Using an Outside Offer to Get a Raise
    • Module 9: How to Choose the Right Job Offer
      • (9.1) Create a Career Vision Summary
      • (9.2) Reduce Dimensionality
      • (9.3) Don’t Trust Your Gut (Without Testing It)
      • (9.4) Beware of the Giant Spreadsheet
      • (9.5) Attain Distance
      • (9.6) Conduct a Risk Analysis
      • (9.7) Integrated Thinking
      • (9.8) Accept Uncertainty
    • Module 10: Interview Correspondence
      • (10.1) Sample Letter Withdrawing From Consideration
      • (10.2) Sample Letter Accepting a Job Offer
      • (10.3) Sample Letter Declining a Job Offer Because of a Low Salary
      • (10.4) Sample Letter Declining a Job Offer Because You Don’t Want the Job
      • (10.5) Sample Letter to Write When You Don’t Get a Job Offer But You Want a Second Chance at Getting It
      • (10.6) Sample Letters Thanking a Reference
      • (10.7) Sample Job Resignation Letter
    • Implemetation Coaching
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Sales Strategy

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    • Manager, Sales Strategy– 

      Indeed
       
      New York, NY 10036
      $128,000 – $180,000 a year
       

      Our Sales Strategy team focuses on driving innovation and efficiencies in products, tools, organizational structure and processes that help our Sales teams succeed. We collaborate with functions across Indeed, including Sales, Product, Finance, Client Services, and Marketing to identify strategies for growth and efficiency. We are excited to help transform the recruitment industry by improving lives around the world, one job at a time.

      Who You Are

      Indeed is seeking a Lead Strategist to join its growing Sales Strategy team. The Lead Sales Strategist will act as the main Sales Strategy partner to Global Product Solutions (“GPS”) leadership, recommending revenue acceleration strategies, target setting, and operational improvements for the global team responsible for selling Indeed’s newest products. The Lead Strategist will also work closely with cross functional partners such Finance, Marketing and Product to develop and advance various key initiatives.
      Responsibilities
      • Partner with Sales and GPS leadership to strategize, develop, and advance new product sales initiatives
      • Lead quarterly and annual goal setting process for GPS organization
      • Drive operational excellence through identification and execution of opportunity areas that create efficiency, remove obstacles, or create improved processes and approaches to the business
      • Lead sophisticated research and analysis (e.g. revenue, customer, market or competitive insights) for senior leadership to support decision-making
      • Collaborate cross-functionally (with Finance, Product, Service teams) to refine recommendations and develop joint action plans.
      Requirements
      • 5+ years of work experience in business operations, sales operations or strategic planning, preferably at a technology company, OR equivalent experience in management consulting
      • Bachelor’s degree with quantitative coursework (e.g., Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science) or equivalent practical experience
      • Fluency with SQL, Excel and Tableau (or other data visualization platform); able to create and edit queries, pull data and structure it in a meaningful way for analysis.

      Who we are

      Our Sales force helps transform the hiring process by providing companies an easy and effective way to find the right fit for every hire. We support our Sales team with career development and training from day one.

      Our Mission

      As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We’re looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.

      Salary Range Disclaimer

      The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Indeed salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Indeed’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), an open Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

      NYC Metro Area 128,000 – 180,000 USD per year


      Enterprise Sales Strategy Director 

      U.S. Bank
       
      Georgia•Remote
      $78,795 – $92,700 a year

      A leader in the payments industry, Elavon provides end-to-end payment processing solutions and services to more than one million merchants around the world. Elavon is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.

      Role Overview: Enterprise Sales Strategy & Planning Director will lead strategy development and execution to support new business growth in targeted strategic verticals (Hospitality, Public Sector, Healthcare and Retail/Services). This role will report directly to the SVP of Sales Strategy and Planning in U. S. Bank Payments Solution organization.

      This position will require understanding and anticipating trends of each strategic vertical, opportunities for growth, and will leverage partnership expertise to create and execute initiatives that will result in increased revenue performance of the U. S. Bank Payment Solutions Enterprise Sales team.

      Partnership and nurturing of relationships at the sales team and executive level within Elavon and well as the U.S. Bank Corporate and Commercial and Tech-Led Partner teams, will be vital component to the role.

      Key responsibilities:

      • Work closely with leadership team of U.S. Bank Payment Solutions organization to develop and implement high-impact growth strategies within strategic verticals
      • Executing on go-to-market strategies by building out ecosystem for sellers to achieve profitable sales volume and increased market share in strategic verticals
      • Drive and support engagement with U. S. Bank Corporate and Commercial business units to drive additional revenue and value for U. S. Bank Payment Solutions and U. S. Bank
      • Drive accountability of ‘execution to strategy’ driving cross-functional teams (Sales, Product, Finance, Technical Engineers, Support, Sales Operations, Marketing, Training) to achieve revenue goals
      • Monitor and report on strategic initiative outcomes to ensure high ROI
      •  

      Director, Sales Strategy– 

      Comcast
       
       
      Centennial, CO
      Responsible for implementing strategy and productivity initiatives across all field and center sales channels including aligning consistent strategies across those channels. Implements effective reporting procedures; provides insight with sales forecast reports. Directs the process and flow of information for account planning, forecasting, client management/initiatives, list management, lead tracking, client reporting, internal reporting and general administrative support and marketing initiatives. Provides leadership and direction for diverse and complex functions. Contributes to the development of the organization’s business strategy. Interprets business strategy and develops organizational objectives to align with this strategy. Manages multiple channel strategy managers to achieve goals.

       

      Job Description

      Core Responsibilities

      • Key liaison to both Headquarters and Regions and ISC Sales.
      • Translates business strategies into operational plans and leads consistent execution of plans in Regions and ISC.
      • Identifies critical organizational best practices and translates into operational plans for execution.
      • Reviews marketing plans to ensure maximum sales volume is at minimum cost for all lines of business.
      • Partners with Product Sales Team leaders and marketing management to identify key reports, functionality and system tasks to support the sales process and improve tracking, usage and trend identification.
      • Oversees the daily activity reports and reporting trends.
      • Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
      • Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
      • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

      Manager, Global Sales Strategy CoE

      Salesforce
      San Francisco, CA 94105

      The Global Sales Strategy Center of Excellence (COE) team is responsible for driving a best-in-class go-to-market (GTM) model for Salesforce and providing company leadership with global, accurate, and thoughtful insights to inform GTM decisions that accelerate growth. The Global Sales Strategy COE is organized into three teams:
      Pipeline, Forecast, and CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) Insights GTM Planning and Analysis Analytics, Community, and Strategic Projects We are looking for a Manager to join the GTM Planning & Analysis team. He/she will own key global sales performance metrics, influence global decision-making, coach junior team members and collaborate with teams across Sales, Finance, Product Strategy and Customer Success.

      Key Responsibilities:

      • Define or standardize the definition of key sales performance metrics and gain agreement on metric definition across the sales organization globally
      • Continuously improve metric definition and quality of underlying data in response to stakeholder feedback and/or organizational changes
      • Identify key drivers of sales performance metrics, pinpoint root causes of performance issues, and collaborate with others on the global sales strategy team or regional sales strategy teams to develop sales performance improvement recommendations or guidelines
      • Influence global resource / investment allocation in the sales organization with a perspective on sales performance
      • Own strategic projects end-to-end, from conception to deployment
      • Coach junior team members
      • Craft executive-facing or board-facing presentations

      Key Requirements:

      • Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, preferably in sales strategy, sales finance, management consulting, or other strategy & operations roles at high-growth B2B technology companies
      • Intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, attention to detail, executive presence, comfort with ambiguity and strong communication skills (verbal & written)
      • Ability to analyze large amounts of data, identify meaningful patterns, and derive business insights; bonus points for prior experience in delegating and guiding more junior team members in performing these analyses
      • Proven track record of owning projects, processes or metrics, and collaborating across functions
      • High proficiency in Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint and Google Slides
      • Basic understanding of multidimensional databases; bonus points for prior experience in SQL, Tableau, or Tableau CRM (Einstein Analytics)

      Sales Strategy Analyst 

       
      Intuit
       
      Mountain View, CA 94041
       

      Come join one of the fastest-growing business units at Intuit. We are not your typical sales organization. Nothing is more important to us than the success of our customers, which is why we are investing in the growth of this vital piece of our ecosystem. We are problem solvers, strategic thinkers, solution seekers, and consultative experts who use the latest tools and technology to solve our customers’ most important problems. The solutions we present to each client are backed by collaborative cross-functional teams. We serve customers by finding more ways to put more money in their pockets, eliminating work and drudgery so they can focus on their lives and what matters to them, and ensuring that every financial decision that they make, they make it with confidence.

       

      That means we won’t simply sell products — we consult and listen deeply to understand our customers’ business needs. As part of Intuit’s Sales organization, every day presents an opportunity to evolve, grow your careers, and unlock your potential. When you win, win as a sales team.

      Role Summary

      The Strategy Analyst will help influence the US strategy development across all US sales channels. In this role, you will help to identify, evaluate, test, and launch new approaches to drive Intuit’s sales revenue. The Strategy Analyst will lead special projects to develop and refine high-priority opportunities, and make recommendations on implementation plans. The analyst will develop independent work plans, perform data-driven analysis, and take ownership of synthesizing insights to enable data driven decisions to grow the business. It is essential to establish rapport, credibility, and trust throughout the organization as a team player.

      What you’ll bring

      What You’ll Bring:
       

       

      • BA with 3+ years of work experience with a top-tier strategy consulting firm, or relevant SaaS/cloud technology strategy experience. Experience across partner sales channels preferred (VAR, Disti, MSP, ISV, SI, etc.)
      • Excellent quantitative analytical skills and keen business acumen are required
      • Proven problem solving skills. Ability to create a structured approach to problem solving to tackle open-ended situations, and move swiftly from analysis to a recommendation
      • Strong project management skills, including demonstrated ability to think end-to-end, managing complex projects.
      • Have superior communication (written/verbal), presentation, and team facilitation skills. Demonstrate the ability to quickly synthesize information, structure a concise, clear presentation of findings to an executive audience, and prioritize issues as appropriate.
      • Ability to think strategically, but also have exceptional attention to detail to drive program management and execution. Ability and willingness to be a hands-on leader.
      • Self-motivated and experience working with distributed teams to deliver results in a fast-moving environment.
      • Proven success in partnering, influencing, and collaborating internally and externally to establish shared vision and delivering results on specific goals.

      How you will lead

      How You’ll Lead

       

      • Generate creative, action-oriented insights and recommendations, that are easy to understand
      • Write and deliver high-impact plans and presentations for how to tackle business problems
      • Facilitate problem-solving sessions with cross functional partners
      • Develop a deep understanding and point of view on the current competitive landscape
      • Act to learn & disseminate best practices in technology and AI driven solutions to accelerate sales
      • Design and conduct tests to assess alternative approaches for solving business challenges and validate impact
      • Work closely with business partners to influence, implement and drive recommendations
      • Build relationships and trust while connecting remotely with distributed teams
       
       
       

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