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Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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"Your resume is great, anyone would be lucky to have you, but we don't know how we'd use you here." That makes sense, her primary experience for the past several years has been in a hybrid consulting/strategy/sales/marketing role..." It sounds like you need to really define the position she is gunning for.

Agreed. We've been talking about this. She's had to shape her resume a few different ways based on the type of job she's applying for to highlight specific experience relevant to the particular position but it still hasn't yielded much. I dont' know if it's the resume so much as not knowing the right people/perosn in an org to vouch for her even if she applies for something 'out of band' so to speak.

I think that usually means "we can't see our business evolving in ways that benefit from the input of people we hire". My view is that if someone you hire does not change and leave a mark on your business they were a mistake. Too many people just have really narrow roles in mind.

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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OP didn't know. OP is now informed and updated. Thank you!

Sent an email with some info :)

itay, if you emailed iwritecode with general advice, can you forward it to me. I'm guessing I'll be in his partner's position in 4-5 months.

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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> Let this be a reminder to you all. Build the hell out of your network.

Not that this is bad advice, by all means, but I think there is a more concrete lesson here:

> I went so far as to convince her to quit a great gig back in Chicago (knowing she could work remotely)

In most cases - including this one if I understand correctly - you don't need to quit your old job and then find a new one. You can and should do it the other way around.

Best of luck on the search.

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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> Let this be a reminder to you all. Build the hell out of your network. Not that this is bad advice, by all means, but I think there is a more concrete lesson here: > I went so far as to convince her to quit a great gig back in Chicago (knowing she could work remotely) In most cases - including this one if I understand correctly - you don't need to quit your old job and then find a new one. You can and should do it…

Confluence of events really made it natural to leave the job. But agreed on principle - I don't think I've ever quit a job to find a new one before...

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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Agreed. We've been talking about this. She's had to shape her resume a few different ways based on the type of job she's applying for to highlight specific experience relevant to the particular position but it still hasn't yielded much. I dont' know if it's the resume so much as not knowing the right people/perosn in an org to vouch for her even if she applies for something 'out of band' so to speak.

I think that usually means "we can't see our business evolving in ways that benefit from the input of people we hire". My view is that if someone you hire does not change and leave a mark on your business they were a mistake. Too many people just have really narrow roles in mind.

This is where my head was on this whole undertaking. I assumed that the people she'd engage with would immediately see the potential in the individual - not whether or not the intersection of the resume and job description was a 100% match.

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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Why didn't she write this post herself? Don't get me wrong, it's great that you want to help her out, but it would probably make a better impression if she went out there herself.

She's done plenty of writing herself of late. I'm turning to the community that I know and understand and that I knew would be a valuable resource for feedback.

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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post #9

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Sent an email with some info :)

itay, if you emailed iwritecode with general advice, can you forward it to me. I'm guessing I'll be in his partner's position in 4-5 months.

I pointed him at Splunk's career page and said if anything is a good fit for his SO, send me the information and I'll forward it internally.

No general advice, unfortunately :)

Re: Ask HN: Finding work for a significant other

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I think that usually means "we can't see our business evolving in ways that benefit from the input of people we hire". My view is that if someone you hire does not change and leave a mark on your business they were a mistake. Too many people just have really narrow roles in mind.

This is where my head was on this whole undertaking. I assumed that the people she'd engage with would immediately see the potential in the individual - not whether or not the intersection of the resume and job description was a 100% match.

Yeah it just doesnt work like that with most startups. But you can find those people eventually. Thy have been in the business for a bit longer in my experience. Look for companies that have grown self funded for five years or so not new startups. They have worked through the people give us new potential thing more.
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