How I landed my first Corporate Job...
One of the requests I get in my volunteer coaching sessions is how do I get a job at a FAANG company or one of the top AI Research Labs.
I wish I had a simple answer and some interview quick fixes for you. But I don’t.
My corporate career started with Yahoo followed by Uber, Meta and OpenAI.
I quit my job at Robert Half in 2015. I wanted to work in a corporate setting, no more agencies. Don’t get me wrong, RH one of the best recruiting agencies to develop resilience and discipline.
I had 10K savings in the bank and I took the leap to attend my first Tony Robbins event. I hired my first coach and started running. I walked on fire(UPW) and that’s how my inner work began.A year later I landed my first corporate role at Yahoo - best company culture.
Finding and landing a role is more than preparing LeetCode and behavioral questions. And sometimes you land that job and you realize its not for you.
A job is how you make money. Money is energy. Energy is everything. Energy is all there is.
The real work is how do you change your energy, how do you become the person who is in alignment with what is seeking you. Rumi said : “What you seek is seeking you.”
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What if you are in misalignment with your goal? How do you get in better alignment? Bridging the skills gap is easy. That’s what Perf Reviews and great mentors/managers are for.
How do you shift your energy- how do you become?
Energy is physical, spiritual and emotional(thoughts/feelings).
For Physical Shift: this is the easiest. Get a Peloton, Sign up at a local gym, start running. Movement is medicine.
For Spiritual Shift: Believe in something bigger than yourself. Give thanks. Volunteer your time.
For Emotional Shift: This is the hardest and often Gray.
Finally, aim to like yourself. Become the person you are proud of. I leave you with this quote: From the book: Who Not How [by Dan Sullivan]: “The definition of hell is: Your last day on Earth, the person you became meets the person you could have become.” #firstjob #jobsearch #interviewing #personalgrowth #bestself.