455: Stop making these mistakes when trying to get your next product job

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... Product Mastery Now with host Chad McAllister, PhD.
The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and
managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and
STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode:  We are talking
with Erika Klics. Erika is a former Head of Talent for tech
companies who became a Job Search Strategist for startup and
scaleup Directors, VPs, and department Heads for Product Management
and other functions in tech.  She sent me an email message
that got my attention, and I’d like to read part of it. She
wrote, “In a past life, I sat on the other side of the table
supporting hiring teams to define processes, find candidates, and
make great hires. And I noticed a few patterns along the way….When
it comes to PM leadership roles, hiring teams would share the same
small handful of reasons for rejecting candidates. ‘They just
weren’t quite strong enough.’ ‘I liked them, but who else do we
have?’ ‘We need them to be more strategic.’ ‘They’re great, but I’m
not sure they’re senior enough.’ They used different language,
different lenses, but it was the same across almost every
scorecard. Candidates were missing something, but hiring teams
couldn’t articulate what it was.  So I started paying
attention to who was getting the offer and what they did
differently. Erika will help us not make the mistakes that
lead to you not getting the job—she even has a system for job
seekers she calls the Inevitable Edge Method.