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Caption: me while job searching

Asking for help is a critical skill when you’re job searching. Nearly 50 people in my community have helped me in 1 way or another since I was laid off in January 2024. These 50 people include: former coworkers, friends, family, strangers on LinkedIn / Leopard.fyi / and the Never Search Alone community. -Lianna Novitz

I asked my community to help me with:

• Encouraging me to get off the computer and go outside the apartment (coffee chats, brunches, thrifting, picnics, alpaca farm visit)
• Helping me prepare / mocks for job interviews
• Writing LinkedIn recommendations and referring me for jobs
• Giving me resume advice and perspective on the job market (this was so crucial)
• Forgiving me for working (a.k.a. 10 hour take-home) while I was supposed to be on vacation enjoying the alpaca farm 🦙

How did I ask for help?

1. I set up a cal.com (or similar like Calendly) booking link

   • Click here to see screenshots of how to do this in cal.com

2. I sent targeted messages to my former coworkers, for example.

   

   

And after 5 months of asking for help and interviewing, I got a job offer!

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