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Course 06 · Work playbook 03

Get Hired for a Better Job

Choose a realistic target, prove fit, reach decision-makers, interview with evidence, and evaluate the offer.

What you’ll leave with

A focused job-search system with target role, evidence-based résumé, networking plan, interview stories, and offer scorecard.

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A useful primer before lesson one.

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Know the route before you begin.

This is the working brief for the full course: who it serves, what to prepare, what good work looks like, and the language you will use along the way.

Who this is for

For a job seeker who wants a focused search built on evidence rather than mass applications. It covers role selection, proof, outreach, interviewing, and offer evaluation for an ordinary career move; specialist licensing, immigration, and executive searches may require additional guidance.

Prepare before lesson one
  • Write your compensation needs, location constraints, timing, and non-negotiables.
  • Collect old reviews, metrics, project notes, job descriptions, and work samples you may use.
  • Remove confidential, proprietary, or personally identifying information from evidence.
  • Reserve recurring weekly blocks for research, conversations, applications, and follow-up.
Your final project

Finish with proof you can use.

A targeted search system with a role scorecard, ten evidence stories, tailored resume and profile, 30-organization pipeline, outreach scripts, interview answer bank, compensation research, and an offer decision matrix.

Three operating principles

The rules behind the steps.

01

A target improves every asset

Evidence, keywords, networking, and interview preparation become stronger when aimed at one role family.

02

Claims require receipts

Specific actions, constraints, and measured results are more credible than adjectives such as strategic or hardworking.

03

The interview goes both ways

A better title is not automatically a better job; evaluate management, scope, stability, growth, and total compensation.

Working vocabulary

Key terms worth knowing.

Role scorecard
A list of target responsibilities, outcomes, requirements, preferences, and dealbreakers used to judge fit.
Evidence story
A concise example connecting a situation, your action, and a verifiable result.
Informational interview
A learning conversation about work or an organization, not a disguised request for a job.
Total compensation
Salary plus variable pay, equity, benefits, retirement contributions, leave, and other economic value.
BATNA
The best alternative available if a negotiation does not produce an acceptable agreement.
Your route

Six lessons.
One finished outcome.

Work in order the first time. Each lesson makes something the next lesson can use.

  1. 1
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    Choose a target role

    Replace a vague job hunt with a role, level, environment, and evidence gap you can act on.

  2. 2
    30 min

    Build your evidence bank

    Turn responsibilities into verifiable examples of results, judgment, and learning.

  3. 3
    32 min

    Write the résumé and profile

    Make relevance easy to see for both people and screening systems.

  4. 4
    28 min

    Build the opportunity pipeline

    Combine selective applications with human conversations and consistent follow-up.

  5. 5
    34 min

    Interview with evidence

    Answer clearly, demonstrate judgment, and gather enough information to evaluate fit.

  6. 6
    29 min

    Evaluate and negotiate the offer

    Compare the complete opportunity and negotiate important terms with evidence and respect.

Use the tools

Make the lesson easier to act on.

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Job pipeline tracker

Keep roles, contacts, stages, and follow-up dates in one place.

Source transparency

Trust, then verify.

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