A consumer goods executive asked me if I had ever had success helping someone unemployed in an industry under the threat of tariffs get a job.
I smiled because I have several times, and one of my favorite clients made a seemingly impossible leap. I was fortunate enough to meet a hungry mid-level leader who was recently reduced. She wanted to move away from smaller companies and pursue her dream of having a VP title at a monster company in her space. On paper, frankly, it wasn't there. She couldn't make the case with her resume. But, she did some stuff that I loved, actions that I had only seen at more progressive companies. It took six weeks, but she did it. She thawed an executive hiring freeze (fueled by new tariffs) and won two offers from major companies in her space, achieving the title and responsibility she wanted with a total comp bump of more than 300k. Want to hear Kristin's story?
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