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Job search prompts
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- work Explain What a Head of Function Is Actually Evaluated On
Understand what heads of function are actually evaluated on in practice, beyond the job description.
- work Translate Organisational Feedback Into Specific Development Actions
Turn vague organisational feedback into three specific actions you can take in the next thirty days.
- work Reframe a Rejected Proposal as Market Intelligence
Turn a rejected proposal into intelligence about the decision-maker and criteria for next time.
- work Translate a Job Description Into What the Role Actually Requires
Read a job description critically: what the role actually requires, what it will involve, and what to probe in interview.
- work Summarise Your Meeting Notes Into a Clear Actions and Decisions Record
Turn your raw meeting notes into a clean actions and decisions record ready to send.
- work Summarise the Strategic Risks in a Project Plan
Identify the strategic risks in your project plan: the assumptions and dependencies that can make a plan fail regardless of execution quality.
- life Reframe a Long Career Gap for a Return to Work
Return to work after a long gap with answers that are honest without being apologetic.
- work Decide Whether to Accept a Lateral Move or Hold Out for a Promotion
Work out whether to take a lateral move or hold out for the promotion based on your actual situation.
- work Reframe Being Overskilled for a Role as a Strategic Choice
See a role you are overskilled for as a potential strategic investment rather than automatically a step backward.
- work Decide Whether to Hire for Culture Fit or Skills Gap
Work out whether to hire for culture fit or close a skills gap, and understand what your instinct is actually measuring.
- work Translate a Consultant Report Into What Your Organisation Needs to Do
Turn a consultant report into the decisions your organisation actually needs to make and who needs to make them.
- work Critique a Draft Email Before Sending It to a Senior Stakeholder
Get your draft email to a senior stakeholder reviewed for tone, clarity, and whether it actually makes the ask.
- work Compare Two Approaches to Managing a Poorly Performing Team Member
Compare two management approaches to underperformance and get a direct recommendation based on your situation.
- work Decide Whether to Raise a Concern Formally or Informally at Work
Work out whether to raise a workplace concern formally or informally and what to do first.
- work Explain the Difference Between Influence and Authority at Work
Understand the practical difference between influence and authority and how to build influence without a formal title.
- work Critique Your Own Presentation Slides Before Delivering
Get your presentation slides reviewed for the structural problems that cause audiences to disengage.
- work Reframe a Difficult Performance Review as Signal Extraction
Extract the useful signal from a difficult performance review without being derailed by the verdict framing.
- work Explain What Good Delegation Actually Requires
Understand what delegation actually requires beyond the intention to delegate.
- work Explain How Recency Bias Affects the Way You Are Evaluated at Work
Understand how recency bias affects performance reviews and promotion decisions and what to do about it.
- work Compare Two Approaches to Stakeholder Management Before a Difficult Meeting
Compare two approaches to a difficult stakeholder before an important meeting and get a direct recommendation.
- work Critique a Draft Job Specification Before Posting It
Get your draft job specification reviewed before posting to improve the quality of the candidate pool.
- work Summarise What You Have Learned in Your First 90 Days in a New Role
Lock in what you have actually learned in the first 90 days before you normalise it.
- self Summarise Your Career Narrative Into a Powerful 90-Second Introduction
Get your career story into 90 seconds of something people actually remember.
- self Summarise Your Professional Achievements Into a Promotion Case
Build the promotion case your manager will struggle to argue with.