Getting hired is tough

A few simple changes to how you approach interviews can improve your success rate

Here's a formula for landing your next marketing role 🧨 My career path has been non-linear

From creative to strategist and agency side to client leader

But for many years the way I sold myself held me back

Until I reframed my skills and experience to impact and outcomes

I messed up.

I rushed something out, and a lot of people saw the error... But I was wrong to delete it

Here's why.. This week I published this quote by Dave Trott

I hit tweet and a few hours later he retweeted

But people were quick to pick up on the typo

It soon gained momentum

Get more from life by focusing on less. A guide to being more productive

A thread... 1/ You can do anything, just not everything

Deciding what not to do should be the first task of the day

My career path so far has been non-linear

From creative to strategist and from agency to client side, I've worked across every continent and helped build some of the world's biggest brands

Here are some of the most important lessons I've learned

🧵... 1/ Never fall in love with your own ideas

You will be blinded by constructive criticism

Instead, fall in love with selling your ideas

If you can build ideas and sell them you will be unstoppable

An account to keep your eye on is @brandonthezhang

His use of long and short-form content across platforms is being rewarded with a growing following on twitter

Here's why (thread)

https://twitter.com/brandonthezhang/status/1279999341176872962

1. Focus
@brandonthezhang writes clearly but it is his focus on reading and writing that allows him to go deep into topics.

On Twitter he teases a concept and on his blog and podcast he dives into the details
brandonzhang.com/essays/reading…