I’ve cracked the code on nailing any job interview.
Throw all other advice out the window, these 7 tips are all you need:
1. Show passion.
Enthusiasm and interest in the position/company matter more than you think.
This tells a lot about you:
•Are you proactive?
•What motivates you?
•Why did this role attract you?
• Are you interested in the mission or the money?
Dec 8, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Over 40,000 people have been laid off this month, just in time for the holidays.
Use this to become layoff-proof:
1. Learn More Skills
Layoffs remove the least valuable employees.
The goal for you is to be in the top 30% for your team. Average or below isn't good enough. You're at risk.
Focus on skills that directly translate to increasing revenue or decreasing expenses.
Dec 3, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Hiring the wrong person can be the most expensive mistake you ever make.
Watch closely for these 7 red flags in the hiring process:
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1. Bad Vibe
You're smarter than you think.
We're very good at sensing when something is wrong. If anything feels off, there's a reason. You may not even know why in the moment.
Always trust your gut.
Dec 1, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
How to design a winning investor pitchdeck (lessons from a seasoned founder):
Guy Kawasaki has rejected thousands of pitch decks & presentations
In 2014, he jumped at the opportunity to invest in @canva (now worth $40 BILLION)
This is his exact pitch deck template
Nov 29, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Want to crush your next job interview?
These are the 5 skills every company secretly wishes you had:
1. Passion & Curiosity
The holy grail is a passionate employee that never settles.
Someone passionate about the company's mission encourages the best of everyone. There's always a way to make things better, faster, or cheaper. That's rewarded heavily $$.
No one can teach this.
Nov 23, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I've seen 10,000+ resumes in my career, and 99% of them suck.
Here are 5 tips that will instantly transform your resume:
I wish I could say every resume is treated equally.
Applicants spam the same resume to hundreds of openings.
This results in a boring, bland, templated result that looks something like this:
Nov 22, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Presenting well is a superpower.
But most people suck at it because no one ever taught them how to do it.
Here are 7 actionable steps to level up your presentations:
#1: Start with a bang.
Opening with a long intro means your audience switches off.
Prove your credibility by delivering great content.
Not with a long explanation about who you are.
Start in a way that catches your audience's attention.
Nov 17, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Most people suck at presentations.
Here’s everything you need to crush your next presentation:
A great presentation consists of:
• Curated Visuals
• A Confident Speaker
• Exceptional Storytelling
Let’s look at how you can improve in each of these 3 critical areas.
Nov 15, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Failing to attract talent to your team can destroy your company.
Over the past 2 years, I have become a Founder and grown my team.
What most people don’t know?
These 5 techniques can build a legendary team every time:
#1: Work with talent to attract more talent.
This is the formula I use over and over again:
“One talented person + another talented person = a magnet for talent”
It just takes that first step to put you on the path of building a talented team.
Your first hires are critical.
Nov 11, 2022 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
The world's most valuable skill:
Communicating effectively online.
But terrible slide decks stop people from doing this well.
Here's a simple framework from Prof Richard Mayer to 10x your slides:
#1: Use words AND pictures together.
The Multimedia Principle.
Words and pictures together are better than words alone.
Now your audience builds visual AND verbal models.
Better models = better information transfer.
Think: could an image enhance the message?
Nov 10, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
At 23 years old I was anxious, isolated, + drained:
• I disliked my field of study (Mechanical Engineering)
• I wasn't going to make it as an engineer
• I felt I was setting myself up for failure
But it ended up being the best thing that ever happened.
My career story:
After getting my Masters in Engineering, I didn’t even attempt to pursue jobs in that field.
If anything, that degree showed me exactly what I DIDN’T want to do with my life.
So, I dove head-first into consulting.
This changed everything for me…
Nov 9, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
7 free design tools you didn't know you needed (until now):
#1: Design a logo with Logo.
