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Pretty rough. I'm a senior manager/director (manage software dev managers), 20 years industry, the last 8 in big tech. I've been searching for 2 months, applied
by noveltyaccount 3y ago
Pretty rough. I'm a senior manager/director (manage software dev managers), 20 years industry, the last 8 in big tech. I've been searching for 2 months, applied to 80 roles at 50 companies...only had three recruiter calls and trying to schedule my first phone screen. Surprised at how slow going it is. Feels like companies are being very selective about who they hire and or which roles they want to fill. I think I have a good CV and I'm barely getting noticed.
- anthonypasq 3y agodo people at this level actually get jobs that arent through their existing network? Who hires externally at the director level, its it assumed they would require lots of domain knowledge?
- noveltyaccount 3y agoA lot of the domain knowledge is about running software organizations, shipping high quality software on time, people management; which is transferrable to many business domains. Look at the LinkedIn jobs search filters - there is a specific filter for experience level that include "director" and "executive." Plenty of external job openings. I'm using my network too, but most of them are at the Big Tech employer which isn't super useful since I want to branch out!