030 My Career Journal 7 Meeting with Silicon Valley

How do you pick a company? If you’re in your 30s or 40s this should be a lot clearer in theory right? You have the experience, and experience brings answers to questions like what values draw you in, and what attracts you to the particular role. Yet how do you know the company you are prospecting can really deliver on what you want? Answer? Your network. Your ex-colleagues from past jobs who have moved on and out into the wider world are a rich source of intel, particularly when you leverage the information shared on LinkedIn, assuming it’s up to date of course. Your ex-classmates are also a great source of networking insight. Other long time connections that were neither classmates nor work mates are also a tremendous source of insight; and that’s where my meeting with Silicon Valley arose. In Episode 16 of this podcast, I spoke at length about networking and how to do it, so if you want insights on that process be my guest and have a listen to episode 16, this episode is about me putting this into live practice. Tune in to this episode where I share how valuable networks can be in the job market and discover processes.

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